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Welcome to Jenks West
Elementary
Prekindergarten Information Meeting
for the 2015-16 School Year
Site Information…
•Campus configuration
•Enrollment- 1,964 PK through
4th grade
•One half day Pre-Kindergarten
section (pending enrollment)
•22 students maximum
•Early Childhood Certified Teacher
along with Full time Early Childhood
Assistant (ECA) in every classroom.
School Safety is our
FIRST Priority
• Campus Police
• School Emergency Response
Team (SERT)
• Video Surveillance systems
covering areas inside/outside
all student buildings and
parking areas
• Random drug/explosive K-9
sweeps at all school sites
• Anonymous email, text or 1800 number to report any
school threat or concern
• School Safety Training and
Compliance Officer
• Pandemic Influenza Plan
• Safe Schools Committee at
every school site
• LobbyGuard
• Commercial two-way radio
system for Administrators and
duty staff
• If you see something, hear
something, SAY SOMETHING
• Anti-bullying programs
incorporated into the
curriculum at all grade levels
• Emergency Procedure Guide
endorsed by all emergency
response agencies that could
respond to JPS
• District Emergency Operations
and Continuity of Services
Plans
Full Day PK Lunch
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The children eat in
the cafeteria.
Send lunch money to
school with your child
or pay online at:
mylunchmoney.com
(transaction fee
applies)
Students may bring a
lunch from home.
Free/Reduced Lunch
Forms will be
available at Meet the
Teacher in August.
Schedules
• Full Day PK 8:15-3:00 p.m.
• Half-Day PK 8:15-10:45 a.m.
• Grace Living Center
Multiage –
8:50-3:25 p.m.
• Drop-off and pick-up
times are 15 minutes
before/after class.
PRE-KINDERGARTEN
Curriculum
Natural World (How
the World Works)
Community (How We
Organize Ourselves)
Family (Who We Are)
All About ME (How We
Express Ourselves)
The early childhood program at JPS is childoriented, family-focused fostering growth of
the whole child.
Pre-Kindergarten
Curriculum
All About Me
(Who We Are)
Me
Things I can Do
My Feelings
Healthy Habits
My body/My Senses
International
Baccalaureate Primary
Years Program
West Elementary is proud to share that we
are in our second year of candidacy to
become an International Baccalaureate (IB)
Primary Years Program (PYP).
This is a multi-year journey with some
exciting opportunities for our students and
community.
So what does it mean for
your child in my
classroom this year?
• Organizing our work into 4 broad themes (Our first
theme is How We Express Ourselves.)
• Engaging in developing understanding of central
ideas (For this theme, we are going to be
exploring how people express themselves in
different ways.)
• You will continue to see inquiry experiences just
as you have the past few years.
• You can still expect to see intense work with
reading and writing workshop, EDM, STC science
units, social studies and Spanish.
• Our classroom and site newsletters will reflect our
continued work with IB.
• Dramatic play
• Language
development
• Mathematics
• Technology
• Science & Health
• Social Studies
• Creative/Motor
Skills
Nice To Know Items…
• Backpacks should be large
enough to hold folders.
Perseverance…
• No wheels on backpacks.
• Always keep a change of
clothes in your child’s
backpack labeled with their
name.
• LABEL with your child’s name clothes that are
outerwear such as jackets, coats, sweaters, &
sweatshirts.
Jenks
West
Adventure
Club
Jenks West Adventure Club is a curriculum based
program providing a fun and an enriched learning
environment for children before and after school.
Our program is open 6:30 to 8:30 and 2:45 to 6:00.
Located in building B, Room 101
Charlotte Stephens
Jenks West Elementary Site Coordinator
918 299-4415 ext. 5929
charlotte.stephens@jenksps.org
“On the West Side…Where Learning is an Adventure”
Parent Teacher
Group - PTAG
Action
Parent Teacher
Action Group - PTAG
These activities and others raise more than $67,000 each
year to support the financial needs of our school:
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PTAG provides a Daily Agenda to all K-4th grade students.
PTAG supplies all classrooms with periodical subscriptions.
PTAG pays for all K-4th grade students to attend a field trip.
PTAG provides all teachers with books and supplies.
PTAG pays for 3rd and 4th grade state testing prep materials.
PTAG also financially supports Project Westly, author visits, and
staff appreciation activities.
• Get in the loop!
• Read the weekly e-mail blast (forwarded to you by your teacher
each Monday) and located on our JWE website. Join us on
facebook (JWE PTAG).
• PTAG annual membership is $10 per family
Parent Teacher
Action Group - PTAG
• PTAG is a volunteer organization of parents,
teachers, and administrators who work together to
promote quality education for our children.
• JWE PTAG fundraisers include Box Top
Collections, Scholastic Book Fairs, Off Campus
(Dining Out) Nights, Family Bingo Night, Square 1
Art, and the JWE Jog-A-Thon!
Parent Teacher Action Group - PTAG
School Supply Packets are on sale NOW!
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Pre-K Half Day Packets are $45 / Pre-K Full Day and all other packets are $50 and
include a rest mat.
Submit paper order form by June 12. Paper order forms are available in building
offices upon request and are due May 29.
There will be a LIMITED number of packets available at Meet the Teacher in August
(additional $10 per pack). These will be on a first come, first serve basis.
NO guarantees and NO additional orders will be made.
Teachers LOVE the school supply packs!
The supplies are collected by your child’s teacher and used in the classroom as community
property.
This information found on our JWE website.
Order School Supplies
Important Dates for the
2014-15 School Year
•Back to School
Post Cards sent early August
•Pre-K Transition Days
August 19th & 20th
Monday, August 17
•Regular School Day begins
for Pre-K on August 21st
•Meet the Teacher -
Invitation by family last name as follows:
(A-L) 11:00-2:00p.m.
(M-Z) 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Please feel free to come either time if
your scheduled time will not work.
Thinker …Teamwor k…Car ing…Cooper ation
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http://www.jenksps.org
Visit our web page to stay informed on
all the events happening at JWE & JPS.
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Thank you for attending.