Cougar Tracks

A message from the Principal!

Greetings JES Community!

We are so excited to see everyone tomorrow! I do hope everyone is recovering from our week of ice days and that you found some time to spend with your family to rest and rejuvenate.

As we get back to our routines this week, please make a note of some rescheduled events. The most important are our Interim Assessments for our 3rd - 5th graders. Our Reading Assessment scheduled for Tuesday will occur as planned. The 5th grade Science Assessment was rescheduled to this Friday. Please encourage your child to do their very best on these assessments as they give us very valuable information about your child's progress this year.

If your family is still in need as a result of the storms or we can help support in any way, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

We are looking forward to a fantastic week!

Lara Hutchinson

This week!

Tuesday, February 7th

Interim Assessment - 3rd - 5th Grade Reading

Wednesday, February 8th

Dream as BIG as Texas - Wear Red, White and Blue

Special School Board Meeting this week (see below for details)

Thursday, February 9th

Wear your favorite college, career or military clothes

Friday, February 10th

Interim Assessment - 5th Grade Science

Dress like a book character or wear your pajamas

What are INTERIM ASSESSMENTS?

Interim Assessments are online assessments that align to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and help educators, students and their families monitor student progress and predict student performance on STAAR.

These assessments are important in giving us vital information about our student's progress in mastering grade level skills and knowledge and preparing them for the next grade level.

Please help us by encouraging your child to get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast and do their best!

SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD Meeting this week!

We’re sending a friendly reminder about the special school board meeting this Wednesday night, Feb. 8th. Among the topics being discussed are the proposed school bond election and the new attendance zones.

Your voice matters. We want to get as much public input as possible.

The meeting starts at 6 pm at 508 N. 5th Street in Jarrell.

IMPORTANT Daily Deadlines!

In order for our systems to run smoothly and safely, please observe the following daily deadlines times.

7:30 a.m. The back doors automatically lock, and you will need to drive around and walk your child in to the building. PLEASE DO NOT DROP-OFF STUDENTS AFTER 7:30. They must be signed in by a parent or guardian.

1:30 p.m. ALL transportation changes must be made by 1:30 by emailing or calling Stephanie Garcia at (512)-746-2170 or stephanie.garcia@jarrellisd.org.

2:30 p.m. Any student checking out early for an appointment, must be picked up prior to 2:30. Our dismissal processes are already in place by that time making it very difficult to change.

At Jarrell Elementary, we are constantly assessing our systems to make improvements for safety, convenience, and time. Observing these cut-off times helps us ensure the smoothest possible processes! Thank you!

Parent Partnership Websites

Please click on the link below for more information and details about how you can support your child at home for success at school!

Attached you will find a "how to" to log into Classlink in English and Spanish. We have noticed that parents are having a hard time logging into online apps. Parents must go the Jarrell's Classlink or you might have issues logging in.

If you have any trouble at all, please give us a call. We are happy to help! Your child's classroom teacher can help as well as our Assistant Principals and Principal.

Pre-K

This week in Pre-k, in Language Arts, students will be learning about how to write a sentence with correct punctuation, reviewing letters Aa, Bb and Cc, and how rhyming words have the same rimes. In Math, the students will be able to understand that 1-9 is repeating patterns to 30. Lastly, in Science, we will be learning about gravity and how living things move and nonliving things do not move.

Esta semana en Pre-K, en artes del lenguaje, los estudiantes aprenderán sobre como escribir una oración con la puntuación correcta. Repasaremos las letras Ss, Bb y Ff y aprenderemos la combinación con sus sílabas. También veremos como las palabras que riman tienen el mismo sonido al final. En matemáticas, los estudiantes podrán comprender que 1-9 está repitiendo patrones y los veremos hasta el número 30. Por último, en ciencias, aprenderemos sobre la gravedad y cómo los seres vivos si se mueven y los seres inertes no.

Kindergarten

In reading, we will be starting our unit over colonial towns and townspeople: Once Upon America. We will be combining science and social studies talking about world maps, globes, and also about our plants and different soils around the world while making plant observations, and studying the Mojave desert. In math, we will be continuing our decomposing or subtracting numbers. Please remember to practice ABCs, and reading with your kiddos every night! Please also don't forget to check our lost and found for your kiddos jackets!

1st Grade

NEWSLETTER

2nd Grade

NEWSLETTER

3rd Grade

This week in third grade we have lots of learning and practicing planned. In reading we are continuing our unit on Ancient Roman Civilization! Ask your kids about it, they seem to be enjoying this unit a lot! In math we are digging into our unit based on area! Lots of multiplication practice, but also geometry! In social studies we are continuing our financial literacy unit with a class auction to focus on supply and demand!

4th Grade

Fourth graders will be wrapping up our Treasure Island unit in reading. For writing, we will be completing, revising, editing, and publishing our adventure stories. We start new units in science and social studies, focusing on soil and the Republic of Texas. In math, we are starting our data analysis unit. Our students will be learning about dot plots and stem and leaf plots. All fourth graders have set goals for their upcoming reading and math interim tests. Ask your child to tell you what they plan on doing to reach their goals.

5th Grade

In reading this week we will be starting unit 6 in our curriculum: An Introduction to Shakespeare. We will also continue to practice our reading strategies that will help with the coming up interim test as well as the STAAR test. In math we will start our unit on fractions, beginning with multiplication of fractions. Lastly, in science we will be reviewing previously taught skills in preparation of our science interim test.

LIBRARY

In the library our learning target is to be able to respond to a text. Our storytime focus will be Black History and the importance of equality.

G/T students will be completing the research portion on a career of interest using a 2nd media source. Students will also begin to prepare their poster presentations. The G/T Co-op is finalizing how recycling materials will be collected on campus. Please send in a poster board for your G/T student by Monday, February 6th.

February is the month of Jumping rope and learning all about our bodies and how to take care of them.

Reminder: please send your student in tennis shoes on their PE day. Points are deducted from their grades if they do not come prepared. If you can not remember if it is their PE day, pack a pair in their backpacks just in case. Thank you

The PE department still has a few school t-shirts. They are $10.

Please email me if interested to find out if I have your size.

carol.sukup@jarrellisd.org Cash or check(made out to JES) only.

The counselors and CIS will be celebrating National School Counselors Week February 6-10 and we have some awesome activities planned for the week. The national theme is "Dream Big" and our counselors and CIS will have some encouraging messages for morning announcements. Also, we have some awesome dress-up days planned.

Wednesday, February 8th is Dream as BIG as Texas - wear red, white, and blue or dress like a cowboy or cowgirl. We will celebrate Texas as the Friendship State and be a great friend to all students and adults at JES.

Thursday, February 9th is dress in your favorite college, career, or military branch gear! Let's see what you want to do or be in your future. We have big dreams and goals at JES!

Friday, February 10th is Book and Pajama Day. Bring your favorite book, wear your comfortable pajamas and cozy up with a great book! Academics make your dreams come true!

In the classroom guidance lessons, we are outlining problem solving skills and discussing stress relief strategies.