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Weekly updates from West Jackson Elementary School
Week of March 2nd
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Lost and Found will be on the porch this weekend and donated on March 4th.
What's Happening This Week?
What's Happening This Week?
Monday, March 2nd
Read Across America Week, "Reading rocks my socks"
Tuesday, March 3rd
Tuesday folders come home
Read Across America Week, Take it outside to read
Chick Fil A Spirit Day, Hwy. 53
Wednesday, March 4th
Read Across America Week, "Team up for a good book" (spirit wear)
3rd Grade Field Trip-Gold Mine
Thursday, March 5th
3rd Grade Gold Mine Field Trip
Read Across America Week, "Vocabulary Parade"
(dress up as your favorite word)
Friday, March 6th
Read Across America Week, "Reading takes you places"
(wear a souvenir shirt from a vacation or a place you'd like to visit.)
Coming Events🗓️
Cycling is an equalizing sport—all kids can ride a bike—and Trail Rangers is a low-cost, confidence-building spring activity that kids truly love.
Registration deadline: March 1st
Meal Service
Meal Service
Having lunch with your child? Please bring exact amount cash or a check. $5 for adult lunch. We are unable to process credit cards or give change. THANKS!
Mark your calendars! The Athens Rock Lobsters are hosting 4 JCSS Foundation nights! A portion of every ticket sold will be donated back to the Foundation to support staff grants and student scholarships! Tickets are on sale now! Visit www.jcssfoundation.org/upcomingevents.
We are thrilled to announce all JCSS schools are adopting the Raptor Safe mobile application as part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing school safety, while streamlining visitor management check-in at our schools. The Raptor Safe app builds upon existing visitor procedures, offering a more convenient and secure check-in process for visitors.
What is the Raptor Safe App?
The Raptor Safe app offers a convenient and secure way for visitors to manage and verify their identity before arriving at a school. With the Raptor Passport feature, visitors can pre-verify their identity, allowing for a seamless sign-in process when they arrive on campus.
How Does It Work?
When visiting a school, visitors can use their secure QR code generated by the app to expedite the check-in process. QR codes automatically regenerate every 5 minutes to ensure security and prevent misuse.
Getting Started
⭐Student Success Spotlight💡
Hello Parents!
This month we have finished our safety lessons talking about Bullying & Digital Dangers.
We have encouraged students if they see someone being mean to another student to be an upstander & tell a safe adult.
We have also encouraged students to use the golden rule: if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all!
Please talk with your student at home about the importance of being kind and uplifting others!
PTO NEWS📰
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.pdfInfinite Campus New Families - SPANISH.pdf
7 Mindsets Nominees🔦
STEAM in MOTION⚙️
On Thursday, February 26, 2026, our 5th graders met with JCSS Custodial Supervisor Mr. Jason Shiver, JCSS Director of Facilities and Planning Mr. David Farmer, and our very own WJES Lead Custodian, Mrs. Patricia Gerald, to learn how they decide which cleaning products and tools are used to help keep our school and JCSS clean.
Students also learned how to properly wipe down a table and how they can partner with our amazing custodial staff to keep our school looking its best. It was a wonderful in-house field trip that supported students during the investigation stage of their yearlong PBL!
Untitled design (1).mp4PBIS🛡️
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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