April 2015 Newsletter.pub (Read-Only)

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JJ Legoland April 2015
September 2004
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Dear Families,
Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a nice spring break. Our
second round of ISTEP multiple choice testing will begin April 27th for students
in grades 3, 4, and 5. We have organized a spirit week leading up to this round
which will also be part of our PTO sponsored Walk A Thon on April 24th.
More information will be coming home soon!
Congratulations to Angela Smith and Amy Guernsey for being nominated
by our staff for our 2015 Champions for Children
celebration. Each Greater Clark County School nominates two staff members
as representatives. We are fortunate to have these outstanding educators in our
building!
Adrienne Bach
Teacher Requests 2015-2016
As this school year approaches the end, we are already making plans for
Fall 2015. During our grade level meetings, we will begin creating class lists
for students for next year. We review progress, assessment data, individual
learning styles, student personalities, etc., when determining how to divide
the students into groups. This is a lengthy, in depth process to provide the
best placement for each student. We will only consider requests based on
educational needs provided by the parent. Please remember that requests are only requests. It does not guarantee you will receive the teacher
requested. Also, we will have teachers changing grade levels, so the teacher
you request may not be in the grade level of your child. If you have a valid
request, you may come by the school office and complete a request form.
Request forms will be available April 13th and the deadline for requests is
Friday, May 13th. Requests will not be considered by email, letters or phone
calls. Only the request forms completed in the office will be
April 7th PTO
Meeting 6:30 p.m.
April 8th 4th
Grade Field Trip
Squire Boone
April 9th Sports
and Group pictures
April 13th Blue
Apple Players Assembly
April 14th 3rd
Grade Ag Day
April 15th 2nd
Grade Field Trip
April 17th Charlotte’s Web CHS
9:30 Grades 3-5
1:00 Grades K-2
April 20th CMS
Band visit 11:30
April 24th WalkAThon
utilized.
Camp Kindergarten
2015-2016 Kindergarten Students
April 14th 9:30 a.m.
Camp Kindergarten is a fun and informative way for students and parents to get a jump start on
preparing to enter Kindergarten!
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Please call the Jonathan Jennings office to register: 256-7284
Please pass the word along to anyone who will have a child in kindergarten next year!
Just a friendly reminder that you can register your students for
the 2015-2016 school
on-line now. Please
go to gcs.k12.in.us and
click on the short cut
for Current Student
Registration. If you
have a child entering
kindergarten please
go to the short cut,
New Student Registration.
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Caleb Aaron, Eli Adams, Neveah Ahlers, Hussein Almosawi, Caitlyn
Ashby, Sean Ashby, Luke Bach, Steven Bates, Jaelinn Beckort, Taylor Bethards, Brooklyn Blaydes, Brandon Bond, Terrence Bonner,
Rachel Booth, Alexis Boyd, Rhiana Brading, Jessica Burchett, Jesse
Burke-Garcia, Taylor Burnett, James Burnett, Chandler Caldwell,
Izzy Campbell, Sammi Canter, Cody Carey, Katie Case, Joseph Cedano, Morgan Childers, Gage Childers, Nicholas Cockerell, Cohen
Cooley, Summer Cooley, Eli Cooley, Douglas Coursey, Makenna
Curtis, Bryce David, Camryn Davis, Trista Dean, Jason Doty, Brenna
Doty, Stephen Dumeyer, Ashton Easterday, Natalie Eickholtz, Olivia
Elder, Mason Farmer, Chipper Fellows, Kyley Fetz, Lucy Fletcher,
Blake Fraley, Dylan French, Ivan Garcia, Christina Gill, Lillian Gillespie, Michael Gnadinger,Connor Graham, Kendra Grayson, Robert
Gullion, Victoria Gutierrez, Erika Gutierrez, Cristal Guzman, Luke
Hammond, Kay-Lee Harris, Logan Hart, Lilyan Hatfield, Angelle
