Middle and High School Family MAP reports will be sent home at the end of this week.

Elementary Family MAP reports will be sent home Monday with student report cards.

With recent discussions on the potential of schools moving to NTI at some point in the near future, we want you to know what to expect in the event that it happens. Please review the points below:

• Students will follow a schedule that includes live instruction from teachers.

• Teachers will use Google Classroom to communicate with students aside from live instruction, which under most circumstances, will be provided using Google Meet.

• Teachers will be accessible to students for questions.

• Students will have a device provided by the school to access Google Classroom and Google Meet.

• School staff members will communicate with families throughout NTI using our established methods.

Please note a decision has NOT been made to move to NTI. As a school, we are taking a proactive approach in our preparation in the event that we do.

The Five Goals Task Force has come up with two new options in an attempt to equalize planning time throughout the school, increase elementary related arts time, and provide advisory time for middle and high school students. Please complete this survey so we may present feedback to SBDM on the available options.

Please complete the SCHEDULING SURVEY by 11:00 PM on Friday, January 7th.

Please note that JCPS continues to follow our previous guidelines on students for quarantine due to COVID. Although the CDC shared new guidance, we are awaiting protocols from the Kentucky Department of Public Health to determine how the state might require schools to implement any new rules. Until we receive this from the state, we will continue to follow the existing guidance of a ten day quarantine for those who test positive. Please review the current guidelines below.

• For students who test positive, they will quarantine for 10 calendar days starting from the day after either the positive test or the onset of symptoms, whichever comes first.

• For students who are identified as close contacts of individuals who have tested positive, they will quarantine for 10 calendar days starting the day after exposure. These students will have the opportunity to participate in the Test to Stay program, which would enable them to return to school with a negative COVID test from the previous school day.

If and when procedures are updated, the district and our school will communicate accordingly.

With the potential for inclement weather over the next few months, we want you to be familiar with inclement weather procedures. Please access information on those procedures through this link. Also, please make sure you are registered for district communications. This will enable you to receive notification of any changes to the schedule for inclement weather.

We can now enter your student's COVID 19 Vaccinations into Infinite Campus - Health - Immunizations. If you would like a record of your student's COVID Vaccinations to be kept by the school along with their regular mandatory vaccination records, please send a copy of the card to the Records Clerk HERE. We must be able to see the student's name and the dates of both vaccinations. You can scan the card or take a photo of the card and email it to the Records Clerk, she will input the information promptly and place a hard copy into the student's permanent file, along with the other required health documents. (This is an optional feature and not mandatory at this time.)

If you have a child (ages 8-18) who is interested in guitar, piano, brass, drums, vocal performance, or music production registration for the AMPED Music Academy's Spring 2022 session is now open: ampedmusicacademy.azurewebsites.net

Hello! I am Elona Mack, and I am Brown/Central FRYSC Coordinator. Need help? Your FRYSC is here to provide assistance. Click HERE for community resources.

LG&E Assistance Information

Please contact me with questions or concerns.

Email: Elona.mack@jefferson.kyschools.us

Phone: 502-631-9146

January 2022 Religious Holidays

1/6 – Feast of the Epiphany: The day that commemorates the first manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles for Christians.

1/7 – Coptic Orthodox Christmas: The date that Orthodox Christians celebrate Jesus’s birth in the Julian calendar.

1/10 – Bodhi Day: This day celebrates the Buddha’s enlightenment; it is celebrated by Mahãyãna Buddhists.

1/­14 – Orthodox New Year: The “Old New Year” celebrates the start of the Julian calendar.

­1/13 – Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – The date used to celebrate the tenth Sikh Guru and spiritual master.

1/16 – World Religion Day: A day in the Baha’i faith that celebrates common themes for faiths across the world.

CONTACT TRACING | Families will be notified if their student is a close contact with a COVID-19 case through text messages and email. If you are not already receiving JCPS text messages and emails, please text the letter "Y" to 67587. If you have any further questions, please reach out to your school directly to update your contact information, including your cell phone number and email address.

Click here or above to learn more about this new notification process.

Drive-Thru Testing Option

Our 22 drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites for JCPS staff, students, and families are open from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m Monday-Friday every week. Doss High School, Highland Middle School, Meyzeek Middle School, and Newcomer Academy are NEW sites starting this week. SphereDX, the testing company, highly recommends pre-registering to ensure you will be tested. Click here to register. Please be sure you enter the correct information like name and birthdate, or your test results won't be available.

Weekly Testing at Brown

Families, please make sure to complete all of your required forms in Parent Place. That includes the weekly voluntary COVID-19 diagnostic screening testing form. More than 10,190 students are now signed up for this opportunity!

Please make sure to complete the form to indicate whether you would like your child to participate in the voluntary COVID-19 testing at Brown if you haven't already.

Click here to complete a student consent form.

CLEP (College Level Examination Program) Now Available to All Brown Students

Click the link to learn about the CLEP testing lab located at Brown. This is an opportunity for our students to earn college credits for what they already know. CLICK HERE

Here is a slideshow of items currently in the Lost and Found located in the lobby. Please look through it if your student has any missing items. LINK