Meadow School

Good evening Meadow families. This is Clint Eaves, Principal at Meadow School. I apologize for this lengthy message. First, welcome to the 23/24 school year! For those that were not able to attend Open House, please take time to review our Title 1 presentation on our website. Second, our community did an awesome job preparing students last year. Meadow School is projected to be a C school with a grade of 68. That is fantastic and an improvement from 21/22 school year. I am challenging everyone to give 10% more effort and help our school receive a B rating this year. As I stated at Open House-every student matters! And remember MEadow success begins with ME. Third, all entrances will have weapons detection systems in place during morning arrival. Students should take out chromebooks, 3 ring binder notebooks, umbrellas, and glasses cases and slide them down the table prior to walking through the station. This will speed up the process Fourth, carpool for Prek-3rd grade is in the main entrance to the building. Carpool for 4th -8th grade is at the gym entrance. We ask that the older sibling report to the younger sibling area for carpool. To make everything run smoothly, we ask those at the gym to turn left on Hwy 50 and those at the main entrance turn right onto Hwy 50. This will help with the traffic flow, especially in the afternoon. Fifth, all students receive free breakfast and lunch. Students must pay for a second meal and/or extra items such as chips, cookies, ice cream. If a student eats breakfast, they should go to the cafeteria upon arrival to eat breakfast before going to their classroom. Last, just a reminder to our Prek and Kindergarten families. These students do not start school until September 5-7. Your child's teacher will let you know the official start date for your child. So, these students do not attend this week , Aug. 28-31. We are looking forward to great year. As we assess the beginning of the school year, we will make additional announcements as necessary. I hope you all have a great evening and we will see you soon!

Good evening families. This is Clint Eaves Principal of Meadow School. This message is to remind you about Open House tomorrow, Thursday Aug. 24. We will begin with a welcome in the gym at 4:45. Shortly after 5:00 you will be free to visit with teachers. This year JCPS is using an online platform for your signature assuring you have or will review certain documents. There will be technology available in the classroom for you to use. You will also be able to scan a QR code and use your personal device. Our staff is excited for the 23/24 school year and l look forward to visiting with you tomorrow evening. I will send another message Sunday afternoon with 1st day information and details.

We're just FIVE days from the first day of school! Can you believe it?! Be sure to check the Johnston County Public Schools mobile app off of your school supplies list! Parents, teachers, and students will use the mobile app for our two-way communication tool this school year! Download it in the Apple or Google Play store today so you're ready for the first day!

Cheerleading tryouts start today!

Good evening Meadow families. This is Clint Eaves, Principal at Meadow School. I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer. The start of school is approaching quickly. We look forward to seeing our students in the coming weeks. I have a few announcements for this week. On Thursday Aug. 24 we will have Open House for 1st through 8th grade students. We would like to begin in the Gym at 4:45 with some important information from our PTO about volunteering and fundraising for this year. After the brief meeting, we will open the building for you to visit your child's teacher. This will last until 7:00pm. You should receive a phone call from your child’s teacher introducing themself and welcoming your family to the new school year. I will send another message later this week about the first day process for our students. Last, we welcome all of our new families, especially the kindergarten students. For Kindergarten, you should have scheduled your child's assessment for Aug. 28, 29, 30. We will have a kindergarten open house on Thursday Aug. 31. More information will follow at a later announcement. We look forward to another great year at Meadow School. I hope you have a great evening.

All students enrolled in a qualifying Johnston County Public School (with the exception of 5 non-qualifying schools) will receive a healthy Breakfast and lunch at no cost to the household this upcoming school year through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Households of students that attend a qualifying CEP school will no longer need to submit a Free and Reduced Meal Benefit Application for the upcoming school year. Students that attend a non-qualifying school will still have the opportunity to submit a meal benefits application in order to qualify for free, reduced, or paid eligibility status. Applications for the 2023-2024 school year will be accepted starting July 10, 2023. For more information, click here: https://bit.ly/3P10t3J

Our families seemed to like the one-stop-shop format for Orientation Information on our website - so we thought we'd make school supply lists just as convenient! Supply lists for our elementary and middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year are available now at: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/schoolsupplies We hope this makes you getting ready for the first day of school - August 28th - a little bit easier!

Meadow School Athletic tryouts begin Aug. 16 for Football and Aug 21 for Volleyball, Boys Soccer, and Cheerleading. All students trying out should have a current physical and concussion form the day of tryouts. These forms can be found on the JCPS Athletic webpage.

