🏀📚Jefferson kicked off our yearly March Madness Book Tournament today! This year, our theme is Fairy Tales vs. Fractured Fairy Tales. We were excited to have OHS Basketball Players come read the first two books to kick off the tournament. Snow White, the Evil Queen, and Sleepy (Murphy) made an appearance, too! Students will listen to two books each day and vote until we have our winner!
Next Thursday, March 7th from 4-7 is our Jefferson BASH To You Night! We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to Maeby C. And Ryan H. for being the recipient of the John Ourth Award for Jefferson. We are very proud of you both. Also, congratulations to all OES recipients!!!!
Financial Plus visited the fourth grade classrooms yesterday! The students really enjoyed the presentations!
Talk about celebrity status and leaving EVERYONE feeling excited and amazing today! A huge shout out and thank you to our VERY special guests, our local OHS basketball players, for joining our Champions of the Charter for lunch today!!!! You are definitely #1 in our book and will always have the JES Panthers to cheer you on!! GO PIRATES!!!!
Happy Tuesday! With the month of February soon coming to a close, we wanted to recognize these PAW-SOME students who were chosen as our Champions of the Charter! These emotional scientists definitely have a heart of gold and did an outstanding job following their classroom charters throughout the month of February! Their outstanding efforts have left us all feeling so PROUD, HAPPY, and EXCITED, definitely in the YELLOW!
Way to show emotional intelligence by having the mindset of a champion!!!
Here are February's Champions of the Charter:
Kindergarten: Isabella K., Corbin G., and Cora F.
1st Grade: Parker P., Alana R., Julian M., Kinsley S., and Bentley M.
2nd Grade: Ethan J., Thea H., and Heavenly P.
3rd Grade: Alia N., Priscilla M., and Rileigh J.
4th Grade: Gio D., Mason K., and Kingston B.
United Way of Eastern LaSalle County came to Jefferson today to congratulate Murphy on graduating and brought him some presents. They also presented Nate Pinter and Alecia Ruiz certificates for completing the training. They know how much of a positive impact Murphy has made on staff and students at Jefferson!
🍕Just a reminder that the Alfano's Pizza Fundraiser order forms are due back tomorrow, Thursday, February 22nd. Thank you for continuing to support Jefferson! 🍕
Just sending a reminder that Jefferson is getting out at 11:30 today!!!!! Have a great 3 day weekend because we are off on Monday, February 19th for Presidents' Day.
Murphy just wanted to say thank you, from the bottom of his little furry heart, for all of the PAWESOME valentines he received this year from his JES pals! He definitely was feeling loved and in the green!! 🐕🦺💚💯We hope all of our JES kiddos were feeling loved on this very special Valentine's Day too! 💯💚❤️🥰
Please take note of the following reminder: On Friday, February 16th, the students from Kindergarten to 6th grade will be dismissed at 11:30 AM, while the students from 7th to 8th grade will be dismissed at 12:10 PM. Also, school will not be in session on Monday, February 19th in observance of Presidents Day. Preschool reminder for Friday 2/16/24: PFAE (Mrs. Anderson's class) will dismiss at 11:30 am. PFA (half-day sections) will both be in session for AM and PM preschool. No school on Monday 2/19/24. Please let daycares, sitters, and other adults who help with transport know of these dates.
This week, Third Graders enjoyed having a special guest—Mrs. Roth. She presented to each class about Abraham Lincoln. Students loved the read aloud, discussions, and interesting facts she shared about Mr. Lincoln's life.
Tuesday, February 13 the dismissal times are as follows: Grades K-6: Dismissal at 2:20 PM Grades 7-8: Dismissal at 3:10 PM Please be at your students' bus stop if you are required to be. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated as it plays a vital role in ensuring our bus operations' smooth and efficient flow. Please feel free to share this post.
Tuesday, February 13th the dismissal times are as follows: Grades K-6: Dismissal at 2:20 PM Grades 7-8: Dismissal at 3:10 PM Please be at your students' bus stop if you are required to be. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated as it plays a vital role in ensuring our bus operations' smooth and efficient flow.
Tuesday, February 6 the dismissal times are as follows:
Grades K-6: Dismissal at 2:20 PM
Grades 7-8: Dismissal at 3:10 PM
Please be at your students' bus stop if you are required to be. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated as it plays a vital role in ensuring our bus operations' smooth and efficient flow.
Come out and support Jefferson TONIGHT at our Culver's Night from 4-7! Hope to see you there! 🐾
🍕Alfano's Pizza Fundraiser order forms are being sent home today! Order forms are due back no later than Thursday, February 22nd. Thank you for continuing to support Jefferson! 🍕
It's time to announce our Champions of the Charter for the month of JANUARY! The following students have been smart with their heart and gone above and beyond to make their classroom a positive learning environment for EVERYONE!! Talk about having the mindset of a champion! These emotional scientists definitely have a heart of gold!
Here are January's Champions of the Charter:
Kindergarten: Lesly M., Bethany N., and Dawson O.
1st Grade: Seamus W., Jayce E., Henleigh L., Liam P., and Addison J.
2nd Grade: Lillian F., Ace C., and Kiana M.
3rd Grade: Ethan B., Tessa N., and Lucy J.
4th Grade: Jillian D., Jacey P., and Maverick K.
Congratulations on your outstanding achievement and keep up the PAWSOME work!!
Murphy, who was graciously donated by United Way of Eastern LaSalle County has officially graduated. Following an extensive 18 month program, he successfully completed his last test and is officially a Certified Facility Therapy Dog! A huge shout out to Annette Monge, owner of Teacherpetz Training and Boarding for her guidance through these 18 months of training. Also, a huge thank you to United Way of ELC for their ongoing support. Murphy will continue to spread love, joy, and support to everyone at Jefferson. Great Job Murphy!!!!!
Reminder: Tuesday dismissal is today, if you need to be present at your students' bus stop please be there. K-6 releases at 2:20 PM and 7-8 grade 3:10 PM