June 1

Howdy Comets!

Attendance:

Single Period Attendance (BLUE) sheets will be coming to you this week. Please sign them so that we can have the most up to date attendance for the year.  We are working with district attendance to finish our reports this week for Single Period and if you have any outstanding in your room or your mailbox please get them to attendance ASAP.

Whole Period Attendance (Goldenrod) will be coming out this week as well, we need to make sure we finish whole period attendance and then send out more (single period: blue) sheets.  Lets make sure our attendance is as up to date as possible Comets!

SIS / STIS: If you see a student on SIS / STIS in your Infinite Campus they will be out for Short Term Independent Studies.  Big Thank you’s to Ms. Gonzalez and Ms. Baba for supporting the students on STIS and for you all to make sure they have assignments and activities to do to end the semester.

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 1000 Bathrooms

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.   

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.  Make sure you make a plan to clean up all your old papers and documents at the end of the year.  Plan for your food, fridges and papers in your classroom.  We will help clean up your classrooms but will not touch any of the documents in your cubbies and corners.

If you have furniture in your room that you do not want please put a note on it and we will remove it in Summer.  Simply a piece of paper with Remove is good enough for us.

Thank you Comets!

You Are Stellar

May 25

Howdy Comets!

Attendance:

Single Period Attendance (BLUE) sheets will be coming to you this week. Please sign them so that we can have the most up to date attendance for the year.  We are working with district attendance to finish our reports this week for Single Period and if you have any outstanding in your room or your mailbox please get them to attendance ASAP.

Whole Period Attendance (Goldenrod) will be coming out this week as well, we need to make sure we finish whole period attendance and then send out more (single period: blue) sheets.  Lets make sure our attendance is as up to date as possible Comets!

SIS / STIS: If you see a student on SIS / STIS in your Infinite Campus they will be out for Short Term Independent Studies.  Big Thank you’s to Ms. Gonzalez and Ms. Baba for supporting the students on STIS and for you all to make sure they have assignments and activities to do to end the semester.

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 1000 Bathrooms

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps are being announced each day at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.   

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are wrapping up referrals and homework club this week.  Thank you to all of you that have been able to support Homework Club after School Tuesday - Friday for the entire school Year.  Way to go Jaspal, Cabigas, Gonzalez, Lopez, Arroyo, Zabala, Gatenby & Chavez.  Homework Club MVP’s!

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.  Make sure you make a plan to clean up all your old papers and documents at the end of the year.  Plan for your food, fridges and papers in your classroom.  We will help clean up your classrooms but will not touch any of the documents in your cubbies and corners.

Thank you Comets!

You Are Stellar

May 18

Howdy Comets,

Saturday Academy:

 Great Success Comets!  We had over 700 students participate in this years Saturday Academies from September to this last Saturday. 

Sincerest thanks to all of our teammates from custodial, Nutritional Services, Certificated, Classified and a super shout out to Ms. Jerlene Gonzalez & Marialicia Serna for making it all happen. Every student had the chance to work on homework with a certificated staff member, get lunch and breakfast and get access to our closet to fulfill their personal and fashion needs.

Well done Team!

Attendance:

Single Period Attendance (BLUE) sheets will be coming to you this week. Please sign them so that we can have the most up to date attendance for the year.  We are working with district attendance to finish our reports this week for Single Period and if you have any outstanding in your room or your mailbox please get them to attendance ASAP.

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 1000 Bathrooms

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps are being announced each day at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.   

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are processing referrals as quickly as possible and our STARS team has been doing incredibly working with students from all over school.  Over 250 students participated in detention / Homework Club & Saturday Academy for attendance recovery  in the  last few weeks after the start of Tardy Sweeps and we are working diligently to contact all parents and families once students are assigned detention.

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.  Make sure you make a plan to clean up all your old papers and documents at the end of the year.  Plan for your food, fridges and papers in your classroom.  We will help clean up your classrooms but will not touch any of the documents in your cubbies and corners.

Thank you Comets!

You Are Stellar

May 11

Howdy Comets,

Saturday Academy:

 5/17  Last  Saturday Academy of the year.  If you would like to participate please sign up.

If you’re interested in participating in the last two Saturday Academies please sign up here: LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 1000 Bathrooms

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps are being announced each day at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.   

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are processing referrals as quickly as possible and our STARS team has been doing incredibly working with students from all over school.  Over 250 students participated in detention / Homework Club & Saturday Academy for attendance recovery  in the  last few weeks after the start of Tardy Sweeps and we are working diligently to contact all parents and families once students are assigned detention.

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.  Make sure you make a plan to clean up all your old papers and documents at the end of the year.  Plan for your food, fridges and papers in your classroom.  We will help clean up your classrooms but will not touch any of the documents in your cubbies and corners.

Thank you Comets!

You Are Stellar

May 4

Howdy Comets,

Saturday Academy:

5/10 & 5/17  Last Two Saturday Academies of the year.  If you would like to participate please sign up.

If you’re interested in participating in the last two Saturday Academies please sign up here: LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Seniors that were absent on 5/2 will be invited to participate this week in Saturday Academy on 5/10/25.  It will be over 200 students invited this week to Saturday Academy!

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 1000 Bathrooms

Passes:

New Passes are out and please use them, make sure you cut up or remove the old passes so we can make sure that we have our new Lavender passes out only.  Don’t forget about Minga too Comets! It is very neat and we are using it to send up to 25 messages a day to students and parents that are out of class or trying to leave campus without permission!  Woo Hoo Viva Minga!

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps are being announced each day at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.   

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are processing referrals as quickly as possible and our STARS team has been doing incredibly working with students from all over school.  Over 250 students participated in detention / Homework Club & Saturday Academy for attendance recovery  in the  last few weeks after the start of Tardy Sweeps and we are working diligently to contact all parents and families once students are assigned detention.

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.

Thank you Comets!

You Are Stellar

April 27

Howdy Comets,

Saturday Academy:

5/10 & 5/17  Last Two Saturday Academies of the year.  If you would like to participate please sign up.

