Panther Prints
Weekly updates from West Jackson Elementary School
Week of April 15th
What's Happening This Week?
Monday, April 15th
Tuesday, April 16th
4th Grade Field Trip (Wahsega)
Wednesday, April 17th
4th Grade Field Trip (Wahsega)
Kindergarten Field Trip (Bear Hollow)
Thursday, April 18th
Kindergarten Field Trip (Bear Hollow)
Friday, April 19th
King of Pop fundraiser (at lunch)
Wear Blue
Students in grades 3-5 will be participating in the upcoming Georgia Milestones Assessment starting April 26th. Students in grades 3 and 4 will take the Math and English Language Arts Standards Assessment. Students in grade 5 will take the Math, English Language Arts and Science Standards Assessment.
Students in grades 3-5 will take part in a practice GMAS (Georgia Milestone Assessment System) experience. Parents, here is the practice site link.
Experience Online Testing GeorgiaLinks to an external site.
The Study-Resources Guides give students and parents a description of the Georgia Milestones Assessments, sample item types, rubrics, and exemplar responses. There are a variety of Student Resources on the Georgia Milestones Resources page that familiarize students with tools that they will have access to including formula and reference sheets.
More information will be coming home soon.
Literacy Unlocked
Looking for fun ways to get your child to read at home? Check out these fun activities! Interested in challenging your child, have them complete this 2o Book Challenge.
One of our teachers, Mrs. Knight, led a year-long, interdisciplinary unit called The Recess Project, as 3rd and 5th grade students helped design, collaborate and plan some exciting activities to spice up the playground, and we can now say the project is COMPLETE! We hope all of our WJES students enjoy the activities during their recess time for years to come! Great job to Mrs. Knight’s 5th grade students for making an imprint (literally) on our campus, which they can say they played a role in before they head off to middle school!
We have many people to thank who made this all possible! Thank you Ace Hardware for sponsoring the paint to help make this project possible! Thank you to our WJES PTO for providing funds to have a local artist, Paige Barton, paint the activities. Lastly, thank you to the volunteers who donated items, donated their time to leaf blow, as well as those who donated time to help paint! It wouldn’t have been possible without you all! Our WJES community is amazing!
It is school spirit time! Grab your favorite tattoos to show your school spirit! All tattoos are $1 each and proceeds will go to the P.E. department to buy equipment for new activities. Order forms will be coming home with your student on Monday. Please fill out the form and send it back in with money attached and we will send the tattoos home with them.
Thank you- Coach Aaron & Coach Hayes
Upcoming Events
We are so excited to announce Free Chapel Braselton’s Parents Night Out on April 19th from 6pm-9pm! This is an event where kiddos ages 0yrs-6th grade can be registered and dropped off at Free Chapel Braselton for an EPIC GAME NIGHT while you have the night off! At Parents night Out your child can expect Gaming trucks, Inflatables, FREE pizza, snacks, and so much more! And the best part is.. Parents Night Out is totally FREE! We can’t wait to see you there! “
REGISTER USING THE LINK BELOW
Just in time information
Infinite Campus New Families - ENGLISH.pdfInfinite Campus New Families - SPANISH.pdf
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 Remind 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 Remind app to be able to message teachers. If you are unable to use Remind at any time, please send your child's teacher an email.
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