Hello JES Families:

We are so excited to have our Kindergarten through second graders back in person. Although a very short week, our staff has shared with me how excited students have been to return to school and are settling into the daily routines with great success!!   Soon we will have all students back in the building for five days a week starting February 1.
 
I have been asked by our Nutrition Services department to inform parents that meals, both in person and distance learning meal kits, will be free to ALL students through the rest of the school year. This includes both breakfast and lunch. We encourage parents to keep a positive balance in their student’s accounts to purchase extra entrees, milk and a la carte items.

FastBridge testing for our Kindergarten and first grade students started this week. The FastBridge system is a set of assessments that teachers use to measure student learning in math and reading. FastBridge scores help teachers to know what kind of teaching each student needs. For each grade level there are benchmark scores that help us to determine student achievement up to this point. At the Kindergarten and first grade levels this assessment is administered 1:1 by either your child’s classroom teacher or a member of our assessment team. We plan to assess Kindergarten and first graders in both math and reading during the week of January 26th. Our students in grades 2-5 will take the FastBridge assessment when they return.

Thanks for your continued partnership in your child’s education.  

Let me know if I can help in any way!

Nancy Wittman-Beltz, Principal
952-556-6510