Jonathan Alder Junior High

JAJHS Families,

We made it through a leftover candy-filled, foggy week!

Last week we celebrated our #together theme with our 2nd Annual Pumpkin Drop with AEP Ohio! While rocking our Halloween costumes, our students enjoyed watching their homeroom pumpkins fall from the sky. Student Council joined in the fun this year and held destruction relays for some of the pumpkins, too!

We have enjoyed meeting with families this week during Parent-Teacher Conferences. Remember that 1st Quarter Report Cards were sent home with students last Friday and that grades are always accessible via Canvas. Instructions can be found below in the newsletter.

Next Friday, November 11th, we are excited to honor our veterans with our 2nd Annual Veterans Day Assembly. We are inviting students and staff to wear red, white, and blue on this day for the assembly.

As a reminder, there will be no school for students on Tuesday, November 8th, for teacher professional development.

I hope you and your family have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Mr. Malany

Principal

If you have a student in band or choir, you are a music booster! There’s no charge for being a booster, you belong by simply being a parent or grandparent of a music student.

The music boosters help the music program from grades 5-12. We wanted to let you know some upcoming events and invite you to our next Music Booster meeting. Our meetings are the 4th Monday of each month. This month’s meeting will be November 28th.

This Saturday, November 5th at 7:00 P.M., is the Jonathan Alder Music Festival, or JAM Fest for short. Doors will open at 5:00 P.M. so you check out the auction baskets and visit the food trucks that will be there. This is a benefit concert where students will compete for cash prizes in front of a panel of judges. In addition to the choirs you will hear many students showcase their musical talents. You will get to hear High Society Show Choir's 2022 show "Call It Dreaming,” Jonathan Alder's Treble Choir and Bass Choir (both new choirs to the district,) and our Symphonic Choir, JA's foremost musical choral ensemble.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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

Our PTO plays a valuable role in supporting JAJHS students and teachers. One way to get involved is to assist with working concession stands during home athletic events.

Please see the links below to sign -up. The PTO will provide all of the training you need. Parents are able to get into the sporting event for free before/after working their shift. Often 7th grade parents volunteer for 8th grade games and 8th grade parents volunteer for 7th grade games.

Even if your child is not participating in the sport, parents are encouraged to volunteer as a way of connecting with other JAJHS parents!

Girls Games sign-up link

Boys Games Sign-Up Link

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

12/21/22-1/2/2022 Winter Break

We have a small collection of lost and found items here at the JAJHS! If you see an item pictured below that belongs to your student, please contact Mrs. Cazares in the office to claim it!

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
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Twitter: @AlderJHS