JSE Tracks
John Simatovich Elementary School
Welcome to the 2019-20 School Year!
Good Afternoon, JSE Families,
I hope you have had a great week and are ready to kick off another great school year on the 14th. It has been wonderful to welcome staff back over the last few weeks as they prepare their classrooms. We are all getting very excited to have the kids back with us!
Thank you for seeing your way through online registration again this year. Below are several items for your attention as we begin the new school year. Please scroll through all of them. At the very end you will see several invitations!
We look forward to another incredible year with our JSE family! Thank you for allowing us the privilege of working with your child this year.
Very Sincerely,
Mrs. Barnes
Principal
We Welcome New JSE Staff:
Mrs. Lisa Morton will now be our Home School Advisor, replacing Mrs. Fields, Mrs. Alexis Kegebein will replace Mrs. Morton in the library, and Mr. Nick Smith will replace Mrs. Edwards as our PE teacher. We are delighted to have these amazing educators continue in new positions at our schoolhouse.
Our JSE Cafe:
The Free and Reduced Price Breakfast and Lunch Application may be completed online through your Harmony Family Portal Account or picked up in the office anytime. Applications need to be completed each year. Families who applied and qualified last year will need to reapply at the start of school. If you would like us to send a copy home with your child during the first week of school please call the main office.
Mealtime: You may find information at this LINK to create an account or add your child to your mealtime account. You may also always send money in with your child or drop money off to the main office. Please make sure the money is in an envelope marked with your child's name and indicate lunch money. Our kitchen manager, Sandy Denison, will get all Kindergarten and new student families their lunch account information the first week of school, should you choose to create a mealtime account, this will be needed information.
Ice Cream Friday and Snacks: These will be available to students starting the week of August 23rd. See information at LINK on our website.
You are always welcome to join us for lunch and eat with your child at the guest table!
Lunch Schedule
11:00 1st Grade Lunch
11:25 Kindergarten Lunch
11:55 3rd Grade Lunch
12:20 2nd Grade Lunch
12:45 4th Grade Lunch
1:10 5th Grade Lunch
PTO News
- PTO Boo-hoo/Yahoo Breakfast: We will be sponsoring a breakfast for kindergarten families on the first day of school from 8:50-9:20. Join us in the library to celebrate this milestone for your child and chat with other kindergarten parents.
- Ice-Cream and Cookie Social: We look forward to catching up with all of our families at our Open Houses. Please join us for desert in the cafe during your child's Open House.
- PTO Meetings usually occur the first Tuesday of each month at 6PM. Please consider attending the meetings this year, every JSE parent is welcome and encouraged to attend!
Teacher and Bus Assignments and Textbook Rental and School Supply List:
Supply List is available online at our website: Website LINK
You may pay your child's Textbook Rental online through the Portal as well.
First Day of School and Transportation:
- The first day of school is Wednesday, August 14th. The school day begins at 8:50 and dismisses at 3:20. Bus assignments can be found in Harmony Family Access under the bus tab. Please remember that buses do run late on the first few days of school so thank you in advance for your patience. If you have a Kindergarten child or a child new to JSE, your bus driver will call you with your bus pick-up time and bus stop information.
- If you are driving and dropping your child on the first day, use the car line door at the back parking lot on the side of the school, door G. If you are driving your child and want to walk them to their classroom on the first day of school, park in the front parking lot and use the main entrance.
- At dismissal, if you are picking up your child, use the car rider line and please have your picture ID available. Just a reminder we require a picture ID anytime you are picking up your child from school.
Again, thank you for your patience with arrival and dismissal during the first week as we work carefully and diligently to keep your child safe.
Kidstop Program: Before and After-School Care at JSE:
Important Dates:
August 12 Meet and Greet for NEW students 6PM
August 14 First Student Day
August 14 Boo-hoo/Yahoo Breakfast for families of kindergarten students, 8:50-9:20.
August 20 Open House for grade 2-5 students, Teacher Presentations for grades 2-5. 6PM
September 2 Labor Day No School
September 3 PTO Meeting 6PM
September 5 Fall Pictures
September 12 Progress Report
September 17 Mobile Dentist at JSE
September 19th Brownies and Books with Mrs. Barnes, Literacy Event in the Library
October 7 Student eLearning Day at home and Parent Teacher Conferences at school
October 17,18 No School, Fall Break
November 8 No School, Teacher In-Service Day
Welcome NEW students:
Open House before School, Kindergarten and First Grade Students Only:
First Day Send off celebration for Kindergarten Families:
Open House, 2nd-5th Students and Families with Classroom Teacher Presentations:
You are always welcome at JSE!
Please let us know how we can strengthen our partnership with you!
Leigh Barnes, Principal ext 3001
Barb Rittel, Secretary ext 3000
Lisa Morton, Home School Advisor ext 3003
Kathy Maniszko, School Nurse ext 3002
Email: lbarnes@union.k12.in.us
Website: http://jsimatovich.union.k12.in.us/
Location: 424 West 500 North, Valparaiso, IN, United States
Phone: (219)759-2508
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/JSEPTO/
Twitter: @JSimatovichElem