It was indeed a celebration 🎉 today!!! CONGRATULATIONS to our TOP Designee TIA Teachers at Jones: Mrs. Emilee Kubara, Mrs. Shelby Beasley, Mrs. Amber Jackson, Ms. Jade Perry, and Mrs. Sebria Mitchell. 💙💛💙💛
All teachers were awarded the TIA (Teacher Inventive Allotment) as EXEMPLARY or RECOGNIZED teachers with the opportunities to earn up to an additional $20,000 to their salaries!
Thanks for your hard work and dedication to our Jaguars!!!
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Today we celebrate the book "The Day the Crayons Quit" by wearing our favorite color head to toe! Our Book Fair Grand opening will be at 7:30. See you soon!
Tomorrow is the first day for our book fair. We will be open from 7:30-8:00 in the morning for any parents who would like to come shop with their child at drop off.
We would also like to help you upcycle your plastic grocery bags! Please send any bag donations with your child to the library or drop off at the front office. Thank you!
Help your child shop the book fair without needing to send cash to the school with scholastic e-wallet! Every student who has an e-wallet set up for them will be entered into our raffle for a $25 Scholastic Gift Card to spend at our book fair! Get started at bit.ly/ewallet2023.
Our spring book fair is HERE and we have lots of opportunities for families to shop with their Jones Jaguar!
We are open M-F at drop-off for shopping with parents from 7:30-8:00. We will be open late Thursday for after work shopping until 5:30.
Special Events:
Pastries with Parents: Tues., March 7th from 7:30-8:00
Grandfriends Dessert: Following all lunches on Wed. March 8th
Donuts with Grownups: Thurs., March 9th from 7:30-8:00
Character Parade/Family Literacy Day: Friday, March 10th, kicks off at 8:45
Join us for the fun!
Jones Jaguars had an amazing opportunity today to hear about a variety of career opportunities at our Career Day! A big shout out to all of our community partners that shared about their careers and to our wonderful counselor, Ms. D'Andrea, for organizing it all.
Jones Jaguars will get to "Spring Into Reading" during March 6-10th at our spring book fair. Teachers enjoyed a sneak peek on Wednesday at our staff preview event! 🌷
It's WICOR Wednesday!! WICOR stands for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading and these teachers have been rocking their classrooms with these awesome AVID strategies. 🙌🏻
Special thanks to Prophetic Prayze from College Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Thanks for being a part of our Black History Program: Change Sings!
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TELPAS testing starts this week! Jones Elementary will be a CLOSED campus this week due to state testing!
Today, Jones Jaguars are wearing red, green, and/or black to represent the Pan-African flag colors in honor of our Black History celebrations! 💚♥️🖤🐆
Student and teacher performances, special guests, and a live museum. Thanks to all that participating and supported our Black History Program: Change Sings... it was a huge success!!! 🐆🖤❤️💚💛🐆
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Look at our 4th grade LEADERS! They were selected for their AVID three-column notes and Leader in Me Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.💛💙 Congratulations Jaguars!
Jones celebrated "HBC You" spirit day and 4th grade shared their Black History quilt at Morning Meeting. 🖤💛💙 Two more days left in Black History Spirit Week!
Leaders in 3rd grade were selected for their AVID three-column notes and Leader in Me Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.💛💙 Congratulations Jaguars!
A giant THANK YOU to Dr. Johnita Ward who came to inspire the Jaguars at Morning Meeting as we celebrate Black History Month! The students cheered, "Just Keep Going" as she shared the story of how her father inspired and encouraged her throughout her life! 🖤💙💛
You're never too young to be a leader at Jones! 💛💙These kindergartener Jaguars were chosen for their leadership and AVID organization! 💙💛
Congratulations to these Fantastic 1st grader leaders who were awarded Prize Patrol for Leader In Me and AVID note taking skills! We are so proud of you! 💙💛
Congratulations to these terrific 2nd grader leaders who were awarded Prize Patrol for Leader In Me and AVID note taking skills! We are so proud of you! 💙💛
💙💛Here are our fabulous 5th grade leaders who were awarded Prize Patrol for Leader In Me and AVID note taking skills! We are so proud of you! 💙💛