If you’re interested in participating in the last two Saturday Academies please sign up here: LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 500 Bathrooms and 1000 Bathrooms

Passes:

New Passes will be delivered to your mailboxes this week.  We will be able to phase out the old passes and put the new passes into place.  This will be the last passes we receive for this school year.  Big Shout out to our attendance team for creating the passes!

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps are being announced each day at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.   

Suspension Re-Entry meetings have been happening and students with suspendable offenses are meeting with staff to have substantive change to their behaviors.  We are excited to see our Comets Grow!

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are processing referrals as quickly as possible and our STARS team has been doing incredibly working with students from all over school.  Over 250 students participated in detention / Homework Club & Saturday Academy for attendance recovery  in the  last few weeks after the start of Tardy Sweeps and we are working diligently to contact all parents and families once students are assigned detention.

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.

Thank you Comets!

You Are Stellar

April 13

Howdy Comets,

Saturday Academy:

Big thank you to our Saturday Academy from this week.  We had 10 certificated staff and 10 classified staff to support over 100 students that participated in Saturday Academy. 

Thank you to all of our teammates from all the departments and groups on campus.  There are two Saturday Academies left this year in May and we will be having back to back Saturdays to support students as they prep for finals and the end of the school year.

If you’re interested in participating in the last two Saturday Academies please sign up here: LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Upcoming Spring Break:

Please make sure you have all of your supplies with you.  Campus will be effectively locked and armed during the break and you will not have access to your regular classroom.  There may be some staff on campus but our suggestion is to take whatever you need with you.

Please make sure you check food stuff and perishables so nothing rots in your classroom or common spaces.

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 500 Bathrooms and 1000 Bathrooms

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps are being announced each day at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.  

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are processing referrals as quickly as possible and our STARS team has been doing incredibly working with students from all over school.  Over 250 students participated in detention / Homework Club & Saturday Academy for attendance recovery  in the  last few weeks after the start of Tardy Sweeps and we are working diligently to contact all parents and families once students are assigned detention.

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.

Any Large tickets will be handled over the upcoming Spring Break and we have some very large district projects that will be happening over Spring Break.  Please make sure your tickets are in and if you have anything you want moved please put a note or a tag on it with where it will be moved.

Thank you Comets!

You Are Stellar

April 6

Howdy Comets!

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 500 Bathrooms and 1000 Bathrooms

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps are being announced each day at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.  

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are processing referrals as quickly as possible and our STARS team has been doing incredibly working with students from all over school.  Over 200 students participated in detention / Homework Club in the  last few weeks after the start of Tardy Sweeps and we are working diligently to contact all parents and families once students are assigned detention.

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.

Saturday Academy:

The next Saturday Academy is this week on Saturday,  April 12th and if you’re interested in signing up please do sign up to participate.

Attendance Review Conference:

ARC meetings will take place Tuesday morning and Tuesday evening to support parents and plan for attendance support.  Shout out to Ms. Serna our PCIS for reaching out to over 100 parents to personally invite them to ARC and Saturday Academy!

LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Thank you Comets!  You Are Stellar.

March 30

Howdy Comets,

Bathrooms:

During the day we’re in the Hub Bathrooms to support student attendance and  classroom engagement.

During the Period and Passing Period: HUB

Lunch & Break - 500 Bathrooms and 1000 Bathrooms

Tardy Sweeps:

Tardy Sweeps wil continue to be announced randomly through out the week at a bit of a random pace so students will have to adjust themselves accordingly.  You’ll hear from Mrs. Gubuan or Ms. Sheri on the announcements and in your emails.  Keep an eye out Comets for more success!

Safety Team: 

Thank you to all of the members of the Safety Team and the Extended Comet Support Team for your help during Tardy Sweeps and thanks to all of you for your efforts on the daily.  

Referrals & Homework Club / Detention:

We are processing referrals as quickly as possible and our STARS team has been doing incredibly working with students from all over school.  Over 150 students participated in detention / Homework Club last week after the start of Tardy Sweeps and we are working diligently to contact all parents and families once students are assigned detention.

Custodial & Facilities:

Don’t forget that if you have a helpdesk ticket please put it in at help.esuhsd.org for support in a timely manner.

Saturday Academy:

The next Saturday Academy is on April 12th and if you’re interested in signing up please do sign up to participate.

LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Thank you Comets!  You Are Stellar

March 23

Howdy Comets,

Saturday Academy: 

Thank you to all our participants in Saturday Academy you all made it happen with over 125 students in total with teachers in Math, Science, Social Science, Counseling, Advisory and Special Education & Attendance.  Thank you to Ms. Lorena Diaz and the CNS team for making food possible for all of our students!

You all are the Real MVP’s!

Next Saturday Academy will be on April 12,  if you’re interested please sign up.  LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Tardy Sweeps: 

Tardy Sweeps are incoming Comets and you’ll get updates in the morning of the days that Tardy Sweeps are taking place.  Please follow the instructions that you’ll receive on the day of.  

Safety Team:

Thank you to the Safety & STARS team for supporting safety on campus during lunch, break and during the school day.  We appreciate all your work and everything you’re doing on campus.

Custodial / Maintenance: 

If you have any help tickets please put them in as soon as possible so that we can get to them and support you and your needs in and out of your classroom.

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar

March 16

Howdy Comets,

Saturday Academy:

This Saturday in the 500’s we will be having our Saturday Academy 3/22/25 from 8:30am - 12:30pm breakfast and lunch will be provided.  Many thanks to our Saturday Academy Staff for helping to plan and make it successful.

Thank you all very much!

Sign up if you’re still interested: LIVE LINK

Big Rain:

We have more wet weather in the forecast, thank you Comets for being so diligent with your tickets. If you see leaks or issues in your classroom tag them in help.esuhsd.org and we will address what we can at our site and get help for the rest.

Safety Team:

We have heard your concerns about students in the hallways and will be pushing students to class all over campus.  Please be able to welcome all students when they arrive.  We are working to support students to change their behaviors and speed up in passing period.

