JCS Journal for the Week of September 1st

Hello JCS families,

It's hard to believe, but the first week of school is here! The JCS teachers and staff are ready and excited to welcome our 1st through 3rd grade students back this Tuesday, our Kindergarten students on Wednesday, and Little Lancers on Thursday. Thanks to the hard work of our teachers and paraprofessionals, classrooms look terrific and are ready for students to walk in for the first time this new school year. Our custodians have worked hard to get the school clean for the first day and they deserve our thanks. Finally, thank you to the SPO for their support in hosting a fantastic Open House this past Tuesday evening!

Here are first days of school for each grade level:

The district-wide school calendar can always be found on the district's website at https://www.norton.k12.ma.us under the "About Us" section of the site.

The district has updated the bus routes for the upcoming school year. You can find the latest, most up to date routes on the district website’s Transportation page at https://www.norton.k12.ma.us/12443_3

Please do not arrive more than 20 minutes before your child’s drop-off or pick-up time. We need to keep traffic on the school campus to a minimum for the safety of all students and staff.

Please be patient and understanding with other drivers. It will take everyone a little while to get used to the drop-off and pick-up routine. For everyone’s safety, do NOT pass other cars, vans, or buses in line at ANY time. Please stay in your car at all times when in line. A staff member will come to your car to assist your child into or out of the car in the drop-off and pick-up areas.

If you need to park for any reason (e.g. your child needs to be walked into school, you need to drop off an item for your child, etc.), only park in the visitor parking spaces. Please do NOT park in the front loop or on any of the driveways.

ALL adults picking up students MUST have a large, yellow “Pick Up Pass” displayed in their car window. For the safety of all students, any adult that doesn’t have a pass will need to come into the school office and show ID in order to pick-up a student.

Please do not arrive more than 20 minutes before your child’s drop-off or pick-up time. We need to keep traffic on the school campus to a minimum for the safety of all students and staff.

Please be patient and understanding with other drivers. It will take everyone a little while to get used to the drop-off and pick-up routine. For everyone’s safety, do NOT pass other cars, vans, or buses in line at ANY time.

ALL adults picking up students MUST have a large, colored “Pick Up Pass” displayed in their car window. For the safety of our students, any adult that doesn’t have a pass will need to come into the school office and show ID in order to pick-up a student.