What an amazing day celebrating our LiM students! 🎉❤️

Even with a rainy start, our staff quickly adjusted plans to make sure the fun never stopped. Students spent the day enjoying so many exciting activities including 🎨 coloring, 🏀 knockout, 🎯 bags, ☀️ yard games, 🎤 karaoke, 🤫 silent ball, ✂️ arts & crafts, 🎲 board games, and of course 🍦 ice cream and popcorn! Students also enjoyed watching The GOAT and Zootopia 2 during movie time. 🎬

Our students truly deserved this special day, and we loved celebrating all of their hard work and positive leadership! ❤️ #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Our 5th grade classes had a great time visiting the Children's Museum of Indianapolis! Thank you to all of our parents and guardians who helped chaperone and make this trip possible! #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Please help us congratulate our JES 6th Grade Student Leaders! #JeffersonCUSD1❤️💛
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Please help us congratulate our JES 6th Grade Student Leaders! #JeffersonCUSD1❤️💛
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Please help us congratulate our JES 5th Grade Student Leaders! #JeffersonCUSD1❤️💛
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Please help us congratulate our JES 4th Grade Student Leaders! #JeffersonCUSD1❤️💛
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo

🚤 Mrs. Snider’s science classes put their engineering skills to the test by researching and creating boats made out of foil to see how many pennies their boats could float before sinking! 🪙🔬 #JeffersonCUSD1

6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
We are so grateful for the support our PTA continues to show our school, staff, and students. Thank you for helping inspire a love of reading at JES! 📖✨

Because of their generosity, every JES student received a tour and a FREE book from our Scholastic Book Fair. That’s over 600 books given to our wonderful students to help encourage a love of reading both at school and at home! #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
USA Spirit Day at Jefferson Elementary! ❤️🤍💙 #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Our 6th grade students have been hard at work in art class painting their legacy rocks for the Jefferson rock garden! 🎨🪨 #JeffersonCUSD1❤️💛
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
5th grade art classes just completed a unit on sculpture and art museums. They looked at some famous artworks and picked 2 to recreate. They then built a sculpture in front of their artworks, creating an art museum corner. Pictured are the awesome artists. #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
We are excited to celebrate several of our JES staff members for being awarded the Excellence In Education Grant! 🎉

These grants will provide incredible opportunities and resources for our students and school community, including:
✨ A welcoming counseling space focused on comprehensive and inclusive student support
✨ Soundproofing materials for practice rooms to enhance learning and focus
✨ Adjustable desks and flexible seating options to better meet student needs
✨ Audiobooks paired with physical copies of books to strengthen literacy and accessibility
✨ Crafting projects and supplies that promote recreational skills, social interaction, creativity, and life skills
✨ Two volleyball carts and 30 Volley-Lite volleyballs to support PE classes and student activities

A big congratulations to our pictured staff members on this well-deserved accomplishment! #JeffersonCUSD1❤️💛
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Mrs. King’s class had a fun and tasty trip to Holey Moley! Students learned how donuts are made and even got to decorate their very own. Thank you to Holey Moley for such a sweet hands-on experience! 🍩 #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Mrs. Golden's class celebrated the end of the school year with jumps, flips, smiles and laughs at Phoenix Elite.  They refueled their energy with lunch at Casa Del Mar. #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
These seven Jefferson students read all 20 Bluestem nominees and celebrated with a pizza luncheon in the library. They also received Amazon gift cards to choose a book of their own for summer reading. We’re so proud of this group for going above and beyond! #JeffersonCUSD1
6 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Our 5th grade students had an amazing trip to the Lincoln Log Cabin!
Here are a few highlights from their trip, what a great way to bring history to life! 📸 #JeffersonCUSD1 #5thGradeAdventures #LearningBeyondTheClassroom
7 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
We were excited to welcome EIU Panther Service Day volunteers to the Jefferson Garden! 🌱🐾 #JeffersonCUSD1
7 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
A heartfelt thank you to Ashli for arranging the beautiful flower bouquets for our JES staff! 💐

Our staff gives so much of themselves each and every day to support, teach, and care for our students. It’s the little surprises like this that remind them how appreciated they truly are.

Your thoughtfulness helped brighten our building and bring smiles to so many faces. Thank you for helping us celebrate such an amazing group of people. We are so grateful! 🌸 #JeffersonCUSD1
7 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Our JES Career Day was a HUGE success, and it wouldn’t have been possible without our incredible volunteers from all across the community who took the time to come in and share what they do!

Our students truly enjoyed learning from each of you, asking questions, and getting a closer look at so many different careers. Experiences like this help open doors, spark curiosity, and inspire our students as they think about their future goals.

We are so thankful for your time, kindness, and willingness to invest in our students! #JeffersonCUSD1
7 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo
Our JES 6th grade students and staff gathered for a heartfelt and memorable moment as we revealed a special rock dedicated to Blaize Switzer. 💙

The rock stands as a symbol of love, remembrance, and the lasting impact Blaize had on our school community. Though he is no longer with us, his spirit continues to live on in the kindness, friendships, and memories shared by those who knew him. #JeffersonCUSD1
7 months ago, Ali Bartle-Castillo