South Jefferson Elementary School

JCS Community: All Jefferson County Schools (Pre-K - 12) are closed on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, due to road conditions. Many roads in Jefferson County are covered in snow, with precipitation expected to continue through the evening and temperatures remaining below freezing. Students and staff will operate on a Non-Traditional Instruction Day schedule; this is the final NTID day. JCS offices will open at 10 am; essential personnel should contact their supervisor for scheduling.

JCS Community: JCS will operate on a 3-hour early dismissal on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, due to weather. This allows our students to be in school with their teachers, eat breakfast and lunch, and be home before any unsafe road conditions.  All afternoon and evening activities are canceled. AlphaBEST after-school care and Boys and Girls Club transportation will not run today.

Our 100th Day of School was so much fun! Here’s to the second half of our school year, learning and growing together! 💛💜🥳#100DaysBrighter😎

JCS Community: Check out the JCS Winter Weather and Calendar Update for important information. https://jcs.edurooms.com/engage/jefferson-county-schools/newsletters/winter-weather

Due to impending weather, we have a menu change for tomorrow’s lunch, Tuesday, Feb 11th: Chicken and Waffles, veggie tray w/ranch, fruit and milk.

Hey, South Jefferson! Don’t forget to wear bright colors on Monday, Feb 10th, from head to toe, for our 100th Day Celebration! Let’s show off our school spirit! #100DaysBrighter

Just a reminder: Class Pictures tomorrow (Friday, February 7th). Order Online: mylifetouch.com Picture day code for Lifetouch: EVT3W9BD9

JCS Community: Jefferson County Schools are open and operating on a 2-hour delay on Thursday, February 6, 2025.

Thursday, February 6th: Lunch menu update, due to food truck not arriving on time today. Instead of hamburgers, we will have chicken nuggets/tenders. Thank you!

JCS Community: Jefferson County Schools (Pre-K - 12) and offices will operate on a 2-hour delay on Thursday, February 6, 2025, due to the weather forecast. JCS will continue to monitor and evaluate conditions throughout the evening and morning and communicate any change by 7am to families.

We have a wonderful role model walking our halls and his name is Ares Cunningham. We had a substitute teacher in PE and Ares assisted the substitute, was kind and helpful and also helped clean up after class. What a fantastic example for everyone at SJES—-thank you, Ares!!! This Positive Principal Referral is well-deserved! 💜💛 Ms. Mahoney

These three young superstars were nominated by their teacher, Mrs. Fox, for Positive Principal Referrals. Congratulations to Eliseo Perez-Castro, Asher Lutman and Mason Dunn for their hard work with reading and math in kindergarten! All three have challenged themselves and are preparing for first grade! We are super proud of you and are excited to see you move forward at South Jefferson! Ms. Mahoney

Happy National School Counseling Week to Mrs. Cavanaugh! We are so grateful for the time she devotes to our students and community. She has the kindest heart and we are blessed to have her at SJES! 💜💛

Ms. Horne’s kindergarten class received the royal treatment today as they celebrated the end of their study of kings and queens. They designed their castles, were given their royal titles and celebrated with tea and cookies at the end of the day.

Mrs. Sunday’s 4th graders honed their estimation skills this week by comparing different weights. They estimated or guessed the weight of an object and then weighed the object with scales or balances to determine their accuracy. They are also comparing the differences between standard weight and metric weight. A good introduction to exploring grams, kilograms, ounces and pounds.

A huge shout out to our Fourth Grade Math Field Day team for all of their incredible work and practice to prepare for the Jefferson County Math Field Day competition. While they may not have gotten the outcome that they hoped for, I am incredibly proud of them and know that this is just a stepping stone to brighter days ahead! I couldn’t have asked for a better team to represent SJES! The team of Caleb Benner, Roland Walsh, Braylon Shultz and Lilith Franklin is shown with their fabulous coach, Mrs. Nedorostek. 💜💛

If you see these mathematical rock stars, make sure you congratulate them on their 1st place team finish at the Jefferson County Math Field Day competition! This fabulous foursome, Carmen Kline, Jace Moreno, Henry Solich and Grant Koch are shown with their awesome coach, Mr. Collins. Grant placed first place individually, Henry placed second place individually, Jace is first alternate and Carmen is second alternate for the Regional competition. We are super proud of our fifth graders! 🏆

Fourth grader, Taryn Lafferty, was nominated for a Positive Office Referral by Mrs. Sunday for being kind, respectful and helpful to classmates. She also praised him for his growth mindset and for working hard to figure out things he may not initially understand. Super proud of you, Taryn! 💜💛 Ms. Mahoney

This week’s menu: Monday, Jan 27th: Chicken nuggets House salad Roll Fruit & Milk Tuesday, Jan 28th: Turkey/ham sub Tomato soup Garden salad Fruit & Milk Wednesday, Jan 29th: Chicken and waffles Veggie tray w/ ranch dressing Fruit & Milk Thursday, Jan 30th: Walking taco Refried beans Corn Fruit & Milk Friday, Jan 31st: Pepperoni pizza Green beans Garden salad Side kick Fruit & Milk

We can’t wait to see everyone on Monday!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Lunch for Monday, Jan 27th: Chicken nuggets House salad Roll Fruit Milk