Please see document below regarding upcoming events and opportunities along with deadlines.
Category: Middle School Deadline
Volunteer Hours – Due December 21, 2018
DATE:
December 6, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Cheryl Matson, Director of Insurance Services
SUBJECT:
Volunteer Hours
Volunteer reports need to be submitted to Insurance Services.
Workers’ Compensation insurance costs are based on numbers submitted by schools. It is important that this information be accurate and complete.
PTA figures must be separate from other volunteer hours.
Attached is a copy of the Volunteer Report for the period from August 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018.
Please complete this form and return it to
Cheryl Matson, Director of Insurance Services by
December 21, 2018.
December 2018 Budget Transfer Request
DATE:
December 3, 2018
TO:
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Derek Anderson, Director of Budgeting
SUBJECT:
December 2018 Budget Transfer Request
If you would like to transfer budget between your postage, supply, textbook, technology supply and equipment budgets, please complete the following, sign and return to Derek by January 4, 2019. If Derek does not receive this back from you by January 4, 2019, Derek will assume no transfer is requested. The next opportunity to make such a transfer is June 2019.
Important Payroll Dates for December 2018
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
W2 Opt Out by December 16, 2018
Don't forget to opt out of your district printed W-2 by going to Skyward's Employee Access by midnight on December 16, 2018.
Opt out and win one of many prizes! A drawing for the prizes will be held on December 17th and employees will be contacted if they win.
Safe Routes Utah Plan Form and Municipal Representatives Contact Information for 2019-20
All Elementary and Middle School Principals:
It's that time of year, once again, to start the process of developing your school's Safe Routes Utah Plan (formerly known as SNAP Plan). The Safe Routes Utah Plan form is attached, as well as a link to your school's municipal representative. Due to recent changes to JSD boundaries, your school's municipal representative would like to be included in the initial planning process. As you work with your school's safety team and school community council, please invite your municipal representative to the planning/SCC meeting.
The Safe Routes Utah Plan is a fillable form that must be downloaded.
Safe Routes Utah Plans for schools in the cities of Bluffdale, Herriman, Riverton and South Jordan are due by Friday, January 18, 2019.
Safe Routes Utah Plans for schools in the City of West Jordan are due and will be signed at the Auxiliary Services Building (ASB) auditorium, Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
Don't hesitate contacting Ron Boshard at ron.boshard@jordandistrict.org or at ext. 8-8876 with any questions you may have. For assistance with your school's Safe Routes Utah mapping software, contact Stacy Allen. Her contact information is included on the Municipal Representatives document (refer to link).
Still Plenty of 2018 Thanksgiving Hero Meals Available!
Thank you for all you help in identifying families to receive a Thanksgiving Heroes meal. There are PLENTY and I really mean PLENTY of meals available. Don't leave anyone out. At this point, you can send us 50 or more families and they would get a Thanksgiving meal.
- Can you get your numbers to Steven Hall, JEF office by Friday Nov 9 at noon. By numbers we mean numbers not forms. JEF needs numbers by Friday noon so food can be ordered.
- The forms can come later, Monday to Wednesday, as long as we have the numbers by Friday noon.
To date, only 25% of the allotted Thanksgiving dinners have been filled for our district. What a blessing it will be for our most deserving children to have a meal on Thanksgiving day. Thanks for you help.
Appeals Reminder November 20, 2018
2018 W-9 Forms 1099 Information
DATE:
November 5, 2018
TO:
All Middle and High School Head Financial Secretaries
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Dan Ellis, Director of Accounting
Jason Mott, Accountant/Internal Auditor
SUBJECT:
2018 W-9 Forms 1099 Information
(EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS THOROUGHLY – CALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS) - Deadline Friday, December 14, 2018
Important Payroll Dates for November 2018
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
Schools to Watch Intervention Convention – November 7, 2018
Schools to Watch Intervention Convention
November 7th, 2018
West Jordan Middle School is hosting a STW Intervention Convention on Trauma Responsive Schools and Restorative Practices on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018. The Intervention Convention is a unique professional learning opportunity; bringing practitioners together to share what they are doing and learn from each other.
The day will begin with a presentation from West Jordan Middle School's Principal Dixie Garrison and members of the school's faculty as to what they have been doing and the impact on school culture and students' well being. Then the rest of the day is shaped around questions and topics posed by participants. Participants are encouraged to bring artifacts of their work, like data-collection forms, letters to parents, information given to students and teachers, and tools used in their schools' professional learning and training programs.
