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Paw Prints Newsletter
October 21, 2024
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A Note from Administration
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Starting Strong: How Elementary Habits Shape Your Child’s Future
Did you know that there are 7 building blocks that can greatly influence and predict a student's success in high school and life , spanning academic, social-emotional, and family dimensions? These key predictors of future success include:
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Early Literacy and Math Skills: Strong foundational skills in reading and math in elementary school are among the most significant predictors of later academic success. Students who read at grade level by third grade, for example, are much more likely to succeed in high school.
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Attendance: Chronic absenteeism in elementary school is a strong predictor of academic struggles later. Consistent attendance is linked to better academic performance, engagement, and graduation rates.
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Behavior and Social Skills: Positive social behaviors, emotional regulation, and classroom behavior are important. Students who can manage their emotions, get along with peers, and follow classroom rules tend to perform better academically in later years.
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Parental Involvement: Active parental involvement in a child’s education during elementary years is linked to greater academic success and higher levels of engagement in high school. This includes involvement in school activities, helping with homework, and fostering a positive attitude toward education.
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Self-Regulation and Executive Functioning: Skills like time management, organization, focus, and the ability to follow multi-step directions are strong indicators of how well a student will adapt to the more demanding environment of high school.
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Growth Mindset and Motivation: Students who develop a growth mindset—believing that abilities can be developed through effort—tend to persevere through challenges, which correlates with better academic outcomes in the long run.
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Peer Relationships: Positive peer relationships and the ability to form friendships can contribute to a student's emotional well-being, which influences academic performance.
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These early indicators help shape a student’s readiness for the challenges of high school, guiding educators and parents in providing timely support. Over the next few weeks, you should be hearing from your child’s teacher about scheduling a time to meet with you to discuss your child’s progress towards mastering grade level expectations. This is a great time to sit down with your child’s teacher to talk about what areas your child is doing well in and what are areas for improvement along with creating a game plan to help your child be more successful. It is our goal to partner with our families to support the social, emotional and academic growth of all of our students.
-Sources: Annie E. Casey Foundation, National Center for Education Statistics, and the American Educational Research Association.
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- 10/16-10/31 Storybook Pumpkin Patch
- 10/28-11/1 Red Ribbon Week
- 11/1 PURL Book Mobile
- 11/8 NJES Veterans Day Program
- 11/8 NJES Fall Festival 6:00-8:00 PM
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In an effort to continuously grow and improve as a school system, the Jackson County School System is requesting your feedback through a survey which will be instrumental in helping us continue on our path of growth and improvement. We appreciate your partnership as we strive for academic and extracurricular excellence. Please Click Here to access the survey.
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Join Us for a thankful Thanksgiving Celebration on November 20th (Pre-K, Kindergarten, 2nd, and 4th grades) or November 21st (1st, 3rd, 5th grades) If you would like to attend, please complete this form by Friday, November 8th.
Here are some helpful suggestions to make your visit run smoothly:
RSVP by 3:00pm on Friday, November 8th. (DOB and DL# are required to attend)
- Students may invite TWO guests.
- If there are multiple children, please attend on the older student's date.
- For security purposes, all guests will be asked to show their identification.
- The cost is $4.25 per guest. (Exact cash only. We will accept donations that are not exact change)
Prepaid tickets will be sent home with the student prior to the meal. Guests must have a prepaid ticket to eat on your day. No tickets will be sold the day of the meal. Please indicate your choice of ham or turkey to help us plan accordingly.
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PBIS
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
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Don’t forget about our upcoming Red Ribbon Week here at NJES! This is a time for us to begin speaking with students about forming habits that will keep our bodies healthy. Remember that students are encouraged to participate in our dress-up days during the week of October 28th through November 1st. Dress-up day themes can be found below.
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As a reminder, we have a fully stocked Family Resource room at NJES. We have books, games, academic materials and so much more available for check-out. We would love for you to come by!
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WOW
We wrapped up our Charleston Wrap fundraiser (see what I did there) and NJES rocked it!!!!
All classes earned extended recess time & Principal Johnson gets a pie to the face!
Overall top sales - JP Crabtree! JP gets to be Coach Butler for the day!
Top Classes in sales are Long (prek-2nd) and Murdoch (3rd-5th). These 2 classrooms earned a pizza party!
The following students are top 5 overall sellers & get to pie a teacher from their grade level!
JP Crabtree (2nd- Mrs Long)
Josie Wilbanks (prek- Mrs Satterfield)
Olive Rundell (kindergarten- Mrs V)
Ella Parrott (5th- Murdoch)
Nora Thurmond (kindergarten- Wynn)
Way to go guys!
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Who likes waiting in line? Not me 😂
Raffle tickets and drawing will be at our upcoming Fall Festival with 5 chances to win!
Drawing 1- skip the line for November & December
Drawing 2- skip the line for January
Drawing 3- skip the line for February
Drawing 4- skip the line for March
Drawing 5- skip the line for April & May
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