It's that time of year! We are planning our Teacher Appreciation Week for Jardine Staff and need your help! Any donation is appreciated, and will ship straight to us here at school! Thank you so much for your consideration!!

Welcome Back!

We are so excited to see students tomorrow! There is a lot of new information in this week!

Our Sock Hop is right around the corner, on April 17th, and we are looking for volunteers! If you are interested and available, please follow this link to sign up! Sock Hop Volunteers

All of the details for upcoming events and important dates are listed below!

Here is a list of important dates to know:

Here is a link to the full school calendar: Jardine Elementary 2024-25 Calendar

• March 24: NO SCHOOL - Teacher Planning and Prep day/End of Quarter
• March 25: Students Return to School!

• April 2: K & 1 Music Programs ( K @ 6:00, 1st @ 7:00)
• April 4: Donuts with Grown Ups @ 8:00 (Before Late Start!)
• April 9: PTO Meeting @ 5:30
• April 10: Kindergarten Orientation Night @ 5:30
• April 17: Sock Hop & STEAM Night
• April 18: NO SCHOOL
• April 26: Sharefest 2025 @ Jardine Elementary @ 8:00-12:00- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!
• April 28: District Professional Development Day- NO SCHOOL

As always, please reach out if you have any questions!!

Always Jardine Proud,

Mrs. Pomeroy, Principal

Jardine Elementary Spirit Wear Shop

We’re excited to once again, to be chosen as a school site to participate in ShareFest on April 26th! It's a wonderful partnership event that brings schools and the community together to complete projects that benefit and beautify our school.

We need of 20 or so community members to join us as we show our appreciation for this incredible collaboration. Students aged 12 and older are also welcome to participate, making this a great opportunity to work together and make a lasting impact on our school environment.

Sign up by April 13 to receive a free ShareFest t-shirt!

Please let us know if you’re able to volunteer—we’d love to have you on the team!

Snow Days Impact: Due to the number of inclement weather days, TPS will be using some the days built into the calendar the last week of May. The last day of school for students will be May 29 as a half day. We will begin dismissal at 11:15 on that day!

Lost and Found items have been loaded onto a slide show. Check out the link below and scan through the slides to look at itmes!

HOW DO I CLAIM A LOST AND FOUND ITEM?

Please email Mrs. Hunter @ khunter@tps501.org

with your child’s name, teacher, and she will deliver the item to their classroom.

LINK TO LOST AND FOUND

If you or someone you know have an incoming Kindergartner, please fill our and/or share the following link to register for Kindergarten Orientation! Kindergarten Orientation Sign Up

Kindergarten Orientation will take place in the Jardine Elementary on April 10, 2025 from 5:30-6:30! We are looking forward to meeting all of our new Kindergartners and their families.

Join Us for the 4th Annual "Steps for Stegman" 5K!

May is ALS Awareness Month, and we’re coming together once again to support our own Dr. Stegman and the fight against ALS. Lace up your running (or walking) shoes and join us for the 4th annual "Steps for Stegman" 5K!

Be on the lookout for registration details and t-shirt orders—we’d love to see as many of you as possible showing your support. Let’s make this year’s event the best one yet! 💙🏃‍♂️💙 #StepsForStegman #ALSawareness

You are now able to report your student's absences electronically! Just follow this link, or use the QR Code below! You are also able to upload doctors notes on here as well!!

Absence Reporting Link

Please fill out the link below and tell us who has an impact on your family and why! Every late start Friday, we will share these with staff to give them that recognition and boost that they deserve!!

We didn't have any shout outs last week- so be sure to send in your appreciation!

Staff Shout Out Link

Attendance Policy

It is important that your child attend school each day to have a consistent educational program. Of course, illness or other family emergencies can cause absences. If your child will be absent please let us know by contacting the office at 785-730-8200.

The Topeka Public School Procedures are as follows:

1. Absences are excused for student illness or family emergencies. If your child is going to be absent, you should call the office before 9:30 a.m. It is each parent’s responsibility to be sure the office has been notified of the reason for absence. Advanced notice is appreciated.

2. A phone call attempt will be made on every child that does not arrive at school by 9:30am.

3. After 2 days of unexcused absences, staff will conduct a home visit or make other direct contact with the child's family, determine what assistance is needed to remedy the problem.

4. Unexcused absences can result in a truancy report being filed.

5. Each absence after 10 excused absences may result in the need for a doctor’s release note to be considered an excused absence.

6. Although Kansas law does not require students to be in school prior to the age of 7, ANY child enrolled in public school does fall into the state truancy policies. Truancy reports will be made to the district truancy officer for any student with excessive absences and/or tardies.

We work to be as family friendly as possible with the middle school, and being on different schedules can be a hinderance for families. If you have a student that attends the middle school, and you would like for them to wait at the elementary school so you are able to pick them up at one time at the end of the day, there are few steps and expectations to accomplish this:

• Contact the office and request that your middle school sibling be added to the "middle school sibling list". (785) 730-8200
• That list is shared with the middle school secretaries in their office
• Your middle school student must go to the middle school office to pick up their "badge"
• Badges must with your middle school students after school, and available to be shown at the request of any elementary staff member at any time. (If they forget their badge, the middle school office will issue a "temporary badge" for the day)

• Only students with badges are allowed to wait in the middle school. Please talk with your middle school student(s) about not letting anyone in the exterior doors or encouraging their friends who do not have a badge to walk over with them after school. This is a safety concern for everyone in the building.

• Middle School students are expected to wait in the downstairs west foyer, in either the discovery area of little stage area. They are not allowed to go up and down the classroom hallways or in other places around the building, as school is still in session for elementary students
• Talk with all of your students to ensure there is a "plan" for them to connect during dismissal. Intermediate students (3-5) can go down the stairs and walk by the middle school areas to meet up with their sibling. Walkers can wait at the west doors and walk out together.

• There is not a middle school or elementary school staff member available to be assigned to supervise this group. There is an expectation that they stay in their area, working on homework, quietly visiting with others in the area, etc. Any disruptive behavior or behavior that is distracting to the elementary school day will initiate a phone call home to parents and a warning will be issued. A second instance will lead to the Middle School student losing the privilege to wait in the elementary school for their sibling, and their badge will be revoked. **Depending on the severity of the offense, a warning may NOT be issued and could result in immediately being revoked. **

Email: apomeroy@tps501.org
Website: https://www.topekapublicschools.net/jardineelementary
Location: 2600 SW 33rd Street
Phone: 785-730-8200
Facebook: facebook.com/JardineElementarySchool
Twitter: @JardineSTEAM