Congratulations to our very own Kristi Sanders! She received the WV Public Broadcasting Above and Beyond Award for February. The award was presented at an all-school assembly. We are so proud of all she does for our students and our school. Read the article in our news section!
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!
Will it sink or will it float? While reading Treasure Island, Mrs. Harman's students were challenged to build boats, each holding a pirate and a treasure chest, that would stay afloat.
North Jefferson celebrates both Priscilla Rodd, our very own Jefferson County Teacher of the Year, and Julie Fowler, North Jefferson's Service Person of the Year! Congratulations and Thank You for being STARS!
Congratulations to Priscilla Rodd on being named the 2023 JCS Teacher of the Year! We were thrilled to honor and celebrate Ms. Rodd at the annual JCS recognition dinner on April 26. Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3LbvrEb!
Even more STEAM Night fun!
More STEAM Night fun!
North Jefferson's students, families and staff enjoyed an evening devoted to STEAM! Students participated in activities such as coding with Ozobots, painting with tuning forks, testing wind power, building amusement parks and more!
North Jefferson would like to give a big THANK YOU to Jefferson County's STEAM Team! They helped make North Jefferson's STEAM Night extra special!
4/20/23: North Jefferson Elementary School received a report of a small, contained fire this afternoon in the median off of North Point Avenue. There is NO DANGER to students or staff, but you may see fire trucks and other emergency vehicles responding near our school. We wanted to make you aware of the situation and ask for patience while emergency crews respond. Thank you.
Mrs. Carr's kindergartners enjoyed some hands-on math time.
Mrs. Ryder's first grade enjoyed listening to a guest speaker talk about rocks and minerals. They also made clay fossils and practiced being paleontologists by digging out chocolate chips from cookies.
Mrs. Kellenbach's and Mrs. Robertson's second graders wrapped up their U.S. Civil War studies. In honor of President Abraham Lincoln, second graders created log cabins and made stovepipe hats.
After reading The Adventures of Don Quixote, students in Ms. Long's class made story maps and created scripts of his adventures. Students used Ozobots to represent Don Quixote, and they programmed them to follow their maps.
Fourth-graders in Mrs. Harman's class problem solved together with Spike LEGOs.
Our first-graders learned about the Earth's layers in some fun, hands-on ways!
Thank you to Dr. Deborah Rochefort for her Colonial America presentation! Fourth-graders learned about Colonial life, textiles, and made individual clothing freshener bags.
How do you make reviewing sounds a little more engaging? By having students race to the correct sound! Mrs. Nugent recently had her kindergartners listen for the sounds they heard at the beginning, middle, and end of words, and then students raced to the letter that represented that sound.
Ms. Potts' first graders may not have trapped any leprechauns, but they sure had fun engineering towers and bridges to see whose contraption could hold the most pennies.
It was a real whodunit in Ms. Truman's fourth grade class! Student deputies entered the "crime scene" and sifted through evidence to determine which side was guilty in the case of the Boston Massacre. Keep up the good work, student deputies!
