Jerusalem Elementary School

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Communication is critical to making this school year a success for everyone. If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns, please feel free to contact me at 419.836.6111 or at jstraka@oregoncs.org Please join ClassDojo for reminders/updates sent directly to your phone. For more information, contact your child’s teacher. We always look to continuously improve, so your feedback and involvement is always welcome. Follow us on Twitter @JerusalemJets

April

2-3 4th Grade ELA Ohio State Test

8-9 3rd Grade ELA Ohio State Test

8 2nd Grade Music Program; 6:30

11 Family Time, 2:30-3:20 pm

10-11 4th Grade Math Ohio State Test

15-16 3rd Grade Math Ohio State Test

16 2nd Grade Wax Museum

15 1st Grade Music Program; 6:30

18-25 Spring Break, No School

28 Classes Resume from Spring Break

29-30 Spring Book Fair (BOGO)

TBD Volunteer Luncheon

May

1 Gun Safety during ICE

1 Family Night at the Book Fair, 5:00-6:30

1 Spring Family Night, 5:00-7:00

3 Jerusalem Car Show- CHS

5 IKE 4th Grade Visit

5 JPG Monthly Meeting, 5:00 p.m. (IP)

5-9 Teacher Appreciation Week

5 4th Grade visit to Ike, 10:00 am

6 Staff Training Day, No students

6 Teacher Appreciation Day

7 4th Grade Mud Hens Game

7 IKE 4th Grade Parents Visit

7 JPG Luncheon

8 Jet Shop

8 Project Wellness at the YMCA

16 Family Time, 2:30-3:20 pm

13 Kindergarten Celebration, 10:00 am

19 Incoming K Welcome Night

20 Mister Brown Visit

21 JPG Field Jam

4th Quarter Grades Final

23 Student Recognition Assembly

(students only)

23 Last Day for Students, 2-Hour Early

Release (K-8)

We had another great week! Hopefully, the weather is finally starting to turn, and we are able to enjoy the outdoors. Please remember to send your JETS with appropriate gear to go outside daily for recess.

Our JETS found out last week that Mister Brown is coming to Jerusalem on May 20th! He will spend the entire day with us, and will be doing a Family Event that evening for all of the Jerusalem students and their families. More info to come on the Family Event. A huge thank you to PBF Energy and the JPG for sponsoring this event!

Our students found out this information during March Family Time. They had to "crack the code" to release this video announcement from Mister Brown.

This week's staff spotlight is on:

Mr. Durnwald: Evening Custodian

Mrs. Maher: Speech Language Pathologist

If you see these individuals, make sure to thank them for all they do!!

Recently, several fourth-grade students at Jerusalem Elementary School participated in the Tenth Annual Ode to the Zip Code Poetry Contest. This contest is a partnership between The Fair Housing Center, The Arts Commission, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo City Paper, and Toledo Area Parent. This poetry contest invites local residents of all neighborhoods and ages to submit short poems inspired by their ZIP Code. The number of words in each line of the poem is determined by the corresponding digit of their ZIP Code. Jerusalem fourth-grader, Theo Decker, recently found out that he is a finalist in the contest and has been invited to read his poem on April 19 at the Toledo School for the Arts at 2:00P.M. We will be cheering you on and wishing you the best, Theo!

Here is Theo's Poem:

Dogs in the distance

Cars driving by

Snow falling down on the ground

Calmness

So much in a simple neighborhood

Teacher Request Link

If you or someone you know will have a child who is 5 years old by August 1, 2025, then it is time to register them for the 2025-2026 school year!

Wynn is looking to hire a PreSchool Teacher! Please see flyer below for more details. Click here to go to application site.

If you are interested in your child receiving dental services, please complete the online registration no later than March 26, 2025.

The clinic will be held at Jerusalem, during the school day, on April 4th.

Purchase Tickets Here

Come out to the CHS Easter Egg Hunt on April 12th!

Mark your calendars for the 2nd Grade and 1st Grade Spring Concerts:

SAFETY TOWN is an organized safety education program for children entering kindergarten from Oregon and the surrounding communities. Safety awareness is taught and practiced in SAFETY TOWN, a city built to a child's scale. Teachers, police, and fire personnel, with the assistance of teen volunteers, cover topics such as pedestrians, motorists, buses, railroads, water, animals, and other various safety-related issues. Movies, songs, games, and practice inside SAFETY TOWN will complement the daily classroom activities. Each session is five days (see below for times). All children must be potty-trained.

