Jackson News

We had a great, short week at Jackson School! Our students were working hard in their classrooms and enjoying their learning.

We are off to a great start to 2022 at Jackson School. Our classrooms have been filled with learning throughout this week.  

3rd graders are writing informational books about a country they have researched! As a class, they reflected on a model from a previous student to determine what should be included on their introduction page.

We were so happy to welcome our students back to Jackson School this week! Our staff and students spent our two days this week reconnecting as classroom communities.

Next week brings the last three school days of the 2021 calendar year! While we will continue to focus on learning next week, these days also provide us with time to celebrate and have fun as a school community! Our classrooms will have winter parties and our fifth graders will put on their annual talent show for their peers. We are grateful to have so much to celebrate this year! 

Second graders research animals and get feedback from their teachers as they finish researching and begin drafting!

On Thursday, December 9, 2021, parents and neighbors were invited to attend a meeting regarding our proposed designs for Jackson Elementary School. The proposed project includes the addition of a library media center, hallway improvements and ventilation upgrades. The video recording of that meeting can be found here.

Our classrooms are busy with learning as students begin researching for their informational writing. For example, our second graders are researching two animals to write their own “Who Would Win” book. Our fourth graders have chosen important people to research while fifth graders research important inventions or events. Students are applying their knowledge of reading informational texts to create similar texts as writers. 

It is hard to believe that this week we welcomed the month of December and have thirteen days of school before winter break!  In classrooms, our students are working in informational texts as readers and writers. They are examining what strategies author’s use to share information so that they can use those same strategies as they write their own informational writing pieces. Our fourth and fifth grade students are bringing research into their writing process by finding information about their topic. Our staff and students are working hard to make these thirteen days meaningful and fun. 

To celebrate our community, the Student Council will be hosting spirit days starting next week. We will send information at the start of next week!

We look forward to seeing many of our Jackson families at conferences Monday night and Tuesday evening. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate your child’s growth and set goals for the upcoming trimester. Our staff values our partnership with you and is grateful for the support and dedication of our families. We are very thankful to have a community that values education and the home-school partnership. 

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving this coming week with your families and friends.