1/5/2025
JJES Pirate Family,
Monday, January 6, 2025 will be an eLearning Asynchronous Day due to Inclement Weather
Asynchronous eLearning Days:
Your child’s teacher will communicate all assigned work and lessons through Google Classroom. This will be posted by 9:00 a.m. Teachers will be checking email messages throughout the day. If you have having trouble contacting a teacher, please call the school and leave a voicemail. Voicemail is also monitored throughout our email system.
The lessons and assigned work will align to the district sequencing guides and students will remain on pace with their GCCS classroom. Completed work should be submitted by the teacher assigned due date. A grace period for extenuating circumstances may be offered by the school. Work not submitted by the deadline may not receive full credit.
Attendance will be taken via a Google Form. Students will be marked as absent if they do not complete the form on each eLearning day.
State law limits school districts to the use of only three asynchronous eLearning days per year. GCCS will reserve the use of these three days for the first three inclement weather days. After the use of the three allowable asynchronous days, all other inclement weather days will be synchronous.
Monday, January 6th will be our Day 2 of Asynchronous eLearning at JJES
Boys Basketball Tryouts
Permission slips went home prior to Winter Break. Tryouts will be held on January 8th and 9th..
JJES Family Night- Thursday, January 16th
We will host a Leave Your Mark Family Night on January 16th from 5:00-6:30. Enjoy games, a scavenger hunt, prizes, service projects, kindness crafts, and fun with your family at school! Please bring in unexpired canned goods or non-perishable packaged food items to be donated. There will be a complementary chili dinner and books to first come first serve! We hope you can join us!
JJES Student Council Fundraiser
Next week we will have a Kids Heart Challenge Wellness Week! The Student Council will be sponsoring this event. Parent letters will be sent home this week. Donations will be made online ONLY! No money will be collected at school. Prizes for those who have made donations will be passed out in February.
Dress Up Days are also happening to encourage students to participate in donations online. Days are as follows. Please encourage your child to participate!
Monday 1/13: Game Day or Wear Blue
Tuesday 1/14: School Spirit Day: Wear PRIDE shirt or Charlestown Colors
Wednesday 1/15: Quacky Wednesday: Mix & Match Day
Thursday 1/16: Dress up or Dress down: Dress fancy or comfy, you decide!
Friday 1/17: Super Hero Day: Dress like your favorite superhero (no masks) or Wear Red
ILEARN Checkpoint Guidance for Families – All Grades (3).pdf
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) is piloting three checkpoints for Grades 3-8 in the 2024-2025 school year. These checkpoints are a new component of the new LEARN through-year assessment for English/Language Arts (ELA) and Math, which will be given to all students in Indiana beginning in the school year 2025-2026. Your child’s school will take part in the pilot program this year. The checkpoints will take place in Fall, Winter, and Spring. Each checkpoint has 20-25 questions and will show how your child is doing in key skills and concepts from the Indiana Academic Standards. This helps guide teaching and supports your child’s learning.
JJES Clothes Closet
Please keep us in mind when donating your gently used children’s clothing. We are always in need of a variety of boys and girls clothing. Our biggest need right now is pants!
Does Your Child Need a Winter Jacket?
Reminder about extra coats. There isn’t a huge variety of sizes for kids that may need a larger coat but they can always come and ask and see if I have one that will fit.
Aimee Doherty
Principal
Jonathan Jennings Elementary
JJES 2024-2025 Student Handbook
Student Rights and Responsibilities
Upcoming Dates
January
6 Q3 Begins
8-9 Boys Basketball Tryouts
16 Family Night at JJES 5:00-6:30
20 No School
27 JJ Blue Home vs. Franklin Square
28 JJ White Away vs. Riverside
30 JJ Blue Away vs. JJ White
31 JJ Beats Audition
February
3 JJ Blue Home vs. Parkwood
4 JJ White Away vs. Franklin Square
5 JJ White Home vs. New Washington
6 JJ Blue Home vs. Thomas Jefferson
10-4/11 ILEARN Checkpoint 3 Window Open
10 JJ Blue Away vs. New Washington 5:00
11 JJ White Home vs. Wilson
13 Round 1 of Tourney
15 Round 2 of Tourney at CHS
17 No School
18 Semi-finals at JHS
20 Championship at JHS
24-3/14 Wrestling Intramurals
25 and 26 CMS Counselor Visits 5th Graders
March
3-14 IREAD Window
15 Q3 Ends and Grades due by 4pm
16-23 Spring Break
April
2 and 3 5th Graders Tour CMS
4 Kona Ice
14-5/9 ILEARN Window
22, 23, or 24 Regional Track Meet at CHS
28-5/18 Volleyball
29 District Track Meet at CHS
May
2 No School
6 No School
9 Kona Ice
12-6/27 Summer IREAD Window
12 and 16 Biztown Field Trip
21 Last Student Day
