JCS Staff Newsletter

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Thank you to everyone who contributed to the United Way of East Tennessee Highlands. For those who donated the amount to receive the jean coupons, they are currently being printed at the print shop and should be ready to go out to schools in the next week.

The following list contains school appreciation days and national recognition celebrations that your school may wish to recognize. This is merely a suggestion list to help your school/department plan accordingly. Participation, unless otherwise promoted district-wide (i.e. Maroon and Gold Day, etc.), is not required.

Click here to view Printable Calendars for 2022-2023 & 2023-2024

January 2023

• Law Enforcement Appreciation Day - January 9, 2023
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 16, 2023 - NO SCHOOL
• Please see the document below for a schedule of events for the MLK Holiday
  
• National Popcorn Day - January 19, 2023
• Chinese New Year - January 22, 2023
• School Board Appreciation Week – January 22 - 28, 2023
• Great Kindness Week - January 23 - 27, 2023

The end of the year is right around the corner. Please make sure if you have had an address change in the past year that you have submitted your new address to the Finance Department.

The next time you log into Skyward, you should see the option to receive a printed or electronic copy of your W-2 once it is ready in January. If you do not select a choice, the system will default to your selection from previous years. W-2s will be available by January 31, 2023.

Some of you may have recently received a letter from Bay Bridge Administrators, LLC (BBA) about a data breach regarding your personal data. Bay Bridge Administrators, LLC is a third-party administrator for insurance carriers such as Manhattan Life and MetLife that are provided through Mark III Employee Benefits. Mark III is engaging with Bay Bridge Administrators, LLC, and their insurance carrier partners to assess what has occurred. You can find a link the letter Johnson City Schools received from Mark III Employee Benefits below. For those that have received a letter, Bay Bridge Administration (BBA) has established a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident and to address related concerns. That information can be found below in the letter. BBA also offered these individuals access to 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

Johnson City Schools' Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund documents are available for review through this link. At the bottom of the page, there is a link to a Google form where we ask for feedback from all of our stakeholders. Every six months we will use this feedback for our ESSER 3.0 Public Plan-Federal Relief Spending Addendum. Please feel free to review these documents and provide us with feedback.

Johnson City Schools is hiring custodians, Educare assistants, and instructional assistants. Current job postings can be viewed at www.jcschools.org/jobs. Johnson City Transit is in need of bus drivers. Please visit this page for more information about open Bus Driver positions.

If you have any questions or concerns about Bloomz, feel free to reach out to at BrooksB@jcschools.org with any questions.

Bloomz On-Demand Training for Teachers

• Beginning with Bloomz: Teacher Basics

• Beginning with Posts/Announcements/Alerts/Messages

• Beginning with Events, Sign-Ups, and Conferences

Congratulations to the Science Hill High School Dance Team. This team, Coached by Van VanEaton, won the 2022 TSSAA State Championship in Hip-Hop Dance in Murfreesboro in November. Members of the team are:

Maci Brooks

Ellie Lyons

Kate Carter

Ella Misenar

Lauren Chesser

Daniella Quewea

Ella Estep

Annie Rhea

Lily Anna Haynes

Lilly Rickenbrode

Avery Henson

Kinzton Scott

Mariah Howell

Kendall Stoots

Abigail Hyatt

Sophia Webb

Camren Jones

Congratulations again to this talented group of Science Hill students.

The next Johnson City Board of Education meeting will be held on Monday, February 6 starting at 6 p.m. inside the Board Room at Central Office (100 E. Maple Street). Board meetings can be viewed on the Johnson City Schools' YouTube channel.

Johnson City Schools has enrolled with STOPit, the leading technology platform for schools that deters and controls harmful or inappropriate conduct. STOPit empowers students with an easy app to safely and anonymously report anything of concern to school officials – from cyberbullying to threats of violence or self-harm. STOPit empowers students to stand up for themselves and others while giving our schools the insight we need to keep students safe. Students can download the App from the Apple Store or Google play store on their mobile device and then search for their Johnson City School. While the reports are anonymous, there will be severe consequences for anyone who is found to have made a false report.

Read more - www.jcschools.org/News/463

Johnson City Schools loves celebrating the accomplishments of our students, staff, and community. If you know of any events, awards, programs, or other compelling stories involving the Johnson City Schools' community, please fill out this form or reach out to Collin Brooks at BrooksB@jcschools.org

We will distribute this newsletter on the Wednesday following the monthly Board of Education meeting. This newsletter will have information from District Departments and other helpful tips. If you have suggestions for content in this newsletter, please send them to Collin Brooks at BrooksB@jcschools.org.