Service & Leadership Team Members Rafe Buettenback, Emily Fowler, Jayce Strasser, Kaden Harens, Itai Gonzales, Jensen Renquist, Vivian Fraire, Rylie Ingram & Katelyn Reichman with SC Basketball Players Kellum Carnahan & Josh Kler volunteering at the Youth Basketball Tournament.




Throwback Thursday this week features some photos from 1960 & 1961!
#1- Pep Club officers: D. Beal, C. Fender, B. Smith, L. Beckman, J. Hensley, & J. Hodges.
#2- National Honor Society Officers: Nancy Harold, Jim Jenkins, & Carol Fender.
#3- Drum Major and Majorettes from 1960. Can anyone identify them?



Happy Sunday! Did you know that Julesburg School District has its own Instagram now, where you can stay up to date on all the happenings through the art of photographic storytelling? Now you do.
Follow our Instagram page @julesburgschooldistrictlions

January is School Board Appreciation Month!
Help us recognize and appreciate the Julesburg School Board: Perry Campbell, Josh Lechman, Tammy Aulston, Chris Hoschouer, Kyla Kizer and Elyshia Harris!
THANK YOU for all the Great Things you do for our school and community!

Due to deteriorating road and weather conditions, school will be dismissed early @ 12:30 p.m. today (January 5th). In addition, there will be no school tomorrow (January 6th) as weather and road conditions will continue to worsen.
New/Updated COVID Isolation/Quarantine Guidelines
(January 3rd, 2022)
Isolation - Individuals, who test positive, regardless of vaccination status, should isolate.
Isolation expectations include:
• Isolate for at least 5 days.
• If no symptoms exist or symptoms are resolving after 5 days, end isolation but continue wearing a mask for 5 additional days.
• Continue isolation if a fever is present, regardless of the length of time.
• A negative test is not required to return to school upon completion of the isolation period.
Quarantine - Close contact (All individuals living in the same residence are defined as close contacts) with a COVID positive individual should use the following quarantine guidance:
• Anyone who develops symptoms following exposure should get tested then stay home.
• Individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days, or have an up to date vaccine:
■ Do NOT need to quarantine at home
■ Do Wear a mask around others for 10 days
■ Do Test 5 days after exposure (*Free BinaxNOW COVID Rapid Self Tests available)
• Individuals who do not have an up to date vaccine:
■ Do Stay home for 5 days, then wear a mask around others for another 5 days
■ Do Test 5 days after exposure (*Free BinaxNOW COVID Rapid Self Tests available)
* Up to date vaccine is defined as follows: Individuals who have been boosted, OR completed the primary series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine within the past 6 months, OR completed the primary series of J&J vaccine within the past 2 months.
* Quarantine expectations start on the date of last known exposure to a COVID positive individual. Quarantine expectations for household contact with a COVID positive individual begin on the same day as the isolation order for the COVID positive individual in the household. Household contacts should attempt to separate from the COVID positive individual.
*FREE BinaxNOW COVID Rapid Self Test Kits available for any students/families that would like to have a COVID test kit available to use as/when you see fit. If you would like to receive a FREE COVID Rapid Self Test Kit, click on the link below and enter your student(s) name and grade. Upon receiving your request via this form, we will send home a COVID test kit with your student for use at home.
BinaxNOW COVID Rapid Self Test Kit Request Form Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEqo1rNok7GBRQYUkX7eiLeFSzvIdMLkuWfm_xbuvI8sDKtw/viewform?usp=pp_url

The Julesburg School District has free BinaxNOW COVID Rapid Self Test Kits available for any students/families that would like to have a COVID test kit available to use as/when you see fit. If you would like to receive a FREE COVID Rapid Self Test Kit, click on the link below and enter your student(s) name and grade. Upon receiving your request via this form, we will send home a COVID test kit with your student for use at home.
BinaxNOW Covid Rapid Self Test Kit Request Form Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEqo1rNok7GBRQYUkX7eiLeFSzvIdMLkuWfm_xbuvI8sDKtw/viewform?usp=pp_url

JHS’s Service and Leadership Team (SLT) assisting SCOR in preparation for their New Year’s Eve party.
SLT is looking for service projects that would benefit our community. For more information, please contact Ryan Renquist at 970-474-3365 or renquist_ry@julesburg.org




Mrs. Jacobs and the elementary students took a few days this week to practice the Philipino dance of Tinikling. Students learn 5 basic steps and practiced moving to the beat of music. It was so fun!



Christmas Break Here We Come!!! Preschool celebrated the final day of school before break with some cookie decorating a short movie. We ended with a short singing program for our families to enjoy!




Enjoying our last school day of 2021. Students presented their finals and snacked on the food associated with their artist!

Good afternoon JES Families. Please click on the link below to access the January Parent Newsletter. Also, for the families who signed up for the winter break meals, please remember to come to the front entrance of the elementary tomorrow, Friday, December 17th at 12:30 to pick up your box of meals. Thank you!
Link to Newsletter: https://5il.co/13api
Our last day of school before break. Instead of snow we are playing in corn husks.




Kindergarten visited the Post Office this morning to send our Santa letters off to the North Pole.


Julesburg FFA is proud of Katelyn Reichman as she represented our chapter for Creed Speaking at the District Leadership Conference. She delivered the FFA Creed memorized, answered 3 questions on the creed, and represented us well. She placed bronze. Congratulations, Katelyn!

It's semester finals time!!
Sophomores work diligently to take their individual finals, which encompasses an entire semester of learning. Each class is allowed a minimum of 60 minutes with the possibility of 75 minutes on each test. Finals count as 20% of their semester grade.
The 7th graders are reading "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien in English Class and learning to make Hobbit bread, from the book, in their Life Skills Class!
JSD Food Service Menu for the week of December 13th:

Julesburg Elementary School 1st Trimester Honor Roll (More Photos)


Julesburg Elementary School 1st Trimester Honor Roll (More Photos)




