Elementary Weekly Newsletter

Our Mission as your child's Educators:

All kids learn at high levels.

Our Vision:

Jasper Elementary is a school where learning is personalized through collaborative and data driven lessons.

Courtney Farmer, Principal

https://www.jasper.k12.ar.us/o/jes

• School starts at 7:55 and ends at 3:10. This means your child needs to be in the classroom by that time.
• Morning Drop off: The doors will be opened at 7:15 each morning. Students cannot be dropped off before 7:15 as there is no one to monitor students before that time.

• Please do not pick up students between 2:30 and 3:10. It is very busy during this time for the office to get your child out of class as they are wrapping up the day.
  

• Please make calls to change transportation before 2:00 each day.

Parents: Please do not line up for car riders until 2:50. This is going to help us keep our students safe. Thank you.

• If your child is a car rider you must pick them up in the car rider line and have your child's name card in your window when you pull up. Name cards have been given out. If you do not have the name card in your window, you will be asked to pull to the side and wait for your child. Car riders should not line up until 2:50. This is a system to help us keep all students safe.

• If you pick up your child from the main entrance while the buses are lined up, you must wait until all buses leave before you can leave. Please help us keep everyone safe.

• Attendance is so important! We are keeping a close eye on attendance this year and expect students to be at school and on time every day. We understand that there are times when an absence or tardy is unavoidable. We just asked that you communicate this with us. If your child is sick please call the office. Every time a child is tardy or absent they are missing important skills.

• If you are bringing your child into the building you must park and come in. Please do not park in front of the building at the drop-off line. Parents are not allowed in the hallways without a pass. You must get a pass from the front office if you are entering past the lobby.

• You can only bring store-bought food in for your child's class on certain food days. State law states that we can only have nine food days throughout the year. The food days for this school year are September 27th, October 31st, November 22nd, December 18th, January 31st, February 14th, March 21st, April 25th, and May 9th.

This means you cannot bring food treats in for your child's birthday. We will celebrate each kid's birthday for the month on that month's food day. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Upcoming Dates:

January 20th: Make up snow day for Friday January 10th

January 31st: December & January Awards Assembly at 1:30

February 14th: Make up day

February 17th: No School- President's Day

February 24th: 3rd & 4th grade quiz bowl

February 28th: Awards Assembly

March 14th: Dental Sealants 2nd & 3rd

March 24th- 28th: Spring Break

April 18th: No School- Good Friday

April 22nd: Spring Pictures

Breakfast/Lunch

Monday- Breakfast pizza or cereal. Chili Dog and sides

Tuesday- Biscuit & gravy or PB&J sandwich. Popcorn chicken and sides.

Wednesday- Cheesy omelet or cereal. Loaded potato soup and sides.

Thursday- Pancake on a stick or assorted cereal. Frito pie and sides.

Friday- Bacon, egg biscuit or assorted cereal. Chicken patty or beef patty and sides.

January Monthly Awards Assembly is Friday, January 31st at 1:30.

School will be in session on Monday January 20th, 2025 and Friday February 14th, 2025 for the days we missed due to snow.

As winter weather approaches, the chances of late starts, early dismissals and school cancellations increase. To ensure you receive timely updates, please make sure your contact information is up to date in the office. Thank you!