Jordan Ridge Elementary – Home of the Eagles

We are Jordan Ridge Eagle Leaders!

We are learners who lead. We help each other succeed.

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Welcome Back, Jordan Ridge Families!

We’re excited to welcome you to another great school year at Jordan Ridge! As we begin, we want to share our two school-wide focuses for this year—chosen because both have a direct impact on your child’s success. To reach our goals, we need your partnership every step of the way!

Our Focus #1: Literacy

This year, we’re working to create a clear and consistent way to communicate each student’s literacy progress to families and providing targeted resources and activities you can use at home to support your child’s specific needs.
We’ve already started piloting parts of this system in the lower grades, and our leadership team is working to build a school-wide approach.
You may see some pilot pieces this year, but full implementation may take a year or two as we make sure it’s meaningful for everyone.
Your involvement at home is key to helping your child grow as a reader!

Our Focus #2: Attendance

Consistent attendance is crucial for student learning and growth. To help every child make a year’s worth of progress, students need to be at school and on time.
We’ll have attendance incentives and motivation at school to encourage students to attend regularly.
We need families to prioritize being here every day—please schedule vacations, appointments, and other events outside of school hours as much as possible.
Being on time for school is just as important! Please prioritize getting your child to school on time and reach out if you need ideas or support.
Our Attendance Support Plan:
- After 5 Days Absent: Teacher checks in with you and the office sends a letter.
- After 10 Days Absent: Teacher emails, asks for more information, office sends another letter, and we may reach out for a meeting.
- After 15 Days Absent: Teacher emails again, we check in for more support, your child may meet with the counselor, the school sends a certified letter, and in some cases other steps may be taken.
- We may provide extra check-ins, team meetings, or other supports as needed.

Our Goal:
We want to work closely with you so your child can attend school regularly, receive targeted instruction, and succeed. If you ever have questions or need support, please reach out to your child’s teacher or the main office.

Together, we are learners who lead—and we help each other succeed. Thank you for partnering with us to make this year amazing for every Jordan Ridge student!

Best,

Melissa Beck, Principal

Aimie Rizzuto, Assistant Principal

Teacher Assignments

Teacher assignments will be in Skyward on August 13th. You can view teacher assignments in Skyward by clicking on “schedule” in the left-hand margin.

Back-to-School Night (Grades 1-6)

Tuesday, August 19th from 5:30-7:00 PM

5:30-6:00 PM-General session in the auditorium
6:00-7:00 PM-Open house; families may visit teachers in their classrooms

**Kindergarten teachers will not be available during Back to School Night. Families can meet the Kindergarten teachers at a separate open house that day.

First Day of School for Grades K-6 : Wednesday, August 20th

PLEASE NOTE! Kindergarten now starts on the same day as all other grades!

First Day of School for Preschool : Monday, August 25th

School Start/End Times

Grades K-6:

Monday-Thursday- 9:00 AM-3:35 PM
Friday- 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

AM Kindergarten

Monday-Thursday- 9:00 AM-11:40 AM
Friday- 9:00 AM-10:55 AM

Preschool

Monday-Thursday

AM: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
PM: 12:45 PM-3:15 PM

No preschool classes on Friday.

District Calendars

Elementary

Elementary “Is there school today?”

Preschool

All District Calendars

Online Registration

Remember that we need every family to complete online registration for every child attending Jordan Ridge every year! When you log on to Skyward to check your teacher assignment, please take a few minutes to complete online registration for each child. We would be so grateful for your help in getting this completed early. This online registration must be completed before students can access their Chromebook.

1. Go to www.jordandistrict.org

2. Under “Parents & Students” select “Family Access (Skyward)”

3. Click “Login to FAMILY ACCESS”

4. Enter your PARENT“login” and “password.” The student login will not work.

a. If you need to reset your password please contact the Main Office.

5. Click “Registration for School”

6. Select your student and complete each step. Make sure you have completed ALL steps!

As part of online registration, guardians are required to give permission for students to participate in the Panorama survey. This survey is given three times a year to students in grades 3-6. We encourage families to give permission for their child to participate in this survey as the results help us make school-level decisions for students.

