six extended collaboration times, enriching both teachers' practices and students' ability to learn. School will begin a
IMPORTANT DATES & INFORMATION INSIDE!
SCHEDULE PICK-UP MIDDLE SCHOOL
AUGUST 3 & 4 // 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1 – 3:30 pm
ALTERNATIVE CENTER
AUGUST 14 // 8 – 11:30 am and 1 – 3 pm AUGUST 15 (MAKE-UP DAY) // 8 – 11:30 am
FRESHMAN ACADEMY
AUGUST 8 (LAST NAME A – K) // 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1 – 3 pm AUGUST 9 (LAST NAME L – Z) // 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1 -3 pm
HIGH SCHOOL
AUGUST 8 (SENIORS) // 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1 – 3 pm AUGUST 9 (JUNIORS) // 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1 – 3 pm AUGUST 10 (SOPHOMORES) // 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1 – 3 pm
MEET THE TEACHER EAST ELEMENTARY
AUGUST 15 // 4 – 7 pm AUGUST 16 // 10 am – 1 pm
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY
AUGUST 16 // 10 am – 1 pm (Last name A – L), 3 – 6 pm (Last name M – Z)
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY
AUGUST 16 // 10 am – 1 pm (Last name A – L), 3 – 6 pm (Last name M – Z)
WEST ELEMENTARY
AUGUST 16 // 10 am – 1 pm (Last name A – L), 3 – 6 pm (Last name M – Z)
EAST INTERMEDIATE
AUGUST 16 // 10 am – 1 pm and 4 – 7 pm
WEST INTERMEDIATE
AUGUST 15 (5TH GRADE) // 4 – 7 pm AUGUST 16 (6TH GRADE) // 4 – 7 pm
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS EAST ELEMENTARY AUGUST 24 3rd grade – 6 pm 4th grade – 7 pm
AUGUST 28 AUGUST 29 1st grade – 6 pm Pre-K – 6 pm 2nd grade – 7 pm Kindergarten – 7 pm
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY
AUGUST 24 AUGUST 28 AUGUST 29 Pre-K – 5:30 pm 1st grade – 5:30 pm 2nd grade – 5:30 pm Kindergarten – 7 pm 3rd grade – 7 pm 4th grade – 7 pm
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY
AUGUST 24 AUGUST 28 AUGUST 29 Pre-K – 5:30 pm Kindergarten – 5:30 pm 1st grade – 5:30 pm 2nd grade – 7 pm 3rd grade – 7 pm 4th grade – 7 pm
WEST ELEMENTARY
AUGUST 24 AUGUST 28 AUGUST 29 Pre-K – 5:45 pm 1st grade – 5:45 pm 3rd grade – 5:45 pm Kindergarten – 6:45 pm 2nd grade – 6:45 pm 4th grade – 6:45 pm GLC Pre-K and K – 6:15 pm
EAST INTERMEDIATE
AUGUST 31 SEPTEMBER 5 6th grade – 5 pm 5th grade – 5 pm
WEST INTERMEDIATE SEPTEMBER 5 5th grade – 5:30 pm 6th grade – 7 pm
MIDDLE SCHOOL
SEPTEMBER 14 // 7th & 8th grade – 6:30 pm
ALTERNATIVE CENTER AUGUST 31 // 6 pm
FRESHMAN ACADEMY/HIGH SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 12 // 7 pm GRADFEST MEETING // 8:45 pm
2017-18 SCHOOL START TIMES INTERMEDIATE (5TH & 6TH GRADE) 7:45 am – 2:25 pm
ELEMENTARY (K – 4TH GRADES) 8:30 am – 3:10 pm
MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL (7TH – 12TH GRADE) 9:15 am – 3:55 pm
*Pre-K begins at 8:05 am at ALL JPS Elementary sites*
DISTRICT COLLABORATION DAYS The Jenks Public Schools Instructional Calendar includes days on which students arrive at school later than the normal time. These are called District Collaboration Days. This time is set aside for teachers to work together to identify common instructional needs, brainstorming solutions that meet the needs of students at multiple grade levels and in multiple content areas. The late-start collaboration days provide much needed time for teachers to study student work, discuss proven strategies, and integrate best practices into classroom instruction. Teachers and staff value the six extended collaboration times, enriching both teachers' practices and students’ ability to learn. School will begin an hour and a half later than the normal time, and buses will run an hour and a half later than the normal time.
