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Please be sure that prior to registering any YIC student that you make contact will Holly Evans @801-567-8328. When the foster parent comes in to register them and you have not heard from Holly first that means that not all registration has been completed by the Case Worker (who is the legal guardian). They must clear this office first. It is extremely difficult to back track for all the necessary paperwork once they have been registered at your school. Our goal is to facilitate the registration for you with all the necessary documentation.  Please call Holly with any questions.

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Appeals will be held on the 20th of September (Tuesday) and on the 4th of October (Tuesday). Conferences are scheduled on Wednesday both of those weeks. Please make sure that your paper work for appeals on those days are turned in on the Friday before the hearings.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. This happens about three times a year.

G. Norma Villar, Consultant
Student Intervention Services
7905 So. Redwood Road
West Jordan, Utah 84088

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Hello everyone,

Just a few updates to Truancy Mediation for this year. I will no longer be the individual setting up truancy mediations. That responsibility will now fall on Tayla Egersheim. Tayla is a probation officer who has graciously accepted this new responsibility. Tayla will be sending you her contact information next week. If there is something pressing between now and then please feel free to call me. If there are schools that want truancy mediation and haven't been trained, please let me know and Tayla and I can go do those trainings. We've created a new email address for your administrators to send referrals. That email address is:

3rdjuvtruancymediation@utcourts.gov

Please forward this on to all of your administrators who participate in this program. As a reminder of information we need in the referrals is just the youth's name, date of birth, and grade level. We look forward to working with you this coming year. Of course you can email or call me anytime if you have any questions.

Thanks again!

Bob Curfew

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DATE:
September 12, 2016

TO:
District Administration

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

SUBJECT:
14th Day Drop Count vs. the Estomat
All Schools, Traditional and YRE

See attached memo.

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DATE:
August 23, 2016

TO:
All Principals

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

SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
All Schools, Traditional and YRE

See attached memo.

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DATE:
August 15, 2016

TO:
District Administration

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

SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round Schools, Tracks A, B, C & D
(August 15, 2016 count)

See attached memo.

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DATE:     
September 7, 2016

TO:  
Elementary Principals
Secondary Principals

FROM:   
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant

SUBJECT:     
Ballet West 2016-17 Student In-Theater Presentations

Ballet West will once again be providing student in-theater presentations at the Capitol Theater during the 2016-17 school year as follows:

  • Madame Butterfly-November 8, 9, 10 (Grades 3-12)
  • The Nutcracker-November 30, December 1, 6, 7 (Grades 1-12)
  • Sleeping Beauty-February 14, 15, 22 (Grades K-12)
  • The Little Mermaid-March 30, 31 (Grades K-12)
  • The Green Table-April 12 (Grades 5-12)

Please note that November 10, December 6, and February 22 are field trip busing moratorium dates.

Although these performances are provided free of charge, Ballet West will not be subsidizing busing as they have in the past. However, all attendees may request a student/teacher workshop to supplement their attendance at a Ballet West student in-theater presentation.

To request a student in-theater presentation, please contact Verlene Jensen at 801-567-8296 or verlene.jensen@jordandistrict.org.

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DATE:  
August 31, 2016

TO:   
Elementary Principals

FROM:
Scott Thomas, Administrator, Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant, Auxiliary Services
Dave Rostrom, Director, Facility Services
Lance Everill, Manager, Facility Operations
Ron Boshard, Coordinator, Risk Management

SUBJECT:     
Safety/Green Ribbon Month - September

There is nothing more important than safety.  It is our responsibility to help prepare our students to be as safe as possible and promote a healthy interaction with the community.  Jordan School District has been collaborating with the Region PTA to promote Safety/Green Ribbon Month, which will be September.

All elementary schools are encouraged to participate in this PTA led program, which focuses on education, awareness and prevention of pedestrian/motor vehicle crash injuries.

The PTA will have a packet that consists of:

  • Safety Related Facts
  • Potential Safety/Green Ribbon Month Activities
  • Helpful Safety/Green Ribbon Month Hints
  • Student and Driver Pledges
  • Utah Department of Health Questionnaire

A Reunification video was produced last year by the Jordan School District Office of Communications, to be shown to parents/guardians to inform them on protocol and expectations for reunifying them with students following an emergency/disruption to school.  The video is available on the District Web site under the Parents & Students tab, by selecting General Information, then Student Safety.  The Safety Super Hero video is located on this Web page and can be shown to students during Safety/Green Ribbon Month and anytime in the future to reinforce safe behavior.

The JSD Department of Transportation is offering a Safety in the Schools - Riding the Bus Safely assembly.  Transportation Training Office Assistant Luanne Smith will be contacting your school to schedule an assembly.  Transportation and the Office of Communications have produced an exciting new bus safety video that will soon be available for schools.

If your school’s PTA President has not reached out to you regarding possible PTA led activities at your school, please feel free to contact them.

