Meet the Vice-Principal
Ms. Eileen Ward
Happy Autumn 2017!
Become a MYSTERY READER! Call your child's teacher to set up a time and date to visit and share your favorite book with the classroom. It's that easy. Please sign up and share your enthusiasm for reading with your child and their classmates. We welcome you to join us any time of the year!
With a smile,
Ms. Ward
Assistant Principal Jordan Road School
District ESL Supervisor
District Novice Teacher Supervisor
Welcome back to the 2017-2018 school year! We are off to a great start with some exciting new initiatives!
- TIME-TO-TEACH -- You may hear your children talking about this positive behavior program which we have implemented this year. We are seeing positive results already! We want to give all our students time to learn, so we are giving Time to Teach time to work. Ask your child about this program. Get the conversation started. You will learn more about this at Back to School Night.
- STANDARDS BASED REPORT CARDS -- GRADES K-6. A much more accurate assessment of a student's progress based on each standard. Teachers at Back to School Night will provide additional information.
UPCOMING JORDAN ROAD EVENTS 2017-2018
Pedestrian Safety Assembly
September 20, 2017
Eye-to-Eye Character Building/Anti-Bullying Assembly
September 25, 2017
Back to School Nights 2017
September 25 Grades 5-8
September 26 Grade K-4
Franklin Institutes' Traveling Science Assembly for 4th-8th Grade Students to Kick-Off our STEM Fair/Expo
September 29, 2017
Early Dismissal
September 21 - Teacher In-Service
October 6 - Teacher In-Service
November 22 due to Thanksgiving Holiday
Schools Closed
October 9, November 7, 9 & 10 and November 24 and 25
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES--Early Dismissal Days
December 12 through December 15
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READING
It's important to keep the habit and love of reading alive all year long! We all strive to be life-long learners and by reading, we cultivate life-long readers. Reading is such a wonderful way to take you to magical places, whether fiction or non-fiction. Cozy up on the beach, by a pool, in your yard, on the couch or at the Somers Point Library reading some of these titles:
"Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of Shadow Hills" series by Carrie Cross
"The 13-Story Treehouse" series by Andy Griffiths--it follows two young boys and their adventures in a magical, mystical treehouse.
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series
"The Penderwicks" series by Jeanne Birdsall--follows three children in the same family who can't stay out of trouble!
"Rain Reign" by Ann Martin--a novel about the young girl Rose, who has Asperger's syndrome.
Whatever it is that you like-READ ABOUT IT! Sports, Music, History... . KEEP READING!!!
Educating Together,
Ms. Eileen Ward