All participants must pay a $30 registration fee or contact Officer Shaw (see below) before Friday, May 16, 2025. A full refund is given if a need to cancel is made before May 16, 2025. A partial refund of $10 will be given if cancellation is before Friday, May 30, 2025. Make your check payable to the "City of Oregon" and send it in with the completed registration form to Oregon Police Division/Safety Town, 5330 Seaman Rd., Oregon, Ohio 43616. All registrants may turn in their payment and a completed registration form at the Oregon Police Division's Main Lobby in an envelope marked "Oregon Police Safety Town." All registrant payments and registrations may be turned in at the Coy, Starr, or Jerusalem Elementary school offices. Those seeking a financial. hardship scholarship must e-mail Officer Shaw before Friday, May 16, 2025, at sshaw@oregoncs.org or call 419-698-7186.

Safety Town Registration

If you have recently moved or are planning to move, please contact Kris Schinharl at 419-693-0661. Updating your information ensures your student’s PowerSchool account reflects the correct address, helping to prevent delays in transportation services or important communications that may be mailed out.

2024-2025 Jerusalem Calendar of Events

2024-2025 District Calendar

Click here for the current Student/Parent Handbook.

Fall 2024 Lunch Menu

Fall 2024 Breakfast Menu

All free and reduced applications will expire on Monday September 30, 2024. New applications have to be signed and dated after July 1, 2024 to be valid. New applications are available on-line through the link below. Paper applications will be available at the main office.

Meal pricing will be Breakfast: $2.10, Lunch: $3.10. Milk is $.50.

https://www.oregoncityschools.org/FoodService-StudentNutrition.aspx

JPG Meetings 2024-2025 School Year:

This year the JPG will be holding some of the meetings during the school day, allowing parents from specific grades to allow them to join their Jet(s) for lunch following the meeting. More details to come!

Monday, April 7, 2025: 5:00 pm (In Person)

Monday, May 5, 2025: 5:00 pm (In Person)

ClassDojo is a communication app for the classroom. It connects teachers, parents, and students who use it to share photos, videos, and messages through the school day. They use ClassDojo to work together as a team, share in the classroom experience, and bring big ideas to life in their classrooms and homes. Jerusalem teachers may be using ClassDojo in a variety of ways within their classroom throughout the school year. Not all teachers are currently using this tool within their classroom at this time, as it is their choice. Some teachers will continue to communicate with parents through email, phone, newsletters, etc. However, we encourage you to sign up for ClassDojo to receive important building updates/messages from Mr. Straka. Information on signing up for ClassDojo will be sent home from your child’s teacher.

Just a reminder that all cell phones, smartwatches, and other personal electronic devices must be turned off and placed in the student’s lockers upon arriving at school. These devices are often a distraction to students, and are not permitted to be with students during the day. Thanks for your cooperation!

Parent pickup at the end of the day. All calls should be made by 3:00 and no later. This will give the teacher time to check messages and drastically reduce the possibility of the student being in the wrong line. Thank you for your understanding.

Jerusalem Elementary has implemented a system for items to be delivered to students once the day begins. Please leave items on the table outside the office door, complete the delivery log, and notify the secretary of your delivery. Thanks for your cooperation!

This year, we have decided to purchase a variety of school supplies for each classroom to start the year. This allowed us to decrease the number of items that parents are responsible for purchasing.

For a list of school supplies for each grade level, click here.

Please see the following important information involving the morning drop-off routine for students. Students will not be permitted to enter the building until 8:50 am. Please do not let your child(ren) exit the vehicle until the main entrance doors are opened. Thanks for your cooperation!

• Please drive slowly.

• Please drop off your student(s) between the Safety Markers (plastic figures with flags). Do not drop off outside of this zone.

• Please stay in the car drop-off line until your child(ren) exits the vehicle. Do not drive around other vehicles to move ahead in line, or to exit the lot.

• Please have any and all children in your vehicle exit on the building/driver side of the vehicle.

• Do not park in the drop off line. We need to keep the traffic moving. It is preferred that students are dropped off in the identified zone, rather than walked into the building. If you need to enter the building for an appointment you must park your vehicle in a parking space, and carefully walk your child(ren) into the building.

Thank you for following these procedures, as we all work together to make the arrival process safe for students, parents, and staff.

If you plan on picking up your child(ren) from school, please see Mrs. Quigg in the office for a set of Parent Pick Up Cards unless you have yours from last year.

To help with the flow of traffic, parent pick-up students will be dismissed to the main entrance beginning at 3:30 pm. Please be sure to have your pick-up card out, and your child(ren)’s card attached to their book bag in a visible location. Please be patient with this process. If you don’t have a parent pick-up card, you will be asked to enter the office and provide your ID.

For your child(ren)'s safety, we will only release students to parents/guardians with matching pick-up cards that are waiting in the lobby.

