ADSY stands for Additional Days School Year. The Texas Legislature created and passed ADSY as part of House Bill 3 in 2019. 

The ultimate goal is to decrease the learning loss from long breaks, such as a traditional summer. Research has shown that children can lose up to 40% of what they gained from a long summer.

1. Provides a longer amount of time for students to master content.
2. Provides students time for brain breaks throughout the day.
3. Provides students with enrichment opportunities such as coding, music, PE every day, and science experimentation.
4. Provides students with additional targeted interventions and differentiated small group instruction.
5. Provides students with increased access to healthy meals throughout the year.
6. Provides students with a full time librarian and gifted and talented teacher.
7. Provides parents a break in summer child care costs.
8. Provides teachers with additional time to collaborate and plan high quality lessons

No. At this time, Converse Elementary is the only campus piloting a year round school program.

1. If Converse Elementary is your home campus and you choose not to participate in ADSY, your child will have to change campuses.
2. If Converse Elementary is NOT your home campus and you wish to participate in ADSY, you will be able to change campuses.

All Converse Elementary students that do not wish to participate in ADSY will attend Escondido Elementary School if they require transportation.  If you do not need transportation, you can choose any JISD school and provide your own transportation. All Judson ISD elementary schools offer Adventure Club.

We recommend that once a student starts ADSY they stay with the program. Students exiting the program will need to enroll at Escondido Elementary or their home campus.

Yes. For the 2022-2023 school year students will receive 200 days of instruction which decreases summer vacation.

Converse Elementary is piloting the ADSY initiative for 3 years (2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24).

At this time, we are planning to provide face-to-face instruction.  We will await a decision from the state of Texas about the funding of virtual instruction.  Once that is determined, our district will be able to provide us additional information to share.

At this time, new PE equipment is not needed.  Each year, we determine what new materials are needed for all departments.  If there is a need to provide additional equipment, this will be provided.

Yes. All students that attend Converse Elementary will follow the same calendar.

All elementary schools in Judson ISDhave school hours from 7:30 a.m. - 2:55 p.m.  Converse Elementary will have these same school day minutes.

Our goal is to make every effort to support students who might have a few commitments in late July / early August.  If you have a specific need, please contact our school administration so we can help you determine your options.  We want to work with you to keep your child at Converse, if at all possible.

1. Pre-K 3 students must be 3 years old by September 1, 2022. 
2. Pre-K 4 students must be 4 years old by September 1, 2022.
3. PK 3 and PK 4 students will complete registration and qualification guidelines upon enrollment.  If your child does not qualify by federal guidelines, we will still enroll and provide PK for your child.
4. Kindergarten students must be 5 years old by September 1, 2022.

Registration is currently open to all students on-line.  Once you register, you choose the campus  you want to attend.  This request goes to the Principal, is approved, and then you can finish the registration process.

You will need to enter the registration portal and change your child’s school of choice prior to the start of the school year on July 20.

Upon registration, the parent must state what campus their child belongs to and then is also prompted to choose the school they want to attend.  If you need assistance with registration, please contact either school and the registrar can walk you through the process.

Our Adventure Club program will be available for all paying families throughout the school year. 

All special programs such as Special Education, Speech, Dyslexia, RTI, and TAG will still be available.

ADSY will benefit a special education student by providing these children with even more days of support to master the curriculum.

1. If your home campus is Converse Elementary transportation will be provided.
2. If Converse Elementary is not your home campus, you will have to provide transportation for your child.

All JISD students receive free breakfast. However, free lunch for all students is based on our CEP status.  We anticipate that we will still be eligible for free lunch for the 2022-2023 school year, but this has not yet been determined.