The end result is the formation of a dynamic web of networking from which participants can draw upon for the future. People currently engaged in the work walk away with new ideas that can refine what they are doing; people who have yet embarked on the topic leave with a better idea of what trauma responsive schools are about and how restorative justice practices can have tremendous impact on the behavior and treatment of young adolescents.
The flyer with registration information is attached. Please note that registration closes on November 1st. Feel free to contact Lori Gardner at utahschoolstowatch@gmail.com with any questions.
Reminder: Help Jordan Education Foundation Facilitate Thanksgiving Meals to 1,100 families in 2018
Principals
We need your help to facilitate Thanksgiving Heroes’ efforts to provide a full Thanksgiving meal to deserving families – up to 1,100 families in Jordan School District.
- Please identify a liaison at your school for JEF to contact. Send their contact info to steven.hall@jordandistrict.org or call 801-567-8261
School Liaison
- Identify up to 20 families per school and distribute the attached form for them to fill out and sign.
- Collect the completed forms
- Return the completed forms to the JEF office before Friday November 9
- If your school does not want to participate or you have just a few families, please email steven.hall@jordandistrict.org so we can allocate the extra meals to schools that have greater needs. The sooner you can let JEF know the better.
- If your school needs more than 20 meals, let JEF know
- The attached form has most of the information you need to answer questions, but you are welcome to contact the JEF office if you have questions
$500 Gifted and Talented Stipend for Debate at Middle Schools 2018-19
The Curriculum Department is offering a $500 stipend to help support middle schools interested in having a debate program. Please see the application for more details. Please contact Rebecca Smith (801-567-8368) with any questions you may have.
Appeals Reminder October 30, 2018
Appeal documentation due to Student Intervention Services by Friday, October 26, 2018 for the hearings on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.
School LAND Trust Fall Reporting for Principals Due October 17, 2018
Principals:
Due to fall recess the Jordan School District due date is October 17, 2018 for the fall reports. Please see information below regarding what reports are due and how to complete them.
December 1, 2018 SCRAM Count for Special Education
DATE:
October 8, 2018
TO:
Principals
All Special Educators and Related Service Providers
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Important Deadline--Please Read Immediately
SCRAM Data Due by the end of day Friday, November 2, 2018
Returning D Track Clusters are Due no later than Friday, November 16, 2018
Updating SCRAM for December 1 Funding Count
Please see memo below for important information.
Important Payroll Dates for October 2018
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
Common Sense Media Introduction Opportunity for Schools – Submit by October 12, 2018
JSD Digital Learning Specialists invite you to introduce Common Sense Media to your school community, by selecting a Teacher Leader who will become a Common Sense Educator and then guide 5-10 additional teachers through certification.
Common Sense Media is one of the major providers of digital citizenship training in the United States.
The JSD Digital Learning Specialists, funded through the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant, are offering training for a team of 5-10 teachers at each school. Upon completion of the training, a team leader from each participating school will receive $500 and each team member will receive $100 to become Common Sense Media certified.
If you would like your school to participate, complete the Common Sense Media Introduction Form by providing the name of a teacher at your school who will serve as the team leader.
For planning and budgeting purposes, we ask that schools complete this form before Friday, October 12.
Attached is a document containing more information.
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Testing Checklist 2018-19
DATE:
September 17, 2018
TO:
Principals
Special Education Teachers (Resource & Cluster)
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Courtney Titus, Program Administrator Elementary
SUBJECT:
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Testing Checklist
Attached is the DLM checklist for all special education teachers who are administering the DLM assessment to any of their students for the 2018-2019 school year. You are required to complete and return the checklist to Jen Birrell at the District Office by Friday, December 21, 2018.This form is also available online at specialed.jordandistrict.org/staff/forms on the Special Education website.
If you need help with any portion of this checklist please contact your schools assigned Teacher Specialist.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Jen Birrell at 801-567-8905 or jennifer.birrell@jordandistrict.org or you may contact Courtney Titus at 801-567-8904 or courtney.titus@jordandistrict.org.
Middle School Parent Teacher Conference Report – Fall 2018
Middle School Principals:
Please return the attached form to Nadine Troxel (nadine.troxel@jordandistrict.org) within two weeks after your conference dates.