Attendance:

If you have any of your single period attendance or whole attendance / sub attendance please get them to attendance office and Ms. Gonzalez & Ms. Gonzalez as soon as possible.  We are turning in our reports for Attendance and need to have as much accuracy as possible.

Supervision Hours:

If you have not fulfilled your supervision hours for 2024-2025 School year messages will be going out the last week of March to remind you to sign up for events/ activities / athletics on campus to finish your supervision hours.

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar

March 9

Howdy Comets,

Spring has gone forward and if your clocks are having issues please put in a ticket and we will work on changing batteries this week all over campus.  Clocks should auto reset but sometimes they struggle.  We will be checking bells and clocks all over campus.

Safety Supervision:

We have  adjusted the safety team a bit and moved staff around to new locations in spring as well.  

At lunch and Break an Admin or STARS team member will be present at the restrooms and the front of school.  Thank you to all of you who have been working to support campus safety.

Bathrooms: Open

500 - Break and Lunch

Hub - Break and Lunch and After School

1000 - Break and Lunch and Passing Period

We will have new passes this spring after Spring Break in April and will adjust the passes to be new colors.

Minga:

Don’t forget to try out Minga if you haven’t used it it is a very interesting tool for student support and it does much more than lunch lines and bathrooms.

Saturday Academy - 3/22/25

The next Saturday Academy is 3/22/25 sign up if you’re interested and encourage your students to participate.

LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Thank you Comets,

You are Stellar

March 2

Howdy Comets & Ramadan Mubarak

Don’t forget Comets that we have several Muslim Students who are fasting from now until the end of March. It will be a challenge not to eat or drink during the daylight hours, especially be mindful in sports and PE as students will be low energy.  They are joining over 1 billion other followers in this tradition and it is a large part of their faith.  If you have any questions ask Boostani or talk to your students.

Saturday Academy 

3/22/25 - Upcoming Saturday Academy will take place from 8:30 - 12:30 on Saturday 3/22/25.  If you’re interested in participating please sign up.

LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK 

Safety Plan: 

Thank you to the School Site Council for their support and your support of the 25 26 JLHS Safety Plan.  It has been approved and will be sent to the school board for final review.

Thank you Comets,  You are Stellar!

February 23

Howdy Comets,

Welcome back from break and I hope you return well rested and ready.  We are close to March and spring feels like it is close by despite what Punxsutawney Phil may proclaim.

Comprehensive School Site Safety Plan: CSSP - Howdy Comets, thanks to your input and support over the last month we have been able to reach out to students, staff and parents to get feedback and support on our Comprehensive School Site Safety Plan for 25-26 School Year.  We will have a public facing version that will go to our website and a more detailed version that will be turned into the school district and county.  It has all of our drills and information as well as detailed plans for how we want to address safety, attendance and wellness here on campus.  Thanks to all of you that participated

Bathrooms: 

1000 is open during the period and during passing period.

500 is open at break and lunch

Hub is open at break and lunch

Bathrooms are closed the first 10 and last 10 minutes of every period.

Passes:  We will keep the same colored passes until the Spring Break and we encourage all of you to try out Minga.  Remember every student is required to use Minga or type in their ID# each day at the lunch lines.  If your students don’t know their ID# this is a good opportunity to help them to memorize and have their ID’s nearby.  They can access Minga on chromebooks or cell phones.

Safety Team: Map & Locations:  We added Mr. Nguyen and Mrs. Estranero to break and lunch supervision each day.  Mr. Nguyen has the back gate of 500 and Mrs. Estranero is in the blacktop near the tennis courts.  Thank you to our Safety Team members, and if you’re interested in joining please feel free to reach out to Boostani or Gubuan.

Student Discipline Data: Below you can find the most up to date information on our student discipline data.  We will be presenting this to school site council along with our safety plan on Tuesday for final approval.  Thank you to all of you that shared your feedback on drills and your work to support safety on campus.

Thank you Comets,

You are Stellar!

February 9

Howdy Comets,

This week is Spirit week and we are excited to have winter vacation next week.  Please remember if you have any help tickets or large item removal requests please put in your help tickets.  If you noticed any rain or water last week please put in a ticket at help.esuhsd.org

Bathrooms: 

1000 (Break, Lunch, Passing Per, During Class)

500 (Break & Lunch)

Hub (Break & Lunch)

Minga: Minga has been great for bathroom passes and notifications for parents that their students are off campus.  It is a tool that we are trying to use every day.  It also has some positive reminders and praise inside of Minga.  Feel free to try it out.

Remember that all students need a scannable ID or to know their ID Number to get their lunch now.  Having a working Minga is very helpful for that.

Safety Team Update:

We are sweeping the hallways more during the periods and working to get students in class.  Please encourage students you see and recognize to be in class as often as possible. Thanks to all of you and New Hope For Youth for their work emphasizing students be in class on time every day.

We will have a new Safety Team map going out next week as we have new staff joining the safety team.  Thank you to all of you who support us and safety during lunch, break and throughout the day!

Campus Referral  Update:

So far this year we have 13 individual suspensions for a total of 26 days of suspensions.  

65 Lower Level Referrals that are classroom managed / teacher / staff managed

60 Office referrals that are STARS Team / Admin Team managed

7 Students with disabilities (IEP’s) have been suspended this year as of February.  

We are on target for positive growth and support for our students and big shout outs to our Wellness Team, STARS Team, Safety Team, Counseling Team, NHFY and all of our staff  for all their amazing interventions.  Thank you for everything you do to support positive behavior every day.

Custodial Update:

If you have any large items that need to be removed / thrown away please put in a ticket and a piece of paper on the item in your room and we will tag it for removal during our upcoming breaks.  Custodial tickets are available at help.esuhsd.org

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar!

February 2

Howdy Comets,

Great job this week with all your drills Comets!  Excellent Work.  We will also be having a Safety Team Follow up meeting if you have any suggestions you want to share in person.  

