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Weekly updates from West Jackson Elementary School
Week of August 18th

What's Happening This Week?

Monday, August 18th

Tuesday, August 19th

Wednesday, August 20th

Thursday, August 21st

Friday, August 22nd
JCHS Football Home at Jefferson (Beach Bash theme)

Coming Events

We will have our PBIS Kick Off on August 26th, this is for students only.

Club Information

🎉WJES 2025 Clubs Are Here! 🎉

Dear WJES Families,

It’s time to explore, create, and have fun — our 2025 WJES Clubs are here! From building robots to making music, there’s something for every child.

Sign-up Form Available: Friday, August 15th Club signup form
Deadline to Sign Up: Friday, August 22nd
Spots Are Limited — First Come, First Served!

Club sponsors will contact families to confirm placements once sign-ups are complete. Be ready to talk with your child about which club they’d love to join!

Club Offerings

Little Sprouts-Garden Club (1st & 2nd Grades) Planning, planting, tending, harvesting and cooking crops.
Fitness Club (3rd-5th ONLY) Boost strength, agility, and endurance through fun games, exercise, and teamwork activities.
STEM Scouts (1st & 2nd Grade) – Hands-on experiments, investigations, and STEM adventures.
Science Olympiad – Solve challenges, design projects, and compete in science competitions.
Robotics Club (3rd-5th Grade) – Coding + building robots to tackle exciting challenges.
Chorus (4th & 5th Grade) – Sing, harmonize, and perform in a fun, musical environment.
Dance Team – Learn routines, perform, and build confidence through dance.
Percussion Club (4th & 5th Grade)– Make rhythms come alive through fun drumming activities.
Multicultural Club (2nd–5th Grade) – Explore traditions, foods, and customs from around the world.
Art Club (3rd–5th Grade) – Create in-depth art projects using a variety of techniques.
TOME Society Reading Bowl (4th–5th Grade) – Join a competitive reading team and test your book knowledge.
Ukulele Club (3rd-5th Grade)– Learn to strum, sing, and jam with friends.
Good News Club (1st–5th Grade) – Fun games, Bible lessons, songs, and snacks

Beginning of the year Reminders

Attendance

Regular and punctual attendance is essential if students are to receive the maximum benefits from our instructional program. We love seeing your children at school, so please make an effort to be here ALL DAY, EVERY DAY! Our instructional day begins at 7:40 A.M. Any students who arrive after that time need to be accompanied to the office and signed in by a parent or guardian. School dismisses at 2:35 P.M.

Summer Reading Challenge

Returning families, we hope your students have enjoyed participating in our JCSS Summer Reading Challenge. Turn in your completed forms by August 11th to the media center or your teacher will deliver them for you. Students who participated in the summer reading challenge will have a fun prize very soon!

JCSS Student Handbook

Click HERE to view the JCSS Student Handbook.

Birthdays

Parents can bring a purchased sealed treat for your child's birthday. No balloons or flowers as these are not allowed on the bus. You can drop the special treat off at the front office, the teacher will distribute it at a time that works in the class schedule.

Meal Service

Visit Linq Connect to add money to your child's meal accounts or to complete the online application to for free or reduced-price meals.

At full price for the 2025-26 School Year:

Breakfast costs $1.50 in the elementary schools and $1.75 in the middle and high schools.
Lunch costs $2.25 in the elementary schools and $2.75 in the middle and high schools.

Coming Soon information about lunch visitors!

Transportation Reminders

Bus Rider Info 🚍

Questions about morning or afternoon transportation, visit our county transportation website HERE.

Morning Car Riders All Students

Morning car rider starts at 7:00 on the side of the building. Have your student ready to exit the car, please stay in your car and put your car in park. Students that are not in the car by 7:40 are marked tardy. Allow plenty of time for your child to enter the building, get breakfast, and get to class-arrive before 7:25 to avoid traffic.

Afternoon Car Riders All Students

Please follow the red arrow making only a right turn into the school from E. Jefferson.

As a reminder, please stay in your car. If you need additional time to get children buckled properly, pull over to the Fire Lane out of the flow of traffic.

Infinite Campus and Parent Square

It is VERY IMPORTANT for all families to set up an Infinite Campus Parent Portal Account. Click HERE to set up your child's account. This account allows you to receive important school messages through the Parent Square app, see student grades and attendance. If you have trouble with this process, email Mrs. West (rebecca.west@jcss.us). After a parent portal account has been activated, please allow 24 hours for the information to sync with the Parent Square app to be able to message teachers. If you are unable to use Parent Square at any time, please send your child's teacher an email.

Infinite Campus New Families - ENGLISH.pdf

Infinite Campus New Families - SPANISH.pdf

PBIS

Parents, as a PBIS school, we strive to create a positive learning environment for all our students and staff. We utilize a schoolwide approach to teach, model, and reinforce positive behaviors, actions, and words. Here at WJES, we use the PAWS framework: Pride, Attitude, Work, and Safety. Through classroom lessons, videos, and activities, we explain what Pride, Attitude, Work, and Safety should look and sound like throughout our school building. Our PAWS matrix is displayed around the school and in classrooms. Why PBIS? Why PAWS? They help provide clear expectations for our students, establish a common language for everyone, and foster a positive school culture.

Every day, our students are recognized for demonstrating PAWS in the hallways, classrooms, lunchroom, playground, and even on the bus! Student recognition can be verbal, visual, or tangible. Students may be recognized through verbal praise, a high five, DOJO/PBIS points or tickets, student of the month awards, Mindset student of the month awards, or even with a gold coin for the book vending machine.

Always Learning and Growing!

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