School News

Students and staff are back in full swing with academics, activities, and even setting new goals during our Zero Period SEL classes across the building this past week.

Welcome back to the spring semester! Though the cold temperatures over the last two weeks may not feel like Spring, we are now in semester 2. We hope you and your students have had a relaxing and renewing break. The staff at JMS has been using that same time to rejuvenate ourselves so we can give your students the academic opportunities to grow.

We have caught a spirit of celebration here at JMS this past week. We celebrated goal achievement across subjects, we celebrated our new students with donuts or pizza and a platform for feedback, and our staff celebrated success among departments and grade levels.

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Is Winter Break and the end of Term 2 really in two weeks? We certainly see signs everywhere at JMS! We are preparing for our Winter Benchmark in all core classes, gearing up for our 7th/8th grader Chorus Holiday Concert and 5th grade Orchestra Concert, and celebrating the season’s cheer as we go!

As we continue our academic, social, and emotional journey here in the building, students and teachers are working diligently to prepare for upcoming benchmarks, our Capstone project, and the juggling of classes and assignments.

We are all filled with gratitude as we anticipate celebrating Thanksgiving with our families and friends next week!

We can hardly believe we are in the middle of Term 2! Midterms WILL NOT go home on paper this year. As we look at how we deliver our grades, JMS staff realized that by the time the printed piece of paper made it home (if it gets there at all) the grades have already changed! With Skyward and Canvas, you receive updates just as soon as teachers post grades. Additionally, the cost of printing and paper usage keeps going up. So, going forward we will NOT PRINT midterm reports. You will receive an email and Sky alert phone call alerting you that midterms are finalized.

Research proves that "reading at home for at least twenty minutes a day has significant academic benefits." Another way to help your children grow academically and emotionally is to "Set and enforce screen-time limits and steer children toward reading, exercise, and play instead."

Another week has flown by us, but not without growth, success, and achievement! We are thankful for the conversations and collaboration during parent teacher conferences, and we are always honored to serve our students alongside of our families. We truly appreciate your feedback, questions, and suggestions in our shared goal of success for your children. So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, as we approach the holiday season, we say, "Thank you so very much".

We never want to miss an opportunity to express our gratitude to all of our parents and families. With the season of thanksgiving not too far away, we are reminded of blessings, and we believe our community of family support is second to none!