Rolling in the Know

As we begin to prepare for the end of the 2021-2022 school year we are providing important resources shared with us from our partners at Stark Mental Health & Addition Recovery. Among the resources shared here are the Crisis Text Line (4Hope to 741741) anytime day or night, the number to the Stark County Mobile Response Team, as well as useful tips and advice on how to make your home safer for children.

Your donations are needed in all six of our buildings throughout the Jackson Local School District to finish our annual "Stuff the Bus" food drive campaign strong. The last day to send in donations or bring them to school is Thursday, May 12. On Friday May 13, our transportation team will collect all the food from our site and join other Stark County school districts to transport the collection to the new Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank location in Stark County. Last year along, the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank distributed nearly 8 million pounds of food in Stark County, the equivalent of about 6.5 million meals. That is about 20 meals for every person in Stark County.

If you are able to contribute, please bring your canned food items this week. Thank you for your generosity! These donations also help provide food for our families and students in need during the summer. Go Bears!

Congratulations to seniors Allie Hartnett and Jarod Matronia, who were voted Miss and Mr. Jacksonite for the Class of 2022. Allie maintains a 5.0 grade-point average and Jarod a 5.3 GPA. He is the senior class president and she is the senior class vice president. These two senior leaders have been involved in several other leadership opportunities throughout their years at JHS. Please see the information below for more information. Congratulations Allie and Jarod!

Thank you to all who have taken the Jackson Local School District's Parents/Guardian Satisfaction survey. If you have not done so yet, please take the survey, found by clicking our touching here or the button below.

Details on our Jackson youth basketball camp for boys in grades K-8 in June are below. You can download the PDF, or click the button to visit the website for more information.

The Jackson High School Digital Student Services board remains active and we encourage our high school students and their families to check out the board. It is a one-stop place for all things related to college scholarships, trade school enrollment, employment and volunteer opportunities, and enlistment information for military branches and service academies. Currently there are more than a dozen employment opportunities. You can view the website by clicking or touching on the button below.

To be eligible for Kindergarten in the fall of 2022, your child must be 5 on or before September 30, 2022.

Please click this link to create an account to start your online registration. If you already have a student attending one of our Jackson schools, please use the username and password you created to fill out the "First Day Forms."

If you have any questions, please contact your home school. If you do not know what elementary school your child should attend, please click here to find your school by your street address.

Please note the following support documents listed below are needed to finalize your registration.

After completing the registration forms online, please call your home school to make an appointment to bring in the following documents:

• Original Board of Health Birth Certificate

• Current proof of residency (rental/purchase agreement or current utility bill in your name)

• Immunization records (please click here for current immunization and TB requirements)

• Custody papers (if applicable)

• Parent/Guardian Photo ID

Camp Invention is coming to Jackson from May 31 - June 3, 2022!

Students entering grades 1 - 6 for the 2022-2023 school year can sign up for an action-packed week of hands-on STEM activities. Sign up now and save.

We are pleased to be able to offer The Backpack Food Program, in partnership with River Tree Jackson. This is a service for families in the Jackson Local School district with students in K-12. The goal of this program is to send home a variety of easy, ready-to-eat meals and snacks for your child to have over the weekend. There is no cost to our families to join this program. The bags will be delivered to your child’s school weekly and sent home with students on the last day of the week students are in school, usually Fridays.

This program is intended for families whose children are eligible for free/reduced meals. However, we understand some families may not be eligible for the free/reduced meal program, but are still in need of food. If you would like to opt-in, please fill out the google form linked below (one for each student). Please know, all information you share with us is kept in the strictest confidence.

To apply to be part of the Backpack Food Program, all you need to do is fill out the quick application form by clicking the link below: (one for each student). https://forms.gle/D8YbrDZbyoJF2Ts27

If you have any questions please email
backpacks@rivertreechristian.com or Kay2jc@jackson.sparcc.org

The Jackson Local School District has job openings for both certified and classified staff, including cafeteria helper, substitute bus driver, and substitute custodian. Job openings can be viewed by going here.

Striving for Excellence

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Superintendent: Christopher DiLoreto

Board of Education:

Christopher V. Goff, president

Tonya M. Wright, vice president

Scott Gindlesberger

Lia Jones

Thomas W. Winkhart

Email: contactus@jackson.sparcc.org
Website: https://www.jackson.stark.k12.oh.us/
Location: 7602 Fulton Drive Northwest, Massillon, OH, USA
Phone: (330) 830-8000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JacksonLocalSchools
Twitter: @JacksonLocal_SD