Jeffries Journal

• Friday, August 2: Class lists posted on Main Entrance windows, 5:00 p.m.
• Monday, August 5: Welcome to Kindergarten event, 3:00-4:00 p.m. (more info below)
• Thursday, August 8: Meet the Teacher, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 13: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! 8:20 a.m.-3:35 p.m.
• Thursday, August 15: Chromebook Deployment for 3rd through 5th grades
• Monday, September 2: Labor Day, NO SCHOOL

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The Jeffries School Supply List can be found HERE. If you are financially unable to purchase the supplies for your student(s), please let us know so that we can provide your child the needed supplies. Thank you to our community partner, Ridgecrest Baptist, for providing us extra backpacks and supplies for those in need!

Springfield Public Schools is pleased to announce that we will begin using a visitor management system known as Hall Pass. The system will support our ongoing efforts to provide a safe environment for our students and staff by helping us better track all visitors in our schools, including parents, friends, volunteers and other guests.

To help prepare for this new process, we are providing the following overview of how the system works.

• Upon entering the school, visitors will be asked to present a valid state-issued ID, which will be scanned into the system.

• Upon reading the information, Hall Pass will compare visitor identification data against an integrated, comprehensive database of registries for every state and the District of Columbia. This scanning process is quick, easy and has the ability to provide alerts on people who could jeopardize the safety of our school.

• Once the ID has been scanned and entry into our school is approved, the system will create a unique badge that identifies the visitor and date of the visit. Visitors will be required to wear this badge throughout their visit.

• Upon leaving the school, the badge is returned to the office for sign out. During that individual’s next visit to any SPS school, a new badge is easily produced through Hall Pass without the need to rescan the ID.

Please note that through this process, no other data from the ID is gathered or recorded, nor is the information shared with any outside agency. If you are interested in learning more about the visitor management system, please visit the Hall Pass website: http://hallpassid.com/.

The safety of our students is our highest priority and the Hall Pass visitor management system provides a consistent way to help ensure that those who are granted access to our schools do not present a danger to our students and staff. This approach to visitor management complements the work to provide the 31 additional secure entrances approved by voters in April as part of Proposition S. In support of this integrated effort, all visitors to the school must be scanned into the system and obtain a visitor badge.

Thank you for your understanding and support of enhancing safety protocols in our school. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this new process, please let me know.

Springfield Public Schools provides free/reduced price meals for eligible school children unable to pay the full price of meals under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast program. Each SPS family will receive information outlining family-size income criteria by mail during the summer months for the next school year. Families must apply for free and reduced meals each school year. If a family member becomes unemployed or if family size changes after filing your application, a new application will need to be filed.

• To complete an online free and reduced meal application, click here. The online application can be translated with Google translate.
• Applications are available in each school office.
• Translated Free and Reduced Price Meal Application forms can be accessed here.

If you need a copy of your notification letter for Free and Reduced Price Meals please contact Linda @ 417-523-1130.

Hello! My name is Mr. Tom Masterson and I am excited to begin my second year in the Jeffries community as the building principal. Throughout my first year as a Jaguar, I quickly figured out that THIS is the place to be. We have staff that absolutely love our kids, tremendous students that are going to be world-changers, and families that are set on partnering with the school to ensure the success of their children.

I have been married to my wife, Jessica, for 8 years and we have 2 children: Ryleigh, who is 6, and Owen, who is ALMOST 2! Ryleigh will be a first grader this year and Owen gets to spend his days hanging out with his momma.

I look forward to meeting each of you and working together to make your students successful!

Thank you for all of your support,

Mr. Tom Masterson

Principal

Jeffries Elementary

tomasterson@spsmail.org

417-523-3900

Below you will find the list of our staff. If the staff member is new to Jeffries or changing grade levels, you will see that noted next to their name.

Kindergarten team:

Rachel Shuman (new to Jeffries)

Shelly Sawchak (moving down from 1st grade)

Allison Schaefer (new to Jeffries)

Trisha Thomas (formerly Trisha Baugh)

First Grade team:

Joyce Hood (moving down from 4th grade)

Emily Neyer (moving down from 2nd grade)

Katie Pennington (moving up from Kindergarten)

Carson Pape (new to Jeffries)

Second Grade team:

Hannah Sparkman (moving up from 1st grade)

Carol Marlatt

Kristie Martin

Tiffany Coughenour

Third Grade team:

Tabitha Eutsler

Annie Sullivan (moving down from 5th grade)

Tanner Schmidt

Kelsey Valis

Fourth Grade team:

Katie Bowers

Madelyn Harris

Rebekah Gingerich

Fifth Grade team:

Kelli Eberhart

Pamella Jones

Adele O'Dell

Specialty team:

Miranda Britain, Physical Education (new to Jeffries)

Angel Nahon, Art

Karen Harvey, Music

Dana Courter, Library

Damon Carpenter, Instruction Technologist (Computers)

Tracy Livingston, Counselor

Danae Schindele, Part-time Counselor

Emily O’Dell, Speech

Angie Pickens, SPED

Ciara Howell, SPED

Michelle Cameron, ELL Specialist

Brent Cook, Building Paraprofessional---runs our Reset Room and oversees ISS

Office Staff:

Tom Masterson, Principal

Angela Smith, Community Liaison (new to Jeffries)

Jennelle Courtois, Secretary

Melissa Shaw, AM Attendance Secretary

Katie Conner, Nurse (new to Jeffries)

Email: tomasterson@spsmail.org
Website: http://jeffries.spsk12.org/pages/JeffriesMS
Location: 4051 South Scenic Avenue, Springfield, MO, USA
Phone: 417-523-3900
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeffriesSPS/
Twitter: @JeffriesSPS