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DATE: 
September 25, 2017

TO:
School Psychologists

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT: 
October School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, October 6, 2017, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Melissa Heath, Ph.D., professor at BYU, will provide us with a presentation on social skills. Her presentation will also include information about a BYU website that’s been developed around the Collaborative for Academic Social Emotional Learning (CASEL) model of social-emotional learning.

Part-time Staff:  I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.

cc:       Principals

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DATE:
September 18, 2017

TO:  
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits

SUBJECT:
Quarterly School Financial Report for July, August and September 2017

Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation.  If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.

Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website.  If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy, Jay, and Raimee.

Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by October 20, 2017.

Please include:

  • The signed attached memo to Accounting
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Reconciliation Worksheets
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Bank Statements
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Skyward Balance Sheets
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Outstanding Check Reports
  • Screen shot(s) of your September 30, 2017 Apple Volume Purchase Program transaction history and balance

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Liz Robins at (801)567-8267.

Thank you.

Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools

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Principals should have received the 2017-2018 Intervention Report this past week via Google Drive. Please ensure teachers complete this report for the beginning of the year by October 15. Mid and end of year due dates are in the instructions on the front page of the document. The information included in this report is required by the state. Please contact Becky Gerber with any questions.

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DIBELS parent letters for BOY are attached. Gaylene Miller will send spreadsheets to Principals when testing is complete. The testing window closes on September 30 and letters must be sent home with ALL first, second and third grade students on or before October 13. Please do not send this letter home with Kindergarten students, as the reporting law does not apply to them. The parent letter from mCLASShome.com is appropriate to share with all parents. Please contact Becky Gerber with any questions.

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We have contracted with DIBELS.net as the data management system for grades 4 – 6. This system will allow schools to enter progress monitoring and benchmark data, run reports, and track pathways of progress similar to the K-3 information kept on mCLASShome.com. As of today, all class, student, and teacher information for grades 4-6 has been imported to the DIBELS.net site and is ready to be used. We are in the process of preparing an instruction sheet for teachers and will get that to you as soon as possible. Please contact Becky Gerber with any questions.

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Principals:

The course catalog committee will be recommencing on Tuesday, September 26. If you would like to add a new course to the Jordan District Secondary Course Catalog, please complete the “Secondary Course Request Application” and submit it to the Course Catalog Committee for review through the established audit process for Jordan School District. The final Course Catalog Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 21. If possible, please have all new course request applications submitted to Holly Bell before that time. If requests are not received by then, there is no guarantee that we will be able to complete an out-of-committee audit in time to have the course approved and included in the printed edition of the 2018-2019 Secondary Course Catalog.

Included is a file attachment for the committee calendar:
The fillable form for the Secondary Course Request Application link is as follows: http://jordandistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/fgen_Secondary_Course_Request_Application.pdf

It may also be located on the Jordan District website, under Resources/Forms and Documents/General, or at the following link:  jordandistrict.org/resources/forms/general/

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DATE:
September 21, 2017

TO:
Jordan District Contract Employees

FROM:
Dr. Patrice A. Johnson, Superintendent of Schools

SUBJECT:
Change of Schedule for Spring Break

A week-long spring break is scheduled for the 2017-18 school year. Students and teachers at both traditional and year-round schools, as well as staff on a 10-month/206-day classified contract or a 225-day licensed contract, will be out of school Monday-Friday, April 2-6, 2018.

Currently, employees on a 12-month/242-day or 12-month/245-day contract are scheduled to work Monday-Wednesday (April 2-4) and off on Thursday and Friday (April 5-6). With Easter falling on April 1st, we are implementing a change in the employee calendar to accommodate time off closer to the holiday. Employees in these two groups will have Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3, for spring break and will return to work on Wednesday, April 4th and work through Friday.

If anyone in your department has already made plans based on being off April 5-6, please work with them to resolve any hardship this change may cause them.

 

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DATE:
September 12, 2017

TO:
District Administration

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
14th Day Enrollment vs. October Estimate - All Schools

Please see attached memo.

 

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DIBELS Progress Monitoring training for assistants will be offered on the following dates:

Thursday, September 21   8:30-11:30 a.m. PDC 103
Monday, September 25     1:00-4:00 p.m. PDC 103
Tuesday, September 26     1:00-4:00 p.m. PDC 103

All sessions will be the same content. Please call 801-567-8334 OR email lucy.bateman@jordandistrict.org to sign up for your preferred session. Limit of 35 participants per session. Please let Lucy know if these dates don't work for you. We will continue to provide training as needed.

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Click the link to access the 2017-18 Student Data Privacy Faculty and Staff Training video and use the attached signature form for personnel to acknowledge they have participated in the training.  Please conduct the training by Friday, October 27th.

The YouTube link for the video is: https://youtu.be/T6M-ZPrUl0w

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All Elementary and Middle School Principals:

It’s SNAP Plan time again.  You will find the 2018-19 SNAP form in the Google Drive:

  • Shared with me
  • ASB-Website Docs and Forms
  • Safety/Security
  • Safe Walk/SNAP Plans
  • SNAP Forms 2018-19.pdf

SNAP plans for schools in South Jordan, Riverton, Herriman and Bluffdale are due by Friday, January 19, 2018.

SNAP plans for schools in the City of West Jordan are due and will be signed at Columbia Elementary, Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 1:00 pm.

Don’t hesitate to contact Peggy Margetts at ext. 88753 with any questions.  She will be happy to help with the UDOT mapping software, inserting maps into the forms, or anything else you may need.

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JSD Administrators and Administrative Assistants:

You will soon receive an email link to the Emergency Procedures and Contact Information 2017-18 manual (aka The Red Book).  Please take a moment to open it up and verify that your contact information, and contact information for anyone listed from your school or department, is correct before we send it for printing.  If a correction is needed, please contact Peggy at ext. 88753 or peggy.margetts@jordandistrict.org by end-of-day Friday, September 22nd.

Once any final corrections have been made, the Emergency Procedures and Contact Information 2017-18 manual (aka The Red Book) will be available to you on Google Drive.  In addition, you will receive your hard copy as soon as they are back from the printer.

Many thanks from the JSD Safety Team,
Paul Bergera, Auxiliary Services Staff Assistant
Lance Everill, Facility Operations Manager
Ron Boshard, Risk Management Coordinator

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Attached is a copy of Superintendent Johnson's Power Point from the September 12th Principals' Meeting.

As a reminder, please be prepared to bring an assessment to the November 7th Principals' Meeting.