Greetings, Jefferson Students and Families!

It's September! We are through our first month of school. I am so impressed with learning that is already happening. I saw some great characters from Fairy Tales in 2nd grade, tried Agave with 4th grade and saw some great Math thinking!

We are focused on Literacy this year. We have some great opportunities to showcase students and families reading. Here are some strategies to support Literacy at home:

• Set up a daily time to read as a family. You don't have to read books, you can read manuals or even cookbooks.
• Visit the Public Library - it's free!
• After reading a book, you can ask some simple questions:
• pick a few key words and discuss their meaning
• questions about the story
• discuss the characters
• predict what might happen next
  
• if applicable, talk about the theme of the story

Mrs. Fleck and I love meeting families of our Jefferson learners. We are a team and together we are ensuring that our learners have a great experience.

Educationally,

Dr. Tami Eshleman

North Platte Pubic Schools has invested in providing age-appropriate Social Emotional curriculum We will share the weekly topics monthly. We encourage families to continue the conversations related to the different topics.

Jefferson Elementary will have a Literacy Focus this year. We are starting our first event to support our Literacy Focus. Jefferson Elementary will participate in a Book Blast that guarantees every student Preschool through 5th will receive one book. Stay tuned for more info!

Hug and Go​

​Jefferson is a Hug & Go School. As a learning environment, we want to make sure our students have a positive experience. Our teachers and staff love your students and will take great care of them!

Walking Club

Per North Platte Public Schools Handbook, official supervision begins at 7:45am when staff report. Students who need to be dropped off at 7:30 must have permission from Dr. Eshleman. Students will gather in the gym until 7:45 by class. At 7:45, students will be greeted by either Dr. Eshleman or Mrs. Fleck and then dismissed to their respective walking clubs.

• Preschool and Kindergarten will walk inside
• 1st and 2nd will walk on the East Playground
• 3rd, 4th, and 5th will walk on the West Playground.

At 7:55, teachers will meet their students and transition to their classrooms.

Dismissal

Dismissal will take place in three zones:

• Kindergarten/ 1st - South Entrance
• 2nd/ 3rd/ Preschool and Bus plus Daycares - 3rd Street
• 4th/ 5th - Southwest Playground

If there are siblings, the older siblings go to the youngest sibling's dismissal.

At 3:35pm, all students not picked up (except Daycare) will be brought to the office and parents will be contacted.

Per Handbook, students are expected to be picked up or to leave school grounds immediately after dismissal. After school supervision ends at 3:40. In the event no one can be contacted to pick up a child after school, police may be called after 4:00.

The following Map is correlated with the following numbers:

1. Main Entrance/ Office and Drop Off - The Administrative and Nurse’s Offices are located here.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Pickup

1. Morning Drop Off (prior to 7:55am)

Preschool, 2nd, 3rd, Bus and Daycare Pickup

1. Morning Drop Off (prior to 7:55am)

4th and 5th Pickup

North Platte Camps, Sports, and Learning Opportunities

North Platte Public Schools has created a site to check out all the different events for students in the North Platte area. Please check back often to see how your child can grow beyond the school setting.

Jefferson PTO will have a sweet treat for students during our Open House on Monday, August 12th! Come to the gym to get your treat! Thank you!

Join us monthly on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:00pm in the Library.

Like their Page on Facebook - Jefferson PTO

North Platte Public Schools believes in the importance of children being in school. Jefferson Elementary will be monitoring building, grade, classroom, and individual student's attendance. We are gifted with prizes for students who maintain less than Five or More Absences. We also recognize students with Perfect Attendance. This year we are monitoring our Monthly Absences by Grade, please make sure your students are coming to school.

Students who have a temperature above 100* will be sent home and will not be able to return until they have been fever free for 24 hours.

North Platte Public Schools works collaboratively with families to ensure that students are in school. Jefferson August Attendance was 96%. This percentage will go up once we are done processing students who no longer attend Jefferson.. We strive to be above 95% as a school. If your family is facing barriers to get your child to school, please don't hesitate to reach out to Dr. Eshleman, Mrs. Fleck, or Mrs. Hahn so that we can get you in touch with community resources to help.

Here is the link to the Sodexo Website for North Platte Public Schools.

Parent Portal Link

Instructions: Login to Parent Portal (If you don’t have a parent portal account yet, email us at welcomecenter@nppsd.org
Click on “More”, then “Online Registration”
Click on “Start" by "Next Year Existing Student Registration”

You will see your students listed, then click “Begin Registration.” Follow the instructions to verify and update your family and student information. If you have any questions you can contact the Welcome Center by emailing welcomecenter@nppsd.org.
Note for new families to NPPS that have already registered their student(s) for this fall, do not need to do the annual OLR update at this time.
Note for split household families: The first guardian to sign-in to complete the OLR Update process will take precedence. The remaining household guardian will be unable to update information through the portal. If you have updates to your information please contact the Welcome Center by emailing welcomecenter@nppsd.org.

The Campus Parent App puts school information at your fingertips with real-time access to announcements, assignments, attendance, grades, schedules, and more. (If you
don't have a parent portal account yet, email welcomecenter@nppsd.org)
Parent engagement has a direct correlation to student success. Students with engaged parents are more likely to have higher self-esteem, lower absenteeism and earn high grades or test scores. So what are you waiting for? Log into Campus Parent and get engaged today!

Jefferson Elementary is a Title I School. All teachers and paraprofessionals meet the professional qualifications as required by Federal Law. Parents have the right to request credentials of staff.