Here is the link for Safety Drill Feedback:  LIVE LINK

Bathrooms: 

1000 (Break, Lunch, Passing Per, During Class)

500 (Break & Lunch)

Hub (Break & Lunch)

Minga: Minga has been great for bathroom passes and notifications for parents that their students are off campus.  It is a tool that we are trying to use every day.  It also has some positive reminders and praise inside of Minga.  Feel free to try it out.

Remember that all students need a scannable ID or to know their ID Number to get their lunch now.  Having a working Minga is very helpful for that.

Safety Team Update:

We will have a new Safety Team map going out next week as we have new staff joining the safety team.  Thank you to all of you who support us and safety during lunch, break and throughout the day!

Custodial Update:

If you have any large items that need to be removed / thrown away please put in a ticket and a piece of paper on the item in your room and we will tag it for removal during our upcoming breaks.  Custodial tickets are available at help.esuhsd.org

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar!

Safety Drill  Tuesday 1/28/25:

We will be having our Safety Drill on Tuesday 1/28/25 during fourth period

Activity Schedule so it does not affect time or classes.

The order of the Drills will be:

Run / Hide/ Defend (LOCKDOWN)

Earthquake (Duck Cover Hold)

Fire Drill ( Evacuation)

Safety Drill Procedures: DOC

Safety Drill Procedures: Presentation

Saturday Academy: 

We had our first successful Saturday Academy of the year.  Thank you to all of those that allowed us to use your room and your spaces.  We had representatives from Science, Math, Social Science, Alliance and STARS / Homework Center Team.  The JLHS Closet was open and Wellness / PCIS were able to get students to take clothing for Winter and support younger brothers and sisters as well as family members of Saturday Academy Participants.  Well Done Team Saturday!

The next Saturday Academy is Mar 22, 2025 if you’re interested in participating please sign up at the link below!

LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

Minga For Lunch & More: 

We have been contacting and marking students out every day who try to leave campus and return or are embarking from campus without permission.  If you continue to use it in the classroom it will be a big help.

Please use MINGA and encourage your students, it is also the way for students to use it.  Currently all students have to sign in for lunch everyday and having MINGA or their physical ID is 10 times faster to scan than typing in their ID# or asking our kitchen staff to look it up.

Bathrooms:

1000 Bathrooms, During Class, Passing period, Lunch & Break

500 Bathrooms: Lunch and Break

Hub Bathrooms: Lunch and Break

Attendance office single stall: Available but can get busy

Custodial Update:

Thank you Custodial Team for all your support over the entire campus, we would not be able to be successful without your support every day and every night.

Waste / Large Trash Removal:

 Comets, if you have a thing that you want removed from your classroom please put in a helpdesk ticket and stick a piece of paper or sticky note with REMOVE on the item.  We are talking about large bulk or things you do not want in your space any longer (E-Waste, old furniture, etc.)  

We will be focusing on large removals during our big breaks coming up.  February & April breaks we will be able to get those large bulky units out of your classroom or work spaces.  We will coordinate with our friends from conservation corps to haul away E-Waste and other large bulk.  We cannot do this during the regular week due to our schedule and we cannot remove or E-Waste ESUHSD tagged property.

Thank you Comets!  

You Are Stellar

January 19

Howdy Comets,

Bathrooms and Hall Passes:

1000 Bathrooms will be open during the period and at passing period.

It will be closed the first 10 and last 10 minutes of every period.

500 & Hub bathrooms will be open at lunch and break only.

Minga:

Thank you for supporting Minga and trying the new system, we have seen very positive results and in January alone we have sent over 40 messages to parents and students using Minga’s direct text connections to send positive praise and remind parents of behavior issues like being out of class or being off campus.  It is a very good tool, thank you for trying it in your classes!

School Site Safety Plan and Feedback: 

Howdy Comets,  as you know we had our safety meetings this week and shared the roles for our upcoming drill and information about school safety for 25-26 school year.  Please check your email and provide any feedback to Boostani so that it can be included in the safety plan that will go to the school board in March.

Upcoming Drill: 1/28/24 During Activity Period

Run Hide Defend: (LOCKDOWN)

Earthquake Drill: (Duck Cover and Hold)

Fire Evacuation Drill: (Evacuate to your locations)

LIVE LINK: Live Link

You will be receiving your Red Light Green Light Signs and new 2025 Rosters by 1/27/25

Door Dash & Delivery:  

Any student delivering should be sending their food to the tables outside the 500 gate.  That way we do not have any delivery drivers or strangers coming onto our campus.  Students can receive delivery during lunch and break when that area is supervised, they should not be receiving deliveries in the middle of your class period.  

Sign up for Supervision:  

Comets don’t forget to sign up for supervision and get your hours for supervision for this year if you need to learn a skill like announcing a soccer game or shot clock / points for basketball or wrestling please reach out to Anna Chavez our Athletic Director and you can learn the skills to support our student athletes and activities.

Saturday Academy: 

Second Semester Saturday Academy dates and times are listed.  We will always have them from 8:30am - 12:30pm.

Breakfast and Lunch Provided

If you’re interested in joining us for Saturday Academy Sign up at the link below.

LIVE LINK HERE: LIVE LINK

Dates:  

1/25, 

NO FEB - Winter Break 

3/22, 

4/12, 

5/10, 

5/17

January 12

Howdy Comets,

Bathrooms and Hall Passes:

1000 Bathrooms will be open during the period and at passing period.

It will be closed the first 10 and last 10 minutes of every period.

500 & Hub bathrooms will be open at lunch and break only.

Don’t forget to use this semester’s new pass that was in your mailbox.

Minga:

Thank you for supporting Minga and trying the new system, we have seen very positive results and in January alone we have sent over 40 messages to parents and students using Minga’s direct text connections to send positive praise and remind parents of behavior issues like being out of class or being off campus.  It is a very good tool, thank you for trying it in your classes!

School Site Safety Plan and Feedback: 

Howdy Comets,  as you know we had our safety meetings this week and shared the roles for our upcoming drill and information about school safety for 25-26 school year.  Please check your email and provide any feedback to Boostani so that it can be included in the safety plan that will go to the school board in March.

