Jonathan Alder Junior High

JAJHS Families,

Just like that, we have reached the end of the first quarter! What a great start to the year!

I’m so proud of the hard work that our students and teachers have done to kick off the year. This has been a fun week as we’ve celebrated our JAJHS pride with dress up days for spirit week and wrapped up the quarter with our Fall Pep Rally to recognize our 8th grade band members and student athletes. We even had a little fun with some homeroom competitions!

Next Friday, October 28th, we plan to send home paper report cards with students. I will share a reminder email with you at that time, too.

Lastly, please be sure to review the Parent-Teacher Conference information below if your family would like to sign-up for a time.

As a reminder, there will be no school tomorrow, Friday, October 21st, for our fall break. I hope you and your family have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Mr. Malany

Principal

JAJHS Families,

We put a wrap on our fall season this past week and are looking forward to starting up our winter athletics! Congratulations to all our fall sports teams as they experienced many successes on the playing field. Special shoutout to our 8th grade volleyball team along with our boys and girls cross country teams! On Saturday, our 8th grade volleyball team won the CBC championship over London, our boys cross country team were also crowned champions and our girls cross country runners finished 2nd!

Please check our athletic website for information on basketball open gyms and tryouts. If you have any questions, please contact one of the coaches. Make sure that an up to date sports physical has been turned in prior to tryouts.

Mr. Moyer

Assistant Principal/Athletic Director

Purchased school pictures will be sent home with students on Monday, October 24th!

For those who were absent on the first picture day or for those who purchased a package and are not happy with their picture, we have scheduled retakes for Thursday, October 27, 2022. If anyone needs a retake they MUST return their entire UNCUT picture package.

Orders can no longer be placed from the initial picture date - until the picture packages come in. If you didn’t order you will still receive an envelope with a proof of your student's picture. There is a direct ordering link and you will be provided with a password to view your student's picture and place an order.

We are excited to continue the longstanding JAJHS tradition of enjoying Halloween costumes on Friday, October 28th. Please remind your student to help us keep this tradition positive with the following reminders:

• Costumes should be tasteful and appropriate for school.

• Absolutely no weapons or lookalike objects will be allowed.

• Costumes should not include full face masks - we want to see the smiles!

It's back! We are excited for the 2nd annual homeroom pumpkin decorating and pumpkin drop with our local AEP workers on Friday, October 28th!

Thank you to those of you who donated pumpkins! Students are already busy brainstorming ideas and decorating!

Parents and Guardians,

The Junior High will be holding in-person conferences on Tuesday, November 1st and Thursday, November 3rd. There will be a combination of teacher requested and parent requested conferences. If your child's teachers are interested in meeting as a team to discuss your child's progress, you will receive an email asking you to sign up for a time that works best for you on one of these days. If you do not receive a request to set up a team meeting, you are still able to schedule a meeting with your student’s teacher(s). These scheduled conferences will be ten minutes long and with individual teachers. This means that if you would like to meet with each of your student’s teachers, you must schedule multiple individual conferences.

Click here to sign up for a Parent-Teacher Conference

We will be having a Veterans Day assembly on Friday, November 11th. One way we would like to honor veterans is by having a slideshow featuring family members of our students who are veterans. Please send pictures to Mrs. Lawson at lawsonhe@japioneers.org and include the following:

Name

Relationship to student

Service branch

Any wars in which they served

The PTO wants to thank the volunteers that worked concessions for the fall sports. THANK YOU! A special shout out to Julie Murphy for taking on the volleyball concessions throughout the season and Mandy Johnson for helping throughout the football season! Also, if you have made a purchase/donation in our concessions, THANK YOU! Our teachers and students will enjoy the special things we can do this year because of your support!

