Jefferson Elementary School

Art Club for grades 2 and 3 will begin on Wednesday, January 22nd from 2:45-3:45 PM. Mrs. Flynn will accept the first 25 students who sign up using the form below. The Art Club fee is $15. Once you hear that your child has a spot, you can send in your $15 fee. https://forms.gle/JQ1c6j8BojRsLkxB8

Rising 6th grade parents! Information for 6th grade registration will be coming home with your student soon. If you have any questions, you can fill out this google form and Mrs. Spain will contact directly with the answer. https://forms.gle/4zhTUyoARs8XJvwC8

JES Crochet Club begins Wednesday, January 15th. It is open to 1st- 5th graders. Due to school closures this week, we were not able to get information out to parents. Look for information in next weeks Tuesday folder. You can sign up today by using the QR code or the link. Please sign up by the evening on Tuesday, January 14th. https://forms.gle/oP685ELtWJLQDBtV9 Each crocheter will need yarn and a crochet hook. Recommended hook size is 5.5 or 6. Medium weight size 4 yarn is recommended. Supplies can be found at any craft store, Walmart or on Amazon.

By contributing to Share the Fair, you help more of our students take home a new book from the Fair! You can give when you fund your child's Book Fair eWallet or at the register. Students received a yellow donor slip in their Tuesday folders. You may send it back with your donation as well. THANK YOU! We are so grateful for our school family. Book Fair begins MONDAY!

We need some extra hands during our Scholastic Book Fair from November 18th -November 22nd. Click below if you have some time to help! https://signup.com/go/ouLLHgV

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Jefferson Elementary! SAVE THE DATE for November 18th-November 22nd. You can start exploring today @ https://tinyurl.com/JES-Book-Fair.

Students and Staff! Wear Red, White and Blue on Friday, November 8th to honor those who have served in the military. THANK YOU VETERANS!

Don't forget! Lifetouch will be at Jefferson Monday, November 4th in the morning if anyone did not have their picture taken or would like have their picture retaken.

Jefferson Middle School is offering school tours beginning in November for rising 6th graders. You can sign up for a school tour here: https://forms.gle/yKEqjxXJoH4QEyP68

JES Votes! You can vote and register to vote from October 17-November 2 at multiple locations -during One-Stop Early Voting. Election Day is November 5. You must vote at your specific voting location on Election Day. This year, no matter when you vote, you must bring a photo ID. You can find your polling place, download a sample ballot, and more at FCvotes.com (http://fcvotes.com/). Click here for an EXCELLENT, non-partisan voter guide from Women of Action that gives votinginformation and links to every candidates website, so you can learn about each race. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14Xa8ZMecNyO3RfCadsxq3lB6S4S--Y7JbXhVuuAAcF0/edit (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14Xa8ZMecNyO3RfCadsxq3lB6S4S--Y7JbXhVuuAAcF0/edit) Taking your kids with you to vote is a great way to engage future voters! Send JES a selfie of you and your family with your “I Voted” stickers to Christy.Lee.Robinson@Gmail.com, and we will feature it on JES Facebook’s page and on our voting bulletin board!

Everyone is welcome to participate in a family fitness activity from 5:30-6:00 up by the JES Track. After we will have a JES Family picnic together. Every family brings their own food for themselves, chairs, blankets, etc. There will be a FREE YMCA Gift Card Giveaway, and a chance to ride a SMOOTHIE bike! Students can wear their Halloween costumes if they would like as well. The entire event will be from 5:30pm-7:00pm.

Pictures are ready to view from the fall picture day in September! To view your child's picture, use this link below. You will need your child's student number to access the pictures. Their number can be found on their report card that will be sent home in Tuesday folders. Picture day retakes will be held on Monday, November 4th until 10:30 AM. https://my.photoday.com/s/LTBW/40716  Please call Lifetouch directly with any questions at 1-800-736-4753 between the hours of 9 AM-7 PM.

All students and staff are invited to wear orange for Unity Day on Wednesday, October 16th. As a district, we want to send a visible message of building commUNITY through kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to prevent bullying.

Jefferson Elementary will be joining, Thomas Jefferson Middle and Sherwood Forest Elementary to support "Unity in Relief," an organization working with families in Avery County affected by Hurricane Helene. Please see the image for what is being collected this week. New items will be posted each week as we are updated with needs in Avery County. Donations can be brought the JES. We will have a table in the front lobby. Each Thursday afternoon, JES donations will be taken to TJMS. For more information, email: unityinrelief@gmail.com.

Does your student enjoy art, music, dance, or have an interest in writing, producing films, and taking photos? Then join us and have fun unleashing your inner artists with PTA Reflections! Students can submit art in the form of film, music, visual arts, dance, literature, or photography for a chance to win at their school, state, and national levels. All the details of the Reflections contest will be in your Tuesday packets and can be found on our JES website @ https://winstonsalemforsythcsnc.sites.thrillshare.com/o/jes/page/reflections. Entries must be submitted by Monday, October 21st.

Congratulations to these fantastic artists for being chosen to participate in the Carolina Classic Fair K-12 Visual Art Exhibition! Their art will be displayed from October 4th-13th in the Education Building. Hussein Abazied Addalyn Davis Avery Dustin Kate Eller Gabby Flynn Addisyn Gregory Amelia Lim Andrew Lu Amelia Murray Sanjitha Narayanan Balamurugan Evelyn Quinteros Libby Robinson Callie Schweizer D'Kaylin Scriven Darshini Sivakumar Finn Stidham Hadley Walker

Purchase your 2024-2025 yearbook today! Order by October 31st for 10% off.

Meet us at 7:15 AM, Wednesday, October 2nd to bike or walk to school! Come early and park at the large Muddy Creek Greenway lot on the opposite side of Robinhood Road. Kick-off starts at 7:15 AM but you can walk or ride at your leisure along the 0.8 mile (mostly) paved trail that connects with Jefferson. Bikers will exit the Greenway at the small gravel lot and wait for staff to hold traffic as they bike their final stretch along Jefferson School Lane and up to the bike rack located near the track and basketball courts. Traffic will be stopped for bikers at 7:30 AM and 7:50 AM. Walkers will diverge from bikers and make their way further along the paved Greenway until they reach a dirt trail on the left which will take them up a hill through the woods to the Jefferson Bus Lot. Click the link below for a map! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfAKhJUMZgDyU3RTOhumj0_EVGejslYo/view

Join us from 9:00-11:00am on Saturday, October 5th to help us clean up and beautify our Jefferson Elementary campus grounds. Bring clippers and gloves if you have them!

Mt. Tabor Girls Soccer team is offering a free clinic at JES. Check out the flyer for more information!