COLLABORATION DAYS Thursday, September 28 Thursday, October 26 Thursday, November 30 Thursday, January 25 Thursday, February 22 Thursday, March 29
START TIMES:
Intermediate – 9:15 am Elementary – 10:00 am Middle School/High School – 10:45 am *Pre-K begins at 9:35 am on Collaboration Days*
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES Friday, August 18 – First Day of School Friday, August 18 & Monday August 21 – Pre-K Transition Days Tuesday, August 22 - First Day of Pre-K Friday, September 1 – Professional Day (NO SCHOOL) Monday, September 4 – Labor Day (NO SCHOOL) Wednesday, October 18 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (NO SCHOOL) Thursday, October 19 – Fall Break Friday, October 20 – Fall Break Wednesday, November 22 – Friday, November 24 – Thanksgiving Break Wednesday, December 20 – Tuesday, January 2 – Winter Break
GIFTED SERVICES TESTING The Cognitive Abilities Test, used by the District for identification of intellectually gifted students, will be given on October 3-5, 2017. Any 1st – 12th grade student, not already identified for gifted services, may be nominated by a parent, community member, or teacher for testing. Nomination forms for this test may be picked up at school sites or completed online through the Jenks Public Schools website (www.jenksps.org). Parents who wish to have their child tested for potential gifted services must complete the nomination form and return it to their child’s site Gifted Education Coordinator no later than 4:00 pm on Friday, September 15, 2017. Submissions after this date will not be accepted as tests must be ordered and prepared prior to testing day.
PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW Parents have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers who instruct their children. Federal law allows parents to ask for certain information about their children’s classroom teachers, and requires schools to give parents this information in a timely manner if requested. Specifically, parents have the right to ask for the following information about their children’s classroom teachers: 1. Whether the Oklahoma State Department of Education has licensed or qualified the teacher for the grades and subjects he or she teaches, 2. Whether the Oklahoma State Department of Education has decided that the teacher can teach in a classroom without being licensed or qualified under state regulations because of special circumstances, 3. The teacher’s college major; whether the teacher has any advanced degrees, and, if so, the subject of the degrees, and 4. Whether any teachers’ aides or similar paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if they do, their qualifications. To receive any of this information, please call Human Resources at (918) 299-4415 ext. 2305
JENKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2017-2018 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR Important Dates New Teachers Report ...................................Aug. 10 All Teachers Report ......................................Aug. 14 Classes Begin for Students ..........................Aug. 18 End of First Quarter ...................................... Oct. 13 End of First Semester ...................................Dec. 19 End of Third Quarter ....................................March 9 End of Second Semester.............................. May 31 Last Day of Classes for Students ................. May 31
Dates Classes will not be in Session Labor Day .....................................................................................Sept. 4 Fall Break ............................................................................... Oct. 19-20 Parent-Teacher Conferences.........................................Oct. 18, March 2 Thanksgiving Break ................................................................Nov. 22-24 Martin Luther King Jr. Day ........................................................... Jan. 15 Holiday Break .................................................................Dec. 20 - Jan. 2 Spring Break ........................................................................March 19-23 Memorial Day .............................................................................. May 28 Professional Days................................ Aug. 14, 15, 16, Sept. 1, Feb. 19 Work Days for Teachers .................................................Aug. 17, June 1
★ School Opens/Closes ● Professional Day ✦ Parent/Teacher Conference ■ Holidays/Breaks District Collaboration Day ▲ Elem./Sec. Work Day ❑ New Teachers Report ▲ ❍ FIRST SEMESTER
S M T W T F S AUG.
SEP.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
1
6 13 20 27
1 8 15 22 29
2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 16 ▲ 17 18 19 23 24 25 26 30 31
7 ❑❑ 14 ● ●❍ ● 21 28
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0 4 5 5 5
FEB.
5 5 3 5 2
MAR.
4 ■
5 11 12 18 19 25 26
6 13 20 27
8 15 22 29
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
4 5 6 11 12 13 18 19 20 25 26 27
7 14 21 28
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23
3 10 17 24
■■■ 30 ▲
4 11 18 25
3 5 5 2 4
3 10 17 24 31
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
1 5 5 2 0
First Quarter -
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Days Taught.............................39 Professional Days .....................4 Work Day for Teachers ..............1 Second Quarter - Days Taught ............................42 Professional Days .....................0 LL0012 Rev: 4/2016
S M T W T F S
1 5 4
3 10 17 24
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SECOND SEMESTER
JAN.
2 9 16 23 30
7 14 21 28
1 ●
Days Taught
31
APR.
MAY
JUNE
7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
Days Taught
1 ■ 2 3 4 5 6 ■ 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 ■ 25 26 27 22 23 24 ▲
3 5 4 5 3
5 12 19 26
1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28
2 5 5 4 3
2 3 ✦ 9 10
2 5 5 0 5
29 30 31
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4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
1 8 14 15 21 22 28 29
16 17 23 24 30 31
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1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
5 5 5 5 1
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
4 5 5 5 3
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
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1
31 30 31
1 2 ▲ ❍
Third Quarter - Days Taught .......................... 46 Professional Days ................... 1 Fourth Quarter - Days Taught .......................... 53 Professional Days ................... 0 Work Day for Teachers ........... 1 (Includes 5 Weather Days) YEARLY TOTAL ................................ 187
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