CES Weekly Communicator

This weekly update will be how we communicate with the school community. Please check your emails on Fridays for the most recent school news.

Thank you for coming to our first breakfast with buddies! It is nice to connect with our families and students. Families whose last name begins with M-Z will join us next Friday! See you then.

Please take a moment to complete the Emergency Medical Authorization form. Classrooms that have 100% returned forms on infinite campus will earn a popsicle party and a movement break with the leadership team! This form is NOT just for field trips. It is a form that tells us who to call in case of emergency.

Here is the link to infinite campus to log in and complete it for EACH student:

https://gahannajeffersonoh.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/gahanna_jefferson.jsp

Dear GJPS families,

Beginning this fall, students in kindergarten through tenth grade will take the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Assessment as a universal screener in the areas of reading and mathematics. The MAP Assessment measures student achievement and academic growth over time. It also compares student, class and grade level performance with other students’ performance across the country. The MAP Assessment is web-based and adaptive to measure your child’s instructional level. If your child answers a question correctly, the next question is more challenging. If they answer incorrectly, the next question is easier. The results are one data point that will help to provide a more complete picture of what your child knows and is ready to learn, helping staff better plan instruction to meet their needs.

The MAP Assessment will be given three times a year (fall, winter, and spring) to grades 1-5 for benchmarking. Kindergarteners will take the MAP Math assessment twice a year (winter and spring). Your building principal will share the specific dates for your building before testing begins. Following each testing window, you will receive a report showing your child’s performance and growth. For more information about MAP Assessments, check out the Family Guide to MAP and NWEA Family Toolkit. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or building principal.

Sincerely,

Tia P. Holliman

Director of Curriculum

Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools

Family Letter - Spanish version

Family Letter - Somali version

Family Letter - Nepali version

Family Letter - French version

We have the opportunity to have small groups focusing on anxiety; executive functioning (organization skills); and social skill groups with Mary Kathleen Crimmel. Please fill out this form if you feel that your child would benefit from this opportunity: https://forms.gle/NTDCREJmBV8mz3Gi8

Hello, Chapelfield families!

I am Lexie Wood, the school counselor at Chapelfield. I am excited to be the school counselor at Chapelfield and look forward to working with the amazing students at this school! This year I will teach monthly lessons in your child's classroom. These lessons will include a continuation of the 12 tools from the Toolbox Project, emotion regulation strategies and mindsets/goal setting. Small groups will also be offered, and I am available to work with students one-on-one for short term counseling, typically 4-6 sessions.

Another program I support is our GRIN Weekend Supplemental food/snack packs. If your family needs extra food on the weekends, please let me know so I can help!

Please reach out anytime if you have questions or concerns about your child's mental health, behavior, social skills, or if you have any needs for your family. My phone number is 614-643-0765 and my email is woodal@gjps.org. I am happy to support your family and student(s) in any way I can!

Here’s to a great school year!!

-Lexie Wood

1. Doors open at 7:40 a.m. ONLY for students eating breakfast at the main entrance; door #2.

2. At 7:50 a.m., doors open to start our day.

• K-2 enters at door #1.
• 3-5th grade enters at door #2.

3. Car drop off:

• Please have students ready to exit the car once you pull up to a numbered spot.
• Please continue to pull up to the number space to keep the line moving.
• PLEASE DO NOT park your car and have the students walk through the car lane because we want to keep them safe.

4. Doors CLOSE at 8 a.m. After 8 a.m., students are considered tardy and need to enter the main entrance; door #2.

5. Teachers are in the hallway to greet students and we have teachers walking kindergartners to their classroom.

6. Parents are NOT allowed into the building as we ensure students enter safely and are on time to class.

7. If you have lunch money, remember you can add money on infinite campus, please place it in an envelope and give it to your child. Be sure to write your child's name and teacher's name on the envelope.

8. If you have a question for the office, you must come to the front office.

Thank you for partnering with us during this busy time.

Buses/Shuttles:

Students riding the bus will exit at the front of the building. Students riding shuttle or early buses will leave either at 2:10 p.m. or 2:15 p.m. depending on the bus they ride. Students who will be transported to a daycare will leave at 2:20 p.m. and exit the door next to the music room. All other bus riders will leave at 2:25 p.m.

Car Riders:

Students being picked up by car will use the door near the music room, the west door. These students are dismissed at 2:30 p.m. This is a car rider lane ONLY. It is not for parents or guardians to park and pick students up in person. We kindly ask that you refrain from using your cell phone at this time in order to keep all students safe.

Parent Pick Up & Students Walking Home (NOT IN A CAR): Dismissed at 2:30 p.m.

If you wish to pick your child up in person, and not sit in the car lane, please go to the front of the building or pick up at the designated location.

• Kindergarten and 1st grade students are dismissed at the side door that is at the front playground; the first east side door.
• 2nd and 3rd grade students are dismissed from the front doors.
• 4th and 5th grade students are dismissed at the door exiting from the back hallway; the further east side door.

We use ONLY the front doors due to safety. It is easiest for us to allow students to ENTER ONLY in the front doors. Thank you for understanding.

Here is what is happening in PTO:

Spirit Wear

Don't forget to get your Chapelfield Spirit Wear. The deadline for orders is August 26.

https://chapelfield-spring-2223.spiritsale.com/

Mumkin Sales

Mum Flower Sales starts August 29 to September 12 (paper order) September 19 (online ordering ends). Pick up for Mum Sale is September 28. Catalog will go home Monday August 29 with students.

Breakfast with Buddies

We invite your family or a guest to breakfast on Friday, September 2 from 7:15-8 a.m. with last names starting with M-Z. Because parking can be an issue on these days, you may want to consider walking together to school.

Skate Night

Thursday, September 22 from 6-8:30 p.m. @ Skate Zone 71. Come hang out with new and old friends!

Monday, August 29-Wednesday, September 14: FALL MAP TESTING WINDOW for 1-5th grade

Friday, September 2: Breakfast with Buddies for a family member or guardian to come eat with us from 7:15-8:00 a.m. in the gym with families with last names beginning with M-Z.

Monday, September 5: LABOR DAY; NO SCHOOL

Saturday, September 10: Restaurant Nights for PTO @ Whit's

Monday, September 12: School Pictures

Tuesday, September 13: PTO General Meeting; childcare provided

Thursday, September 22: PTO Skate Party @ Skate Zone 71 from 6-8:30 p.m.

Friday, September 23: Progress Reports Published

Thursday, September 29: Parent Teacher Conferences 3-7 p.m.

Friday, September 30: Food Truck Friday's: Hogback BBQ Pit from 11-1 p.m.