Chartwells, our food service company, has informed us that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved our district to offer free breakfast and lunch to our students effective September 10, 2020. Our students will be offered FREE breakfast and lunch regardless of free, reduced or paid lunch status.
Chartwells will be refunding all meal charges that may have happened from the first day of school until today (9/16/20) back to the student lunch account (except second meals and a la carte sales). Meals will be FREE until December 31st, 2020. This waiver will expire and on January 1st, 2021 meals will be charged based on status again.
No forms or application is required for a student to receive FREE meals during this waiver period. We will continue to charge for second meals and a la carte items such as chips, drinks, cookies, etc. Make sure you are still filling out Free/Reduced applications due to textbook fee benefits.
Any questions please feel free to email foodservice@jayschools.k12.in.us or call (260) 726-9306 ext. 2262.
School Picture Information!
Physical order forms will be available in the front office by the end of this week, too.
**Crabtree Photography will be taking yearbook portraits on September 25th.
BEFORE PHOTO DAY:
Place your order securely online by following the steps below.
Visit http://Crabtree-Photography.hhimagehost.com/JayCountyHSMSFallPortraits2020
Choose your package, and/or add-on items, add to your cart.
Click on your cart, and complete the check-out process.
During check-out, enter your students first, last name and grade. This is how we will match the photo to your order.
You will receive an email confirmation within 24 hours of placing your order. If you do not, please call the Crabtree Photography office (765) 747-6971 to check the status of your order.
There's no need to bring any paperwork with you on photo day! When you receive the email confirmation, we have received your order!
Online ordering is OPEN NOW, and will be until 48 hours after photo day! After the 48 hours, your order may be subject to a $15 lab fee.
Payment with cash, check or money order.
Please have your order form filled out completely, with exact payment sealed in the envelope. The student will turn this in on photo day.
After consulting with the Jay County Health Department and the high school Student Council officers, the 2020 homecoming parade has been cancelled.
We understand this is disappointing for all Jay County students, staff, and community members. However, in order to keep everyone safe, we feel this is the best decision.
As of now, the homecoming game and other school events related to Homecoming 2020 will still occur, some with modifications.
We hope to make the best of the situation and still make homecoming a fun and positive event for our students!
Virtual or withdrawn 7th, 8th or 9th Graders who ordered a year book from East Jay or West Jay last year, your yearbooks are now available in Front Office at Jay County Jr-Sr High School.
Thank You! Please pick up.
We are off to a great start at the newly configured Jay County Jr-Sr High School!! Students are learning their new routines for the semester. The teachers and students are happily greeting one another as each new class period starts. It's a great day to be a Patriot!!
We are good to go after this 2 hour delay. Conditions are much improved. Welcome back!
A reminder to everyone that a 3 hour delay is an option we consider when poor weather conditions are present in our county. This option has been helpful in the past, particularly on days with morning fog.
We chose not to use this option today in the hope that tomorrow will permit a full school day for students and staff to implement COVID-19 safety procedures and other changes at the schools to start a new school year.
However, if we experience fog again tomorrow morning like we did today, we will go from a 2 hour delay to a 3 hour delay, if necessary, to allow conditions to improve and preserve the school day. We have new bus routes, new bus stops, and new traffic patterns at some of our schools. We want to avoid everyone having to adjust to this while contending with fog.
When 3 hour delays occur, school ends one hour later than normal.
Bus drivers begin their routes at 6:00 AM, so if we delay or cancel we make the decision by that time. Likewise, after a 2 hour delay, we make the decision to delay further or cancel by 8:00 AM.
In a school district as large as ours, road or weather conditions in one part of the county may be different than in another part. As has been our past practice, we will support parents who feel conditions in their location are not safe to send their student(s) to school. Absences in these situations are excused as long as the parent communicates with the school.
While not all risks in life can be eliminated, ultimately, the safety of our students and employees is the only thing on our minds as we make weather-related decisions.
In accordance with the JSC eLearning plan, there is no eLearning when school is cancelled on the first day of a grading period. We will review options that may avoid the need to add a day at the end of the school year. Details on this will be announced.
Jay Schools are cancelled due to fog, September 9, 2020.
Jay Schools are on a 2 hour delay, September 9, 2020, due to fog.
We are extending the hours of our Transportation Office to 9:00 PM this evening for anyone needing assistance with bus information.
Please contact Director of Transportation, Melissa Stephen at 260-726-9605 until 6:00 PM then at 260-726-5272 between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM this evening.
2020-2021 bus information is at the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OzQlMkTweZ4jrGyygxbZnIyX3xG3s490/view?usp=sharing
For parents who may have missed it earlier, 2020-2021 transportation information is at the link below. For anyone needing assistance, please contact Director of Transportation, Melissa Stephen at 260-726-5272 or by email at mstephen@jayschools.k12.in.us
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OzQlMkTweZ4jrGyygxbZnIyX3xG3s490/view?usp=sharing
Check out the link below regarding 7-12 Transportation (Bus) Information. Includes bus numbers, pick up and drop off times and route maps. Thanks.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nbxGeZ_6pgkMyTKT3L0jBm1wAj4A-KsK/view?usp=sharing
Hope all of our Patriots have a great Labor Day Weekend!! Enjoying Jay County Football at Seeger on a beautiful Saturday afternoon?? Ready to start the school year on Wednesday!! #WeAreJC
Ray Cooney, Editor and Publisher of The Commercial Review, interviewed Jay Schools Superintendent, Jeremy Gulley, Jay County Health Department Administrator, Heath Butz, and others, about the reopening of the schools.
https://youtu.be/7AVSB8XlO5E
Click here for reopening information! https://tinyurl.com/yd4ru38r
Read about our commencement ceremony plans in The Commercial Review: https://thecr.com/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Drive-in-diplomas/-3/1518/70523