JCS Families: Jefferson County Schools (PreK - 12) and Offices will be CLOSED tomorrow, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, due to weather. All evening activities are canceled. Essential personnel should contact their supervisor for scheduling.
Jefferson County Schools (PreK—12) and Offices will be CLOSED tomorrow, Monday, January 6, 2025, due to weather. Essential personnel should contact their supervisor for scheduling.
JCS Families: All evening activities, including practices and games, are canceled for tonight, Friday, January 3, 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
🎉✨ 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
🔥☃️ WMS rewards good attendance with s’mores and hot cocoa! ☃️🔥
This week, WMS staff treated students with perfect attendance to a cozy, festive treat. We’re so proud of all our students who showed up! Keep up the great work, Mustangs—your effort is truly appreciated, and we can’t wait to see everyone back after Winter Break.
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.
Mr. Alexander's science classes explored the flow of energy, potential and kinetic energy by building catapults to launch an assault on a castle and its knights. The students built a catapult and had six attempts to earn points, observing launch patterns and adjusting trajectories and catapult tension after launches. Points were earned for hitting the castle, landing in the castle and knocking over knights. Lots of great learning and fun! Good job, Mustangs!
📣💃 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.
WMS held the school- base Science Fair last week. Students used the Scientific Method to ask a question, do research, make a hypothesis, test with an experiment and analyze data to draw conclusions on a variety of topics. The Fair was their opportunity to communicate the results to an audience. Members of the community served as judges, listening to the presentations, asking questions and offering feedback. The projects showed great scientific thinking and reasoning. The poise and knowledge with which the students presented their conclusions was impressive. Well done, Mustangs!
❄️ 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!
Six juniors and seniors from Jefferson and Washington High Schools have joined the third district cohort of the Grow Your Own Program, created by the WV Department of Education. This week they shadowed teachers at Page Jackson Elementary, Wildwood Middle, and Charles Town Middle, gaining valuable classroom experience. The Grow Your Own program allows students to fast-track their path to becoming K-12 educators through dual enrollment at Shepherd University. A great step toward building the future of teaching and education in our community! 👏✨
This week, WMS hosted a special family night during parent-teacher conferences to celebrate Red Ribbon Week! Families enjoyed dinner, engaging activities, and a powerful "Hidden in Plain Sight" session to learn about spotting signs of risky behavior. The night wrapped up with a light show and showcased students' amazing Spooky Season door decorations! 🎃✨
Ms. Asper's World Studies class learned about Diwali this week. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights. The holiday is a five day five day long festival called the "Festival of Lights" . It symbolizes the beginning of the new year and the spiritual victory of lightness over darkness. The classes designed a Diwali candle and wrote wish for the new year. Nice work, Mustangs!
WMS students got into the STEM math boxes in their WVTSS classes this Friday. Depending on the activity, students made catapults to launch tiny pumpkins, built spiderweb bridges out of tape and yard and tested the load bearing capacity or chose a challenge to build the tallest tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks. Divergent and creative thinking, teamwork and fun- all in one! Nice work, Mustangs!
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.