The Phoenix News 4/14/24

School Calendar

• Two places - http://thephoenixschool.org/

  • Top of all web pages

  • Bottom left of Home Page

• JCPS Parent Calendar - Click Here

• JCPS Employee Calendar - Click Here

JCPS Transportation 24-25

As many of you know, due to the nationwide bus driver shortage, Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) does not have enough bus drivers to cover all routes and get all our students to school on time each day. Students have missed millions of instructional minutes this school year due to the bus driver shortage.

In an attempt to equalize the number of drivers with the number of bus routes, the Jefferson County Board of Education has approved a plan that will continue transportation services for the overwhelming majority of students who request it in 2024-25. However, the plan eliminates JCPS bus service for some students next school year.

The Board approved an option to discontinue transportation services to all magnet and traditional schools, with the exception of high schools with free- or reduced-price lunch enrollment at or above 75 percent. At this time, Central High School and Western High School meet that threshold. 

Here’s what the transportation plan means for students next school year: Students who will have access to JCPS-supplied transportation

• Attend resides school

• Attend a school in their elementary cluster

• ECE students within their IEP

• McKinney-Vento students

• Alternative and state agency school students (Breckinridge Metropolitan, Grace James Academy, Liberty, Minor Daniels, Newcomer, Phoenix, TAPP, W.E.B. Dubois, Ahrens, Binet, Churchill Park, Heuser Hearing, Mary-Ryan, UofL Pact, Waller-Williams)

• Attend Central or Western high schools 

Students who will no longer receive JCPS-supplied transportation

• Attend full magnet school with the exception of Central and Western high schools

• Attend magnet program within a school

• Attend traditional school

• Attend non-resides Academies of Louisville program
  
  

If your student will no longer receive JCPS transportation as outlined above, your principal will send you follow-up information next week. We will also provide information on a stipend program for families of students who no longer receive JCPS transportation. 

Autism Awareness Community Engagement Night

The Phoenix School of Discovery would like to invite you to our Autism Awareness Community Engagement Night on April 23rd from 5:30-7:00pm. We will have student presentations, parent resources from around our community, and light refreshments. All members of the Phoenix Community and family are encouraged to attend.  Please fill out the form below if you would like to attend. Email Shaun.demeter@jefferson.kyschools.us  if you have any questions. 

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Ayman El-Baz. Dr. El-Baz is the Chair of the Bioengineering Department at the University of Louisville. Dr. El-Baz and his team have just published research where they use MRI and emerging AI technology to correctly diagnose autism in children as young as two years old. He will be speaking on the implications of this new technology for early therapy.

Attendance Form - Click Here

Weapon Detection System will be installed and
operating at The Phoenix

• This will make our school safer and that is our priority.

• All students, staff and parents/guardians that are entering the building will have to walk through the system. 

• There will be one located in the front and one in the back of the building.

• This includes parents/guardians that enter the building at any point during the school day.

• We will be practicing with the students to insure they understand the process.

Information

• JCPS Information - https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/weapon-detection

• Video - Click Here

• Guides for students - Click Here

• Guides for parents/caregivers - Click Here

• Guides on device safety - Click Here

We need your help!

Middle & High School - Social Security Numbers (SSN)

This is critical for all students. 

• Did you know that thousands of students don't receive free scholarship monies, often because they are just missing thier Social Security Number.

• Over 54% of JCPS students do not have a social security number listed in Infinite Campus. Without a linked SSN, students cannot earn KEES money.

• What is KEES Money?

Beginning this month, JCPS families of 9th and 12th grade students may receive a call from Family Scholar House. JCPS has partnered with Family Scholar House to communicate with families about the importance of KEES money.

• Family Scholar House WILL NOT ask for personal identifying information and will direct families to contact schools for additional information and support.

• Family Scholar House staff will identify themselves as calling on behalf of JCPS. 

• If you have questions or would like to contact Family Scholar House directly, you can contact them at 502-584-8090.  

Who do you give the information to? Calli Hagan, The Phoenix Records Clerk, 502-485-7700. She will connect your students Social Security Number with the KEES money.

8th Grade Field Trip to Kentucky Kingdom

• 8th grade students will be taking a field trip to Kentucky Kingdon at the end of the school year

• Needed - $10 for lunch and field trip

Black Student Union

• Tuesday, April 19 (4th per.) - Room 312

• Thurs. May 2 (5th per.) - Room 306