Eagle Eye JMS Parent Newsletter #18

Welcome back to school! We hope you and your family had a wonderful thanksgiving break and enjoyed some quality time together. We look forward to seeing your children again after the holiday.As we resume this academic year, we want to remind you of some important things.

First, assessments are coming up soon, and we urge you to support them in their learning at home and help them review the material they have learned in class. Second, we thank you for working together as a team for your child's academic success. Communication is key, so please feel free to contact us anytime if you have any questions or concerns about your children's progress or behavior. Finally, we want to celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of our students and their families. We are here to learn from each other and grow together as a community.

Onward and upward as we continue helping all of our children achieve their goals. Thank you for your cooperation and dedication. Be sure to check out all of our upcoming happenings and celebrations in our news below!

As always, we thank our parents and our staff for what they do to help our students be the best they can be.

Phil Cox, Principal, pcox@ortn.edu

Ben Fowler, Vice Principal, bjfowler@ortn.edu

Jacob Quilliams, Dean of Students jrquilliams@ortn.edu

Elizabeth Leavitt, Instructional Technology Coach, ealeavitt@ortn.edu

• Chess Club Library 3:00-4:00
• Atomic Eagles Meeting Science Wing 2:45-4:30
• RadioActive Brix Meeting Rm 223 2:45-4:30
• Master Builders Meeting Rm 102 2:45-4:30
• Secret Innovation Meeting Rm 219 2:45-4:15
• Girls Basketball Practice Gym 3:00-5:00
  

Wednesday, November 29 B Day

• ELA Writing 5th/6th Grade
• 7th/8th Grade Chorus after school rehearsal JPAC 12:55-2:30
• Basketball Practice Gym Girls 1:00-3:00; Boys 3:00-5:00
• Ski/Snowboard Club Interest Meeting 6th-8th Grades Rm 303 1:00-2:00
• Atomic Eagles Practice Innovation Center 6:00-8:00

Thursday, November 30 A Day

• Math STAR 5th/6th Grade Atomic Eagles Practice Science Wing 2:45-4:30
• Basketball vs. Holston @ Holston-GJV 4:30; GV 5:30; BV 6:30

Friday, December 1 B Day

• Band to ETSBOA Jr Band Clinic @ ORHS 8:00-5:00
• Ms. Kala’s class to Double Tree
• Atomic Eagles Practice Science Wing 2:45-3:30
• Girls Basketball Practice 3:00-5:00

Saturday, December 2

• Band to ETSBOA Jr Band Clinic @ ORHS 8:00-5:00
• FLL East TN Qualifier Competition-Marble City Qualifier Hardin Valley Academy 8:00-5:00
• Basketball vs. Robertsville @ ORHS (JMS home) BJV 1:00; GV 2:00; BV 3:00

• We will do what we say we are going to do.
• We will use data to make decisions.
• We will own our mistakes and learn from them.
  

Great job with the Food Drive, Eagles! We collected 1,094 items of food in approximately 50 boxes. This food will be divided amongst three food pantries in Oak Ridge. Thank you so much for your generosity and spirit of giving.

• Ms. McMahon’s room came in first with 249 items donated.
• Honorable mention goes to Mr. Webb’s room, with 102 items, followed by Mr. Murphy’s with 83.

Thank you to all who promoted and worked behind the scenes to make our Food Drive so successful. Go Eagles!

Athletic Update for Newsletter:

Athletic Update for Newsletter:

Monday, November 27th, the Eagles will travel to Norris for a boys JV game at 5pm, girls varsity game at 6pm and boys varsity game at 7pm. On Thursday, November 30th, the Eagles will travel to Holston for a girls JV game at 4:30pm, girls varsity game at 6pm and boys varsity game at 7pm. On Saturday, December 2nd, the Eagles will host the Rams in the first of the City Championship basketball games. The games will be played at the ORHS Wildcat Arena—boys JV at 1pm; girls varsity at 2:15pm and boys varsity at 3:30pm. Please make plans to come out and support the Eagles this week! Go Eagles!

Please make plans to come out and support the Eagles this winter! Please see the attached schedule below!

5th grade

Molli London

Brycen Stott

6th grade

Duncan Smith

Lewis Roberts

Ahna Connery

7th grade

Jenna Brown

Genevieve (Gabriela) Davis

Dylan Manley

Eli Wolz

8th Grade

Selah Smith

Kyndall St. Hill

Kennedi Honas

We are so proud each week, of our Eagle Character Winners for Students of the Week! Congratulations!

The links below contain resources for setting up and accessing Skyward and Canvas, an updated calendar, along with a welcome message from our ITC coach and a link to district and school websites.

• Elizabeth Leavitt, ITC: Welcome Message

• School Calendar

• ORS District Website

• Jefferson Middle School Website

• Canvas Parent Account Setup.docx
  
• Skyward Family Access Account SETUP .docx
  

Please reach out to Elizabeth Leavitt at ealeavit@ortn.edu

Oak Valley Baptist Church- Christmas Store:

Oak Valley Baptist Church is holding their fifth annual Christmas Store on December 16, 2023. This is not the same as the ORS Angel Tree. This is for families who can pay a small amount for brand new gifts for their children. If you are interested in this program please complete the attached referral form. Oak Valley looks forward to helping out!

You have received many communications this summer from the district about registering for the Bus through Skyward. If you have, but are not sure what bus your student is riding, here is how you check it.

FIRST! Log into Tyler's Versatrans E-Link https://transportation.ortn.edu/elinkrp/Login.aspx

Username: (use student’s name) firstname.lastname This is case sensitive–example: john.smith
Password: (use student birth date) in this format 03122007 for March 12, 2007

Click on Students, then View My Students. If you see a bus route there, you should be good. If you DO NOT see a bus route, you will need to update bus service! You will not have bus service on the first day of school.

To get bus service, log into Skyward and click on Forms. There is a bus request form. Transportation is working to move quickly to add new students to the bus, but it will take a few days before your student can be added to bus service.

First Student Transportation is working hard to get routes assigned to all students who requested bus service.

Once you are registered for transportation, you will be able to track your child's bus using the app information detailed below. Please see information on how to register for MyStop below.

MyStop - Parent/Student Login (You may click on the MyStop Picture to the left!)

• Username: (use student’s name - case sensitive) firstname.lastname
• Password: (use student birth date) in this format 03122007 for March 12, 2007

MyStop Phone App Available In Your App Store

Go to: Versatrans My Stop™ provides mobile access to bus information. This app displays the location of the user’s assigned school bus, as well as the estimated time of arrival to their stop. Students can plan for late or on-time arrival, and prevent missed pick-ups or being left outside in inclement weather.

Can’t Access the MyStop App?

If you are having difficulty accessing the MyStop App please take the following steps:

1. Please confirm the following:
2. You have downloaded the App from Tyler Technologies.
3. You are using the legal student name as listed in Skyward.
4. You have selected all lower case letters.First Student Transportation is working hard to get routes assigned to all students who requested bus service.

   
   

The local news has reported a small rise in COVID cases over the last couple of weeks. Below is a screenshot of the Isolation Guidance from the TN Department of Health (last updated 11 October 2022). The full document is linked below: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/cedep/novel-coronavirus/Isolation-QuarantineRelease.pdf