Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
We have our annual Curriculum Night tomorrow night from 6pm to 7pm. This is an evening where you get to come and learn about the different curriculum and assessments that your child will be doing throughout the school year. We do have childcare for children that are 5 years or older if you need it. Our enhancement team will have a movie for children in our gym.
And finally, I want to remind you that we have an Early Release day this Friday, September 27th. Our carpool and buses will be dismissed at 1:55pm. We do not have afterschool care this Friday or any of the early release days.
Voters will have the opportunity on November 5, 2024, to vote for a bond that could provide $120 million to JCPS and continue to improve the quality of education we offer our community.
It is imperative that all of our leadership and school stakeholders understand the projects that will be funded by this referendum.
Join us on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, @ 7:00 PM in the Selma Elementary School auditorium at 311 W Richardson St, Selma, NC.
We hope to see you there!
Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Johnston están en el proceso de seleccionar un calendario para los años escolares 2025-2026 y 2026-2027. 📅
Durante la reunión regular programada del 10 de septiembre, la Junta de Educación de JC recibió tres (3) opciones de calendario para cada año escolar y solicitó que cada una de las opciones de calendario esté disponible para su revisión y comentarios.
Revise las opciones del calendario, mire un breve video informativo, vea un cuadro comparativo de calendarios y complete el formulario de comentarios aquí: https://bit.ly/4enhKyO El formulario de comentarios estará disponible hasta el mediodía del lunes 23 de septiembre de 2024. ¡Esperamos tener noticias suyas!
It's the last chance to make your voice heard!
Johnston County Public Schools is in the process of selecting a calendar for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years. 📅
During the September 10, regular scheduled meeting the JC Board of Education received three (3) calendar options for each school year, and has requested that each of the calendar options be made available for your review and feedback.
Review the calendar options, watch a brief informative video, view a Calendar Comparison Chart, and complete the feedback form here: https://bit.ly/4enhKyO
The feedback form will be available until Noon today.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
We will be hosting this year's Curriculum Night next Tuesday, September 24th from 6pm to 7pm. You will be able to come and visit your child's teacher(s) and hear about the different curriculum and assessments that your child will be experiencing throughout this school year. The teachers will also be sharing how you can help your child at home throughout the school year to reach their academic goals. If you need to bring your child to the Curriculum Night because you do not have child care, our enhancement teachers will be able to supervise children that are kindergarten age and above in the gym- we will have a movie for them to watch.
This year TES is hosting a Color Run Fundraiser to help raise funds for all of the great resources and enhancements our school needs throughout the year.
Registration will open tomorrow, Sept. 20th. The campaign will run until our Color Run event on Oct. 4th. Students have the chance to earn prizes ranging from school swag bags, class parties and possibly even a hoverboard. An information packet will be coming home with steps on how to register your student, prize incentives and details on the final event. Parents are welcomed and encouraged to attend this fun event and to come cheer on their students while they and their class complete the Color Run.
Next Friday, September 27th is an early release day. Students will be dismissed for carpool and buses at 1:55pm. We do not have afterschool care on early release days as well. Next Friday is also our first caps/pajama bottoms for a cause day. Students can wear school appropriate hat or pajama bottoms with the donation of $1 that will go to a family in need in our community.
Thank you for your time and I hope you have a wonderful evening!
Want to know more about the proposed JCPS assignment plan?
We are hosting two Student Assignment Community Information sessions. The first session will be held on Monday, September 30, 2024, from 6-8 PM at Wilson's Mills Elementary. The second information session will be held on Wednesday, October 1, 2024, from 6-8 PM at Swift Creek Middle School.
Please note that all attendees will need to enter through the front entrance and proceed through the weapons detection system.
The Johnston County Board of Education believes in providing thorough and timely information to the citizens of Johnston County. Therefore, the Board is providing pertinent information and soliciting community input.
To view the proposed maps, visit: https://bit.ly/3MTMjQY
Voters will have the opportunity on November 5, 2024, to vote for a bond that could provide $120 million to JCPS and continue to improve the quality of education we offer our community.
It is imperative that all of our leadership and school stakeholders understand the projects that will be funded by this referendum.
Join us on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, @ 7:00 PM in the Selma Elementary School Auditorium at 311 W Richardson St, Selma, NC.
