Our Learning Community...
What an incredible Fall Festival we had! A huge THANK YOU goes out to our wonderful PTA for organizing such a fantastic event. So much work goes on behind the scenes to have an event like this and somehow our PTA finds the time and energy to make it happen for all of us. Your hard work, creativity, and dedication truly made it a memorable evening for everyone!
We are so grateful to the many volunteers who generously gave their time to help set up, decorate, and manage activities and sales – you are the heart of these special events! Thank you to all of the families that participated in the Trunk or Treat, your cars looked amazing! It is always a highlight of the event. We also could not do it without those that donated candy and other special items; your contributions helped make everything that much more fun for our students.
And of course, thank you to all the families who joined us! It was a joy to see everyone come together, sharing smiles, laughter, and community spirit. We are so lucky to have each of you as part of our school community.
This week we will have a costume parade the morning of Halloween. Families are welcome to come watch! Classrooms will make a large rectangle around the blacktop and walk the perimeter as they parade for students and families. Check out the flyer below for all the details! And make sure not to be late or else you might miss it!
October is National Bullying Prevention Month!
During this month, Jones Elementary School is focusing on educating students about bullying and empowering them to be allies and upstanders. Bullying is the repeated, intentional harm or intimidation by one student or group of students toward another. This behavior can be physical, verbal, or online, and it happens when there's an imbalance of power between the person doing the bullying and the person being bullied. An ally is someone who stands up for others and helps to create a positive and inclusive environment. An upstander is someone who witnesses bullying and takes action to help stop it in a safe way.
Bullying can have a significant negative impact on a child's academics, emotional, and social well-being. That is why it is so important that our school community including staff, students, and families collaborate to create a safe and supportive learning environment for EVERY student. In addition to learning about the different types of bullying, students have also been learning about the importance of empathy and compassion. We want our students to understand that everyone deserves to feel safe and respected, regardless of our diverse backgrounds. We encourage you to talk to your child about bullying and to support them in becoming an ally or upstander. If you have any questions about bullying or would like to learn more about our school's bullying prevention efforts, check out the link to our counseling webpage below.
This month our counselor is also launching Tea Time: The Everyone Alliance, open to 2nd - 5th graders. Tea Time will focus on celebrating diversity and creating a safe and affirming space for students. Every other Friday Ms. Vu will open her classroom up to those interested during recess/lunch time for students to eat together with music, activities, and socializing.
We are asking every family to complete a very short questionnaire that will increase funding opportunities for San Diego Unified students.
The information is collected to support Federal Impact Aid funding and is kept confidential. Impact Aid funds are designated to assist school districts that enroll federally-connected students. This includes children of active duty uniformed services personnel, children who live on federal property or in subsidized federal housing, and children whose parents are employed on eligible federal property.
Impact Aid funds become part of the district's general operating budget and support instructional activities for all students.
At your next opportunity, we ask you to please sign-in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal and complete the short survey, following the steps below:
Select Forms from the left-hand navigation menu, then select 2024-25 Impact Aid Program Survey Form under Annual Forms.
Follow the prompts and submit the form. Please be sure a confirmation appears before logging off.
If you need assistance, or do not yet have a Parent Portal account, please contact Tiffani Barthelmes in our front office by stopping by or calling 619-605-8800. Visit the SDUSD support website for more information.
For parents/guardians using the PowerSchool mobile app, you can submit the survey using the app.
We ask that you complete the Federal Impact Aid Survey by November 15th. Students will also receive a paper survey to bring home. Families may choose to complete either the electronic or paper survey.
By completing the survey, you will increase the chances of your child’s school receiving more of this valuable funding.
Thank you for your partnership.