Upcoming Drill: 1/28/24 During Activity Period

Run Hide Defend: (LOCKDOWN)

Earthquake Drill: (Duck Cover and Hold)

Fire Evacuation Drill: (Evacuate to your locations)

LIVE LINK: Live Link

You will be receiving your Red Light Green Light Signs and new 2025 Rosters by 1/27/25

Work Place Violence Presentation: Monday 1/13/25 During Collaboration.

Door Dash & Delivery:  

Any student delivering should be sending their food to the tables outside the 500 gate.  That way we do not have any delivery drivers or strangers coming onto our campus.  Students can receive delivery during lunch and break when that area is supervised, they should not be receiving deliveries in the middle of your class period.  

Sign up for Supervision:  

Comets don’t forget to sign up for supervision and get your hours for supervision for this year if you need to learn a skill like announcing a soccer game or shot clock / points for basketball or wrestling please reach out to Anna Chavez our Athletic Director and you can learn the skills to support our student athletes and activities.

Saturday Academy: 

Second Semester Saturday Academy dates and times are listed.  We will always have them from 8:30am - 12:30pm.

Breakfast and Lunch Provided

If you’re interested in joining us for Saturday Academy Sign up at the link below.

LIVE LINK HERE: LIVE LINK

Dates:  

1/25, 

NO FEB - Winter Break 

3/22, 

4/12, 

5/10, 

5/17

January 5

Howdy Comets,

Welcome to Semester 2,  we will have all kinds of work in store for this semester.

Passes

New Passes are in your mailboxes, please make sure you discard the old passes and put them in the trash at the end of the day.  New Semester New Color and we prevent students from using the old passes for restrooms.

Restrooms:

Our District Teammates were able to fix the 500 restroom and we should be operational now so we will be back to our original schedules.

500 restroom open during class time

1000 restrooms open during passing period

Lunch and Break has Hub, 1000 and 500 open for student use.

Big thank you to the Safety Team for supporting and thank you to you all for  helping to monitor student restroom use from your classrooms. 

Referrals & Safety:

Our current Referral numbers are above and we are working diligently to support our students with Disabilities and our Students who are suspended in rejoining our JL community and having a positive impact.

On Tuesday 1/7/24 @3:45pm - 4:45pm we will be having a safety meeting in TRC room 701.  We will be going over the maps for evacuation, upcoming drills for this year and our safety goals for 2025-2026 school year.

Boostani & STARS Team will also be set up during each period on Thursday 1/9/24 in the TRC: Room 701 if you have questions about safety or campus procedures during every prep period.  You’ll receive a notification in your calendar inbox.  It is voluntary but we would love to have your input even for a few minutes.  More details will be in your calendar invite.

Door Dash & Delivery:  

Any student delivering should be sending their food to the tables outside the 500 gate.  That way we do not have any delivery drivers or strangers coming onto our campus.  Students can receive delivery during lunch and break when that area is supervised, they should not be receiving deliveries in the middle of your class period.  

Sign up for Supervision:  

Comets don’t forget to sign up for supervision and get your hours for supervision for this year if you need to learn a skill like announcing a soccer game or shot clock / points for basketball or wrestling please reach out to Anna Chavez our Athletic Director and you can learn the skills to support our student athletes and activities.

Saturday Academy: 

Second Semester Saturday Academy dates and times are listed.  We will always have them from 8:30am - 12:30pm.

Breakfast and Lunch Provided

If you’re interested in joining us for Saturday Academy Sign up at the link below.

LIVE LINK HERE: LIVE LINK

Dates:  

1/25, 

NO FEB - Winter Break 

3/22, 

4/12, 

5/10, 

5/17

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar!

December 15

Howdy Comets:

Saturday Academy Semester 1 Thank you!

Thank you Saturday Superstars for sailing to success on a synchronous song of student success!

First Semester Saturday Academy has had over 500 students participate in total and even in pouring rain we had over 70 students.  Big thank you’s to all our participants and teammates!  If you’re interested in Semester 2 Saturday Academy Post and Signup opportunities are below:

Saturday Academy Semester 2 Plan and dates

LIVE LINK: Flyer

Live Link: Saturday Academy Signup to participate: LIVE LINK

8:30 - 12:30 Saturdays in Building 500.  Please sign up if you’re interested and include the Saturdays that you can participate.

1/25, 

NO FEB - Winter Break 

3/22, 

4/12, 

5/10, 

5/17

Finals Schedule: 

Wed - Fri of this week are finals.  Support student success by making plans and explaining in detail to all your classes how you’ll be doing finals this year.

Classroom Cleanup / Access:

Please remember that no one will be on campus during the December / January Break.  Please do not come to campus.  Make sure you clean up after yourselves and do not leave any food in your fridge or out in your classrooms.

Bathrooms:

Currently the 500 main bathrooms are still out and we will be using the 1000 bathrooms for break lunch and passing period.  Hub bathrooms will be open at break and lunch.

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar

December 8

Howdy Comets,

We are entering into the home stretch and we want to thank you and our amazing teammates for the work you do on a daily basis.  Great Job All!

Bathroom:

Due to some technical issues we have had to close the 500 bathrooms for the rest of the semester.  Hopefully we will be back up and running in second semester.

For now:  1000 Bathroom’s will be open at break, lunch and during the period.  

We will still continue to shut bathrooms first and last 10 minutes of class and we are working diligently to get the 500 bathroom fixed.

Cleaning & Custodial Support:

We are working to clean up and winterize the whole campus and spending a great deal of time prepping for the winter vacation coming up soon.  We will prioritize trash and bathrooms but will be spending time outside of your rooms on some of the big projects we are working on.

Custodial team appreciates your support on this.  Go Team Comet Custodial!

Student Support: 

 Tues - Fri Homework Club continues up until finals.  Students are encouraged to prepare for their finals and get the support of teacher tutors and student tutors.

