Announcements for Parents
First Day of School (Sept. 8 & 10)
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Where does your student go on the first day of school? Students will go straight to their first period teacher (not their locker).
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What if my student knows their first period teacher, but does not know where the teacher's classroom is located? Your student should go to the 7th grade main hallway or 8th grade main hallway. Staff members will be able to get students to their classroom when the student tells them the name of their first period teacher.
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Where does your student go if they do not know their first period teacher? These students will go to the gym where their 1st period teacher and classroom location will be provided to them.
Student Drop Off in Morning
If you plan to drop off your child at school in the morning during the school year, please review the Junior High Student Drop Off procedures.
Students are allowed to enter the building at 6:45 a.m. and must go to the commons. Students are released to their lockers at 7:17 a.m. and then must report directly to 1st period.
Student Face Coverings
Students will be required to wear a face mask or gaiter while in attendance at Springboro Junior High School. Students are expected to bring their own face masks and gaiters, as they will not be provided by the school. Due to a recent Ohio Department of Health order, face shields are not an appropriate substitute for face masks/gaiters. For more information, visit the district's COVID-19 webpage and click on 'Face Coverings Policy.'
Bring Your Own Technology
Students are encouraged to bring their own devices (chromebooks, laptops, etc.) to eliminate shared chromebook usage within the classroom. If your student needs a chromebook to use for the school year and you have a financial hardship, please contact the Junior High main office so that one can be assigned to you for the school year.
Water Bottles
Students will be able to bring a water bottle and carry it to their classrooms throughout the school day, as water fountains will be disabled in the school
Students can refill their water bottles by using the touchless water bottle filling stations in the commons.
8th period Lunch
At this point, students with 8th period lunch, like other students, will only be allowed to visit their locker during 1st period, before/after lunch, and 9th period. The purpose of limiting locker usage is to minimize congestion in the hallway. If an additional stop to the locker during the morning is needed for 8th period lunch students, then this change will be made as needed. We are all in this together!!!
Device and Internet Accessibility
A form has been created, in order to survey our free/reduced lunch families on technology needs that may be necessary for you for the upcoming start of the 2020-2021 school year. If you have a financial hardship, and have selected Model B, or in the event the district is forced to shut down again due to State orders surrounding COVID-19, devices such as Chromebooks or internet hotspots will be necessary to continue your student’s instruction.
Based on the data from this form, devices and internet hotspots will be distributed to families with financial hardships, including, but not limited to free/reduced lunch as a priority based on supply. Please fill out the form below if you are in need of a device or internet hotspot, based on financial hardship.
Bus Information
Bus Passes: Due to COVID-19 safety measures, no bus passes will be allowed this year. In the past, bus passes were allowed so that a student could ride home with a friend on their non-regular bus.
- To find your stop and bus times, please put in the street number, street name (no abbreviations). Please note - if your address has a directional notation (N/S/E/W) please use it when entering your address. If your stop does not come up, then try it without. Also, if you live on a State Route, omit the word STATE and just use Route as the name (example: 123 Route 48).
- These bus routes change daily. Please check your bus times the night before school starts to confirm your times.
Reminders:
- Face coverings are required for the entire bus ride, including loading, unloading and when parked at a school.
- Transportation can be denied if a student does not arrive to the bus with a face covering.
- Parents are responsible for checking temperatures daily.
- Please remember to have your student at the stop 5 minutes prior to their scheduled pick up time**
If you have any questions, please contact the Transportation Dept. at 937-748-4462
Medication Drop Off Times
Medication (over the counter and/or prescription) can be dropped off at the building at any time between 7:00 - 3:00 p.m. Medications are to be in their original container and unopened. Over the counter medications require a parent signature. Prescription medications require a physician signature and a parent signature. Students are prohibited from carrying medication to school. It must be dropped off by a parent.
Lunch Payments & Free/Reduced Lunch Application
In this letter, please find important information on lunch payments, PaySchools Central, as well as Free/Reduced Meal Applications, for those families who qualify. Information in this letter applies to families who chosen in-person (Model A), as well as at-home/virtual learning (Model B).
Fall Athletics COVID-19 Plans
With Governor DeWine’s announcement and eventual “Health Order", Fall athletics are off and running – albeit with many restrictions. While the games will not necessarily look the same, and spectators will be limited, we should be excited for our student-athletes for their chance to have a season! Linked here are some key points from the Health Order: https://boropanthers.com/2020/08/20/fall-athletics-covid-19-plans/
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Past Junior High Principal Updates
To view past Junior High Principal Updates, please visit the Junior High main webpage and scroll down the right hand side of the page.
Registration Gateway
The Back-to-School Registration Gateway has been updated for the 2020-2021 school year annual forms collection, and is now open to the public. This offers parents the opportunity each year to review the information that the school has on file for your student(s), and to electronically sign all the required annual forms. If you are already registered, you do not need to re-register. This is simply to review the information we currently have on file and then sign this school year’s annual forms.
Please make note of the following new feature when logging into Registration Gateway: The Family Review functionality has been activated. Parents/Guardians will login by youngest child to update ALL students in the family.
Parents will now login to Registration Gateway with their youngest child's information:
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Username - Youngest Student ID
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Password - Date of Birth (MMDDYYYY)*
- *8-Digit Birthdate, No Dashes/Slashes/Spaces, Only Numbers
The district requires this information to be completed by September 30, 2020. Address changes cannot be updated in Current Student Registration Gateway. If you have an address change, please contact your student’s building secretary.
We want to provide ample time to everyone to complete the necessary student registration information. If you have any questions regarding this online process, please contact the Registration Office at 937-748-6003.
Immunizations
Incoming 7th graders for the 2020-21 school year are required to submit an immunization update by the start of the 2020-21 school year. These records are due to the school by Tuesday, September 8.
There are two vaccines required by the Ohio Department of Health for all incoming 7th Grade Students:
- A diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (Tdap) booster. This immunization needs to have been given no sooner than the child’s 10th birthday;
- First Dose of the Meningococcal (MCV4) vaccine
- If you choose not to immunize your child, then an Exemption Letter must be completed. This can be found on the district website
With our buildings being closed, we are asking that all updated immunizations be scanned and submitted to the email address listed below:
