The board adopted a resolution to highly encourage the wearing of face coverings when we return to school. The resolution is in line with the resolutions by South Central Public Health, Jerome County, and the City of Jerome.
Please see the hyperlinked document. I would encourage all to wear a face-covering unless you fall into one of the categories as described in the resolution.
See links to the plans for Elementary and Secondary online-only options, and to the form if you want your student completely online in the fall. The deadline for registration in this program is August 7, 2020.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cU_3zSglmR4jocFGa_wLRYbo6Lq8fHDQz4eLlf7OARY/edit
Two parent meetings were held to answer questions about the opening of school in the fall. If you were unable to attend, this link will take you to the recordings of the meetings.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rm1jtbHHSvfE2_BNRSx-vQ5nYqjVayFdL7-1mAWj-Qw/edit?usp=sharing
This is first of several communications that will be coming out regarding the start of school next year.
There have been many questions about the start of school next year. We have been meeting and discussing many scenarios, since we are unable to predict where we will be as a state or region with COVID-19 in the fall. The purpose of this email is to provide you with a summary of the plans we are developing. Please understand, these plans are not static and may be adjusted as we learn more.
We have developed a tiered system for school attendance in the fall. This system will allow us to move between levels as things change. For simplicity, the system uses a color-coding system as follows:
Green – Students in school in a traditional manner
Yellow- Students in school with tighter restrictions
*Orange – Only half of the students in school at any one time to help create social distancing
Red – Students at home using distance learning
*Orange – Students will be divided into two groups (A&B) Group A will attend school on Mondays and Thursdays doing distance learning on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Group B will attend school on Tuesdays and Fridays doing distance learning Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
As an example, if we were starting school today, we would be yellow with all students in school. However, if we were starting school today and were in a situation in which Ada County is currently, we would be at the Orange level with only half the students in a school building at any one time.
With this tier system we have the flexibility to quickly respond to current COVID-19 demands. We can also have different levels within an individual school, if we have a confirmed case at one or more of our schools.
We also realize some parents may not be comfortable sending their students back to school at this time. We will also provide a fully online option for those students. More detailed information on the levels and the fully online option will be available soon.
What is Dual Immersion?
Dual Immersion is a program that offers a rich bilingual experience for young learners when their minds are developmentally best able to acquire a second language. Instruction is divided between two high quality, creative classrooms: one English and one in Spanish. Jerome Schools has a 2-way Spanish Dual Language Immersion program that started in 2016 with Kindergarten and 1st grade and has expanded by a grade level each year. In 2020, 5th grade will be added and will continue expansion into the Middle School (2021) and High School (2024). The mission of the JSD DLI program is for participants to become highly bi-literate, bi-cultural, and bi-lingual members of society.
Dual Immersion Applications:
We are pleased to open the application for the 2020-2021 Dual Immersion Cohort. Applications and parent commitment forms are due to Jefferson Elementary by Friday, May 1, 2020 at 3:30PM. All applications received by that time will be given an equal opportunity at placement in the program. In lieu of the Parent Information Night on April 24th, families who submit applications will be asked to view a short video and complete a survey.
The videos below cover important information and act as attendance to the parent information meeting.
DLI Parent Information Video - Spanish
https://drive.google.com/a/jeromeschools.org/file/d/1BoYuSjT684hY4G4kRrKrgVlYayH8maC2/view?usp=sharing
DLI Parent Information Video - English
https://drive.google.com/a/jeromeschools.org/file/d/1zFEZkTF6O1GLKH5eHvj3KcuwOXOTGR-K/view?usp=sharing
Parent Information Video Completion Form (Required)
https://forms.gle/QbiQUfQFtzRugyAM9
Families are also welcome to submit applications for students in grades 1-5, though placement on the waiting list is subject to further assessment and considerations. Please feel free to call Jefferson Elementary at 208-324-8896 if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your applications and starting the journey to biliteracy with our 6th cohort this fall!
Forms:
Dual Immersion Parent Commitment (English)
Dual Immersion Parent Commitment (Spanish)
JSD Dual Immersion Application (English and Spanish)
Optional Full Day Kindergarten Available in Jerome School District
Idaho Governor Brad Little formed a task force in May of last year to review the priorities of Idaho K-12 public education. Over the last several months, the 26-member task force named “Our Kids, Idaho’s Future” developed five recommendations on which to focus. Two of these recommendations focus on early literacy. Recommendation 1 is a focus on kindergarten through third grade literacy and recommendation 2 is to provide greater All-Day Kindergarten opportunities to support K-3 literacy and future student achievement.
In conjunction with these recommendations, the state provides each school district with money targeted specifically to improve literacy in the early grades. Many districts, including Jerome, are using part of this funding to provide an optional full day kindergarten program to give students more time in the early years of learning. The district is excited about this opportunity and are in the planning stages to begin next year.
Kindergarten new student registration begins August 10. If you registered last spring, see below.
Due to the soft closure, we weren't able to have our regular kindergarten registration and we missed the opportunity to meet you and your child.
Thank you so much for taking the time to complete the online registration. We were able to collect some basic information which helped us begin to make plans for students joining us this fall. The information we were able to collect online was only part of the information needed to fully register your child for kindergarten. We found some errors in the data collected, such as phones and computers auto-corrected names of students and parents and many photographs of immunizations and birth certificates were blurry or unreadable.
To help us ensure that we have accurate information for your child on file, please complete the registration packet attached and return to the school by Thursday, August 6th. If you are unable to print these forms, copies will be available beginning at 9:00 am on August 3rd. Note: Only print necessary pages: English and Spanish forms are included as well as informational items.
Along with the registration packet, please also bring copies of the following:
- A completed registration packet)
- A copy of your child's certified birth certificate
- A copy of your child's immunization records
- Proof of residency (This is only required for families new to Jerome School District.)
We are also happy to make copies of any of your documents at the school. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the office beginning on August 3 when staff have returned. We are excited to meet our newest Kindergarten students and appreciate your patience as we work through registration. Thank you for your help and returning the necessary documents. We look forward to meeting you and your child very soon.
2020-2021 Registration Form
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