Wellness Center for Wellness Breaks, utilize and support students who need it with a calming space in the classroom or the wellness center.  Please make sure not to send multiple students at the same time and help staff by knowing which students need wellness and which students need the restroom.

Saturday Academy: Dec 14, 2024

We will be having our last Saturday Academy of the year this Saturday.  Thank you to all of our participants and staff from PE, Math, Science, Social Science who will be participating on December 14!

We appreciate the finals prep and the student support in multiple subjects represented!

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar

December 2

Howdy Comets,

Welcome back from Thanksgiving and we hope that you are rested and ready for the coming weeks.

We will have the next three weeks to determine the grades for this Semester and we want to support all of our Comets on getting to the end of the Semester.

Please talk with your students about your expectations for work and assignments especially leading up to your finals.  It helps assuage anxiety and gives students a concrete plan.

Saturday Academy:

Saturday Academy will be coming up this week and next to prepare students for finals.

Teacher sign up: LIVE LINK

If you’re interested in joining on Dec. 7 or Dec. 14 please sign up.  

Thank you to all of you that are already signed up and we look forward to helping push as many students over the finish line as possible.

Bathrooms & Passing Period:

1000 Bathrooms are open during:

2nd Per Passing

Break

4th Per Passing

Lunch

6th Per Passing

500 Restrooms are open during the period but open after the first 10 minutes and close before the last 10 minutes.

Attendance Review Conferences and Home Visits:

Thank you to all of you that submitted CARE Referrals, New Hope, City of San Jose, STARS and Admin Team have been conducting home visits and individual ARC conferences as well as group ARC conferences for students who are chronically absent.

Adopt a Family:

Speak with Marialicia Serna sernam@esuhsd.org for more information on adopting a James Lick Family in need this year.  We are doing great work and want to make sure that our students have the opportunity to be safe and warm this holiday season.

Thank you Comets,  you are Stellar!

November 17

Howdy Comets,

Holiday Approaching:

As we approach Thanksgiving Break please remember to take all of your things with you at the end of this week.  Campus will not be accessible or open next week.

That includes your refrigerators and food supplies as well as papers, and documents you may want with you during your holiday break.

We wish you all the most splendid Thanksgiving for you and your families.

Leaks and Work Orders:

If you see a leak or any issues, plumbing, electrical, HVAC etc.  Please put in a ticket and let Boostani and Mrs. Godoy know.  They can help troubleshoot but ultimately our friends from the District will be the ones fixing the issues and the faster they know about it the quicker they can get it fixed.

Passing Period Restrooms:  

With the help of the STARS team (Thanks SuperSTARS!) we have modified passing period bathrooms to include the 1000 bathrooms instead of the often crowded 500 restrooms.

1000 Bathrooms are open during:

2nd Per Passing

Break

4th Per Passing

Lunch

6th Per Passing

500 Restrooms are open during the period but open after the first 10 minutes and close before the last 10 minutes.

That way there is more access to restrooms throughout campus throughout the day and students have less restrictions.

The schedule is posted on all of the bathroom doors and it has been helpful in supporting students getting to class on time and not being stuck in the restroom.

Supervision:

If you’re interested in joining the safety and supervision team please connect with Boostani.  You’ll have to go through a training but you are welcome to participate in Break and Lunch supervision if you are available.

Sports and After School Supervision:

Please make sure to sign up on Signup.com, if you’re unsure about a job or a responsibility talk to Boostani, Anna Chavez or Cathlyn Telebrico to support you in your goals.  We will be having scoreboard training and set up training coming up for Winter Sports.

Classroom & Conflict Support:

If you want support in the classroom with student conflict / mitigation please reach out to the STARS TEAM we are happy to help.  You can put in a CARE Team Referral  LIVE LINK HERE: LIVE LINK  and the team will reach out to you and the student/s in question.

Thank you COMETS!

YOU ARE STELLAR!

November 10

Howdy Comets,

Passing Period Bathroom Update:

We are trying a new passing period bathroom plan to open 1000’s bathrooms at passing periods and keep 500 bathrooms open during the class period.  We will be transitioning between both sets of bathrooms through the day to support student access

Saturday Academy:

Saturday Academy is coming up this week Nov 16 from 8:30 - 12:30pm

If you would like to participate please let Boostani know.  Signups are here: LIVE LINK

First 10 and Last 10 minutes:  

Please make sure that students are in with you the first 10 and last 10 minutes of the period.  

November 4

Howdy Comets,

Fall Sports:

Thank you to all of our Fall Sports Teams and Coaches.  You are spectacular Comets and we thank you all for all the work you did this season.

Thank you, Flag Football, Volleyball, Football, Cheer, Cross Country

Some of you are headed to playoffs and your final matches and we are very excited to see the conclusions of all your seasons.

Conditioning and practice for Winter Sports will be happening soon so keep eyes out on that Comets.

Clocks

Fall is here and that means clocks have fallen backwards.  We look forward to darkness at 4pm.  Please put in a ticket if your clocks didn’t reset.  They should automatically do it.  We will be checking on them this week and will be working on it, but please keep an eye on your clocks and report if you need support.  Help.esuhsd.org

Work Orders:

If you see a leak report it via help desk ticket or email. Now that Rain is coming for us we will be extra cautious about ceiling leaks and please report as soon as you see anything in your classrooms out of the ordinary.

Student Support:

If you need student support for a class or for students please remember to put in a CARE team Referral and we will work with the CARE Team to support student in and out of the classroom.  LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

First 10 and Last 10:

Please make sure we are not releasing students during the first 10 and last 10 minutes of class.  500 Bathrooms will open 10 minutes after class starts and close 10 minutes before class ends.

Thank you Comets,  YOU ARE STELLAR!

October 27

Howdy Comets,

We have had some great times celebrating with you this week and spending time together as a community.  Thank you for all your hard work, extra hours and community spirit!

Big shout outs to our Custodial Team, Student Leaders and helpers and our Coaches and AD’s.  We could not have had such a successful week without all of you!

