South Jefferson Elementary School

South Jefferson families: Let’s rally together, to help those affected by Hurricane Helene. If you’ve seen the devastation, and have wanted to help, this is your chance! Thank you, in advance, for your support! 💜

These two rock stars are setting good examples for ALL of us at South Jefferson. I am so proud of you, Jayziah and Erica, for showing kindness to others, working hard EVERY day in class and putting forth your best effort in all that you do. 💜💛 Ms. Mahoney

Even rain couldn’t diminish the fun that our kindergarten classes had at Orr’s Farm today! First field trip in the books—-thank you to our Kindergarten team for arranging the trip and for our chaperones and families that made it possible! These smiles say it all!

Thank you to everyone who came out for Outdoor Movie Night! What an awesome evening! Shout out to the staff members who worked the event and to Scoop Dawg for making it even sweeter. Have a lovely weekend, South Jefferson! 💜💛🥳 Ms. Mahoney

Betheny Cooper was awarded a Positive Office Referral for making a positive and helpful choice in class. Super proud of you, Betheny, for using tools and strategies to help yourself and others! 🙌🏼

Congratulations to Noah Bohrer for his Positive Office Referral! Noah was awarded this for always being helpful and kind in class! What a positive role model you are for everyone, Noah! 💜

Congratulations to James North for his Positive Office Referral. He received this after cleaning up the classroom tables, to help his teacher and fellow students. What a nice and helpful gesture, James! 💜

We’ve reached the halfway mark of the first nine weeks! Please check your student’s grades on Canvas, and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact their teacher. Let’s work together to finish out this term strong!

These two superstars, Warren Labrecque and Annie Buhl, earned Positive Principal Referrals for cleaning up a friend’s spill in the cafeteria. They didn’t hesitate to offer assistance and we are super proud of them! What awesome role models! Thank you, Warren and Annie! 💜💛

Kindergarten trail fun at SJES!

Congratulations to Addelyn Clark, for receiving the first Positive Principal Referral for the 2024-2025 school year! Addelyn remembered to make sure her brother was on the bus at dismissal and, when he wasn’t, she spoke up and alerted the driver before departing the school. Well done, Addelyn! 🎉🥳 💜 (We teach this all the time. You’d be surprised how often it DOESN’T happen 😉)

Bus 1107 riders—-Transportation is sending bus 1572 to pick up your children. Thank you for your patience! Ms. Mahoney

We had a fantastic first day with our kindergarten students! So proud of them! 💜💛

We had an awesome first day of the 2024-2025 school year! Can't wait to welcome our new kindergarteners to SJES!

Good afternoon, new Kindergarten families! Letters with all the important details about kindergarten have been mailed! We are excited to meet you on August 19th! Soak in the last days of your summer together—-we’ll see you soon! 💜 Ms. Mahoney

🍎🌟 JCS offers teachers professional learning for classroom excellence! We're excited to share the success of our third annual Classroom Management Workshop! Our amazing educators engaged in interactive sessions over three days to boost their teaching strategies. This focus on continuous improvement gave them new tools and techniques to create even better and more supportive classrooms. The enthusiastic participation and positive feedback demonstrate just how impactful this workshop was in fostering educational excellence!

JCS IMPORTANT REMINDER: Rising 7th & 12th Graders must show proof of immunization of TDaP and MCV4 (Meningitis) vaccine. You can find more information and upload proof of immunization at jcswv.org/vaccine