October
28 - PTA Julian Pie Fundraiser (Last Day to Order, See Flyer Below)
November
5- Election Day: Jones Auditorium is a Neighborhood Polling Location
5 - PTA Julian Pie Fundraiser Delivery
6 - PTA Dine Out: Panda Express (see flyer below)
7 - Visual & Performing Arts Rotation (VAPA): Kinder, 1st, 4th, 5th
8 - Fire Drill
11 - No School: Veterans Day
14 - Visual & Performing Arts Rotation (VAPA): UTK, 3rd, 2nd
18 - 22 - Fall Parent/Guardian & Teacher Conferences - Minimum Days all Week
18 - 22 - Scholastic Book Fair
18 - 22 - Health & Wellness Week
21 - Turkey Trot (morning family event)
22 - Spotlight Leadership Assembly Habit #3
25 - 29 - No School: Fall Break
December
11 - Fire Drill
13 - Achievement Awards Ceremony #1
17 - SSC/SGT
19 - Winter Performance (For Students)
20 - Winter Performance for Families (Morning)
20 - Extra Minimum Day
23 - Jan 6 - No School: Winter Break
January
7 - School Resumes
Choice Priority Window Now Open
San Diego Unified's Choice Application window is now open. The Choice Application "Priority Window" for School Year 2025-2026 is from September 23, 2024 to November 4, 2024 and will be part of the lottery process which will be completed in February 2025.
Below is a link to the district's Choice Enrollment Website and a link to Frequently Asked Questions. We are also including some bullet points to address many of the commonly asked questions connected to our Jones Community...
- Students within our neighborhood boundaries or who have already been accepted through the Choice process do not need to apply.
- New siblings of students who have been accepted through Choice do need to apply.
- If your family has moved out of the Jones boundaries, but you would like your students to remain at Jones you do need to apply.
- UTK students who live within our boundaries, but were placed at other sites for UTK do not need to apply, a spot in Kindergarten is guaranteed.
- UTK students who attend Jones, but have a different neighborhood school do need to apply for a Choice spot to attend kindergarten at Jones.
- 5th grade families planning for middle school do need to apply if you are interested in a school site other than our neighborhood school Taft Middle. We encourage you to visit Taft and/or any Middle School you are considering so that you can see and hear about all of the amazing offerings each campus provides for students.
Here is a link to the San Diego Unified Food Services Website where you can find allergy and nutritional information on foods served at schools. Foods not found on our regular school site menu will be listed individually under the "Alternate Menu Items" section.
If you ever have general questions about the food services at school sites you can reach out to foodandnutritionservices@sandi.net. To connect directly with the Jones Cafe Manager you can email jonecafe@sandi.net (yes, that email is correct, there is no "s").
San Diego Unified is dedicated to fostering a vibrant, informed, and engaged community through the power of education and dialogue. To help our students to be collaborative communicators, socially-aware agents of change, and critically-thinking digital citizens, our nonpartisan SD Unified for Democracy project offers resources to develop skills to engage in civil discourse, identify bias and credibility, debate and maintain a focus on issues, and repair harm that arises from political rhetoric.
The link below offers resources and tools adults can use to engage with and learn alongside children and teens during the election cycle and beyond.
Jones Elementary
Check out our school website for PeachJar Flyers, Counseling Resources, Family Handbook, Staff Contact Lists, After School Programs, Enrollment Information and so much more!
Email: contact@sandi.net
Website: https://jones.sandiegounified.org/
Location: 2751 Greyling Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: (619) 605-8800
Facebook: facebook.com/JonesElementary
Instagram: @jonesdolphins
Jones Elementary PTA
Our Parent Teacher Association works with Jones Elementary to provide programs and support to benefit the students, their families, teachers, school administration and the community. Run entirely by volunteers, the PTA raises money to support enrichment programs, program instructors, educational assemblies and field trips, family events, and special classroom supplies.
As always, we need your membership, support and ability to volunteer. You can become a member using Totem, a respected membership management service. Please contact us with other thoughts on how we are doing, and your ideas on how you can become involved. We look forward to hearing from you.
Email: jonesdolphinspta@gmail.com
Website: https://jpjonespta.org/
Location: 2751 Greyling Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: (619)605-8800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonesPTA/
