Please help us congratulate our JES Special Areas October Student Leaders! Happy Halloween! #JeffersonCUSD1
Please help us congratulate our JES 6th grade October Student Leaders! #JeffersonCUSD1
We cannot wait to see you at our JES Fall Parade Friday, November 1st at 1:30pm!
The parade will walk:
-South from JES on 8th Street
-Turn right onto Monroe Avenue
-Turn left onto 6th Street
-Turn left onto Jackson Avenue
-Turn left on 8th Street and walk back to JES
*The parade will not walk on 7th Street between Jackson and Monroe
Jefferson Elementary would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the Excellence in Education Foundation for providing this Makerspace in our library. Students are enjoying this space to be creative and using higher order thinking skills to create projects. We appreciate the generosity of the Excellence in Education Foundation and look forward to utilizing this resource for years to come! #JeffersonCUSD1
Please help us congratulate our JES 5th grade October Student Leaders! #JeffersonCUSD1
Please help us congratulate our JES 4th grade October Student Leaders! #JeffersonCUSD1
College of Education Alumni Award Nomination
The COE Alumni Awards are presented to EIU Alumni whose degree is in a program within the College of Education
Mrs. Kim Shambo recently received the Rising Star award for recipients who are within 10 years of graduation from EIU. These individuals have excelled in their field or in the career for which the COE degree prepared them.
Today Mrs. Shambo also celebrates her birthday. A very BIG Happy Birthday Mrs. Shambo!!
JES 4th grade students studied the color wheel, created a color wheel, then had to turn the color wheel into something and create a picture of their choosing. Pictured below are the 4th grade Awesome Artist for October #JeffersonCUSD1
JES 6th grade students studied Georgia O'Keeffe's work and used those as inspiration for their watercolor cow skull project. Pictured below are the 6th grade Awesome Artist students of October. #JeffersonCUSD1
JES 5th grade students studied Mexican folk art, specifically mirrors and created their own mixed media folk art mirror. Pictured below are the 5th grade Awesome Artist for October. #JeffersonCUSD1
Mrs. King and Mrs. Golden's classroom took a trip to tour the Charleston Fire Department for fire safety month. The students toured the station, a fire engine, and an ambulance. They also experienced a test page and seen some of the tools that are used at fire scenes. Thank you, Charleston Fire Department!!!! #JeffersonCUSD1
Mrs. Spanhook and Mrs. Hudson's 5th grade students prepping for their long weekend wearing vacation clothing for spirit week! Important reminder there is NO SCHOOL Friday 10/11 for teacher institute & Monday 10/14 Columbus Day. Enjoy the long weekend JES!
Spirit week is in full swing here at JES! Here is a photograph of our school nurse and a student showing off their Argentina soccer jerseys for Sports Day! #JeffersonCUSD1
The PE Jefferson Fall Olympics ended last week. Coach and Mr. Stallard want to thank the students for their efforts and sportsmanship. The main events were hula hoop races and scooter races.
There was one winner from each grade. The winners are:
4th Grade - Mrs. Ehr class
5th Grade- Mrs. Richeson class
6th Grade- Mrs. Schmidt class
Congratulations to all the winners. For winning each class will get a popsicle party.
Great Job Jefferson!!!
Last Friday Mrs. Goldens class took a trip to the to the EIU Bowling Alley as an incentive. During their time at the bowling alley, the students learned to work together as a team but also how to compete respectfully with each other.
At the beginning of September, JES students participated in a fundraiser for our PTA. JES students are so wonderful and did their part that there was a Glow in the Dark incentive!! Friday September 20th was our " Day of Awesomeness". Here is a short video of all the fun! Thank you PTA!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnGGQ2T0MIk
Mrs. Cline’s fifth grade math students worked on a challenge contest problem today to determine possible combinations for coloring circles with 3 different marker colors and each adjacent circle had to be a different color. #JeffersonCUSD1
On September 4th, Mrs. King's and Mrs. Golden's classrooms took a tour of the courthouse in Charleston. The classes had been learning about voting and being a leader. Judge Bower showed them around. He then spoke to the classes about running for office and about the courtroom. Mrs. Coe answered some questions about voting requirements. Thank you both! #JeffersonCUSD1
Good morning to the last day of 6th grade at JES. #jeffersoncusd1
Congratulations to all of our Special Olympic athletes on their awards that they received last Friday at a special ceremony at Linder Sports Complex. #jeffersoncusd1
