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DATE:  
October 15, 2018

TO: 
Elementary Principals
Elementary Assistant Principals
School Psychologists/School Psychology Interns
Elementary School Counselors
School Social Workers

FROM:   
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT:  
Riding the Waves Curriculum

Dr. Scott Poland, national suicide prevention expert, recommended that our district implement the Riding the Waves curriculum at the elementary level when he consulted with our district last school year. Although this is a suicide prevention curriculum that will be presented to all 6th grade students, suicide is never directly mentioned in any of the presentations. The curriculum consists of 12 scripted lessons that take approximately 30 minutes each to present. The focus of the lessons is to teach students problem-solving and coping skills, as well as building resilience and asking adults for help with problems they may be having.

Please speak with your Guidance staff to discuss the best way to implement this program in your school. Attached is a copy of a letter to parents in English and Spanish that explains the program and allows them to have their student opt out and be provided with an alternative educational activity. Please wait at least 10 days after parents are provided with the opt-out letter before starting the presentations.

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DATE:   
September 18, 2018

TO: 
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM: 
Scott M. Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant of Auxiliary Services
David Rostrom, Director of Facility Services
Lance Everill, Emergency Operations Manager

SUBJECT:  
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Hands-On Training

As indicated in a separate memo, you can anticipate the delivery of your school’s TECC kits sometime between October 1 and October 15, 2018.  However, even before your school receives the TECC kits, administrators are to begin the process of calling their local fire department representative to schedule a date and time that works best for you and your staff to receive your 45-minute hands-on training.

School administrators are responsible to have teachers and staff account that they have received the hands-on training and to keep that documentation on file.

Once you’ve scheduled your hands-on training, please notify your respective AOS of your scheduled date and time so that they might have the opportunity to participate.

Attached is the map and fire department contact name and number that corresponds with the city and your school.

Cc:
Administrative Cabinet

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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.

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Principals:  Please take note and share this information with the appropriate teachers.

The following dates are scheduled as make-up days for the Safety and Wellness Training for those who were not able to attend in July and August:

October 26th - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm in the ASB Presentation Room

January 14th -  8:30 am - 3:30 pm in the ASB Presentation Room - This training will only contain the "Wellness" part of the presentation. After October 26th the Safety (ADD) training will only be available online.

Teachers who missed the original training days can either attend a make-up day or use leave for having missed a contract day. If an employee has already taken a leave day for the missed training and would now like to attend the make-up day, they can work with their administrative assistant to reverse the leave day in Skyward, once they have attended the make-up day.

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The final live training of classified personnel for Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) will be held at:

Elk Ridge Middle School
Friday October 26, 2018
8:30 to 11:00 am

Please work with your school’s classified personnel to afford them the opportunity to receive the training while on the clock.

After October 26, 2018, the ADD and TECC presentations will be available online to be viewed at each school by the administration, licensed and classified personnel at their convenience. The online presentation will also be available to all new hires, personnel that were unable to attend the live trainings and for retraining on an ongoing basis.

Principals are accountable to maintain appropriate documentation that all classified personnel are trained prior to December 31, 2018.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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We are within the window where students who have missing or incomplete immunization records may be at the end of their original 21-day conditional enrollment period.

There are several options principals should use prior to withdrawing a student from school for lack of completed immunization records:

1 - Directly contact the parent to inform them of the concerns and make sure they are clear about what is needed

2 - Help parents connect with resources for receiving immunizations - you can work with your school nurse

3 - Extend the conditional enrollment period while you work with the family. A school administrator, in collaboration with the school nurse, can extend the conditional enrollment period when it will likely lead to compliance. (HB308 Q & A Document)

4 - Provide instructions and/or computer access for parents who wish to complete the online exemption training and receive the exemption form

5 - Review the student's immunization records on file and USIIS for the most updated immunization information

In extreme cases, if it becomes necessary to withdraw the student from school due to lack of response to the above steps, please discuss with your Administrator of Schools prior to withdrawing the student.

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The Office of Governor Gary R. Herbert and the Utah Board of Juvenile Justice invite students to participate in Utah's Nineteenth Annual Do the Write Thing Challenge.

The challenge is for 7th and 8th grade students. The deadline for entries this year is December 7, 2018.

Principals, please pass this information on to the appropriate teachers.

The Governor's letter along with the packet of instructions can be found below.

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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.

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DATE:
October 1, 2018

TO:
Principals

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

SUBJECT:
Fall Enrollment as of October 1, 2018

Please see attached memo and enrollment numbers.

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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.

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