Jordan School District
Middle School Principals:
Please see the revised PLC calendar below. Also attached is an updated copy of the singleton's administrative assignments and room numbers. Please share with the appropriate people. These documents can also be found in the Middle Level Principal Meeting folder in Google Docs.
Principals:
Although you do not need to submit this report, generating it will help you track who has and who has not completed the Crucial Concerns and Policies review.
Please see the attached instructions for running the report for both licensed and classified personnel at your school. If you have any questions please contact Penny Morrison in Info Systems at 801-567-8262.
The following 2017-2018 Ballet West Performances are available to our students. There is no charge for seating but schools will need to schedule and provide for busing. Please contact verlene.jensen@jordandistrict.org if you are interested.
Aladdin (225 seats available)
Wednesday, Oct. 25 10:00-11:00
Wednesday, Oct. 25 12:30-1:30
Thursday, Oct. 26 10:00-11:00
Thursday, Oct. 26 12:30-1:30
The Nutcracker (Full 2-hour performance) 100 seats available
Tuesday, Dec. 5 11:30-1:30 (Special Needs Students First Request)
Wednesday, Dec. 6 11:30-1:30 (Special Needs Students First Request)
The Nutcracker (Act I or II) 225 seats available
Tuesday, Dec. 12 11:30-12:30
Wednesday, Dec.13 11:30-12:30
Cinderella (225 seats available)
Tuesday, Feb. 13 10:30-11:30
Wednesday, Feb 14 10:30-11:30
Tuesday, Feb. 20 10:30-11:30
Wednesday, Feb 21 10:30-11:30
See attached flyer for more detail.
Middle School Principals: The middle school testing bulletin for September is posted below.
September 17 is National Constitution Day and each school is encouraged to do something to celebrate or highlight the Constitution. This could be individual teachers doing something in their class, or as the entire school together. Because Sept. 17 is a Sunday, this could be celebrated on Friday or Monday.On the social studies website, there are some good resources that might be used, socialstudies.jordandistrict.org/resources/ and also secondary social studies dept. chairs have received additional information.Thanks for making this a notable day for your students!
State required semi-annual school bus evacuations have been scheduled for this fall. This applies to those students that ride the bus daily to and from school.
The evacuations will be conducted during the week of:
Monday, September 18, 2017 thru Friday, September 22, 2017
Your school’s regular bus driver will perform this evacuation as they drop your students off in the morning one of the days during that week. This procedure takes place at your school and is located in your normal bus drop off/pick up zone.
This evacuation requires all professional school bus drivers that transport students, to perform evacuation procedures in case of an emergency. This can either be a rear, side, front door or combination evacuation. The students will then, under the driver’s direction and supervision, evacuate and meet in a safe place approximately 100 feet away from the bus.
Your assistance is welcome but not mandatory to complete this required evacuation drill quickly, safely and effectively.
Thank you for all you do to help us safely transport your students.
See attached document for instructions.
DATE:
August 31, 2017
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Traditional Schools
See attached memo.
CTE purchased licenses for the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite through an agreement between the State and Adobe. 2017-18 is year 2 of the agreement.
See flyer below for details on how to request licenses.
Please remember that it is illegal to gather citizenship status information per the Office of Civil Rights in both the Department of Education and Department of Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1982 (Plyler vs.Doe - 457 U.S. 202). Please see the attached document from the Utah State Board of Education.
DATE:
August 16, 2017
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round schools, Tracks A, B, C & D
(August 16, 2017 count)
See attached memo.
Introducing PD Bites, a professional development website to support English learners, diversity and best practices.
This site is accessible to Jordan employees who are logged into their jordandistrict.org accounts.
https://sites.google.com/a/jordandistrict.org/pd-bites/
DATE:
August 14, 2017
TO:
Principals
New Special Educators
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./ Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
Michelle Stewart-Chavez, Teacher Specialist
SUBJECT:
Special Education New Teacher Induction Training
The Special Education Department has scheduled a series of trainings for special educators that are new to Jordan School District. Attendance is at the principal’s discretion. Special Education will cover the substitute costs for trainings that occur during the school day (Budget code: 1292). If the training occurs after school, the special educators will be paid at inservice rate.
Please see the attached training schedule for details on dates, locations, and registration information.
For more information, please contact Michelle Chavez at michelle.chavez@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8295.
DATE:
August 8, 2017
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Year-round Schools 10th Day Enrollment, Tracks A, B, C vs. the Estimate (based on August 8, 2017 count)
See attached memo.
DATE:
July 26, 2017
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round Schools, Tracks A, B, C
(Based on July 26, 2017 Count)
See attached memo.
Attached is a PDF of Superintendent Johnson's PowerPoint. If you would like the PowerPoint version please contact Roxane Siggard at 801-567-8180 or roxane.siggard@jordandistrict.org after August 23rd.
DATE:
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
TO:
Middle and High School Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Ben Jameson, 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: “Self-Regulation, Threat Perception, and Perceived Parental Support: An fMRI Investigation of Children with ADHD”
Applicant: Erin Kaseda
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 Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
The project will involve the posting of fliers on Peachjar and to hang fliers on the community bulletin board in order to recruit participants for the study.
Thank you for your assistance.
Testing Ethics: http://assessments.jordandistrict.org/ethics/
JPAS Taining: jes.jordandistrict.org/educators/trainings/
DATE:
August 9, 2017
TO:
Secondary School Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
State Mandated Summative Testing for 9th and 10th-Graders
On August 4, 2017, the Utah State Board of Education voted to reverse their previous decision to use the ACT Aspire as the end-of-year summative test for the 9th and 10th grades. We will now be administering the SAGE to grades 3-10 and 12. 11th graders will continue taking the ACT as their EOY summative test. It is unclear at this time how this decision will effect school accountability reporting, but we expect more information to come at a future date.
The Board cited the following as the reasons for reversing their decision (see attached flier from USBE in JAMs):
If you have any questions, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
