JCS Families: There are bus delays today, Friday, October 25, 2024. Please check the status of your student's bus on the JCS Bus Tracker page: https://www.jcswv.org/page/bus-tracker. We appreciate your patience as we work to get all our students to school safely.
6th Graders in Mrs. Landsberger's Social Studies classes recently debated the value of inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution. Student groups ranked inventions such as planes, tanks, submarines and machine guns according to their value in a country's prosperity and defense. Students had to defend their rankings to other teams. They also examined pie graphs that collated all the teams rankings to form a class consensus. Great discussions, debates and evidence, Cardinals!
JCS Families: We anticipate transportation delays across the county due to law enforcement shutting down a portion of 340 due to a hazardous materials spill. WHS, HFMS, CWS, and BRC will be most impacted.
🎃 Join us for our 3rd Annual Sensory-Friendly Trunk-or-Treat! 🎃 With spooky season upon us, families with autism and sensory processing needs are invited to this fun, inclusive Trunk-or-Treat event on October 30, from 5-7 PM at Charles Town Middle School. Want to help make the evening extra special? Drop off peanut-free candy or wishlist items at the PERC office through October 30. Find the Amazon wishlist here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/DPSZGC6YGBMN?ref_=wl_share Your support is truly appreciated!
📱 Worried about your child’s screen time? Let’s talk solutions! Join us on Wednesday, October 30, from 5:30-7:30 pm at Driswood Elementary School to learn practical tips for managing screen time for your elementary-aged students. We’ll cover healthy screen habits, setting boundaries, and fun alternatives to help balance tech time! Presented in partnership with Access 304, this adults-only event will offer plenty of helpful tips for families. For more info, visit www.jcswv.org/screentime.
JCS Middle School Social Studies teachers spent Monday's Professional Development Day visiting Harpers Ferry National Park where a Ranger led a tour around Harpers Ferry. They learned about the various ranger led tours that are available to our students. Our Ms. Unger and Ms Landsberger took the" Harpers Ferry: A Place in History tour" - In this tour students explore 250 years of the American history experience as told through the Harpers Ferry story. Teams compete to decipher truth or an interactive game format while visiting significant history sites.
6th Grade Science students in Ms. Kessler's classes investigated the Food Chain and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem with a lab that involved looking and categorizing the bones found in the pellet droppings of owls. Undigestible bones of the prey owls eat remain in these pellets. By separating the bones from the rest of the pellets, the students could see which and how many types of prey animals the owl had eaten lately. Great work, Cardinals!
📢 Join the Hispanic/Latino Association of JCS this Friday, October 18, for an informative presentation! Families are invited to learn about Canvas, Rooms, attendance policies, and the JVA Program, plus information about HLA! Enjoy music, games, and refreshments. Food will also be available for a small donation. All ages are welcome!
Students in Mrs. Dudley's math class spent this week exploring the concept of slope and comparing the rate of change in differing representations. One activity involved finding representations around the room and finding and comparing slope. Another activity involved rolling dice to graph lines and comparing the rate of change of the line to another representation -- a table or an equation. Nice work, Cardinals!
Let's Go, Cardinals! Students at SMS showed their spirit today during a school- time football game. We had the choir, the band, the cheerleaders and the student body supporting our team. There was cheering and Kona ice and candy and camaraderie and FOOTBALL. Earlier in the day, the Pep Rally was filled with games and cheer! Cardinals - showing school spirit!!
8th graders in Ms Longnecker's Science room put their engineering skills to use by building pumpkins stands . The design focused on sustainability in construction while they learned about material properties, engineering design and the hypothesize, test, revise, retest cycle of the Scientific Method. The goal was a stand that could support a 2.5, 5, 10 and 15 pound pumpkin. Creative ideas abounded! Great job, Cardinals!
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!
Ms. MacKinnon's art classes are making low-relief sculptures in class this week. The classes are creating landscapes, cell depictions and more free flowing sculpture depending on grade level. They design, hot glue the relief structure, paint it black and then in oil pastels to complete the work. The results are beautiful and creative. Way to go, Cardinals!
Ms. Kessler's students used the Scientific Method in a Skittles experiment this week. They asked the question of which color was most common, researched and made a hypothesis. Then came the experiment where, working in pairs , they totaled colors and recorded the data. To analyze the results, they created bar graphs depicting the contents of their bags. Conclusions were then made. Well done, Cardinals!
Welcome back, Cardinals! We are so happy to have you back at our school. The theme of this year is "Gravity Can't Hold Us Down", and around the school are boards that will inspire us to live this theme! It is going to be a great year as we soar into infinity and beyond! Let's go, Cardinals!
🍎🌟 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
JCS Families: Reminder free physicals today at Harpers Ferry Middle School from 1:30 pm- 3:00 pm see attached flyer for more information.
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