We will soon put our sign-up sheet for basketball season concessions on our Facebook page:

Fall Sports Volunteers:

Adrienne McCain

Amanda Westrick

Annie & Josh Park

Becky Griffin

Brandi Nixon

Britney Heffelfinger

Brittany Garner

Camille Bowshier

Carly & Travis Wiltshire & Natalie Wiltshire

Erin Ranly

Jason & April Weese

Janel Luker

Jean Sowers & Sarah Sowers

Jennifer and Andy MIiddendorf

Julie Murphy

Karin Sicilian

Kathryn Anderson

Kelly Timberlake

Kelly and Chris Homan

Kim Hayes

Lacey Dombroski

Lindsay Kauffman & Addy Kauffman

Mandy Johnson

Mandy Moore

Melissa & Doug VanBuren

Sonya Murdock & Avery & Jaxsyn Murdock

Steven Lewis

Suzie Sturbaum

10/21/22 No School/Girls' Tech Day at COSI

10/27/22 Picture Retake Day

10/28/22 Annual Pumpkin Drop/Costume Day

11/1/22 & 11/3/22 Parent/Teacher Conferences

11/8/22 Professional Development Day/No School for Students

11/11/22 Veteran's Day Assembly

11/23/22-11/25/2022 Thanksgiving Break

Reminder:

To stay connected to your child's classrooms, we encourage you to visit our Canvas pages. Instructions for creating accounts, downloading apps, and pairing your account to your child's can be found on the Digital Learning Tools website. Students' grades as well as many lessons and activities will be shared through Canvas. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

It has come to the attention of the Food Service Department that many families are not aware of their eligibility status regarding their Free and Reduced Price Meal Application. This is most likely due to emails going to the SPAM folder. The software we use as our Point of Sale and notification system is Solana. Emails regarding your child's account balance and your family eligibility will come from Solanaadmin@horizonsolana.com Please add this email to your contacts to receive any emails in the future.

Grace for students that were approved for free or reduced meals last year will end on September 27th. Applications must be filled our prior to this date to avoid incurring meal charges.

For fees to be waived, an approved free application must be on file with a signed waiver form. This is Section 5 in Final Forms. If you received an email at the beginning of the year instructing you to not fill out an application because your child has been determined to be free by Rebecca Rings, you still must complete a waiver form or click yes on the Final Forms application, yes on Section 5 and sign the form. Forms can be found on our website:

http://www.alder.k12.oh.us/FreeReducePricedMealApplication.aspx

Meal Costs for the 2022-2023 School Year:

Breakfast: $1.50

Reduced Price Breakfast: $0.00

Preschool-6th Grade: $3.00

7th Grade-12th Grade $3.25

Reduced Priced Lunch Pk-12: $0.40

Adult Lunch: $4.25

The state of Ohio requires vaccines for students entering the 7th grade. These requirements include:

1. Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis)

2. Meningococcal-ACY (Meningitis)

If your child has not received these vaccines, please make arrangements to obtain these immunizations as soon as possible. You may schedule these vaccines with your child's doctor, the health department or a walk-in clinic. If your child has received these vaccines, please make sure to forward a copy of the record to the school fax (614-873-0845), drop off in the school office, or email them to cazareje@japioneers.org

Please contact the district nurse with any questions or concerns. mailto:rutherti@japioneers.org

Thanks for helping to keep your students safe and healthy!

Medications at School

Sometimes parents ask that school personnel administer medication to their child during the school day. When this is necessary, we require written permission and instructions from the parent and in some instances from the doctor.

The required form “Distribution/Student Use of Medicines/Medications” must be completed and turned in to the junior high office with the medication to be administered.

School Fees

The school fees for 7th and 8th grade can be paid online using MyPaymentsPlus or you can bring cash or check to the school office. The fees are $30 per student for the 2022-2023 school year.

Email: cazareje@japioneers.org
Website: http://www.alder.k12.oh.us/
Location: Jonathan Alder Junior High School, Killbury-Huber Road, Plain City, OH, USA
Phone: 614-873-4635
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanalderjrhigh/?ref=bookmarks
Twitter: @AlderJHS