Families, PowerSchool Parent Portal now has more functionality to email updates about your students’ attendance and grades. To update your notifications in your account, please follow the instructions below.

1. Using a web browser, log into the Parent Portal. This process cannot be done through the mobile app.

2. In the left margin under Navigation, click on Email Notification.

3. Choose the reports that you would like to receive by email.

4. Choose the frequency you would like to receive these reports (Daily, Weekly, Every 2 weeks, or Monthly).

5. You can apply this to all students on your Parent Portal account or just one.

6. Click Submit.

Please note this process could take up to two weeks to finalize before emails begin coming from PowerSchool Parent Portal.

Welcome to our Jacobsville Elementary School PTA!

Our Jacobsville Elementary School (JES) PTA is excited to welcome back our awesome students, teachers, and staff and we wish everyone a wonderful school year!

Our JES PTA has a lot of exciting events and activities planned for our students and families this year. Please take a look at our website at  https://jacobsvillepta.givebacks.com/

Our PTA believes that we are better together - and that together we can make every child’s potential a reality. We need you. Join us and JES PTA as your way to support our community!

The following information is a review of the established arrival and dismissal procedures that have historically been in place. This letter is meant to inform you of the procedures and any adjustments to them so that we can maintain safe arrivals and dismissals.

Please use the Virtual Volunteer Log to track your volunteer hours when you are volunteering during non-school hours such as:  PTA Meetings, Fall Festival, Breakfast with Santa, and any type of volunteering you are working on from home.  It is important that you sign up and keep track of all the hours.  At the end of the school year, we turn in all volunteer hours to the Office of School and Family Partnerships Office in order to receive recognition.

Volunteers must have a current background check; however,  visiting parents/guardians do not require a background check.  Every parent/guardian attending picnics in the school must provide an ID (preferably driver's license) and be scanned/entered into the security system. We strongly recommend that you visit the school prior to the picnic date so we can create a badge in advance.  This should significantly cut down on your wait time the day of the picnic.  In addition to pre-registering, you must still bring your ID on the day of the picnic.  Unfortunately, no individuals can attend a picnic without a scanned visitor's badge.

The safety of all students and staff in Anne Arundel County Public Schools is of the utmost importance to all of us. Our school will continue to use V Soft by RaptorWare for checking in all visitors.   When you visit our school for the first time, you will be asked to present a government-issued photo ID to a staff person in the school office. This card will be scanned and the following information will be collected: your photo, your name, and your date of birth. This information will be utilized to check you in, create an ID badge, and compare your information against sexual offender databases throughout the country. If your name appears on any of the lists or you refuse to allow the use of your ID, you will not be allowed access to the school. On future visits to Jacobsville for which you have previously registered, you will only be asked to show your ID. You will also be asked to sign out in the office upon leaving the school so that we know you are no longer in the building. You will be required to check into the system even if you are only coming to school to pick up your child. The information collected will not be shared outside of the school and is kept on a secure server. Your assistance with this security measure is appreciated.

Under Board Policy 902.12, Use of Personal Electronic Communication Devices by Students, the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County believes the maintenance of a safe and orderly learning environment is a priority in ensuring student success. While the Board of Education encourages communication among the school, parents and students, it also recognizes that the use of certain personal electronic communication devices may disrupt the instructional process.

Prohibitions:

1. Students are prohibited from using, activating or displaying personal electronic communication devices on school property or at school-sponsored activities during the school day unless approved by the school principal for a specific educational and/or administrative purposes.

2. Students are prohibited from using, activating or displaying personal electronic devices at all times while riding to and from school or school-sponsored activities on a school bus or school-chartered vehicle.

3. Students are prohibited from using, activating or displaying personal electronic devices during instructional programs that extend beyond the school day.

Students who violate this policy will have their cell phones taken and stored in the main office. The cell phone will have to be picked up in the main office by a parent. 

Anne Arundel County Public Schools is not responsible for the loss, theft, damage or destruction of any personal electronic device. 

It is always a good idea, no matter what age your child is, to have an extra set of clothes in their back pack or locker. Accidents happen, whether they are bathroom accidents, a fall in the mud, spilled milk, bloody noses or vomiting, and having an extra pair of clothes handy for your child will help them feel more comfortable, and possibly save you from receiving a phone call during your busy day.

Please keep the Health Room updated of any allergies or medical issues that your children may have.