A reminder that Monday, August 21, is the first day of school! We hope you've had an ✨amazing✨ summer and can't wait to see you tomorrow for the start of the new school year!
It's opening day for the Jefferson County Fair - come out and support our 4-H, FFA, and FCCLA students!
The start of a new school year means sharing the road. Please keep the following safety tips in mind when buses start rolling on Monday. We can't wait to see you then!
🚌 Be alert and watch for children, especially near schools, bus stops, school buses, and school parking lots.
🚌 Motorists are required to stop when approaching a school bus that is stopped with its red lights flashing and STOP arms extended. NEVER pass a bus from behind when it is stopped to board or offload children.
🚌 Be especially careful when children are present in school zones and residential areas.
🚌 Pay extra attention to lower speed limits in school zones.
🚌 Watch for and obey signals from school crossing guards.
🚌Only drive or park in authorized areas to drop off or pick up children at school.
Wrapping up back-to-school shopping this weekend? Consider including a few items for the JCS Stuff-a-Bus school supply drive! Volunteers from the JCS Transportation Department will be on hand throughout the next week to collect donations of backpacks, crayons, pens and pencils, lunch boxes, notebooks, and other necessary school supplies. Special thanks to City National Bank for being our community partner in this annual event to serve JCS families in need!
See the schedule below for dropoff locations and times:
🚌 City National Bank at The Potomac Marketplace (Ranson location)
Saturday, August 19 | 8 a.m. - Noon
🚌 Jefferson County Fair
Weekdays, August 21-25 | 5-8 p.m.
Saturday, August 15 | 12-4 p.m.
Join the JCS Parent and Educator Resources Center (PERC) and Department of Special Programs this Saturday, August 19, for a day of fun and learning with our local first responders! Meet Jefferson County firefighters and police officers, explore their vehicles, participate in fire safety games, and more at this family-friendly event. Families can also access important resources like missing children packets and fire safety information. Plus, enjoy a DJ and food trucks! It's all happening from 9 a.m. - Noon tomorrow at Sam Michaels Park. Learn more about JCS PERC and its resources here 👉 https://www.jcswv.org/page/parent-and-educator-resources.
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!
