Jordan School District
Reminder of the Lexia Upgrade coming January 2020 and the Teaching and Learning Technology Support Match.
In an effort to help schools update and add to their technology, the Teaching and Learning Department will match funding up to $12,000 for schools. See document below for details.
DATE:
September 25, 2019
TO:
All Elementary Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Shelley Nordick, PhD, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
Utah Symphony Performance at Abravanel Hall for 5th Grade Students
Once again we are pleased to announce Utah Symphony concerts for your 5th grade students at Abravanel Hall. The performance dates for 5th grade at Abravanel Hall are February 24, 25, and 26, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Your school’s date and time will be soon provided on a separate schedule. Please note that there are no assigned seats. Schools will be seated upon arrival.
Study materials for use in preparing your students will be provided by the Utah Symphony in the weeks prior to the performance.
Your secretary will need to complete a transportation request on Skyward. The number of teachers should be included in your school’s final count. When entering your busing request, please include the correct group name (e.g. Daybreak, 115 Curr). This will ensure that the Curriculum Department will cover the busing fee.
Transportation requests should be completed as soon as possible. Due to the number of buses that need to be used for the Symphony concerts, there will be a moratorium on any other transportation requests for these dates.
DATE:
September 25, 2019
TO:
All Elementary Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Shelley Nordick, Phd, Administrator, Teaching and Learning Department
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
Utah Symphony Performance at Riverton High School for 4th Grade Students
Once again we are pleased to announce Utah Symphony concerts for your 4th grade students at Riverton High School. The performance dates for 4th grade at Riverton High are December 16 and 17 at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Your school’s date and time will be provided on a separate schedule. Please note that there are no assigned seats. Schools will be seated upon arrival.
Study materials for use in preparing your students will be provided by the Utah Symphony in the weeks prior to the performance.
Your secretary will need to complete a transportation request on Skyward. The number of teachers should be included in your school’s final count. When entering your busing request, please include the correct group name (e.g. Daybreak, 115 Curr). This will ensure that the Curriculum Department will cover the busing fee.
Transportation requests should be completed as soon as possible. Due to the number of buses that need to be used for the Symphony concerts, there will be a moratorium on any other transportation requests for these dates.
Please see both of the memos that have gone out regarding the Classroom Supplies Appropriation for 2019-20.
Dear Administrators,
Sandi Abplanalp has recently retired and we are quickly trying to fill her position. Until we hire and name a new person, we are asking that you please submit all of your after hours door scheduling requests to Ron Mousley at ron.mousley@jordandistrict.org. In addition, we are trying to catch up on employee ID badges. We appreciate your patience and support during this transition.
Changes have been made to the elementary report card this year. The document below provides clarification.
Training for classroom aides will be on October 7 and October 8 at the ASB. See memo for revised times and additional information.
Please see flyer below for details and share with the appropriate people.
Last school year, Avoid-Deny-Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) instructional trainings were presented to staff in live sessions conducted by Lt. Matt Pennington and Capt. Chet Ellis. These sessions were recorded to provide future training for personnel. The links to the videos below are available to administrators for the purpose of providing this training to personnel that are either new to the District, or would like a refresher course. Both the ADD and the TECC instructional videos for staff are just under an hour each in duration.
The Avoid-Deny-Defend Drill Protocol document is attached for your convenience. Please refer to this document as you and your staff prepare for a violent intruder drill/situation.
If you have questions, please contact Lance Everill, Emergency Operations Manager, at 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org
Avoid-Deny-Defend Instructional Video for Staff
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Instructional Video for Staff
Administrators/Directors/Principals:
Please share this post with your building custodian(s). Thank you!
DATE:
September 17, 2019
TO:
All Administrators
All Financial Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
John Larsen, Business Administrator
SUBJECT:
Discretionary Staff Funds
Please see memo and changes below.
Principals and Administrative Assistants:
Please see the attached summaries of budget allocations and carryovers for the 2019-20 school year.
Principals: Please post in your school and send the attached flyer to each School Community Council member, all parents are invited to attend.
Jordan Parent University
Preparing Parents and Students for The Future After High School
Thursday, September 19, 2019
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
JATC-South – 12723 S Park Ave, Riverton
Ballet West will again be presenting in-theater presentations for students from grades 1-12. Click on the link in the flyer below for the dates, times and seating allotments of the performances. If you are interested in having your class attend one of these performances, please contact Verlene Jensen at 801-567-8296.
Principals:
We have scheduled two separate training sessions on the operation of the school's security camera and software. The training will include the use of the software, saving of camera footage and the transferring of that footage to the appropriate device. We receive many requests for help in this area.
The training will be held on October 2, 2019.
Session 1: 9:00-10:00 am
Session 2 1:00-2:00 pm
Both sessions will be held at the Auxiliary Service building in the presentation room, enter at the main entrance. It is recommended that at least one administrator per building attend one of the sessions and if possible send one hall monitor to each session.
Incident Command System (ICS) training for the 2019-20 school year is now available for registration on JPLS. This course is being repeated on 3 different dates, for your convenience:
Thursday, September 26, 2019, 8:00-9:30 a.m. - Course #115952
Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 8:00-9:30 a.m. - Course #115953
Thursday, October 3, 2019, 1:00-2:30 p.m. - Course #115954
The course will be held in the Auxiliary Services Building Presentation Room, located at the main entrance. It will be an overview of the ICS, the Jordan School District Incident Action Plans and roles. The course is available to administration, administrative subs and anyone else that has a key ICS position at the school/location, as determined by the administrator. We recommend that at least one person per building attend, but more are welcome, to participate.
Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions: 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org
Reminder that contracted employees should enter their own time off using Skyward's Employee Access whenever possible. Instructions and guidelines attached.
Click here to see revised policy DP339. Please share with the appropriate staff members.
Principals:
Please share the attached flyers with your School Community Council members. One flyer contains dates for Jordan School District trainings. The other is provided by USBE and has the list of the trainings they are offering. As a reminder, new principals and new chairs are required to attend one of these trainings. A video will be available for training purposes if needed.