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Please be aware of the many flu shot clinics that have been scheduled in our schools this fall (see attachment). English and Spanish versions are included, for schools to post for their communities. Employees are welcome at all of the clinics. Please also note the clinics scheduled for the District Office and for the ASB. Have a healthy year!

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DATE:
August 29, 2016

TO:
Elementary Principals

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
Research Project

The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.

Project Title:     “Video Self-Modeling with Elementary School Students Displaying Behavioral Engagement Deficits Due to Traumatic Brain Injury”

Applicant:     PFLIEGER, Courtney

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee.  The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school.  If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Clyde Mason at 567-8243.

Thank you for your assistance.

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I am pleased to let you know Info Systems has finished the programming to allow teachers to enter Guided Reading Levels directly into Skyward.  The step-by-step instructions are attached, including screen shots.  Please feel free to distribute to teachers.  We will also post this page to the CBL website for future reference.

Some teachers will find the instructions sufficient to complete the process; others may like some additional guidance.  I have attached a flier with several dates where I will be available to offer additional ‘hands-on’ training for those who would like the extra help.  You may choose to send one teacher that will come back and train others, one per grade level, or all who wish to attend…. Whatever works best for your situation.  Please be sure to note participants will be paid for attending and need to bring their laptop.

**The programming for the administrative side, which will allow you to view/print teacher, grade, and school reports, is not yet complete.  I will provide instructions for you as soon as I get them from Info Systems.  I will, also, walk through the steps at upcoming Principal Literacy Support sessions scheduled for the second week of September.

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Important SLO Information

Because of changes to the law, SAGE scores may no longer be used as the SLO rating for teachers. Therefore, all classroom teachers will need to use SLOs. An email message will be sent to all JSD educators with preliminary guidelines for the SLO process as described below:

The 2016-2017 Secondary SLOs will be available to secondary teachers throughout the year and can be administered by quarter, by semester, or, in some cases, by standard. Scores for both pre-test and post-test should be entered into Mastery Connect as soon as students have completed the tests.

Elementary teachers will have the option of using math, reading, or writing to measure student growth. Teachers may select their SLO subject now and give the pre-test for only that subject or teachers may give more than one pre-test and report the one with the highest rating. It is recommended that pre-tests be given within the first three weeks of school.

The process for reporting SLO ratings will be similar to last year; however, teachers will not be required to turn scores into folders. Before the end of the first quarter, you will each receive a spreadsheet similar to the ones you got last year. Instructions will accompany your spreadsheet. For now, please record any SLO pre-test data in Mastery Connect so that you will be able to transfer it once your post-tests are completed.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact one of Curriculum’s content administrators.

CONTENT AREA CONTACT NUMBER
Elementary Language Arts Becky Gerber 88087
Secondary Language Arts Mindy Dummer 88152
Math Wendy Harmon 88377
Social Studies Pam Su’a 88320
Science Jane Harward 88169
Fine Arts – Dance/Theater Robyn Bishop 88129
Fine Arts - Music Norm Emerson 88364
Fine Arts – Visual Arts Mindy Dummer 88152
CTE Sonja Ferrifino 75959
General Questions Shelley Nordick 88110

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DATE:
August 19, 2016

TO: 
Elementary Principals

FROM:    
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Norman R. Emerson, Fine Arts Consultant

SUBJECT:   
Assemblies by Artistic Resources for Teachers and Students, Inc. (ARTS, Inc.)

ARTS, Inc., now in its fifty-fifth year of operation, was founded in 1961 and has provided performances in all forty-one school districts in Utah, reaching more than 250 schools each year with professional arts and education programming.  We welcome their artists in our schools again for the 2016-17 school year.

Enclosed you will find the following:

  • The assembly schedule with the date and time the artists will be at your school
  • The contact information for the performing group coming to your school from ARTS, Inc.

The artists have been instructed to contact you at least two weeks prior to their assembly to verify starting times and specific needs for their performance.  If the date selected for the music group to perform at your school does not work with your schedule, please contact the music group as soon as possible to reschedule.  The name and phone number of the contact person for each group has been provided.

If you have any questions, please contact Norman Emerson at 801-567-8364.

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In order to be consistent with Federal reporting guidelines, the threshold for coding purchases to equipment (object 730) or computer equipment (731) is increasing to $5,000.  Effective immediately, all purchases where a single item is less than $5,000 should be coded to 610 (supplies) or new object code 650 (technology supplies).  This change does not alter the purchasing threshold of required quotes for a single item >$1,000 or a group of items >$2,000 nor does it impact the items requiring asset tags.

The 2016-17 year will be a transition year.  Please do not change purchase orders already in Skyward or submit journal entries for past purchases.  Current budgets have not been modified.  Please code the purchases to the correct account, regardless of budget.  Schools will be able to transfer budget between equipment and supplies in December and June.  District departments and grant programs may make budget revisions in January to reflect current requirements.

Please contact Heather Ellingson (ext. 88388) with any questions.