Dear Parents,

Please speak with your children about their three rally points at Jerusalem Elementary School. If possible, make sure they are able to show you where all three rally points are located. Today we discussed rally points and the importance of knowing where to go during a critical incident at school, which would possibly require them to evacuate the school building. Your children also reviewed the importance of recognizing strangers and the importance of situational awareness. In the near future, our students will be having stranger / danger drills on the playground. They must learn to recognize a threat on the playground and immediately report their findings to the monitor, before they immediately evacuate the area. It is very important that we teach our children to be proactive in life. Thank you, Officer Jeff

Spring is when we start to see an increase in allergy and asthma symptoms. It can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference between viruses and allergies. If your student could benefit from allergy medication or any over the counter medication at school, please remember these can not travel with students at any time and do require paperwork. Have a nice weekend :)

Kindergarten- It is hard to believe that April starts this week! There is a lot that goes on in the months of April and May make sure to keep an eye out for the newsletter and Class Dojo to stay up to date. Keep working on words every night! In math we continue to work on addition, and subtraction. Don’t forget our Kindergarten Concert is on May 13 at 10:00AM and it is limited to 2 people per child. Our end of the year field trip will be on May 7, we are going to see the Clay High School Ag Department, the permission form will come home this week. Remember the March reading calendar is due on Tuesday April 1.

1st Grade- Students will be reading and writing with the vowel team, ay, like in the word, play. Our spelling test will be on Friday April 4. In ELA, students will be listening to “The Three LIttle Wolves and the Big Bad Pig” to continue with fairytales. Students are beginning to learn how to write narratives with characters, settings, problems and solutions. We are finishing telling time Chapter 12 and beginning Chapter 13 on two- and three-dimensional shapes. We hope everyone has a great weekend!

-First Grade Team

Mrs. Adam

Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Howard

Mrs. Jaquillard

2nd Grade- This has been a busy week working on Wax Museum activities! Next week your child will come home with their Wax Museum speech to practice at home! Please encourage your child to use appropriate voice volume, good eye contact, and a clear speaking voice when reading their speech. We will also continue preparing for the Wax Museum in class next week. The 2nd Graders are looking forward to sharing their speeches at our Wax Museum on Wednesday, April 16th. Here is the schedule of when your child’s class will give their presentations: Ostrander: 9:30-10:15 a.m., Schultze: 10:30-11:15 a.m., Singlar: 1:15-1:45 p.m. You can help your child at home by finding a costume/props needed to portray their famous person by April 16th! Have a wonderful weekend!

3rd Grade- Our last quarter has arrived! April and May are busy months and we are encouraging our students to continue doing their best each day. In our ELA studies next week, we will finish comparing and contrasting fictional stories using some books by Patricia Polacco. We will also be preparing for our upcoming OST tests. In Math, the students will be reviewing telling time to the nearest minute and identifying elapsed times. We will continue with our unit in economics in Social Studies. On Tuesday, we will be sending home the field trip permission slips. Please check your child's homework folder for more details about this exciting event next week. Have a great weekend!

4th Grade- State testing for ELA is next week. Math will be the following week. Please arrive well rested and bring your positive energy! See all our news here: https://wakelet.com/wake/IwrlDNuctzFbR3XPjf8Js

Physical Education with Mr. Allen- Next week in PE, we will continue our striking activities with baseball/softball. Some classes will finish their BlazePod Challenge double elimination tournament as well. After that, we will start our Field Jam activity prep. Have a great weekend.

Music with Mrs. Reinhart- Wow! Where does the time go? The 4th graders have finished their class time playing recorders. Every 4th grade student finished White Belt (Hot Cross Buns) and 45 students finished Black Belt (Ode to Joy). Our 3rd grade Music March Madness Winner was Eye of the Tiger by: Survivor. Next the 3rd graders will be working on a unit on instruments. The Kindergarten, 1st graders and 2nd graders are doing a great job getting ready for Spring performances. Can’t wait to see them on the stage!

We have our performance schedule! Our performances will begin at 6:30 pm on the Jerusalem stage. Please add these performance dates to your calendar.

April 8th - 2nd grade

April 15th - 1st grade

There will also be some assemblies that will be held during the school day that our students will be performing in. There will be more information sent out to the grades involved as we get closer to these assemblies.

STEAM with Mrs. Minnick- This week in STEAM

• Fourth Grade Masters of Mini Golf: Our fourth graders are channeling their inner engineers and designers as they plan a special spring family night project. They're working in teams to design and create unique mini golf holes for our family night in May. Prepare for some creative and challenging courses!

• Third Grade's Matter Matters: Our third graders are diving deep into the world of mass and matter. They're getting hands-on experience with balance scales and graduated cylinders, learning how to measure and understand the properties of different materials.

