Students at JELV building their independence and math skills through math centers!
Did someone say FUNctional learning?! Mrs. Groves’s and Mrs. Martin’s students enjoyed a CBI trip to Walmart to accompany their Personal Hygiene lesson in the classroom. Our amazing district related service providers joined in on the fun to help facilitate learning!
Senior English teachers from East and West Jessamine High Schools working hard to create grade level learning intentions! Great work!
Students created classroom mission statements for each period of Mr. Ditzenberger's 8th grade language arts classes at West Jessamine Middle School.
Students in Mrs. Burton's social studies class at West Middle digging into texts to provide evidence in their writing!
Ms. Kesten and Ms. Hobbs have a great PLC where instruction is planned using HQIRs and summative assessments that detail success criteria for learning.
EJMS's Ms. Wanda is a cafeteria superstar who has been nourishing JCS students' hearts and bodies for 47 years! After nearly five decades of dedication, love, and countless meals served with a smile, she's still passionate about feeding our future and that makes us so happy!
Ms. Whipple helps her students understand their mastery level by providing a checklist of success criteria for a standard.
Thanks JELV for recognizing JCS Transportation's Mario Ross for going above and beyond to help their school and students. We are proud to have him as part of our Transportation team!
Mr. Newton’s diesel tech students are working hard this semester!
Second year students are rebuilding engines in a shop simulation. Each engine has a Forman, parts rep, and tool rep. They are communicating with each other and other groups for engine torque specs and engine building techniques.
First year students have begun pre-trip and preventive maintenance inspections, as well as learning about tire maintenance. Way to go! 🛞
Mr. Pitney's students applied formulas for surface area and volume... to their entire project! Great job utilizing non-linguistic representations and cooperative learning to engage your students, Mr. Pitney!
Our East and West High marching bands had a great start to their seasons this past weekend!
In Mrs. Napier’s health science class, they are studying the integumentary system and did a lab activity last week to simulate a skin wound! 🩹
Students were tasked to develop their own case study of a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th degree burn. They created the burn out of glue, toilet paper, gasoline, paint, powder make-up and popsicle stick. Students then presented their case study with details on the type of injury, and how to prevent the injury!
They also reviewed the importance of fire safety and burn prevention by educating students on checking for working smoke detectors in their home 🧯
Scroll to the end if you have a strong stomach - these students did a great job making them look REAL! Good job!
Congrats to Paul Rodrigues, nominated by Eli Cox for the Extra Yard Teacher recognition! Both were featured on the SEC channel this weekend. Go Colts...Go Cats!
Custodial Services, Taking Care of Business!
EJMS teachers engage in a collaborative debrief after a restorative circle, reflecting on strategies to support student behavior and foster a positive classroom environment. Great work Hilltoppers Team!
Our district arts teachers worked hard on growth, collaboration, and content area PLCs. It's going to be a great year!
District CRAs developing team missions to guide their collaborative work.
Mr. Ditzenberger is a model for his use of the Instructional Framework to keep students engaged and learning how to breakdown the themes in poetry.
Impressive PLC Meeting at Brookside - intentionally focused on triangulating multiple fall sources of data to assign groups to maximize stretch growth for all students! #BESPLC
