Palencia Elementary School

At Palencia Elementary we provide a welcoming environment that nurtures leadership, fosters a caring, inclusive setting, and creates joyful passion for life-long learning by combining the best of traditional instruction with contemporary technology.

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Supply lists 2018-19

Palencia Elementary Families,
Our school supply lists for the 2018-19 school year are attached. Notice that we’ve included an optional digital device. The St. Johns County School District is now open to a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environment. PES participated in a pilot program within our school district a couple of years ago. The 1:1 computer pilot provided a device for each student. Unfortunately, funding does not allow our school district to maintain this environment. Our stakeholders, however, support maintaining the 1:1 environment. Therefore, we are providing information for a personal device on our supply list. Please know this is an optional item. District issued devices will continue to be available in our classrooms. Students will access the district devices in various situations, sometimes independently and sometimes sharing the device in a collaborative team. As our enrollment increases, and our inventory ages, we are hoping that many of our families will participate in the BYOD Program so that our device to student ratio remains as low as possible. The program overview and product specifications are available at the websites below. Again, this is an optional purchase and we appreciate your consideration.

Palencia Elementary Device Policy Prefers that you get a PC not a MAC .
No Chromebooks. Grades K-1 recommends an iPad
Grades 2-5 recommends a Laptop

See links below for district recommendations and policies:

http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/byod/

http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/byod/specs/

VPK is not offered at PES

Please click on the link below to learn more information regarding Early Kindergarten Registration

Early Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten Registration Please contact Lauren Leddy at [email protected]

New Students to Palencia

Please Read the Cover Letter then Download the SJCSD Registration Packet and the Residency Packet and bring them with the required documents to the school.

Incomplete packets will not be accepted, including those without up-to-date shot records.

Please call Lauren Leddy at

904-547-4017

if you have any questions.

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School Access / Volunteer: To attend school functions and have school access during the school day you must be an approved volunteer.
~Apply here to get approved

Early Check Out: For the safety of all students, children may not be checked out of school after 2:15 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday and 1:15 on Wednesday.

Change in Afternoon Transportation: If you need to change the way your child goes home in the afternoon, we must receive a written note or email from your listed email address to your child’s teacher AND to [email protected] before 2:00 pm (1:00 pm on Wednesdays). We cannot accept phone calls for those changes. Changes in afternoon transportation should only be for emergency situations. Thank you for your understanding.

Attendance: Please let Lauren Leddy, school registrar, know if your child will be absent by emailing her at [email protected] or calling the attendance line 904-547-4017

Did you move recently?

Please notify the school immediately of your new address by completing the

SJCSD Change of Address Form

and submit with documentation to

Mrs. Lauren Leddy

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