Student Support in the classroom:

Looking forward we are in the middle of having support meetings for CARE TEAM Referrals and we are visiting classrooms with the STARS team.  If you would like a visit a check in on a student please put in a CARE Team Referral and we can stop by and give you student feedback and support.

Mr. Leo, Ms. Jaspal, Ms. Cabigas and Boostani are always happy to give feedback and support you and your class.  We may not always be able to drop what we are doing and come to your class but will do everything we can to plan a visit and support you.

Groups:

Our STARS Team and Wellness Teams have been working extra hard to get groups running on campus as well as support from our friends from New Hope For Youth and San Jose Safe Schools Initiative.  We have a lot of students with lots of needs and we are trying our best to spread that out so you do not have students missing the same class week after week.

Supervision:  

Big Shout out to the Supervision team at break and lunch for going above and beyond during last weeks schedule.  If you’re Certificated Staff interested in joining the team please talk to Boostani or any Safety Team Member.

First 10 and last 10:

Please remember that first 10 and last 10 students are in class and bathrooms are closed.  

New Passes:

We have our new Orange Bathroom passes in full effect, if you are not using please see Boostani or your mail box and cut up the old pass at the end of your work day so it can be discarded in our trash and no one can get a hold of your old pass.

Thank you Comets!

You are Stellar!

October 20

Howdy Comets & Happy Homecoming,

We will be very active this week with lots of activities and events taking place during spirit week and Homecoming.  Check out our Insta and Activities Director update for more details!  Don’t forget special Activities Schedule this week on Tuesday and Friday.

NEW BATHROOM PASSES AND PROCEDURES

Don’t forget your passes are now the Orange Grading Period 2 Passes for Restroom.  Please make sure the Office Pass is used for when students go to the office and Bathroom Passes for Bathroom.  If you still have the old color please cut it up with scissors at the end of the day and put in your trash can so that no student can acquire one of your cool passes.

Please remember to only release one student at a time to use the restroom and if a student is out for too long feel free to ask for support from any of the STARS Safety Team.

Please no students out the first and last 10 minutes of class.  There are certainly exceptions to this but as a general rule it helps us tremendously.

If you’re concerned for a student a CARE Team Referral is always possible they are multi-purpose and we are happy to see a student have staff reach out to support them.  LIVE LINK: LIVE LINK

HELP DESK TICKETS:

Please make sure you’re reporting any issues or problems in your rooms in Help Desk Tickets so that our team or district teammates can address the issues that you notice in your classroom.  HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry etc.

Saturday Academy:

Saturday Academy this Saturday 8:30 - 12:30 in 500 Bld.  We will be emphasizing Homecoming and Social Emotional Wellness this week.

If you’re interested in signing up to be a part of Saturday Academy the live link is here:  LIVE LINK

If you’re participating this Saturday 10/26/24 Boostani will reach out to you later this week.

Happy Homecoming Comets!

You are Stellar

October 14

Howdy Comets,

THANKS!

Big thank you’s to our incredible custodial Team and Gardening Team that were able to tackle a lot of big projects over the break and focus on facilities.  We appreciate all your effort and it is definitely appreciated!

Big thank you to our Attendance Squad as well, we have NEW PASSES in all your mailboxes in the main office.  We will honor the old passes until Wed of this week and after that we will ask students to have the new pass. The Bathroom pass is the only one that changed and it is now a very Witchy Halloween Color. 

New Passes in Mailboxes:

We will stop accepting the old bathroom passes by Wednesday so please transition to the new passes as quickly as you are able.

Please discard the old passes by cutting them up with scissors and putting in your trash can at the end of the school day.  That way no students take them anywhere.  If you need a lanyard let Boostani know and we will try to get you one. If you are using your own pass please attach this pass to it so that we are all on the same page.

Signup.com

If you’re interested in training on score board, announcing, shot clock or any of the technical Signups on Signup.com please reach out to Chavez and Telebrico, they are amazing and incredible and they can provide guidance for any of you interested.

We would really like to have announcers at the Flag Football games and Football, if you haven’t tried it please do get training and come give it a shot.  The energy in the stadium is always multiplied by a friendly voice on the Mic.

Safety Supervision:

Big thank you’s to all our Safety Supervision Teammates.  As of now every member has received their supplemental training from the DO and they all have their positions.  Please remember to keep Radio messages brief so that we can communicate effectively.

If you are interested in Safety Supervision hours (Break & Lunch) please reach out to Boostani or any member of the STARS team and they can fill you in.

Referrals:

Currently we have over 36 total referrals, representing about 50 students with two suspensions that were Out of School multi-day suspensions.  Our data is working well and our STARS team has done many interventions with help from our Behavior Social Worker Mr. Leo and our Wellness Center Team.  

Big Shout outs to City of San Jose and New Hope For Youth who are doing active student case management as well to support positive behavior and climate on campus.

The Top 3 (Most Frequent Referrals) are for:

(Possession) (controlled substance)

(Attempted Willful force or Violence)

(Threats/ Intimidation / Bullying)

This does not account for tardies and absences or lower level Referrals these are the 3 most common higher level referrals for this school year.

Thank you Comets,

You are Stellar

September 29

Howdy Comets,

Thank you all for a wonderful week A-B Week! Seeing all of you and all your students and parents was wonderful!.  This week we will have an activity schedule.  Be Aware  of your timing so that you and your students can plan accordingly.

New Bathroom Passes are in the works. They will be in your mailboxes during Fall break at the end of this week  Thank you to Ms. Gonzalez and Ms. Gonzalez in attendance for working on our attendance audit and our new passes.  We appreciate you both tremendously!

Thank you to New Hope for Youth: We will be having more New Hope For Youth Staff on campus soon and we are excited to meet their acquaintance and have them work with our students.

First 10 and Last 10: 

Please make sure you’re keeping students in the classroom the first 10 and last 10 minutes of the period Comets, we lock up the bathroom and want to avoid a bottle neck in our attendance restrooms.

Fall Break: Fall break is fast approaching Comets.  Some staff will be on campus but all of campus will be closed and alarmed.  If you need anything please take it with you this week please.

