🎓 SPARKING A MOVEMENT | Dr. Marty Pollio reflects on how the Academies of Louisville began and how this transformative approach to education is changing lives.
🔗 STORY: https://www.aoflalliance.org/news/dr-marty-pollio-reflects-on-the-academies-of-louisville
I hope everyone is currently enjoying their summer break!
This message is intended to provide some clarity around a new Kentucky Bill (SB 181) that goes into effect this summer. This bill directly impacts the ways our staff, coaches, and volunteers can communicate with your student(s). Effective Monday, June 16, 2025, all electronic communication directed to students must be routed through the parent or guardian or via a student's JCPS email. Examples of direct communication no longer approved include direct text messages and/or the use of messaging apps like GroupMe/Slack/TeamSnap. While the school and/or staff may continue to post announcements on social media platforms, staff (including school volunteers) will not be allowed to reply to students' comments within those apps. Examples of non-approved direct social media platform communication include Facebook Messenger, Instagram Messenger, and direct replies on X (Formerly Twitter).
Any communication with a staff member, coach, or program volunteer must be conducted through their school-issued JCPS email account beginning on June 13th. Staff have been instructed not to reply to any communication that is received from students unless it comes through the student’s JCPS email.
I realize this new law may disrupt the communication systems of many of our JCPS summer programs. However, staff have been instructed to shift summer program communication to students via the student’s JCPS email and/or to create a parent-only group (students excluded) for communication purposes. Additionally, staff members leading summer trips with students will be in communication with families soon regarding communication options while on the trip.
If you have immediate questions, please call the Middle School Office at 502-485-3006.
🚨 TV FORM DUE TOMORROW | Tomorrow is the deadline for EVERY student to complete the Transportation Verification Form.
Please complete the form by the end of the day tomorrow, Friday, June 13: https://cloudapps.jefferson.kyschools.us/TransportationPortal
🩺 FREE CLINICS | Free Physical and Vaccine Clinics are underway for JCPS students! Check out sights from today's clinic at Valley High School!
Couldn't make it today? Join us at an upcoming clinic!
🗓️ June 9–20 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Various HS locations
For students without a regular doctor, no health insurance, or high-deductible insurance.
Pre-register now:
👉 https://bit.ly/JCPSclinics25
📞 Or call 502-485-3387
Can't attend? Other options available. See flyer for details!
🚍 BUS MONITOR JOB FAIR | Looking for a meaningful role that helps ensure the safety of students? Join us for a Bus Monitor Job Fair on June 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to learn more about the position and get application assistance!
🌟 FROM JCPS TO THE TONY AWARDS 🏆 | Huge congratulations to Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) alum Nicole Scherzinger, who won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her stunning performance as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard!
Did you know this Broadway queen also walked the halls of Bowen Elementary and Meyzeek Middle School? Yep—her journey started right here in JCPS! 🎭
📸: Photos from DuPont Manual High School/Youth Performing Arts School's yearbook archives
📸: The 2025 Tony Awards (Photo Credit: CBS)
📚 WHO SAYS LIBRARIANS HAVE TO BE QUIET? | Not this week! More than 100 JCPS library media specialists are turning up the volume at their summer academy, featuring two days packed with inspiration, collaboration, and big ideas! They're diving into the future of literacy and exploring how AI is transforming the way we teach and learn.
Attention OAS Famiies: Per the district, schedules and grades in Parent Portal will be turned off as of June 9th, 2025. Parent Portal will be turned back on August 1, 2025. Please be sure to check your student grades before the June 9th date.
📣 FREE PHYSICALS AND VACCINATIONS FOR JCPS STUDENTS
🩺 June 9 to 20 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Various HS locations
For students without a regular doctor, no health insurance, or high-deductible insurance.
Pre-register now:
👉 https://bit.ly/JCPSclinics25
📞 Or call 502-485-3387
📣 FREE PHYSICALS AND VACCINATIONS FOR JCPS STUDENTS
🩺 June 9 to 20 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Various HS locations
For students without a regular doctor, no health insurance, or high-deductible insurance.
Pre-register now:
👉 https://bit.ly/JCPSclinics25
📞 Or call 502-485-3387
Can't attend? Other options available. See flyer for details!
Come join our team at OAS!
💬 HAPPY SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING MONTH | Shoutout to the incredible professionals supporting students with communication disorders. Your work empowers voices, builds confidence, and changes lives. ❤️
We’re grateful for everything you do—this month and always! 🙌
Congratulations to 6th grader, Aniya, for being the fastest in the 100 M RUNNING IS MY SUPERPOWER competition in PE.
OAS Reminder: Summer 2026 Tour to Costa Rica!!! If you are interested in more information, we have a parent meeting tonight at 5:30 in the cafeteria. https://bit.ly/3DZIcSU
📢 Don't miss the JCPS Superintendent Finalist Community Forums TODAY, Tues, May 20th!
🗣️ Meet Ben Shuldiner & Dr. H. Brian Yearwood.
📍 Forum 1: 4-6 PM @ JCPS Center for Professional Learning (Live on JCBE YouTube)
📍 Forum 2: 7-9 PM @ Stopher Elementary
❓Submit Questions: https://forms.gle/aJbBWsGt6SoUXKB26
➡️ More Info & Feedback: https://bit.ly/434Nhmw
#WeAreJCPS
💬 HAPPY SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING MONTH | Shoutout to the incredible professionals supporting students with communication disorders. Your work empowers voices, builds confidence, and changes lives. ❤️
We’re grateful for everything you do—this month and always! 🙌
🚨 JCPS UPDATE | JCPS after-school activities are canceled today, Friday, May 16 due to expected inclement weather.
Ms. Georgia and Mrs. Moore YSC line dancing with 6th graders in PE.
CLASSIFIED JOB FAIR | Join us this Friday, May 16 for a Classified Career Fair to learn more about open roles in our Nutrition Services, Security, Maintenance, Mechanic, Custodial, and Early Childhood divisions!
💬 HAPPY SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING MONTH | Shoutout to the incredible professionals supporting students with communication disorders. Your work empowers voices, builds confidence, and changes lives. ❤️
We’re grateful for everything you do—this month and always! 🙌
