STUDENT SUCCESS

OUR COMMITTMENT TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

We are committed to the success of our students.

TJES adheres to all North Dakota Education Content Standards. The standards for all content areas and grades can be found here.

Parent and family engagement is also a critical part of the success of our students. We encourage parents to become familiar with our school standards, practices, and operations. Also consider getting involved with school activities or volunteering.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

TJES offers many after-school activities that support student learning and development, including tutoring, homework help, hands-on math and science and technology programs, sports, and cultural activities.

AFTER-SCHOOL DISMISSAL PROCEDURES:

  • If your child lives on campus, they may walk home.
  • If you coordinate with the office or classroom teacher to pick your child up from school, students will wait in the main building at TJES. A staff member must see the student leave with the parent or family member.
  • After-school activities require an approved pick-up person to arrive at the time agreed upon with the staff member running the program.

TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY, STUDENTS MUST:

  • Be in school all day (not tardy, no early pick-up)
  • Have no behavioral referrals to the office
  • Have a signed permission form

FAMILY NIGHT

Family Night is a monthly event for parents and their children to share in fun academic activities, games, and crafts and share a meal.

Families must sign up each month to participate in activities. Sign-ups will be sent home with each student prior to the event. Participation can be limited, so sign up early!

Standards-Based Grading

TJES utilizes a standard-based grading system quarterly, for grade reporting. The purpose of our Elementary Standards-Based Reporting System is to provide consistent and accurate information and feedback to students and their families on a student’s progress toward meeting grade-level learning standards.

Standards-based report cards enable parents to receive accurate information based on cumulative student progress throughout the semester. In addition, they promote more detailed and meaningful conversations at parent/teacher conferences, allow for careful and precise monitoring of student achievement, and reflect grade-level standards and expectations, so parents gain a complete idea of student progress.

Rubrics are printed on student report cards for ease of understanding. If you see an “x” or “NA” on a report card, that means the standard, although introduced and assessed throughout the year, may not be reported until later in the year when students have more time to demonstrate sufficient understanding.

DAILY SCHEDULE

7:45am – 8:15am
Breakfast

8:00 am-8:20am
Recess

8:20am – 11:00am
Classroom Academics

11:00am – 11:45am
Lunch & Recess

11:45am – 3:15pm
Classroom Academics

*All classrooms have an additional afternoon recess per classroom schedule.

SUPPLY LISTS BY CLASSROOM

  • Jr. K – 2nd Classroom Supply List
  • 2 boxes Kleenex
    Backpack
    Water bottle
    2 Folders
    2 Glue Sticks
    2 Wide-Ruled Notebooks
  • 3rd – 5th Grade Supply List
  • Backpack
    3 Wide-Ruled Notebooks
    1 Scissors
    2 Glue Sticks
    1 box of highlighters
    2 boxes of Kleenex
    3 pocket folders
    10 #2 Pencils

3315 University Dr.
Bismarck, ND 58504

Phone: 701.221.1800
Fax: 701.221.1800