JFK Parent/Teacher Conferences
K-8: Drop-in K-8 parent/teacher conferences have been moved to Tuesday, February 9th from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. due to the anticipated inclement weather. Face coverings and social distancing are required. Please wait on a green or black “dot” in the hallways.
4/5 Yr Old PS: There are no 4/5 year old PS classes on Thursday. Conferences scheduled during the day will continue, as long as there is school. No “new” scheduled 4/5 year old preschool conferences will begin after 2:30. Conferences that begin after 2:30 will be re-scheduled for the same time periods on Tuesday, February 9th. If you are unable to do the same time in the evening of the 9th, please contact Mrs. Blocker or Mrs. Zeimet to arrange a different time. Face coverings and social distancing are, of course, required for preschool conferences as well.
If there is a two hour early K-8 dismissal on February 4th due to the weather, no “new” preschool conferences will begin after 12:30. Conferences that are scheduled between 12:30 and 2:30 would need an entirely new time, as we cannot just transfer those daytime conferences to Tuesday when school is in session. If there is no K-8 school at all on February 4th, all of the “daytime” conferences will need to be re-scheduled, but we’ll, again, try to transfer conferences that are scheduled to begin after 2:30 to the same times on February 9th.
Second Quarter Report Cards
Second quarter report cards should be emailed on Thursday or Friday of this week. We ran into some difficulties with computing final attendance for all of the long-term and temporary remote learners in December and early January. You can always check grades in JMC as well for at least grades 3-8.
Catholic Schools Week — Two Days Left
Below is the planned remainder of Catholic Schools Week activities. All days are “out of uniform” days, but with themes:
- Thursday, Feb 4: Minute to Win It Day
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- Wacky dress day
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- Friday, February 5: Class Act (recorded), Human Scrabble, and Custard Cup Day
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- Hat and crazy sock day. We’ll take our hats off for Mass!
- The custard cup provider uses a nut-free facility/process, and there should not be a cross-contamination issue, which is so often experienced with ice cream providers
- The class acts video that will be assembled will not be shared publicly at this time so that all students may participate, including those whose image we do not have permission to publish/post.
- 4/5 yr old PS conferences are scheduled. No 4/5 yr old PS classes
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What If There is No School During Catholic Schools Week on February 4th?
If there is no school on February 4th, below are the CSW activities for Friday. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as just pushing everything back a day as Friday has Mass, and time is needed to prepare the final video of class acts. We’d have to watch the video on a different day.
- Friday, February 5: Minute to Win It Day and Custard Cup Day
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- Hat and crazy sock day. We’ll take our hats off for Mass!
- 4/5 yr old PS conferences are scheduled. No 4/5 yr old PS classes
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What If There is a Two Hour Early Dismissal During Catholic Schools Week on February 4th?
If there is a two hour early dismissal on February 4th, below are the CSW activities for Thursday and Friday:
- Thursday, Feb 4: Wacky dress day
- Friday, February 5: Minute to Win It Day and Custard Cup Day
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- Hat and crazy sock day. We’ll take our hats off for Mass!
- The class acts video that will be assembled will be shown at a later date. The video will not be shared publicly at this time so that all students may participate, including those whose image we do not have permission to publish/post.
- 4/5 yr old PS conferences are scheduled. No 4/5 yr old PS classes
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Inclement Weather Announcements for JFK
If there should be a weather related late start, early dismissal, or school closure, this information will be sent out via automated email, text, and phone call. The automated message goes to all primary contacts and is shared as soon as we can. We also put the information on our website and main Facebook page. Typically, we will follow the Davenport Community School District, due to bus transportation.
If school is cancelled, we will just let it be a snow/inclement weather day; students will not have to go online for instruction. We have enough instructional time built into our school calendar to accommodate some snow days, especially seeing that we’ve been face-to-face all year.
On two-hour early dismissals, we do operate our after school childcare programs, but we ask that everyone try to pick up as soon as possible so all can travel safely.
Bell Time Changes Coming
The Davenport Community School District was able to livestream their Monday night meeting, and I was able to “attend.” It seems that the DCSD is proceeding with returning bell times to what they were in the 2019-20 school year. They do, however, still have some question about the hour early dismissal on Wednesdays that was in the 2019-20 school year. It sounds as if they will have the hour early dismissal on as many Wednesdays as they can.
JFK’s own board approved our bell times also returning to the 2019-20 schedule, primarily to maintain bus transportation. Below are the bell times that were used in 2019-20, and we will follow the DCSD for the Wednesdays as well:
- Bell time for K-8: 7:25 a.m. – 2:40 p.m. (Wednesday dismissal planned for 1:40)
- Morning 4/5 year old PS: 7:25 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. (Wednesday dismissal planned for 9:55)
- Afternoon 4/5 year old PS: 11:40 a.m. – 2:40 p.m. (Wednesdays planned for: 11:10-1:40)
Three year old preschool times were not changed due to COVID and would stay at 7:25 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
These bell times are scheduled to begin Monday, February 15th.
Don’t Forget Early Dismissal on February 12th
There is a regularly scheduled two hour (12:15) early dismissal on Friday, February 12th. There are no afternoon preschool classes that day.
I hope you’re able to keep everything straight! There’s enough going on to make one’s head spin!
Chad
