
September 21, 2023
CHARLESTON, WV -- The West Virginia School Building Authority (SBA) voted to approve an additional $2,682,960 million for the new Shepherdstown Elementary School (SES). The SBA ...

September 18, 2023
As we recognize September as National Suicide Prevention Month, it is more important than ever to take the opportunity to raise awareness and understand that we each play a role i...
September 14, 2023
RANSON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Farm Bureau's Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab visited Ranson Elementary School this week. The 46-foot lab is a fully self-contained u...

September 13, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Students from Jefferson County Schools (JCS) proudly participated in the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle’s Annual Day of Caring on September 13. Student...
August 30, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- As a substitute teacher for Jefferson County Schools, Tom Donlon often relies on his experience as a writer when he's in the classroom. Now, he has publis...
August 25, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools (JCS) welcomed more than 8,200 students back to school on August 21, the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. JCS Superintende...

August 23, 2023
RANSON, W.Va. – Jefferson County Schools (JCS), in partnership with WVU Medicine and Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (CTC), kicked off its new MedEd program on August...

August 1, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Six middle school students from the JCS FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) Chapter represented Jefferson County Schools this summer at...

June 30, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va, - The new MedEd Program from Jefferson County Schools (JCS), WVU Medicine, and Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (CTC) will benefit from a $4.7 million...

June 16, 2023
MARTINSBURG -- After almost four years of waiting, Jefferson County Schools (JCS), James Rumsey Technical Institute (JRTI), and the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle presented...
June 14, 2023
CHARLESTON, WV -- Six Jefferson County Schools eighth graders were among 226 students statewide recognized as Knights of the Golden Horseshoe at a June 13 induction ceremony at ...

May 25, 2023
The Shepherdstown and Charles Town Rotary clubs have joined forces to create a new in-school reading program in Jefferson County Schools (JCS). The program focuses on Title I scho...

May 12, 2023
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools is proud to recognize two Jefferson High School seniors for being named National Merit Scholarship winners by the National M...

May 12, 2023
The Eastern Panhandle Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated selected Tanya Dallas Lewis as their 2023 Educator Award recipient. Dallas Lewis partners with co...

May 10, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Jefferson County School (JCS) middle school student placed first in the WVDE's (West Virginia Department of Education) annual Young Writers Contest. Macie W...

May 8, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Students at South Jefferson Elementary School (SJE) saw their imaginations come to life thanks to some help from the FACS (Family Consumer Sciences) fashi...

May 4, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Six Jefferson County Schools eighth graders have been named 2023 Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) honors stud...

April 29, 2023
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The JCS Social Emotional Support Department (SoMo) team surprised Dr. Lee Ebersole with a nomination for the Annual Berkeley and Jefferson Partners in Prevent...

April 28, 2023
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools held its first-ever Special Needs Field Day thanks to a Jefferson High School senior. Sophie Stuart said that as she volun...

April 27, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools announced the selections for Teacher of the Year and Service Person of the Year at its annual recognition dinner on April 26. Prisc...