JMC Starting the 13-14 School Year Checklist - Manual (Page 4)

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Download and use the “Standards and Benchmarks Instructional Documentation”
at our website on the Teachers page. This is a great resource for teachers, as well
as office professionals, when it comes time to print elementary report cards.
Health
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We recommend that all Health Professionals view the “Introduction to Health”
instructional video.
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Review and add/remove Health History Categories in Health: Data: Health
History Categories. The Health History Categories settings are saved on each
local computer.
Lunch Module
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If a refresher is needed for using the Lunch Module or you are new to the Lunch
Module, please view the “Setting Up Lunch” instructional video.
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Roll all of the account balances over from the previous year in Lunch: Data:
Import Account Balances From Previous Year.
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Import students’ lunch status from the previous year in Lunch: Data: Import Free
and Reduced Status From Previous Year.
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Delete any Lunch accounts that will not be used for the current year.
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If you use Family Lunch Accounts, create lunch contacts for all new students
using Lunch: Data: Initialize Family Lunch Contacts. This should not be done
until all primary contacts have been entered in the Attendance module and
attached to each student.
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Adjust lunch contacts for any students who have lunch contacts that are different
than their primary contact.
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(Optional) Enter the state and federal reimbursements in Lunch: Data: Edit Meal
Prices.
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For all parents/guardians who applied for free or reduced status, determine free
and reduced status in Lunch: Data: Determine Free or Reduced Status.
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New Teachers/Office/Administrator/Staff should have a lunch account created for
them. This is done by creating each of them as a new student and making their
grade level “A.” This means they are recorded as an adult. You will need to
choose a price group from the pop-up menu. (It usually doesn’t matter which
price group you choose because adults typically pay the same price no matter
what price group they are in). Uncheck their Attend, State Reporting, Rank, and
Honor Roll flags/boxes in the General tab. You can leave the Active flag/box
checked or uncheck it. Since adults are in their own grade level many schools
will leave it checked so they can print labels, send emails, run reports etc. for the
adults entered in JMC. Also, you can only see/edit adults by choosing the “Adult”
grade level in the pop-up menu on the top right corner of the screen.