The office will be shut for all school business and we will be working diligently on the audits and upcoming work in the offices.  Thank you Comets

Please do not let students out early:

Our amazing food services team has worked with the safety team to make sure that we have a plan for the fastest lunch lines in the West.  With that in mind students are able to move quickly through lunch.  Please do not let your students out early from your class to go to lunch or break.

Thank you Comets, You are Stellar!

September 1

Howdy Comets,

Drill Feedback

Thank you for all your support during drill day.  We learned a lot and we have taken in some of your feedback.  

We will be updating the maps and locations to be more wary of where classes are coming from.  We will work to create the signage (Greenlight Redlight) for each classroom to help with evacuations and drills and we will work on the PA system to make sure that it is operational in all buildings all over campus.

Excellent work to everyone and thank you for the feedback.

Safety Team Update:

Safety Team: Locations

Keep an eye out on Tuesday 9/3 for an updated safety map and locations.  We have taken feedback from some of the staff and based on some of the student behaviors that we have been witnessing we will be moving things around a bit this week.

Safety Team keep your eyes out, most will not move positions we will just shift our zones a bit.

If you’re interested in joining the safety team talk to any of our team members or email Boostani directly.

First ARC meeting and Saturday Academy

ARC is meeting at 9:00am - 10:00am in the HUB on 9/3 and 5:30 - 6:30pm in the hub that same night.  We will be talking to students parents who are tardy or absent more than 4 times this school year.  We have invited over 150 parents and guardians and we hope they come to talk to all the members of the Attendance Review Team.

This coming Saturday will be Saturday Academy and we will meet in the 500 quad and send students off to their classes.  Big thank you to all the teachers and staff that have signed up for Saturday Academy!

First 10 and Last 10 of the period

Please remember First 10 and Last 10 minutes of the period keep students in the classroom because restrooms will be closed.

Thanks to all of you for your diligent work and all your efforts!

GO COMETS!

August 26

Howdy Comets,

This week we will be in full swing with Safety Drills, Picture Day and the first Games of our Athletic Season!

Safety Drill:

Tuesday 8/27 @12:20pm during 4th Period Activity.

We will Give the Lock Down Drill, Lock Down Drill over the intercom and you will have 3 minutes to erect a barrier  before we start going door to door class to class.  Please do not erect your barrier prematurely, we want to make sure you can practice in case of an emergency.

We will check the door from the outside and try to use a key to gain entry.  

Make sure: Lights are out, students are quiet and you’re away from doors / windows.

Earthquake Comes after Lock Down Drill.  You will have a few minutes after Lock Down to clear your barriers and areas to prep for the Earthquake Drill.  

During Earthquake Drill we Duck, Cover and Hold until the sounds stop and we will transition directly into Fire Evacuation.

You will hear the sounds of an earthquake and then the Fire Alarm Sounds.  Please head to your designated Evacuation zone.  

We’ve updated the maps due to construction and created more zones on the blacktop. We also changed 500 building and 600 building in their evacuation zones.  Please check out the link.

4th period Prep:  If you have 4th period prep please meet me and the safety team as well as our friends from San Jose Safe Schools and SJPD in the admin Hallway next to Ms. Sheri and principals office.  You’ll get a clipboard and get assigned a teammate to assist in the drill.

LIVE LINK HERE: Run Hide Defend, Earthquake, Fire Drills 2024

Training will be Monday 8/26/24 in the HUB after School During Collaboration.

Picture Day 2024!  Wednesday August 28, 2024 8:00am - 3:00pm

English Classes (ELD, Alliance, Sped & English Department) You will be taking your students to the Dance Studio at the end of the 400 building during your assigned times.

We will have as many cameras from LIFETOUCH there as possible but please be patient and make sure your students get their pictures.

LIVE LINK HERE: PICTURE DAY 2024

Saturday Academy Finalizing Schedule:

The First Saturday academy of the year is scheduled for two weeks from now Saturday, Sep 7, 2024 If you are interested in being a part of Saturday School please fill out this form.

LIVE LINK HERE: Saturday Academy Form

We will be reaching out to fill out logistics questions next week after the Labor Day Holiday.

A Few Reminders: 

Bathroom Breaks:  NOT During First and Last 10 mins of the period

Do not release multiple students at once from a single class.

Do not release class early unless you have communicated with one of your administrators and gotten approval.

Make sure students have a physical pass to go along with their MINGA the physical passes help the safety team tremendously.

Thank you Comets,

You are Stellar!

August 5

Hi James Lick Family, 

Welcome back officially from summer break! As we prepare for the new school year, please sign up for the following opportunities if you are able and willing to participate and view the important documents and dates for the beginning of the year:

• Please sign up here if you’d like to be a part of this school year’s Extended Safety Team (supervision during break and/or lunch). I will share this year’s supervision map for all to view once I finalize team members. 

Saturday Academy Interest Form 

• We will be having our first semester emergency safety drills on Tuesday,  August 20, 2024. We will be on an activity schedule that day. Your emergency bags were picked up over summer to be updated and will be delivered to your classrooms this week. 

• We will still be following our policy of no bathroom use the first 10 minutes and last 10 minutes of class. You will all be receiving new bathroom passes. Please view our bathroom schedule here and the recommended bathroom log here to document when students are using the restroom and/or leaving your classroom. .

• Please view last year’s CSSP Plan here. I’ll be in touch soon about dates to discuss our progress and reminder of roles.

Previous Comet Notes Editions Below

July 22

Hi everyone!

I hope summer has been filled with rest, relaxation, and fun and that you enjoy these next couple of final weeks! I am so excited for the 24-25 school year with you all. As we prepare for the new academic year, I’d love to hear from you all on the ways you’d like to get connected with the Safety, Wellness, and Attendance team. 

Please sign up here if you’d like to be a part of this school year’s Extended Safety Team (supervision during break and/or lunch). 

Please stay tuned next week as I will release the Saturday Academy dates for interested teachers to sign up. 

Reach out with any ideas or efforts you have in mind for the new year as I finalize planning these next couple of weeks.