EJMS Jaguar Weekly April 8-12

Keeping our School Community in the Know

From Principal Pickerill's Pen

EJMS Families,

We hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break and enjoyed the extra day for the Eclipse. Although we missed our students this week, I know that it was a much needed break for all of the students, teachers, and staff to build back energy so we can finish this year strong!

As the weather (hopefully) continues to get warmer we anticipate an increase in dress code violations. Please help us ensure that your child is within the dress code before they leave for school each morning. See through spandex shorts, crop tops, and other garments that reveal skin along the waistline seem to be the most common concerns. We can't use a jacket as the solution because these overlays do not always stay on throughout the entire school day. Thank you for your help!

Chromebook changes to loaners

During the remainder of the school year we are going to make a change to the process we use if students forget their Chromebook. Instead of getting a loaner device for a 'forgotten' Chromebook students will be required to write all information out during the school day. Unfortunately we do not have enough extra devices and need to keep loaner Chromebooks for those students whose assigned device is getting fixed after submitting a tech ticket.

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, April 11th - Jaguar Excellence Ceremony for 8th grade (invitation only)
Monday, April 15th - SBDM Meeting
Wednesday, April 17th - 6th grade Field Trip to KY Horse Park
Thursday, April 18th - Warner 5th grade visit
Friday, April 19th - Red Oak 5th grade visit
Friday, April 19th - 8th grade Semi Formal Dance
Thursday, April 25th - 8th grade Field Trip to Malibu Jack’s
Friday, April 26th - KSA Pep Rally
Friday, April 26th - EJMS Family Night (Sources of Strength Color Run)

Spotlight: The Lion King

What a great show! We hope that many of you got to come see it one day last week.

Thanks to all of the parents and families who helped with transporting kids to and from rehearsals, with snacks for cast and crew, with hair and makeup backstage, concessions and flowers during the shows and so much more! Special shoutouts

to Nicole Shafer for an incredible set with handpainted alternating backdrops
to Katie Bishop, Seth Mitchell and McKenzie Banta for an excellent directorial debut - we cannot wait for these three to team up again
to our talented cast and crew who put on three incredible performances

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Our Rafiki, Laney Simpson, belted out the first notes of the show

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With a basic t-shirt and leggings, the cast often added or took away for their costume. Here their costumes provide both sight and sound as the dry grasslands.