Jordan School District
When scheduling Field/Activity Trips for the 2018-2019 school year, please make note of the following moratorium dates and times when Transportation will not be able to accommodate Field/Activity trips. (See attachment below)
Please contact us with any questions: Kitt at 801-567-8809 or Michele at 801-567-8804
Please see updated attachment (changes highlighted in red) with the administrative assistant assignments.
Kim Lloyd, Special Education Director in Box Elder School District, has been appointed Special Education Director in Jordan School District effective July 1, 2018.
McKinley Withers, School Counselor at Valley High School, has been appointed Health and Wellness Specialist in Jordan School District effective July 1, 2018.
Congratulations!
Utah Retirement Systems will be available for one-on-one retirement planning sessions at the Auxiliary Services Building (ASB) in Conference Room 105 on Thursday, July 12, 2018. See the instructions below to register for an appointment. Counseling sessions are available at other locations that are also listed on the URS website.
DATE:
June 13, 2018
TO:
All Principals
All Secondary Assistant Principals
All Attendance Secretaries
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum & Staff Development
G. Norma Villar, Consultant, Student Intervention Services
SUBJECT:
DRUG & ALCOHOL VIOLATION CARRY-OVERS
The enclosed list identifies students who violated Drug and Alcohol Policy AS90 during the 2017-2018 school year. Their violation resulted in a 10-day, 45-day or I 80- day school suspension. Summer vacation will begin before the suspension can be completed, and therefore, must be continued at the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Students are listed alphabetically, and we have indicated their suspension period and return date. Also included, is the list of First Offender students who did not complete the class before the school year ended, and who will need to finish in the Fall. We will notify the parents of the start of classes in September.
You will be contacted in advance of each student's return date if they have failed to complete the assessment as well as the suspension days. Please notify your attendance secretary so that students do not register before their violation has been cleared.
All schools with carry-over students will receive the student names to avoid students attempting to register in a different building, thus avoiding the consequences. Do not allow students to transfer from another school unless their suspension and their assessment, as per policy requirements, have been completed.
Thank you!
DATE:
June 1, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for May 2018
Please see attached memo.
DATE:
June 5, 2018
TO:
Principals
Elementary Special Education Resource Teachers
Elementary Special Education Self-contained Support Class (Cluster) Teachers
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Courtney Titus, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Jump Start Your Classroom – Curriculum and Behavior Essentials for Success
The Special Education Department is hosting two professional development training days for returning elementary resource teachers and returning elementary self-contained support classroom (cluster) teachers.
This training will address the use of curriculum that is being used in the general education classroom for Language Arts and Mathematics and how resource teachers supplement/support the general education teacher’s instruction. This training will address curriculum being used in the self-contained support classrooms (clusters). This training will also address behavior management techniques or strategies that can be used in your classrooms.
The first training will be held on Monday, August 13, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for all returning elementary resource teachers and all returning elementary self-contained support classroom teachers. The second training will be held on Monday, August 27, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for all returning elementary resource teachers and all returning elementary self-contained support classroom teachers. You only need to attend one training.
Both trainings will be held at the South Valley School. Self-contained support classroom (cluster) teachers will be in room 1. Resource teachers will be in room 9. Please register on JPLS at https://jpls.truenorthlogic.com and search for course #101325 and choose the appropriate section for elementary resource teacher or elementary self-contained support classroom (cluster) teacher.
If a sub is needed, please use budget code 1292. If you have questions please contact your teacher specialist.
As summer temperatures rise, it is vital to take precautions to prevent heat stress.
Thousands of people become sick every year from overexposure to heat. Some people have even died from heat-related illnesses. To protect yourself and your coworkers, it is important that you can recognize the symptoms of heat-related illnesses.
Please find the attached PDF containing information on heat stress and related illnesses.
DATE:
June 7, 2018
TO:
All District Administrators
FROM:
Kurt Prusse, Director of Purchasing
SUBJECT:
Temporary Travel Request Procedure
Attention District Administrators:
Our travel buyer, Stephanie Nicholson, will be out of the office from Wednesday, 6/6/2018 returning 6/20/2018. She will be unable to secure travel estimates, book employee or student travel during her time off. However, employee travel must still be entered into the Skyward generated form for supervisory approval before travel arrangements can be booked. The following options and procedures are in effect only during her absence. After the 20th of June, all employee travel must go through the district travel buyer.
District Employee Travel
After entering in a Skyward travel request there will be three options:
Student Group Travel
If you have questions regarding travel related requests, please contact Kris Wishart in the Purchasing Department at ext. #88708.
Sincerely,
Kurt Prusse
Director of Purchasing
Please see the attached list of supervisory assignments for the 2018-19 school year.
Please see attachment for the 2018-19 school hours.
The Information Systems Department is open at 7:00 a.m. each day. If you need IT help at your school please call x88737 to reach the HELP Desk.
The County Library has just added a new digital collection of Spanish eBooks & eAudiobooks for all ages. This is perfect for English learners in Spanish speaking families. Spanish literacy skills will help students maintain their native language and these literacy skills will support their English language development. These books are also good for students who are studying in our Spanish courses. Books are available at https://slcolibrary.odilo.us
June 18-19, 2018
Utah Valley Convention Center
Provo, UT
Please see flyer for details.
DATE:
May 1, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for April 2018
Please see attached memo.
Please click on the link below for the new Administrative Assignments for 2018-19
https://jordandistrict.org/2018/05/administrative-assignments-for-2018-19/
Information Systems has begun rolling out a new Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware solution. The new product is called Sophos. This will replace Symantec's anti-virus that is currently installed on all Windows computers. Additionally all Macintosh computers will also have the new software installed. We are initially targeting only faculty and staff machines. This is to avoid interruptions during testing. Student machines will be migrated to the new software over the summer. Impact to users should be minimal. At most they will receive a prompt to reboot. Like most software updates this prompt can be postponed to a time that is convenient to the users. Finally Macintosh computers running OSX 10.13.2 will need to accept the installation. Please refer to the included PDF instructions on how to accept the installation for these machines. District IS staff are working with school techs to schedule installations for each building. Please make faculty and staff aware or these changes. For any questions or concerns please contact your school tech or the help desk at 88737 (801-567-8737).
Administrators:
Several questions have been raised regarding school-based activities. In an effort to assist you in determining whether an activity is approved or not approved, an Approved-Not Approved Activity & Procedural Guidelines folder will be shared with each of you on Google Drive. The folder contains a Quick Reference Guide, as well as, supporting guidelines for all approved activities mentioned on the list. All considered activities should continue to be approved through your respective AOS.
Please keep in mind, the list and guidelines may be updated on a regular basis to address other Utah State Risk concerns or considerations.
The Approved-Not Approved Activity & Procedural Guidelines folder can be accessed by the following steps:
-Shared with me
-Approved-Not Approved Activity & Procedural Guidelines
The PowerPoint Presentations given, by Ben Jameson, in the May 8th Principal Meeting are attached below. Please see the appropriate file for your level.
DATE:
Thursday, May 10, 2018
TO:
Elementary and Middle School Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Nextera Fall Trainings
Please see memo below for information and dates.