This survey instrument elevates student voice on school climate, teaching and learning, relationships, and belonging. By measuring student perceptions, the survey gathers feedback from students about their classroom experiences. Decades of research have shown that student perceptions strongly correlate with learning outcomes and can be an important improvement tool for schools.

If you would like to review the questions asked on this survey, click here.

Code of Conduct

Please take time to review our school code of conduct with your children.

Attendance Support Plan for Families

At Jordan Ridge, we care about your child’s success and know that regular school attendance is important for learning and growth. Here’s what happens if your child begins to miss school:

After 5 Days Absent (total, even if not in a row):

Your child’s teacher will contact you to check in and offer support.
The school office will send a letter to let you know about your child’s absences.

After 10 Days Absent (total, even if not in a row):

You will receive an email from your child’s teacher.
We’ll ask for some more information to help us understand how to support your child.
The school office will send another attendance letter.
Our counselor or school staff may reach out to set up a meeting if needed to discuss how we can help.

After 15 Days Absent (total, even if not in a row):

You will receive another email from your child’s teacher.
We’ll check in with you again for more information and support.
Your child may meet with the school counselor to see what support may be needed.
The school will send a certified letter about attendance.
We may consider other steps, such as a meeting with the principal or, in rare cases, possible withdrawal from school.

Possible Additional Support:

Team meetings with teachers and administrators
Extra parent check-ins
Other support as needed

Our Goal:

We want to work with you to help your child attend school regularly and succeed! If you ever have questions or need help, please reach out to your child’s teacher or the main office.

School Breakfast and Lunch Breakfast will be available from 8:30-9:00 AM. Please make sure students arrive by 8:45 AM so they have enough time to eat and are not late to class.

Families must once again apply for the income-based free and reduced meals for the 2025-26 school year.

School Fees

Please see the notice to families in regard to school fees (Spanish). The only fees our school charges is for the district band or orchestra program. The fee waiver application can be found here (Spanish).

**Please note that the fee waiver application is not the same as the free/reduced lunch application. Please see the hyperlink in the previous section for the free/reduced lunch application.

Drop Off and Pick Up

Remember that we now have buses coming to our school. According to Utah State Code, buses cannot mix with cars at the school. Buses will drop off on the WEST side. We will block off the West side until about 8:45 AM when the buses leave. Patrons can use the West side for drop off after buses have left. Keep in mind that if a bus is late, we will have to keep the lot blocked off until it arrives.

The WEST side will be blocked off after school until about 3:45 PM. We will open it up as soon as buses leave the lot.

The front (SOUTH) lot will still be available for student drop off and pick up. There are many parking spots available for patrons to use for student pick up in the front lot.

Patrons can still use the NORTH lot for pick up, but must follow these procedures in order to avoid interactions with buses:

Enter the WEST lot to park in the NORTH lot by 3:25 PM.
Follow all procedures for parking in the NORTH lot (see video).
Exit the NORTH lot by 3:41 PM (buses leave at ~3:42 PM) OR wait until buses leave the lot before exiting. (Safety patrol will block off the NORTH lot with cones while buses are leaving and then open it back up after they leave).
Keep in mind that the bus schedule will trump any of these times for patron use. If a bus is early or late, we will have to block off the parking lot and can only accommodate patrons until buses are gone.

We encourage families to review our traffic procedures before the first day of school to help the flow of traffic. Below, you will find a map with text as well as links to some videos we have put together for some of our parking lots. We will have signs to help on the first week of school.

School Traffic Plan

Church Parking Lot Traffic Safety Procedures

WEST Parking Lot Traffic Safety Procedures

NORTH Parking Lot Traffic Safety Procedures

Student Line-Up Before School

Students will play outside (except on indoor days; posted in the front window) in their grade-level area until the first bell rings at 8:55 AM. Students will then line up with their class (signs will be posted the first week of school) and wait for a teacher to call them into the school.

Students will line up in the following areas.: