JSS School Administration Message by
Mr. Todd Sieben, Principal
Ms. Erica Easton, Assistant Principal
#JaguarPride
Student attendance has the greatest impact on student learning and success. Please help us out and ensure your child(ren) regularly attends school. Certainly, if they are ill or have an appointment, they will be marked excusably absent.
We look forward to the warm weather and puddles in March. Please remember to send with your child their splash pants and rubber boots on warm days and snow pants and winter boots on cooler days. We want our students to enjoy their time outside during recess. Thank you to our JSS parents/guardians and staff who have gone above and beyond each day to ensure students are safe, cared for and have an optimal learning environment for all students.
JSS will be part of Real-Time Reporting starting in March 2024. Historically, report cards were used to inform parents/guardians of student performance at a specific period in time. With our move to PowerSchool, BRSD parents/guardians now have real-time access to their child's academics and growth through the parent portal or the PowerSchool phone application. Many schools in BRSD and school divisions throughout the province of Alberta have also made the move to digital reporting with positive results. Now, teachers will be working to provide regular and consistent updates in their markbooks, which will include comments about student achievement attached directly to the assessment items in the PowerSchool markbook. The change to reporting is intended to ensure you can: stay in close communication with teacher(s) and have real-time information on your child's learning, partner in your child's learning (collaborate as more than an observer), check on assessment results anytime and help your child in a more timely manner (not limited to 3 times per year), and readily access teacher feedback on assignments and better support student learning. Please note that any parents/guardians who want a printed report card may contact our school office with your preferences, however please note report cards will not have traditional report card comments any further. You can now expect your marks and comments showing up in PowerSchool so be sure to set up your PowerSchool account and download the app (if you have not already). If you need support, please call our office.
Just a quick reminder…pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten registration for the 2023/24 school year opened at the start of last month. Here is the new link: https://www.brsd.ab.ca/families/registration
The 2023/24 Alberta Education Assurance Surveys are on the way to our grade 4 JSS parent/guardians via Canada Post. The 2024 Alberta Education Assurance (AEA) Survey for grade 4 parents/guardians launched the week of January 22, 2024. Parents/Guardians of all Alberta grade 4, 7 and 10 students are asked to complete the AEA survey each year. To increase awareness and encourage parental participation in the AEA survey, Alberta Education has prepared a package providing information about the survey, why the survey is needed and how grade 4 parents/guardians will take the survey. This package also provides a Random Access Code (RAC) for accessing the electronic survey online (with instructions and the electronic survey link), and instructions for accessing the survey in other languages. Grade 4 parents/guardians will receive this survey package, mailed directly from Alberta Education. Thanks to our grades 4 parents/guardians in advance for completing the electronic survey. Be sure to click submit at the bottom of the survey. The deadline for completion is Friday, March 15, 2024, just before BRSD spring break. Your feedback is appreciated.
Thank you to everyone who came to see our JSS Christmas concert on Tuesday, December 19, 2023! Based on parent/guardian and staff vote, we decided to host a traditional concert in December 2023, and try out a Christmas carnival next year in December 2024. As a result of that survey input/feedback, we will try both events and then decide future events on a year to year basis depending on staff, student and parent/guardian input. Thank you in advance for your support and willingness to try something new!
As we continue to recognize students who say and do the right things, especially when no one is looking, we randomly pick two student Jaguar Cards (submitted into the “Caught in the Matrix” Jaguar Card Bin in the school office) each week to enjoy a free lunch (made possible by our local eatery/restaurant supporters). Those students have their picture taken and uploaded to the electronic bulletin board in our north entrance lobby. 139 JSS students received Jaguar Cards in September, 107 in October, another 224 in November, 120 students in December, 228 more in January, and 121 in February … for a total of 939 Jaguar Cards so far this school year. We are very proud of all our students living the school pledge each day. Stay tuned for our March totals and beyond.
Thank you to …
Our grade 5 Safety Patrollers who show up for early morning and afternoon duty.
Mr. Brett McCarroll for coaching our Grade 4 Basketball team this year.
Ms. Erica Easton for coaching our Grade 5 Basketball team this year.
Mrs. Atema, Ms. Ewasko and our School (Parent) Council for supporting our “Pink Shirt Day”.
Community volunteers who give of their time working with kids
Parents/Guardians who have helped supervise field trips and assist in our classrooms this year.
The parents/guardians that continue to help out with our School (Parent) Council hot lunch program.
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