Announcements for Parents
Student Expectations Videos
In past years, large group meetings were held in the gymnasium to go over expectations for students during the school year. Since no large group gatherings are being held due to COVID-19, students are watching video presentations in their classrooms that are put together by Junior High administration. The presentations watched by students by the end of this week include: (1) Proper use of School Technology (chromebooks & Internet) and Cell Phones; (2) Dress Code; (3) Attendance, including unexcused tardies; and (4) Lockers. Once completed, these presentations will be available for parent/guardians.
Registration Gateway Back-to-School Forms
A phone call was made on Thursday, October 1 to the parents/guardians of students with incomplete Registration Gateway Back-to-School Forms. Filling out these forms 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. Failure to fill out these back-to-school forms on Registration Gateway can result in your student not being able to use school technology, including the school's internet. See below ('Previous Announcements' section) for detailed information on how to complete these forms.
Student Picture Day
For Model A In-Person Learning students, pictures will be taken on October 13 (7th grade students only) and October 14 (8th grade students only).
For Model B At-Home Virtual Learning students, pictures will be taken on October 14 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. To help minimize congestion, 7th grade students are asked to come from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. and 8th grade students are asked to come from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. If you cannot make this hour long time range, please feel free to use the other hour time range to get your student’s picture taken. Multi-student families can select one hour range to bring their student. Students will enter the building on the east side (front of the building). The drop off doors will be marked and separated alphabetically; students with the last name A-K will enter in the 7A door & L-Z will enter in 7C door. Once their picture is taken, students will exit the building on the west side (bus lot) where they can be picked up by a parent.
Money/checks will not be accepted when pictures are taken. All other orders will occur online after the picture proofs have been distributed to parents/guardians. This safety measure reduces papers being touched by multiple people. In addition, there will be no color background options to minimize the need for the photographer to come near the student to change the filter.
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Parent/Teacher Conferences have been scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 3:30 - 7:00 p.m. and November 13, 7:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. There will be no-in person conferences. Conferences will be held virtually or by phone. Please contact the main office at 937-748-3953 if you would like to schedule a conference with your student's teacher(s).
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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.
School Fees
School fees for the Junior High are now able to be viewed and paid online through Pay Schools Central. To access Pay Schools Central, click on the ‘Parents’ tab on the main webpage for Springboro Schools - www.springboro.org
In addition, schools fees can be paid by check made payable to ‘Springboro Junior High School.’ Please contact the main office at 937-748-3953 with any questions.
As a reminder, eighth grade students attending the 2021 Washington, D.C. trip must have their fees paid in order to attend the trip.
COVID-19 Data (Students & Staff)
The district has data available showing the number of confirmed, positive COVID-19 cases for both students and staff, throughout each school building, within a one-week time frame, as is required to be reported to the State of Ohio. Each week's data for the current school year will be archived for view.
Registration Gateway
The Back-to-School Registration Gateway has been updated for the 2020-2021 school year annual forms collection. Updated information from all parents were due in September 2020. This mandated process 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.
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.
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).
