Our Learning Community...
- Start Date
- Daily Schedules: Including Drop Off and Pick Up Times
- Enrollment information
- What to Bring to School/Supplies
- Preparing to Start the School Year
- First Day of School Procedures
- Looking Ahead Dates
- Preschool, UTK, Kindergarten, & New Student Orientation
- Upcoming Family Park Day
- Tears & Cheers PTA Coffee at Maggie's
- Links to Join Our PTA
In addition to all of the information contained in this newsletter, we have attached our Family Handbook which gives you many more details about our school. Your child will come home with a copy of this handbook the first week of school, but it can be helpful to go through ahead of time.
If you have received this email and your family has moved, please call our office (619-605-8800) to initiate a records transfer.
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| Schools supply delivery! Crayons, paper, pencils and more! | During the summer furniture gets moved, carpets get deep cleaned, floors get waxed, all to prepare for welcoming our learners back to school. | Curriculum delivery! Books and consumables! |
Schools supply delivery! Crayons, paper, pencils and more!
During the summer furniture gets moved, carpets get deep cleaned, floors get waxed, all to prepare for welcoming our learners back to school.
Curriculum delivery! Books and consumables!
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Over the summer supplies are ordered for each grade level based their specific need and our supply room is restocked for the school year. Crayons, markers, glue sticks, journals, scissors, paper, tissues, etc. are purchased with our site funding and will be provided for all of our students.
You may receive a wishlist of additional items that would support your child's classroom in general or for a special project, these donations are welcome, but never required.
While we do not need the basic supplies brought to school, we would encourage families to have some of these materials at home for children to explore and create with.
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The first day/week of school is especially busy at drop off and pick up so please plan accordingly.
Arrival gates will open five minutes early at 7:30 a.m. on the first day of school and all students will enter the Gates by the front office or the cafe for breakfast.
On the 1st day of school parents/guardians/caregivers are welcome to walk students to their classrooms to meet the teacher and see the classroom for a few minutes (You will have more time at Back-to-School Night). If you plan on walking your child to their classroom on the 1st day, make sure to walk to campus or park on a side street (do NOT park in the Bus Zone or Loading Zone directly in front of the school). This is a special opportunity for the first day of school, starting on day two families will say goodbye their children at the gate.
Our Jones PTA will be hosting a gathering at Maggie’s Cafe immediately after morning drop off on the first day of school, we hope you can make it!
On Friday, August 18th, in the late afternoon/early evening you will be able to login to Power School Parent Portal to find out your child’s classroom assignment. There will also be class assignments posted in the front office window and will be available over the weekend.
On the first day of school we will have additional lists posted in front of the school and staff members there to help you navigate.
Please note that classroom placements are subject to change due to sitewide enrollment. Early October schools engage in the reorganization process and at that time we may need to add a classroom or close a classroom based on enrollment.
We do not accept requests for teacher placements.There are a number of factors that go into creating balanced classrooms and our team works collaboratively to set all of our students up for success.
- Visit the SDUSD Parent Portal webpage for more information about setting up your Parent Portal account if you do not already have one.
Login to the PowerSchool Parent Portal to access your student’s attendance record, State testing scores, and to view grades at the end of each grading period.
NEW FAMILIES - Please reach out to rbustamante@sandi.net for your student’s Access ID, Access Password and any Parent Portal questions.
- Our youngest learners in Preschool, UTK, and Kindergarten will have the opportunity to receive their classroom assignments during orientation. See the flyer below for more details.
Looking Ahead...
August
18 - Preschool, UTK, Kinder & New Student Orientation - 1:00 pm
18 - Class Rosters Released - Late Afternoon/Evening
19 - Park Day at Murray Ridge Park - 10:00 am
21 - First Day of School!
21 - Tears & Cheers: PTA Coffee and Connection at Maggie's Cafe - 8:00 am
21 - PTA Dine Out - All Day at Maggie's Cafe
September
4 - No School - Labor Day
14 - Back-To-School Night - 5:00 pm
Jones Elementary
Check out our school website for PeachJar Flyers, Counseling Resources, Family Handbook, Staff Contact Lists, After School Programs, Enrollment Information and so much more!
Jones Elementary PTA
Our Parent Teacher Association works with Jones Elementary to provide programs and support to benefit the students, their families, teachers, school administration and the community. Run entirely by volunteers, the PTA raises money to support enrichment programs, program instructors, educational assemblies and field trips, family events, and special classroom supplies.
As always, we need your membership, support and ability to volunteer. You can become a member using Totem, a respected membership management service. Please contact us with other thoughts on how we are doing, and your ideas on how you can become involved. We look forward to hearing from you.