• Second Grade's Wax Museum Wonders: Step into history! Second grade is transforming into a living wax museum. Students are busy researching and preparing to embody historical figures, bringing them to life with captivating presentations. It's a project filled with creativity and learning!

• Youngest Jets Explore Science: Our youngest jets are igniting their scientific curiosity with a variety of engaging activities. They're exploring science tools like pipettes and test tubes, discovering the magic of fizzing reactions, and experimenting with color mixing.

Character Lessons with Mrs. Hower- Conflict Resolution will be the topic of the month for MARCH. Students will discuss different problems that may occur with one another and how they can be problem solvers! There has been a lot of conflict during free time lately, hopefully this lesson will help everyone learn some tips to help themselves make better choices!

Parents/Guardians: If you would like your child to meet with Mrs. Hower for any reason, please fill out Mrs. Hower's Student Request Form. Thank you!

As we have done in the past, we are collecting POP tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. These get cashed in for money for their food program. It may not seem like anything to us as we throw them in the recycling bin, but it does have weight and value to them. Just have your child turn them into the office and we will deliver them to the Ronald McDonald House.

Local stores that you can scan receipts and Jerusalem will get credit for any items that qualifies.... COSTCO, Kroger, WalMart and Meijer. Help us earn money while you are shopping. Thank you.

Box Tops for Education income November 2023 to March 2024: $80.00. This money comes from parents that have scanned register receipts for items that are marked as Box Tops for Education. Thank you to everyone that participated.

Did you know that you can earn money for Jerusalem Elementary School by shopping at Kroger?? All you need to do is sign up at the website below, and present your Kroger Plus Card when checking out! All money that we raise is used for the students in the form of assemblies, rewards, and much more.

https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/

Did you know that JERUSALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and Clothes Bin® have partnered to collect and recycle old clothing, shoes and textiles? So, please do not throw them away! Just place the items in the green recycling bin in our parking lot. Every pound of recycled items supports our school!

The following link will direct you to information from the Oregon Rec Dept. https://www.oregonohiorec.com/

See below for the attached flyer from the Oregon Rec and upcoming activities.

Jerusalem is excited to introduce our new Facebook page! Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/JerusalemElementarySchool

Jerusalem’s Twitter account is now active. Please follow us @JerusalemJets to see some of the great things happening at Jerusalem Elementary!

Oregon City Schools has a Flyer Distribution Center with the purpose of communicating school and community information in a centralized location. Many of the flyers for district-wide and non-OCS events and activities you might normally find in this newsletter, will now be posted on this centralized site. Please visit the site here:

https://www.oregoncityschools.org/PublicationsFlyerDistributionCenter.asp

The Jerusalem Elementary School Student of the Month program is for those students who continuously do the right thing. The program is based on qualities such as character, leadership, and citizenship. This is not based solely on academics. The student of the month is a diligent student, completes his/her assignments on time, shows a strong effort to learn subjects to the best of their ability, is prepared for class, and has good classroom participation.

The student of the month demonstrates excellent behavior in and out of the classroom, is well mannered, and respectful to both peers and adults. The student of the month displays excellent citizenship by working together with classmates in a cooperative attitude. Lastly, the student of the month demonstrates character through his/her compassion, honesty, trustworthiness, responsibility, optimism, and loyalty by helping to create a positive school environment.

Each classroom will acknowledge one student per month to be the Student of the Month. Nominations will be done by the classroom teacher(s) and other staff members within the building. Teachers are encouraged to use the following guidelines:

RESPECTFUL

• Honest, trustworthy, and respectful

• Polite and respectful towards other students, staff, volunteers and all guests and visitors.

• Uses kind and positive words

• Listens to the speaker (teacher or peer)

• Be respectful to themselves, each other, their school and their community

RESPONSIBLE

• Follows directions and gives 100% of their best effort in class.

• Student is a positive role model by example.

• They are actively engaged in their learning.

• Student follows class and school rules.

READY

• Comes to school prepared and ready to learn.

• Uses class time wisely and completes class work in a timely manner.

• Student participates and puts forth good effort in all areas

• Student arrives to school daily and on time

Each nominated student will be acknowledged at the end of the month by enjoying pizza and juice with Mr. Straka, and a special prize will be given. Also, look for the names of these students to be displayed on our Student of the Month bulletin board! Acknowledgement days will take place on the last Friday of the month, unless otherwise specified.

Email: jstraka@oregoncs.org
Website: https://www.oregoncityschools.org/jerusalemelementary_home.aspx
Location: 535 South Yondota Road, Curtice, OH, USA
Phone: (419) 836-6111
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JerusalemElementarySchool
Twitter: @JerusalemJets