Happy New Year! The lottery application is NOW OPEN for the 2023-2024 school year! If you or someone you know is interested in applying to Chief Joseph School of the Arts, the application will be available now - January 31st. Please use this link to apply to our school: https://survey.k12insight.com/survey1.aspx?k=RQsVYRRsQXXUsPsPsP&lang=0
Tonight's the night! Join us at school tonight to learn about five different holidays from around the world at our PTO event, "Night of Lights". Hope to see you there!
6-7pm: Activities and Food
7pm: CJE Choir and Santa Story Time
What's for dinner tonight? How about Café Zupa's?!
We have an Eat and Earn event TONIGHT at the Eagle Rd location, with a generous 25% coming back to our school. You can order in-person (just tell them you're with the Chief Joseph fundraiser) or online (use code FUNDRAISER25). Thank you for your support!
Don't miss out on this wonderful event! CJE PTO is hosting a holiday party on December 15th that will feature foods and crafts from around the world. Please see the flyer to RSVP and if you're interested in volunteering reach out to PTO. See you there!
Chief Joseph Elementary honored veterans in a special way this year, thanks to our music teacher, Mrs. Pratt. Students and staff sent in photos of veterans in their lives and Mrs. Pratt created this beautiful honor wall in our gymnasium. Thank you, Veterans!
It's Red Ribbon Week at CJE! Check out the schedule for the week and big thanks to Wyatt, the MPD's K9, that came to kick off the festivities with our 5th graders!
Happy Halloween from Chief Joseph School! We hope you all have a safe and fun night. Thanks to all who participated in our 2nd Grade Family Night pumpkin exploration and our PTO Trunk or Treat to kick off the holiday weekend!
It's time to order your Square1 Art for our school fundraiser! This is a great chance to order personalized keepsakes for gifts before the holidays and support our school at the same time. Be on the lookout for a flyer from your child's teacher.
In honor of National School Lunch Week our nutrition service staff served up some groovy fun meals and looks! Dr. Bub joined in on the fun, serving our CJE students their breakfast on Thursday morning. If you're interested in applying for free or reduced meals, please apply here: https://family.titank12.com/?identifier=BFR56W
Tonight is CJE Night at Lowe Family Farmstead! Here's what you need to know:
-Admission to the event runs from 4pm to 8pm, with the farm closing at 9pm.
-If you mention that you're with Chief Jo, you will get a discounted admission of $10/person, AND $1 comes back to the school!
-Your ticket gets you into most attractions, but there are a few that cost extra.
-Farm-fresh food and drinks are available to purchase, but you are welcome to bring in outside food and drink (except alcohol).
See you there!
The Book Fair is coming! Be sure to check out the Book Fair in the school library from October 24th - October 28th and pick up some new books to read! Here are the hours, closed daily for lunch from 12-12:30: Monday - 8:30-4:30 Tuesday - 8:30 - 4:30 Wednesday, Family Night! - 8:30 AM-8:00 PM Thursday - 8:30-4:30 Friday - 8:30- 10 AM See you there!
The Square1Art Fundraiser is coming soon! You'll be able to order your child's art on custom keepsakes! Keep an eye out for ordering information next month.
The PTO fun run was a success! Thanks to all of our volunteers who made this possible! Due to the afternoon rain, our 1st and 4th graders will complete their Fun Run next Wednesday, September 28th. If you have any pictures from the run you'd like to share, visit our school's Facebook page.
Join us tonight at 6:00 for Back to School Night!
Girls on the Run, an after-school program for our 3rd-5th graders, begins today! The participants will learn critical life skills (like conflict resolution, self-confidence, and empathy) over the next 8 weeks while training to complete the GOTR Treasure Valley 5k in November! Big thanks to our volunteer coaches - Mrs. Archuleta, Mrs. Hall, and Mrs. Marquart. Here's to a great season!
This week we started lap attacks for participating students. Kids can run or walk laps at lunch recess to earn lap attack miles to stay healthy and progress to 60 minutes of daily exercise. Be sure to ask your kid(s) if they earned a lap attack mark this week!
Westy, Is West Ada’s school districts school nutrition mascot… he loves fruits and veggies and making sure every student eats their lunch. He was at Desert Sage this week enjoying whole grain chicken nuggets, baked french fries, fresh apples and 1%milk.
Be sure to watch for some Westy Wisdom about nutrition coming soon….
For those families interested in or in need of transportation (bussing) 🚌 for the 2022-23 school year, the transportation form MUST be submitted in PowerSchool no later than Friday, August 12 to secure bussing for the first day of school.
After August 12, families will have to wait until September 12 to receive a bus route and transportation information for their child(ren).
We thank you for your assistance and cooperation in this matter to ensure that all bussing runs smoothly and effectively for the start of the school year.
At this time, families who have already completed the transportation form in PowerSchool are receiving route information in PowerSchool on average, in 3-5 days.
Please make every effort to take care of this in a timely manner, should it apply to you and your family.
Join us on August 31 from 4-7pm at the District Service Center - 1303 E Central Drive Meridian, ID 83642 - for product tasting, to meet school nutrition staff, to learn about meal patterns and meal payment information, complete free and reduced meal applications and MORE!!!! There will be prizes and giveaways!!! We can’t wait to see you there!!!!
Dylan Reynolds, Rocky Mountain High School Class of 2022 is #westadaready. Dylan will be attending the US Military Academy at West Point after graduation with aspirations of serving active duty in the ARMY and then going in to law enforcement. Dylan is #westadaready for his future!!!