Good Evening JCPS Families, We hope you will join us at one of our Summer Information Fairs, happening this Monday and Tuesday. We’re hosting a Summer Information Fair at eight of our schools on July 31 and August 1st. We invite families to attend the information fair in their student’s feeder pattern. The Information Fair will provide parents an opportunity to request, verify, and ensure your student has bus transportation and receive meal service information prior to the opening of school. While students won’t receive their bus number at the Information Fair, attending and signing up for transportation guarantees that the student will have transportation on the first day of school. Bus information is expected to be shared at Orientation. If your student does not ride a bus, back to school information will be provided at Orientation. We’ll also have staff on hand for families who need assistance with enrolling their student for the upcoming school year. The Summer Information Fair will be held from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Monday, July 31st at North Johnston Middle, Cleveland High, Corinth Holders High, and South Johnston High. We will hold Information Fairs the following day, Tuesday, August 1st from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Clayton Middle, Smithfield-Selma High, Princeton High, and West Johnston High schools. You can find more information by visiting the home page of our website. We hope to see you there!

The 2023-2024 school year is just one month away! Orientation information is available now! Find your school's orientation information by visiting: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/orientation

We're so excited to introduce our new and improved mobile app to our JCPS community! We've been hard at work to overhaul our mobile app and offer our users an even better experience. We're offering a NEW app in the Apple and Google Play store - that our parents and students alike will want to download before the start of the school year! We'll use our mobile app to send you important information about your school, share athletic schedules, and post our lunch menus every day! The most important feature: our mobile app is going to house our new two-way communication tool for students, teachers, and parents. It's called Rooms - and you're going to love it! Download the JCPS mobile app today so you're ahead of the game!

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) will hold its second annual Summer Information Fair for families on Monday, July 31 and Tuesday, Aug. 1. In preparation for the 2023-2024 school year, JCPS Transportation Services, School Nutrition, Communication, and Student Information will host a Summer Information Fair at schools throughout the Johnston County community. The information fair will provide parents an opportunity to enroll their student, and request, verify, and ensure your child has bus transportation and receive pertinent back to school information from school nutrition and communication services. The summer information fairs will be held on July 31 and Aug. 1 from 1:00 - 7:00 PM. Please see below for dates and locations. Monday, July 31st North Johnston Middle (Cafeteria) Cleveland High (Cafeteria) Corinth Holders High (Cafeteria) South Johnston High (Cafeteria) Tuesday, August 1st Clayton Middle (Cafeteria) Smithfield-Selma High (Cafeteria) Princeton Middle/High (Cafeteria) West Johnston High (Cafeteria) Families are invited to attend the Summer Information Fair at the school and date that is most convenient for their schedule, and are not required to attend the fair in their student’s feeder pattern.

Our wonderful custodial staff were hard at it and learning new strategies to keep our schools environments in tip-top shape. Last week's team building and training exercises were informative, interactive, and a great opportunity for the entire team to grow closer. Way to go team! ✨

Free summer meals for students provided by JCPS School Nutrition As part of its efforts to ensure kids have access to healthy meals during the summer months, JCPS School Nutrition is pleased to announce its summer meals sites that will be serving kids and teens. Beginning June 19, all kids and teens 18-years-old and under can receive meals free of charge, no registration needed. Meals will be served from June 19 through July 13. Breakfast will be served from 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM and lunch will be served from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Please note that times may vary depending on the site and participation and that additional locations may be announced after July 13. Locations opening on June 19 are: Archer Lodge Middle Benson Elementary Benson Middle Clayton High Clayton Middle Four Oaks Middle McGee’s Crossroad Elementary Micro Elementary North Johnston Middle River Dell Elementary Selma Elementary Selma Middle Smithfield Middle Smithfield-Selma High South Johnston High West Clayton Elementary West Smithfield Elementary For kids who rely on school meals, summer can be the hungriest time of year, and hunger has short- and long-term consequences for a child’s health, education and well-being. Making sure kids and teens have access to nutritious summer meals is especially important this summer. The Summer Meals program is funded by the USDA and run by school districts and local organizations, and sites can be found throughout the community. We’re always happy to see you at various locations throughout Johnston County, but there may be more convenient locations closer to you. Families can text “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 304-304 and type in a zip code to find nearby summer meals sites, along with operating days and times. No application, registration or proof of residency or citizenship is required at sites.