JCSD-NECC Dragon Football returns to practice August 17!
JR HIGH PRACTICE:
•Monday - Thursday 12:30 pm until 2:30 pm
SR HIGH PRACTICE:
•Monday - Thursday: 3:00 pm until 5:00 pm
•Friday: 8:00 am until 10:30 am
Go Dragons!
Coach Smith

JCSD-NECC Open House and Orientation for virtual and traditional students and parents will be held August 18-20 with specific grades each night. Each session is from 5 – 7:00 pm.
•High School sessions will be held in the MPR.
•Elementary Sessions will be held in the cafeteria.
Tuesday: Grades K-2 and 7-8
Wednesday: Grades 3-4 and 9-10
Thursday: Grades 5-6 and 11-12
Parents: If you have a laptop or device, you may bring it with you if you would like DVS training on it. We will also have Chromebooks set up for training.

JCSD-NECC will return to extracurricular activities Monday, August 17. This includes football, cheer, band, golf and offseason workouts. All AAA and ADH guidelines are strictly enforced. Please contact coaches, sponsors, or administration with concerns. If a player has been exposed to COVID, has symptoms, or is generally not well, he or she should notify his or coach coach or sponsor and stay home until ADH guidelines indicate a return to activities. MASK-UP!

PARENTS OF VIRTUAL STUDENTS ONLY:
Message from Ms. McLelland - Cafeteria Manager
For JCSD-NECC students who are enrolled in Dragon Virtual School or Virtual Low Tech learning, a lunch and/or next-day breakfast can be provided for you daily beginning August 24.
•Each meal will be charged according to your child's approved school meal status.
•The lunches MUST be picked up. No deliveries will be made from the school.
•Parents will need to access our school website or app each weekday morning to ORDER your child's lunch and/or next-day breakfast for that day.
•Lunches/next-day breakfast will be available for pickup behind the cafeteria at 11:30am. (This pickup time is subject to change due to any unforeseen circumstances. The school will notify parents of revised pickup time.)
•A quick online form will need to be completed each morning for each child and submitted by 9am. Link to form: https://forms.gle/dimBMdoDhCPq1has6
• Only JCSD-NECC students enrolled in Dragon Virtual School or Virtual Low Tech learning can receive a lunch and/or next-day breakfast pickup. If you don't submit this form by 9am, your child will not receive a next-day breakfast and/or lunch today.
A BIG thank you to JCHS alumnus Rhonda Thurmon and her local business Parts City for their donation of N95 masks for our staff! We appreciate your continued Dragon spirit!! #BordertownProud

•••REMINDER•••
•••IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED•••
JCSD/NECC PARENTS: Our 2020 Ready for Learning Plan is now LIVE. To choose the option you have decided is best for your child, please click the the following links, beginning with the letter that explains your options. Then complete the online enrollment packet for each child. We need your online packet(s) completed and submitted as soon as possible so we can plan accordingly for the new school year!
•Letter Explaining Options: https://5il.co/j6b1
•Student Enrollment Packet to complete online: https://www.junctioncity.k12.ar.us/2020-21-student-enrollment-packet
JCSD-NECC Ready for Learning Student Enrollment online instructions! https://youtu.be/XQJWjTBFWvU
JCSD-NECC Important Message:
There are two confirmed COVID-19 cases within the athletic department. Effective immediately, JCSD is stopping all extracurricular activities until August 17. Students who participated in varsity football practice Monday and Tuesday should be observant for possible symptoms. Possible close contact information has been relayed to the department of health. The health department is currently conducting contact tracing. This pause is precautionary. If symptoms arise, students should be taken for testing. Please contact coaches if a player tests positive so information can be relayed to the department of health.

JCSD/NECC PARENTS:
•••IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED!•••
Our 2020 Ready for Learning Plan is now LIVE. To choose the option you have decided is best for your child, please click the the following links, beginning with the letter that explains your options. Then complete the online enrollment packet for each child. We need your online packet(s) completed and submitted as soon as possible so we can plan accordingly for the new school year!
•Letter Explaining Options: https://5il.co/j6b1
•Student Enrollment Packet to complete online: https://www.junctioncity.k12.ar.us/2020-21-student-enrollment-packet
Registration is now open for Google Week: August 17-20
The is a variety of training for parents and educators! Click here for a schedule and registration: https://bit.ly/GoogleWeek

JCSD-NECC PARENTS: Please watch this very important DEN video covering information from our READY FOR LEARNING 2020 Memo posted earlier this morning!
https://youtu.be/GXJGDm0G0d4
JCHS Cheer Champions Ring Ceremony! https://youtu.be/LXcOK2ARs5Y #DragonProud
JCSD-NECC Parents/Students:
Please click links for our 2020-2021 (Covid-19 revised) District Calendars in year and month form.
•Revised District Calendar (Start Date): https://5il.co/f4sq
•Monthly Academic Calendar: https://5il.co/irzl

The JCSD Dragon Educational Network now has its own YouTube channel and DEN videos will no longer be uploaded to the Dragon Sports Network. Please go to this link and subscribe to the DEN so you will get notices of DEN videos as they're posted!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd-qjDHYrZC6xOysLgFrqkA

JCSD-NECC BLOOD DRIVE REMINDER! 🩸 Sign up to give blood in honor of Caden Wilson tomorrow Sat., July 25 from noon until 6pm in the MPR! Social Distancing guidelines will be followed.
FREE COVID-19 antibody screening on all donors!
To schedule a time to give blood, contact Carmen Hajistathi (870) 310-1999 or Videssa Owens (318) 243-3365






