JCS Families: All evening activities, including practices and games, are canceled for tonight, Friday, January 3, 2025.
🎉✨ Happy New Year to our JCS community! We’re excited to welcome 2025 and all the opportunities it brings for our students, staff, and community. As we gear up for students' return from Winter Break, don’t forget to check your inbox for the January issue of The Beacon! It’s packed with important updates and resources to help start the year off right 👉 https://jcs.edurooms.com/engage/jefferson-county-schools/newsletters/the-beacon-january-1-2025
JCS Families: Happy New Year! The January JCS Beacon (Family Newsletter) is now available. Find important updates on student transfers, calendar reminders, and more! https://jcs.edurooms.com/engage/jefferson-county-schools/newsletters/the-beacon-january-1-2025
🎉✨ Happy New Year to our JCS community! We’re excited to welcome 2025 and all the opportunities it brings for our students, staff, and community. As we gear up for students' return from Winter Break, don’t forget to check your inbox for the January issue of The Beacon! It’s packed with important updates on student transfers, calendar reminders, and more! You can also find it here 👉 https://jcs.edurooms.com/engage/jefferson-county-schools/newsletters/the-beacon-january-1-2025
🌈🌟 SMS students light the way to a healthy new year! Before Winter Break, Shepherdstown Middle School P.E. students ended the year on a high note with a glowing "Festival of Lights" celebration! During this festive event, students ran "partner pacers" in the dark, illuminated by glow sticks and energized by fun holiday tunes. It was a bright and cheerful way to recommit to healthy habits and embrace a fresh start for the new year. Here’s to lighting the path to wellness and joy in 2025! ✨
JCS Families: All JCS schools will be dismissed two hours early tomorrow, Friday, December 20, for Faculty Senate. Reminder: Winter Break begins on Monday, December 23, with students returning to school on Monday, January 6, 2025. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Winter Break.
📣💃 Calling all JCS K-8th graders: this is your chance to dance with Jefferson High School's Charisma dance team! Charisma is hosting its first-ever Minis Clinic for K-8th graders—no dance experience needed! The clinic will be held on Sunday, January 12 from 2-5 PM at JHS, and all participants will get the chance to perform with Charisma during a girls' varsity basketball halftime show. Registration closes this Friday, December 20, so don’t wait—sign up today at https://gofan.co/event/2326535?schoolId=WV24978!
JCS will operate on a 2-hour delay on Monday, December 16, 2024. JCS staff will continue monitoring the weather and road conditions through the evening and into the morning. Any change will be communicated by 6:30 am.
All staff should report on a 2-hour delay. Essential personnel should report on time.
❄️ We hear you, JCS families! Going forward, we’ll make weather-related robocalls until 9PM, giving you more time to plan for the following day. If a decision isn’t made the night before, all notifications will go out by 6AM the following morning. A quick reminder: safety is our top priority! When snow is in the forecast, we closely monitor weather and road conditions with local and state agencies to ensure safe travel. We aim to make all decisions the night before, but if needed, our team checks conditions early in the morning to determine if a delay or closure is needed. Read more about this process here 👉 https://www.jcswv.org/page/delays-and-closings. Thanks for your understanding as we prioritize safety for everyone! 🌨️🚍
JCS Families: All Jefferson County Schools (Pre-K-12) will operate on a 2-hour delay on Thursday, December 5, 2024, due to inclement weather.
JCS Families: All JCS schools will be closed from Monday, November 25th to Friday, November 29th for Fall Break. Students will return on Monday, December 2nd. Have a wonderful Fall Break!
SMS Cardinals were busy doing science this week! First up, the SMS Science Fair. The investigations, displays and presentations put together by our students was impressive. The Scientific Method was put to good use! Bravo Cardinals.!
Then in Ms Kessler's science classes, the students did an activity that modeled coal mining using a chocolate chip cookie and a "mining tool". Observations about the outcome of numbers of chips and size of debris followed. Well done!
Ms. Landsberger's Social Studies classes continued their study of WWII by exploring the use of propaganda posters in supporting the American war effort. The students examined historical posters and then created their own on one of five topics: Victory Bonds, Saving Food, Joining the Army, Demonizing the Enemy or Women and the War Effort. The results were inspiring. Way to go ,Cardinals!
Mrs. Cogle's 6th and 7th grade ELA students are both studying stories involving medical mysteries. The 7th graders are reading about the curious case of Phineas Gage, a man who, after a railroad construction accident that resulted in a tampering iron going through his skull, saw his whole personality change. In learning about him, they also learned about the parts of the brain, making brain caps. The 6th graders are reading the Secret of the Yellow Death - an exploration of how doctors investigated and discovered the cause of Yellow Fever. This week they created a Memorial Wall to the volunteers in the experiments - whether they survived or passed - and shared their stories. Excellent work, Cardinals!
JCS Families: There are bus delays today, Friday, October 25, 2024. Please check the status of your student's bus on the JCS Bus Tracker page: https://www.jcswv.org/page/bus-tracker. We appreciate your patience as we work to get all our students to school safely.
6th Graders in Mrs. Landsberger's Social Studies classes recently debated the value of inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution. Student groups ranked inventions such as planes, tanks, submarines and machine guns according to their value in a country's prosperity and defense. Students had to defend their rankings to other teams. They also examined pie graphs that collated all the teams rankings to form a class consensus. Great discussions, debates and evidence, Cardinals!
JCS Families: We anticipate transportation delays across the county due to law enforcement shutting down a portion of 340 due to a hazardous materials spill. WHS, HFMS, CWS, and BRC will be most impacted.
🎃 Join us for our 3rd Annual Sensory-Friendly Trunk-or-Treat! 🎃 With spooky season upon us, families with autism and sensory processing needs are invited to this fun, inclusive Trunk-or-Treat event on October 30, from 5-7 PM at Charles Town Middle School. Want to help make the evening extra special? Drop off peanut-free candy or wishlist items at the PERC office through October 30. Find the Amazon wishlist here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/DPSZGC6YGBMN?ref_=wl_share Your support is truly appreciated!
📱 Worried about your child’s screen time? Let’s talk solutions! Join us on Wednesday, October 30, from 5:30-7:30 pm at Driswood Elementary School to learn practical tips for managing screen time for your elementary-aged students. We’ll cover healthy screen habits, setting boundaries, and fun alternatives to help balance tech time! Presented in partnership with Access 304, this adults-only event will offer plenty of helpful tips for families. For more info, visit www.jcswv.org/screentime.
JCS Middle School Social Studies teachers spent Monday's Professional Development Day visiting Harpers Ferry National Park where a Ranger led a tour around Harpers Ferry. They learned about the various ranger led tours that are available to our students. Our Ms. Unger and Ms Landsberger took the" Harpers Ferry: A Place in History tour" - In this tour students explore 250 years of the American history experience as told through the Harpers Ferry story. Teams compete to decipher truth or an interactive game format while visiting significant history sites.
