Awards Day Dates and Times

Wednesday, January 22

3rd Grade 9:00

5th Grade 12:30

Thursday, January 23

2nd Grade 9:00

Kindergarten 1:00

Friday, January 24

4th Grade 9:00

1st Grade 12:30

The PTO will be sponsoring the Daddy Daughter Dance on the evening of February 7, 2020 from 5:30-7:00. Please watch for the flyers to come home next week to purchase your tickets and photo package in advance.

"Put Your Heart in It" Jackson School 

Get Ready!  Kids Heart Challenge kickoff assembly is happening Friday, January 17th. 3rd, 4th, and 5th at 12:45.   K, 1st, and 2nd at 1:30.  The Kids Heart Challenge event is happening February 10th through the 14th.  We are excited to learn about heart health, have FUN, and SAVE lives!   Sign up today so you don't miss out!  heart.org/kidsheartchallenge join Jackson School.  

Golden Apple Award

The Golden Apple Award is an award that teachers and staff give to recognize and honor their peers for a job well-done.  The January Award recipients are Kiara Wilson, 5th Grade Teacher and Ms. Eric Martin, Cafeteria Assistant, Congratulations and we honor you for always going the “Extra Mile.”

 Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Ms. Betsy Horton for being Jackson School's Teacher of the Year for 2020!  She is the Reading Coach. 

2019-2020 Reading Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Ms. Nicole Hart, 2nd Grade Teacher, who will represent Jackson School as the Reading Teacher of the Year for 2019-2020.

Delayed Start Wednesdays:

Beginning August 21, 2019, KCSD will have their first delayed start for the 2019-2020 school year.

The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) is implementing a delayed start schedule on Wednesdays to provide additional professional development time for teachers without disrupting families’ schedules.

Bus routes, car rider lines and breakfast times will not be changed. Students can arrive at the normal start time or choose to come at the delayed start time, which will generally be 30 minutes later. Students who arrive on time will be supervised by adults and able to participate in learning activities.

Delayed start Wednesdays allow teachers to evaluate data and collaborate on lessons on a consistent schedule.  As we develop our Professional Learning Communities, this weekly time will allow us to be more effective in improving our students’ academic achievement.

Instruction will begin at 8:10 am and students will be tardy at 8:10 am on Delay Start Wednesdays.

Habit 5 — Seek First to Understand and Then to be Understood

Seek First to Understand and Then to be Understood means that it is better to listen first and then talk second.  Listening is a skill and we must teach children how to listen.  Have children practice listening without interrupting.  They can also practice listening with their eyes, ears, and heart.  Simply put, we have two ears and one mouth, so we can spend more time listening with the intent to understand.  Activities to do at home: Often times body language can be even more important than words. Play a game with your kids, where you both try to guess the others emotion (happy, sad, angry, bored, frustrated) without using any words, only body language.  Then discuss how some body language may make you feel.  This is a good way to spark some conversation with your children about the habits and how we should always seek first to understand and then to be understood.  

Relay for Life Events for 2019-2020

Goal: $1,000

October 

18 - Hat Day $1 

Oct. 28-Nov. 1 - STAFF JEAN WEEK $5 

November 

1-22 - Emoji Keychains $5 

15 - Pajama Day $1 

January 

31 - Pajama Day $1 

March 

2-6 - STAFF JEAN WEEK $5 

13 - Hat Day 

Please send all money to Ms. McLeod in ROOM D110! 

All money needs to be sent in a ziploc bag, labeled with the Teacher’s name.