Jefferson Elementary School

Our Jefferson Elementary students have field trips coming up in the next couple of weeks.

Kindergarten: Children's Museaum of Evansville - Wednesday, April 17.

First and Second Grade: Mesker Park Zoo - Tuesday, April 30.

Third Grade: Kentucky Wesleyan College - Thursday, April 18.

Fourth Grade: Murray State University - Friday, April 26th.

Fifth grade: Western Kentucky University - Tuesday, April 23.

Spring Break is March 27 - April 5. There will be no school on these days. Enjoy your break!

February 25 - March 1 will be read across America week. There will be a theme for each day:

25th: Crazy Sock Day

26th: Pajama Day

27th: Mismatch Day

28th: Jefferson Shirt Day

March 1st: Red and White and/or Hat Day

Monday, February 18th will be the make-up day for the snow day on January 16th. School will be in session on this day.

STEM Family Fun Night

On January 31, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Jefferson Elementary will hold a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Family Fun Night. The gymnasium will be filled with fun participation stations for students and families to visit, with an emphasis on STEM concepts. Free dinner will be provided for the families participating in the science activities.

Congratulations to our boys and girls Jefferson Heat Basketball teams. They won the division A championship this weekend. We are proud of the great teamwork and sportsmanship they exhibited all season long.

The cheerleading team had a great year as well. They won first place in the "Best Jumps" category. Thank you for all the hard work this year.

Winter MAP testing begins on Tuesday, November 27.

Rotary Field Day 2012

Congratulations to the Jefferson Elementary School Rotary Field Team. Jefferson brought home the spirit award for showing the most school spirit and a great attitude all day long. There were also a few individual event winners:

Boys 8-9 year old 60 yard dash –
1^st place Kale Gaither

Girls 8-9 year old Standing Long Jump –
5^th Place – Kyrisha Hay
2^nd place – Lauren Hubbard

Girls 10-12 standing long jump –
4^th place – Jaylin king

Boys 8-9 softball throw –
3^rd place – Kale Gaither

Girls 8-9 240 yard shuttle relay –
3^rd place – Lauren Hubbard, Kyrisha Hay, Aubrie Williams, Emma Joseph

School will be closed October 5th - 12th for Fall Break. Have a great week and get some rest.

Click on the links below for fun activities for your students this summer break.

Summer Fun 1

Summer Fun 2

Click here to take a Title 1 Program Parent involvement survey.

Renaissance Home Connect

Dear Parent or Guardian:

Your child uses a software program called Renaissance Place at school.
This program has a special feature called Renaissance Home Connect, which your child and you can access outside of school from any computer with an Internet connection.

Renaissance Home Connect is fun and easy to use.

It allows the teacher, you and your child to share information about your child's progress in Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math.

User Name: first name.last name
Password: lunch number

Click here for information on how to access Renaissance Home connect.

The students at Jefferson are starting a new fundraiser. This will be to collect money for new technology and playground equipment.

Click here to find out more.

Click Here for the full PTO Meeting schedule for the year.

Access to Math In Focus ONLINE for Parents

1. Go to the District Website www.henderson.kyschools.us

2. Click on Parents

3. Click on Math in Focus

4. Click on Math in Focus ONLINE TEXT

5. Enter state (KY)

6. Enter district (Henderson County School District)

7. Enter school (Jefferson Elementary School)

8. User Name (Student Name) first namelast name

9. Password—enter student’s last name and lunch number

Free online eBbooks for Kids: from Sylvan Dell Publishing. Contact your child's school library media specialist for the access code for your school.