Hello, everyone! I’m not trying to intrude on your summer (I promise!), but have received inquiries about school supplies, so I thought I’d send out a message, giving you “the intel” that you will need for the upcoming school year. First of all, welcome to our new families and “hello!” to our returning SJES families. We can’t wait to see you on August 19th! I am Keri Mahoney, the proud Principal of South Jefferson, and I’m excited about the 24-25 school year. I feel like this is going to be a fantastic year for all of us. I'm sure that you've noticed the stores are already stocking their shelves with beautiful and exciting school supplies....and this often brings about questions such as "what does my child need for school?" or "why aren't their supply lists available?", "what is 'loose leaf' paper???!", etc. For schools, there is always the art of balancing between not wanting to impose on our families to purchase school supplies and the teachers purchasing things for their classrooms out of their own money. What to do?? While we provide many of the school supplies that your child may need (crayons, scissors, pencils, etc), I asked the staff to share with me (so that I could pass it along to you) about what they'd love to have in their classrooms, if these items were donated by their parents or others in the community. I'm going to break it down by grade levels/classrooms, to make it easier to navigate. HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS POST: This is NOT necessary, nor is it mandatory. These items are shared with you in case you happen to be in the school supply aisle (and you're like me and love a good bargain and can never resist a Sharpie or a cool water bottle!?) or you just want to be helpful and actually purchase what the students will use in the classrooms... Kindergarten: The K teachers love water bottles for their students (Ms. Horne provides these for her class already), headphones (for use with devices—-please no earbuds or Bluetooth headphones), paper towels, tissues, dry erase markers, glue sticks, Clorox/antibacterial wipes and Crayola crayons. A change of clothes in a ziploc bag (socks, underwear, top and bottom), labeled with your child’s name, is always appreciated. First Grade: Glue sticks, scissors, tissues, headphones for devices, water bottles, Crayola crayons, black dry erase markers, Clorox/antibacterial wipes and a wide ruled composition notebook. A change of clothes in a ziploc bag (socks, underwear, top and bottom), labeled with your child’s name, is always appreciated. Second Grade: Wide-ruled composition notebooks, headphones for devices, pencils, tissues, glue sticks, Crayola crayons, dry erase markers, Clorox/antibacterial wipes and water bottles. Third Grade: Wide-ruled composition notebooks, wide ruled loose leaf paper, pencils, 3 pocket folders w/ prongs (one yellow, one purple and one blue), dry erase markers, highlighters, scissors, large pink erasers, pencil top erasers, Clorox/antibacterial wipes, water bottles and tissues. Fourth Grade: Dry erase markers, headphones, glue sticks, tissues,1 spiral notebook, pencil top erasers, pencils (Ticonderoga preferred), 4 color pack of highlighters, water bottles, box of colored pencils, box of markers, Clorox/antibacterial wipes and a 1 inch binder. Fifth Grade: Tissues, pencils, colored pencils, loose leaf wide-ruled paper, 2 composition wide ruled notebooks, 1 purple pocket folders , index cards, water bottle, black dry erase markers, headphones for device, Clorox/antibacterial wipes, one 1 inch 3-ring binder, pencil bag (not box, please). Library: Tissues PE: Tissues Music: Tissues, black dry erase markers Art: Tissues and glue sticks (We ask everyone to bring an old shirt for Art to protect clothing when using paint or other art products). When the teachers responded to my request, they didn't want to even make the request (or what they considered too large of one) because they didn't want to impose on you. But I can guarantee that they all know who has the best deals on paper or crayons right now (Walmart at 50 cents a box!), how many pink erasers you can get for $5 or how many composition notebooks you are allowed to buy at one time in Walmart or Target. I can also guarantee that there are some of them standing in lines, holding 20 notebooks, while they ask their friend/child/significant other/kind stranger to purchase 20 more in the next aisle over so that they can get the best deal and not exceed the store's limit. 😁 Again, NONE OF THIS IS REQUIRED. We will always make sure that our students have everything that they need to be successful. BUT, if you are interested in picking up a few items here and there, as you navigate through the rest of your summer days, and you want to make a teacher's wallet a little happier, this is a way that you can help. I hope that this list has been helpful and IF you made it this far in the longest post in the history of Facebook, Ms. Mahoney's supply list consists of Starbucks coffee. 😂 Have a wonderful day and we'll see you soon! 😁 Ms. Mahoney P.S. If you’re contemplating purchasing supplies, keep in mind that there is VERY LITTLE ROOM in desks. Bulky pencil boxes and unnecessary items are not worth the investment. Smelly glue or noisy toys, disguised as school supplies, are not needed. What IS worth the investment? Ticonderoga pencils. Crayola crayons. Expo markers. Yes, they may be brand names and more expensive, but they last longer and are good quality. They are worth it. P.S.S. After listening to over 20 metal water bottles hit the floor on a daily basis, trust me when I say that a water bottle that is NOT loud when it falls would be awesome. 😉 P.S.S.S. Sending in tissues and Clorox wipes during the year is ALWAYS a wonderful thing. We go through MANY of each.

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Last day of school + a bubble machine. 💛💜 They loved it. So did the Principal 😉