We hope to see you there!
Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Johnston están en el proceso de seleccionar un calendario para los años escolares 2025-2026 y 2026-2027. 📅
Durante la reunión regular programada del 10 de septiembre, la Junta de Educación de JC recibió tres (3) opciones de calendario para cada año escolar y solicitó que cada una de las opciones de calendario esté disponible para su revisión y comentarios.
Revise las opciones del calendario, mire un breve video informativo, vea un cuadro comparativo de calendarios y complete el formulario de comentarios aquí: https://bit.ly/4enhKyO
El formulario de comentarios estará disponible hasta el mediodía del lunes 23 de septiembre de 2024. ¡Esperamos tener noticias suyas!
Johnston County Public Schools is in the process of selecting a calendar for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years. 📅
During the September 10, regular scheduled meeting the JC Board of Education received three (3) calendar options for each school year and has requested that each of the calendar options be made available for your review and feedback.
To review the calendar options, watch a brief informative video, view a Calendar Comparison Chart, and complete the feedback form copy this link: https://bit.ly/4enhKyO
The feedback form will be available until Noon on Monday, September 23, 2024.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Recent data shows that JCPS performed extremely well during the 2023-2024 year, lowering the number of low performing schools to ONLY 1, making the district the largest district with the lowest percentage of low performing schools!
#GreatThingsAreHappeningInJCPS
Based on the current weather forecast, Johnston County Public Schools will continue normal operations on Monday, September 16, 2024. However, all after-school and evening campus activities and events have been canceled due to the forecast.
We understand that this decision will inconvenience many after-school events, however, student and staff safety is our primary concern.
It is our district’s goal to make our school communities as prepared as possible for emergency situations, including inclement weather. This decision has been made out of an abundance of caution, per the guidance of local and state emergency service officials.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we navigate this storm event. We encourage everyone to follow the guidance of local weather officials, and have a safe evening!
Good afternoon TES parents! Johnston County Schools has made the decision to cancel all after school activities. Due to this decision and the bad weather we are cancelling After School Care for today, September 16th. Please message your child's teacher and let them know how they will be going home today. I am so sorry for the change, we just want to make sure that all of our students and staff are safe.
Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Johnston están en el proceso de seleccionar un calendario para los años escolares 2025-2026 y 2026-2027. 📅
Durante la reunión regular programada del 10 de septiembre, la Junta de Educación de JC recibió tres (3) opciones de calendario para cada año escolar y solicitó que cada una de las opciones de calendario esté disponible para su revisión y comentarios.
Revise las opciones del calendario, mire un breve video informativo, vea un cuadro comparativo de calendarios y complete el formulario de comentarios aquí: https://bit.ly/4enhKyO
El formulario de comentarios estará disponible hasta el mediodía del lunes 23 de septiembre de 2024. ¡Esperamos tener noticias suyas!
Johnston County Public Schools is in the process of selecting a calendar for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years. 📅
During the September 10, regular scheduled meeting the JC Board of Education received three (3) calendar options for each school year, and has requested that each of the calendar options be made available for your review and feedback.
To review the calendar options, watch a brief informative video, view a Calendar Comparison Chart, and complete the feedback form copy this link: https://bit.ly/4enhKyO
The feedback form will be available until Noon on Monday, September 23, 2024.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
I am excited that Thanksgiving Elementary School has been recognized as being in the top 10% of all schools in North Carolina for student growth. Our school has been in the top 5% and top 10% of schools for growth each year we have been open. I am so proud of our students, staff, parents, and our community for all of their hard work and support for our school.
We have our fall picture day tomorrow, Friday, September 13th. All students will have their picture taken tomorrow. Information was sent home previously on how to order your pictures online, but you can also call our office if you need that information.
I am excited to announce that we will be having monthly celebrations for our students who follow our ROAM expectations and their classroom rules. We are calling these Buffalo Bashes and our first one will be on Friday, November 1st. Students will be eligible to participate in this celebration as long as they do not have any office referrals or minor referrals from today through October 31st.
Our VIP carpool raffle through our PTA is going on now through this Sunday, November 15th at midnight. You can purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win either morning VIP, afternoon VIP, or a golden ticket for VIP morning and afternoon. This is a way of skipping our carpool line for the winners of the raffle for the remainder of our first semester. Please visit our Thanksgiving Elementary School PTA Facebook page for details.
Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
Tomorrow is our first Thanksgiving Elementary School Spirit Day. We do this every first Friday of the month. Please wear your Thanksgiving Elementary School gear or clothes with our school colors- maroon and orange. Our PTA will have spirit sticks and stickers for sale. Spirit sticks will be on sale for buy 2, get 1 free; stickers will be 2 for $1; and Buffalo croc charms will be on sale for $5. Please come ready to show your school spirit tomorrow.
Have a wonderful evening!
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
I am excited that with all of our students now at school, we have been able to finish our carpool before 4:30pm both days. That being said, here are just a few reminders to help things go even fast and help get more cars off of Lynch Rd. We have approximately 70 more vehicles in our carpool than this time last year. Please pull as closely as you can to the vehicle in front of you in two-lane carpool access road. Thank you for being understanding and respectful to our volunteers helping to move cars off of Lynch Rd. Also, please make sure your student can fasten their seatbelt or pull into our parking lot to fasten seatbelts so we can move our lines as quickly as possible.
Also, only students are able to enter the building unless a parent has a meeting or is volunteering. All students need to be dropped off in carpool or unloaded from a bus. Please do not park and walk student to the cross-walk or to the front of the building, you must go through carpool.
Speaking of carpool, our PTA is having a VIP carpool raffle that will provide the winners the ability to skip the line. Information will be coming home this week and you can visit the Thanksgiving Elementary School PTA Facebook page for details.
Our Fall Picture day is on Friday, September 13th. These are the pictures that will be going into our yearbook and information on how to order will be coming home soon.
We have our annual Curriculum Night on Tuesday, September 24th from 6pm to 7pm. This is an evening that our teachers will be going into depth about the different curriculum, assessments, and activities your child will be interacting with throughout the school year. Please come out and join us!
If you need to change how your child will be going home, please email or send your child's teacher a Rooms message by 1pm that day. Teachers may not be able to check messages or emails late in the day while they are teaching and supervising students.
And finally, our 3rd grade students will be taking their Beginning of Grade assessments starting this Thursday, September 5th. This is part of the state's testing requirement so please make sure they get a good night's sleep the day before.
Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
Tomorrow is the day that all of our kindergarten will start school. Please be prepared for our carpool to run slower than the previous days, but that will only take a few days to get our time back to normal. Kindergarten parents, please remember that we have a Boo-Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast for you guys tomorrow in our cafeteria at 9am after you walk your child to the classroom.
Also, in regards to carpool please be aware that I will have one of our wonderful volunteers in our carpool lane helping to pull cars off of Lynch Rd. Tomorrow we will have over 400 cars in carpool and I am afraid we may get to Hwy 42, so he will move cars when he can to help and I just ask that you please be patient if he moves cars in front of you so we can help keep Lynch Rd. as clear as possible. Also, please make sure you have your carpool tag in your car, we will not accept pictures of cards on cell phones.
And finally, I wanted to remind you that next Monday, September 2nd is Labor Day Holiday and we do not have school for students.
Have a great evening!
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
Our first two days of school have been great. The students have done a tremendous job following instructions and working hard in the classrooms; I have been so proud of them!
Half of our kindergarten students will be coming to school tomorrow and the other half will be coming on Thursday; then all of them will start on Friday. We will allow our kindergarten parents only to walk students to classrooms the rest of this week. Only students in our 1st through 5th grades will be allowed in the building from now on unless you have a meeting or are volunteering. Please know that we will be adding a lot of cars to carpool with kindergarten starting, so please be patient. Carpool ran great today, but it will be slower until our kindergarten students learn the routine. To help with our carpool line, if you need to assist your child with buckling, please move your vehicle to one of the parking spaces in our parking lot. Getting out to buckle your child in our carpool lane will slow us down and I am trying to get all of the cars off of Lynch Rd. as quickly as possible. Also, with new kindergarten students riding the bus, please give a 10 to 15 minute grace time for pick up and drop off.
Thank you all for your support and helping to make the start of another school year a great one!
Welcome back to school!🍎
It's the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year! Today will be full of excitement and some nerves for everyone, but we know this will be an amazing year. Here's to new adventures in learning.
Have a great day! 😎
