✅ NOW HIRING | Are you bilingual? Passionate about education? We're hiring bilingual instructors and instructional assistants for Early Childhood Education (ECH) and Exceptional Child Education (ECE). Your skills can open doors, spark confidence, and change lives.
If you have applied for one of these positions, you may be eligible for a screening at our upcoming job fair. For consideration, fill out the form NO LATER THAN AUG. 29: https://forms.gle/ftensY7ukmivDv536
📝 If you haven't applied for one of these positions and want to be considered for a screening, apply now: https://bit.ly/4nGvCcT
Job Fair Details:
🗓️ Friday, September 5, 2025
⏰ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
📍 JCPS Center for Professional Learning (CPL), 3903 Atkinson Square Drive, Louisville, 40218
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Grow With JCPS. Build A Future Where You Belong.
You can place your order on mylifetouch.com using your Picture Day ID: EVTPTGKNS. Order before midnight on Picture Day to get FREE shipping!
Your child can also bring their completed flyer with cash or check on Picture Day. Please do NOT send money or check until September 5th.
Orders after Picture Day must be placed online only on mylifetouch.com.
Applications for the following leadership positions are open!
-tour guides
-helping hands service leaders
-performing arts helper
-WBES
-Gifted Girls
-Bear Blogger
-Principal Advisory
-International Ambassadors
-Men of Quality
All applications are due on Friday, August 22nd. Your child can pick up an application in the front office and on Leaders Lane.
Please see your email for a downloadable copy of the Leadership Application.
💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.
The next forum is Saturday, Aug. 16 at Louisville Male High School. Forums are open to all!
Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚 #WeAreJCPS
• JCPS District Email
• Apptegy Rooms and Alerts
• Infinite Campus Messenger
• Google Workspace for Education
• Class Dojo
• Microsoft for Education
• Blackboard Ultra ONLY for JCPS eSchool and Pathfinder
If your student receives electronic communication from a JCPS staff member or volunteer outside of these platforms without your written consent, please notify your student’s principal. If you would like to authorize communication with your student by a JCPS staff member or volunteer outside of the board approved traceable communication systems, please utilize the Consent for Outside Traceable Communications Form in JCPS Parent Place.
If you would like to review any electronic communications your student has received from JCPS staff or volunteers on the approved traceable communications systems, please send a request to open.records@jefferson.kyschools.us The request should include:
1. The name of the student
2. The school the student attends
3. The email address of the student
4. The name of the adult with whom the student was in communication
5. The platform used for these communications
6. The date of the communication
7. The reason for the request
💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.
The next forum is this evening at Valley High School. Forums are open to all!
Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚
This week invitations for our annual Habit Hop will come home with your Bates Bear. This evening event is a great way for you and your family to learn all about the 8 Habits! Please make sure all RSVPs are returned by August 21st.
📸 Don’t forget to share your back-to-school moments with us on social media using #JCPSFirstDay!
Bates Families-
We look forward to seeing our 1st-5th graders at Supply Drop Off and Meet the Teacher from 3:00-4:00.
Please see below for more information:
-Bates Bears PTA will have Spirit Wear available for purchase in the cafeteria (stop by and see them when you enter).
-You can bring any enrollment paperwork or medication with you.
-Please park in the front parking lot, back parking lot, or at Cedar Creek Baptist Church (next door). Panera Bread is a great neighbor to us, but their parking lot is reserved for their customers only.
-Grownups: If you want to get a head start completing paper work, you can fill it out online at JCPS Parent Place-- (https://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/ParentAccount).
-Please park in the front lot, back lot, or at Cedar Creek Baptist Church (next door). Panera Bread is a great neighbor to us, but their parking lot is reserved for their customers only.
-Grownups: If you want to get a head start completing paper work, you can fill it out online at JCPS Parent Place-- (https://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/ParentAccount).
-Can't wait to see how much you've grown this summer!
We are so excited to meet our newest Bates Bears and their families at Kindergarten Cook Out and Meet the Teacher tomorrow (8/4/25)!
Please see below for important reminders:
-Please park in the front lot, back lot, or at Cedar Creek Baptist Church (next door). Panera Bread is a great neighbor to us, but their parking lot is reserved for their customers only.
-Grownups: If you want to get a head start completing paper work, you can fill it out online at JCPS Parent Place-- (https://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/ParentAccount).
-You can bring any enrollment paperwork with you and school supplies.
We will see you tomorrow!!
Grownups, please reach out to Coach Billie Stone with questions: billie.stone@jefferson.kyschools.us
Bates Families-
Please see below for important Back to School Information.
Join Dr. Yearwood for open, honest dialogue where YOU can ask questions, share your voice, and help shape the future of JCPS.
✅ Open to all
📍 Locations: High schools across JCPS (see the flyer for details)
🗓️ Happening over the coming weeks/months
Together, let’s build on our shared strengths to create even stronger schools and deeper community connections! 🩵 📚
