The Wildcat

• COVID Protocol
• Picture Day Info
• PTO updates
• Girls Basketball
• Arrival and Dismissal
• Fine Arts and Gym Schedule
• Lunch Information
• Monthly Wellness Calendar
• Girls on the Run

Monday, September 5th-Labor Day-No School

Thursday, September 15th-PTO Meeting @ 2:30

Sept. 19th-23rd-4th and 5th grade girls' basketball try-outs

Thursday, September 22nd-Picture Day

September 26th-30th-Book Fair

We want all of you to be aware of our COVID protocols for this academic year, so here is a note from our Health Services Team.

Please see the flowchart below. We are starting the year just like we ended the 2021-2022 school year.

• Positive students and staff will be out for 5 days.

• Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date (whichever comes first).

• Days 6-10 the student may be back in the building (if symptom-free) but must wear a mask unless participating in an athletic or P.E. activity.

• Students must eat isolated on days 6-10.

• These students will be tracked on the COVID trackers at each school.

If a student/staff member calls off ill with a persistent cough, vomiting, diarrhea, or fever, they must be out and return after being symptom-free for 24 hours. If they call off Monday, they return on Wednesday, etc.

Please let us know if you have any questions. We hope to keep everyone safe and healthy as best we can.

Picture Day is: September 22, 2022

Order Code is: 70209S

Your link to order is: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/70209S

Notes came home last weekend regarding popcorn days and membership.

-Membership drive ends Friday, September 9th. Family memberships are $10 and go towards PTO-sponsored events and programs.

- Room parent forms need to be returned by September 12.

- The next meeting is on September 15th at 2:30pm in the Johnston Library.

-Book Fair September 26-30

Shop at Strack & Van Til Food Market, save your receipts & send them to school with your student to help us earn free classroom equipment, courtesy of Strack & Van Til Food Market!

Please log in to RDS as soon as possible if you have not already registered your child. This is also where you can go to see your child's grades in each subject.

https://rdsappserv.highland.k12.in.us/rdsparentaccess/

• Doors open for students at 7:35 a.m. daily. Students who eat breakfast at school will be allowed entry beginning at 7:20 a.m at Door D. Anyone arriving after 7:50 a.m. will need to buzz and come into the main office to sign in.

• Cars will enter the parking lot off Duluth Street (right turn only) and follow the curve to drop off students. Please pull up as far as you can and drop all your students off at one time. Have your children ready with their backpacks, lunch money, hugs, and kisses, so that when you stop they may exit the car quickly, and we can keep the drop-off line moving. The line can become backed up onto Duluth Street very quickly which causes safety issues for our parents, as well as other drivers.

• Please drop off curbside only, and parents stay in their cars. Avoid dropping children off where they have to cross the street, this is extremely dangerous. It will be your responsibility to cross them if you choose to do this.

• Please be mindful of other drivers and walkers. We know many of you have to get to work, and we want all children to be able to enter the building safely and on time.

• Doors C (1st & 2nd) and B (Kindergarten, 3rd, & 4th) will be utilized for entrance as usual.

• 5th graders and Mrs. Torres's class will use Door G.

At the end of the school day, the following doors will be used for dismissal:

• Grade K will exit through door J (FIVE minutes before the rest of the grade levels)

• Grade 1 will exit through door C (main doors)

• Grade 2 will exit through door B

• Grade 3 will exit through door J

• Grade 4 will exit through door I

• Grade 5 and Mrs. Torres's class will exit through door G

• Bus riders will exit through door J (a few minutes prior to the remainder of the school being dismissed where the buses will be waiting).

Cars may enter the parking lot off Duluth Street and follow the curve to pick up or park in the parking lot to walk up to get students.

We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation as we strive to keep our Johnston families safe.

We have rotating "Specials" times. See the link below or check our website's calendar. Please check your classroom teacher's agenda each day to see what class you need to attend.

Here is a link to a calendar that lists the rotations.

Breakfast is $1.50

Lunch is $2.00

You can find both menus here: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=2809100435083594&page=menus

Please don't hesitate to contact us in the office for any ideas, thoughts, concerns, or words of encouragement! We are all part of this large extended mix of wonderful people we affectionately refer to as our Johnston Family.

Email: aharring@highland.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.highland.k12.in.us/o/jes
Location: 8220 5th Street, Highland, IN, United States
Phone: 219.923.2428
Facebook: facebook.com/johnstonpto
Twitter: @harrington_jn