School News

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!

Click provided for the 2022 Spelling Bee List.  Practice the words on this list for the “CLASSROOM SPELLING QUALIFIER” on Tuesday, November 29.

Welcome back to Term 2 at Jefferson Middle School

We are nearing the end of Term 1 and have begun our Fall benchmarks. We want to remind families to not only push your children toward academic success, but also take time to enjoy the change in seasons; enjoy hayrides, hot chocolate, pumpkins, caramel apples, festivals, and of course, falling leaves.

Wow! So much is happening as we near Fall, benchmark testing, and Intersession! Families, we cannot thank you enough for all you do to ensure success for our students.