Hebert, Tammy Hebert, Jaelyn Hernandez, Ethan Herrold, Aubri
Hetz, Zander Hetz, Marty Hodge, Shelby Hodges, Gabby Hooker,
Keele Horton, Madison Hutt, Levi Johnson, Emily Johnson, Brooke
Jones, Luke Jones, Abigail Keltner, Micah Keltner, Anneiah King,
Kaylee Kirchgessner, Peyton Knoebel, Emily Kratz, Abigail Lawton,
Alexis Lawton, Cooper Lee, Tyler Lewis, Bryson Love, Sean Malott,
Jonathan Marquez Avila, Noah Matthews, Emily Mattingly, Taylor
May, Mattie May, Kelsey McAdams, Kaylie McAdams, Emma
McCutcheon, Makayla McElroy, Carli McKannan, Hailey Metzger,
Emily Miller, Aurora Mitchum-Helms, Kaleb Mohr, Mariano Montelongo, Miranda Moore, William Mulvaney, Kendall Mulvaney, Milly
Munoz, Savanna Neal, Kandon Oakley, Mason Oakley, Parker Odle,
Brodie Orcutt, Kelly Orcutt, Brian Orcutt, Brayan Ordorica-Guzman,
Collin Parish, Hailee Pate, Braeden Pearson, Jennifer Peek, Amaya
Perry, Kenneth Perry, Jackson Pfister, Natalia Pulido Laguna, Anthony Pulido Laguna, Grace Quiggins, Patrick Ralston, Jonathan
Ramirez, Luna Ramirez, Mariah Rawson, Braelyn Reed, Connor
Roberts, Danielle Roberts, Gabriel Rodriguez, Jonathan RomeroGalvan, Trevor Rothbauer, Amaya Sanchez, Jaqeline Sanchez, Amelia
Sanchez, Alex Sanchez, Michael Sanchez-Singer, Seigun Schnepp,
Karenna Schnepp, Alessandra Schoenbachler, Kendall Scott, Kaiden
Sharp, Jackson Shearer, Kaelyn Shearer, Summer Shepherd, Sam
Short, Audrey Slay, Jaydon Small, Chloe Smalley, Savanna Smith,
Sophia Smith, Julia Smith, Nathan Smith, Kynady Sparrow, Gloria
Spencer, Sarah Stepp, Aiden Stewart(2nd grade), Lilly Stine, Isabella
Stites, Dakota Storie, Thomas Tevis-Stanton, Brayden Tevis-Stanton,
Cody Tharp, Elizabeth Tibbs, Brooklyn Tibbs, Ava Tilford, Cole
Tincher, Garrett Titzer, Kaeden Townsend, Ethan Vaughn, Maci
Vaughn, Jesus Velazquez
Sanchez, Bailey Viars, Leah
Walden, Tia Walker, Tom
Warring, Rachel Watson, Kelsey Whalen, Jesse Wheeler,
Brooklyn White, Alex White,
Jacob Whitten, Kyleigh Wiggins,
Shadelyn Wilder, Buddy Wixon, Lillian Wolff, Ricky Yates
ISTEP Spirit Week
April 20th-Favorite Team Apparel
April 21st-Crazy Hair Day
April 22nd-Pajama Day
April 23rd-Mix Match Day
April 24th-Hat Day
Students may donate $1.00 each
day to our Walk A Thon.
Focus Targeted
According to Indiana’s approved Elementary and Secondary
Education Act Flexibility Waiver, each school and Local Educational Agency (LEA) must demonstrate adequate annual
progress on each measurable objective for each metric (i.e.,
Annual Assemssment Proficiency, Annual Collage and Career
Readiness, (CCR), and Annual Graduation Goal. Title I
schools that do not meet expectations for one or more particular subgroups are identified as Focus Targeted Schools.
At this time, Jonathan Jennings has received an “A” letter
grade ranking for three years in a row. We will be considered a focus targeted school based on our 2013-2014 subgroup performance in two areas: English for our Hispanic
subgroup and Math for our White subgroup requirement for
passing rate in Hispanic English subgroup was 76% and our
subgroup passed at 72%. Our AMO requirement for our
White Math subgroup was 89% and we passed at 87%. Our
AMO requirement for passing rate in Hispanic English subgroup was 76% and our subgroup passed at 72%. Our AMO
requirement for our White Math subgroup was 89% and we
passed at 87%.
Attention Transfer Students
Any student who DOES NOT live in the Jonathan
Jennings school district MUST fill out a transfer request EVERY YEAR. Transfers will no longer be
automatic from year to year due to class sizes, and of
course, students who live in the actual school district
will receive priority. Please fill out your transfer request as soon as possible as we will actually go by the
date the transfer was filled out in determining what
transfer students can be accepted. We wish we could
take all students who want to go to Jonathan Jennings,
but we have to maintain proper ratios for our students and teachers. Transfer request forms are available in the office.