New teachers at JCS By: Haley Patrick & Ashley Burton There are two new teachers at JCS this year. First, there is Mrs. Lisa Riley who is teaching 2nd grade. She is originally from Breathitt County, where she still lives with her husband and two children. She attended BHS and then went to Morehead State [...]
The Very Worst Thing, a documentary film about the worst school bus crash in U.S. history, will be screened at the Jackson City Schools’ J.B. Goff Gymnasium on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the Jackson City School office, or by contacting Superintendent Tim Spencer at [...]
JHS Senior Spotlight This week’s JHS Senior Spotlight is focused on Briana Cundiff. Briana is the 17-year-old daughter of Earl and Deborah Cundiff. She has attended JCS for nine years. While at JCS, Briana has participated in Girl Scouts and HOSA. She has also received a “CATS” Award. In her [...]
Santa Letter from Mrs. Grethel Jones’ JCS Preschool Class Dear Santa, I would like a robot dinosaur and a Batman cave. I will leave you and your reindeer cookies and water. Dysonn C. Dear Santa, Please bring me two bunny hops. Bring Mamaw a bunny hop too. Bring Papaw a bunny hop. I’ll leave you [...]
JCS holds annual holiday bazaar with new tradition / By: Cara Gabbard On Wednesday, December 2nd, Jackson City School held its annual holiday bazaar. Here, booths were set up by guests both local and those that traveled. Each booth held artfully crafted displays for Christmas sale. Perfect gifts, from handmade jewelry [...]
Kindergarten Corner / By: Brooke Gross This week, Mrs. Noble’s and Mrs. Hollan’s kindergarten classes prepared for the annual holiday bazaar talent show. All week they learned songs to sing and practiced them. At the talent show, they sung “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” and “Rudolph the [...]
Seven finalists for Gear Up Scholarship at JCS / By: Abby Caudill Jackson City School has seven finalists for the Gear Up Scholarship. These students are: Alexandra Herald, Justin Stacy, Kathy Henson, Hope Hensley, Jacob Haddix, Ryan Lovins, and Amanda Barnett. The scholarship is awarded to 500 students in Kentucky. [...]
Martha Yount visits JCS 21st CCLC By: Meredith Yount The Jackson City School 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Afterschool program was visited by Martha Yount, the Family and Consumer Science Agent at the Breathitt County Extension Office. During her visit, the students participated in four Thanksgiving-themed stations. For one station, Martha [...]
JHS Senior Spotlight This week’s JHS Senior Spotlight is focused on Rickey Douglas Barnett. Rickey is the 17-year-old son of Veronica Jean and Rickey E. Barnett. He has attended JCS for eight years. While at JCS, Rickey has participated in the yearbook staff, band, NHS, and Y-Club. He has received [...]
Mr. Sewell’s U.S History class project / By: Kendra Tolson On November 9th, Mr. Sewell’s class completed a history project in which they dressed up as different characters in history that they’ve been studying. For this project they had to pick one person that they’d been studying and research information, such as where they [...]