We're excited to welcome 12 new international teachers to JCS as we continue preparations for the upcoming school year! Current international staff members were on-hand to greet and assist with the orientation of these new educators, who hail from Jamaica, Zimbabwe, and the Philippines through our partnership with Educational Partners International. Welcome to JCS!
We had a great time celebrating JCS teachers and staff today at our "Jump Start to the New Year" staff appreciation event! The new JCS Mobile Learning Lab led the way as teachers and staff from each school enjoyed a break in back-to-school preparations to check out the mobile classroom and meet new superintendent Dr. Chuck Bishop over coffee and tea. Thank you to everyone from our SMS and SES communities who joined us in "jump-starting" this new school year. You are going to CRUSH it!
We look forward to opening our doors to SES families from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. on Friday, August 18!
Shepherdstown Elementary enjoyed the Jefferson County "Jump Start" today! We were able to join Shepherdstown Middle for coffee & tea on their front lawn while we met Superintendent Dr. Bishop and checked out the new Learning Mobile Lab! Our one and only Mrs. Courtney Hebert won their backpack giveaway full of many needed back to school supplies!
We can't wait to welcome students back to school next Monday, August 21! Did you know you can visit www.jcswv.org/myschoolbus to learn your student's bus information and access required transportation forms? And our dedicated bus operators and aides will contact JCS families throughout the week to answer your transportation-related questions and ease those first-day-of-school jitters!
Today we welcomed back JCS teachers and service personnel to kick off the 2023-24 school year! Buses start rolling for students next Monday, August 21. We can't wait to see you then!
🎉JCS is excited to welcome more than 60 new educators for the 2023-24 school year! We're having so much fun at New Teacher Orientation this week and can't wait to see students on August 21 for a brand new year! 🤩
Back to School Night will be held on Thursday, August 24, 2023 from 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. for grades K-2 and 7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. for grades 3-5. See you there!
Kindergarten Orientation will be held on Monday, August 21. Available sessions are located in the teacher assignment letter that will be sent home this week.
First day of school for kindergarten is Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
Meet the Teacher for grades 1-5 only on Friday, August 18 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Happy Summer! Our 23-24 school supply list is on our website. You can check it out here: https://5il.co/1z78n
See you next month!!
Members of the Class of 2023 return to their elementary and middle schools this week for one last stroll down memory lane ahead of graduation. Thanks to our SES community for lining the halls to welcome back these alumni from Jefferson High School!
Mrs. Sutherland and Miss Ambrutis' fourth grade classes were inspired during a virtual author visit from Mr. Schu and Katherine Applegate. They learned about the power of books, were amazed that Mr. Schu reads over 600 children's books every year, and they were shocked that Katherine Applegate didn't enjoy reading when she was younger. The authors even answered a question submitted by an SES student. "How do you feel after writing a book?" -Laney
Shakespeare meets technology! Mrs. Crouse's 5th grade class re-enacted the play A Midsummer Nights Dream with Ozobots. Students worked in groups, narrating summaries while Ozobots acted out the scenes. Students created the stage and used code to program the Ozobots-characters through the story.
Today is National School Nurse Day! We're proud to recognize the dedicated school nurses who make a difference in the lives of our students by protecting and promoting their health and advancing their academic success. Thank you for all you do!
Congratulations to Caitlin Saghy and Kristin Ainsworth on being named Shepherdstown Elementary's Teacher of the Year and Service Person of the Year! We were happy to celebrate and honor Ms. Saghy and Ms. Ainsworth at the annual JCS recognition dinner on April 26.
Third grade classes recently completed a unit on West Virginia. Students learned about the regions of the state and created a hallway poster museum for all to see. Students and staff are learning lots of new facts about our amazing state.
Look at some of our Kindergarten students during our CKLA knowledge unit on Kings and Queens!
The kids are settled in and enjoying the movies! Just a reminder that pickup for K-2 movie night is 6 pm. Have a great weekend!
Parents and Guardians,
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Spring Picture Day!