Dear Parents,

December is here! Thank you for all your support thus far! Our kids are learning and growing! We would like to thank all our families for working hard to support of the education of your children at Jefferson Elementary School. We are very lucky to have you be part of the Jefferson Elementary School Family and Community.

While we continue to work hard to finish the year 2022 and welcome the New Year 2023, we want to remind our families on a few reminders. 1. Please ensure your child is coming to school every day, all day and on time. 2. Please ensure that your child is ready for school by going to bed early and is prepared by completing the 5 Keys to Success each day at home. 3. Please ensure that you contact the teacher directly by emailing or sending the teacher a note if your child is sick and will not attend school that day. 4. Please ensure that we are limiting the screen time at home, this can lead to disconnections of relationships with family and friends at home and this affects the day at school. 5. Finally, remind your child that school is fun and there are many opportunities for them to enjoy school by trying their best and not giving up even when it's hard. We are working on Persevering when things get tough. We are here to help you, please contact the classroom teacher or office if you need any help and support. Together Everyone Achieves More! Go TEAM! Go Jaguars!

Important Topics:

• Fundraiser Delivery on Friday 3pm
• Parent Conference Day
• Parent Meeting Schedule
• Smart Pass Information
• Door Buzzer at Front Office
• Attendance and When to Stay Home
• Jefferson Instagram Account

Parents,

We would really like to thank all our Jefferson Families for helping and supporting our school. With your help, we are on our way to supporting the school's Field Trips and School Activities!

Thank You!!!!

Items from our Fall Fundraiser will be DELIVERED this FRIDAY at 3pm. (December 9th)

All items need to be picked up on Friday - Rain or Shine!

All the items including the prizes will be packaged in boxes with your child's name and teacher's name.

Any items that are not picked up will be taken back to the company because these items need refrigeration.

Please plan ahead and make sure you have someone here who can pick up the boxe(s).

Parents,

All of our teachers will be sending you a Parent Conference Invitation. Please make sure you complete it and return in to the teacher.

We would like to meet with ALL of our parents to share our student's progress and include you in how we can work together to ensure academic success here at Jefferson Elementary School.

If you are not able to attend in person, please inform your child's teacher and they will set up an alternate plan to meet with you.

Dear Jefferson Parents,

At Jefferson in grades 3rd-5th, we will begin using the digital hall pass system SmartPass. SmartPass is a digital hall pass system that replaces traditional hall passes such as sign-out sheets, wooden blocks, passbooks, and lanyards.

It provides administrators and teachers an accounting of which students are outside of the classroom during the school day. In case of emergencies such as fires, severe weather, or building intruders, administrators and teachers have real-time access to this critical information. Overall, the past history of a student will lead to more effective and informative parent-teacher conferences, as well as ensuring students are where they should be - in the classroom learning.

During COVID-19, it helps our school go contact-free by eliminating common touch surfaces such as wooden blocks, shared paper sign-out sheets, pencils, etc. It also can automatically limit the number of students in the bathroom with minimal intrusion to class instruction. Plus, it can perform contact tracing to get a list of students that were in the room at the same time as another student.

For more information, please visit the vendor’s website at www.smartpass.app.

Dear Jefferson Parents and Families:

The safety of our school community is important to us. Please find below the information regarding the implementation of a Door Buzzer that will be used by the Jefferson office staff for all visitors.

Door Buzzer Implementation

•When the buzzer is pressed, Office Staff will greet the visitor.

•Office staff will ask how, “How can I help you today?

•Once a visitor states the purpose for their visit, Office Staff will ask for the visitor's identity.

•Visitors Identity will be confirmed by:

1) Verifying that the visitor is listed on the student emergency card

2) Verifying that they are expected at a meeting/event/service.

3) Once the visitor's identity is verified, the Office Staff will allow the visitor to enter the School Office.

•Office staff shall proceed with check-in procedures

If you are reporting an absence parents can:

1. Communicate with the teacher by sending a notification through the Class Dojo app or the Remind app.

2. Call the office at (310) 680-5650

** Parents do not need to come to the office to report an absence.

*** Remember, students should be bringing their lunches with them in the morning. Lunch should not be dropped off in the office.

If you have any questions, please call our office at (310) 680-5650.

Parents, please join us in celebrating students and staff at Jefferson Elementary School by following our Instagram. You will find:

• Information for our Parents
• Celebration of Student Success
• Celebration of our School and Staff

If you don't have an Instagram account, we hope that you can open an account so that you can follow our school and stay informed.

Some of our school's activities will be "live streamed." What does this mean? This means that if you have an Instagram account and you are following @jes.jaguars, you will be able to experience the school activities live.

The Instagram platform has a better platform for live events that is much better than Zoom.

If you have not already done it, please join us on Instagram.