JCS School News (1) »

JCS School News (1)

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 [...]

JCS School News (2) »

JCS School News (2)

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 [...]

Lucy Spicer retires from JCS »

Lucy Spicer retires from JCS

Lucy Spicer retires from JCS / By: Meredith Yount     A retirement party was held at JCS last week for Lucy Spicer who just retired after almost 14 years of work at Jackson City School.    Everyone at JCS knew her as “Ms. Lucy.”    Ms. Lucy worked at Jackson from September 1st, 1995 until June 30th, [...]

Jackson School News 11-9-09 (Part 1) »

Jackson School News 11-9-09 (Part 1)

Zombie fever taking over JCS! By: Cara Gabbard        As mentioned earlier, auditions for the Holiday Bazaar Talent Show were held last week, including auditions for a “Thriller” re-enactment.    Another practice session was held Thursday, November 4th, from 3:00 until 5:00 for this reenactment.    Although the turnout for practice did not include everyone who [...]

Jackson School News 11-9-09 (Part 2) »

Jackson School News 11-9-09 (Part 2)

Jones receives Pinnacle Award By: Abby Caudill     JCS Senior Tabitha Jones was honored recently by Berea College for her accomplishments in the field of science.    This month, Tabitha received the 2009 Berea College Pinnacle Scholars Award of Excellence.    This honor commemorates students’ accomplishments and dedication in the fields of science, music, or service. [...]

Jackson City School News Part 1 »

Jackson City School News Part 1

JCS students learn about census / By: Amanda Barnett    This week at JCS, students learned about the census.    Andi Sloas, Regional Representative for the National Consensus Bureau, Visited Mr. Sewell’s political science class and Mrs. Roark’s ISS class.    Mrs. Sloas talked to students about what a census is and informed them about changes [...]

Jackson City School News Part 2 »

Jackson City School News Part 2

Kindergarten Corner By: Brooke Gross     This week, Mrs. Noble’s and Mrs. Hollan’s kindergarten classes have been studying the letter “R.”    They made their own race cars for their annual race day in the gym.   The Winners of the day were as follows: Fastest Cars 1st place: Johny Sierra 2nd place: Brian Hurt 3rd [...]

Jackson City School News »

Jackson City School News

JCS 21st CCLC hosts fall camp   The 21st CCLC had a great fall camp while Jackson City School was on fall break.    On Tuesday, October 6th, the students were taken to The Two Sisters Pumpkin Patch where they got to take a hayride, go through a corn maze, enjoy the petting zoo, and at [...]

Jackson Independent Preschool Teachers visit Preschool Classroom of Excellence in Berea, KY »

Jackson Independent Preschool Teachers visit Preschool Classroom of Excellence in Berea, KY

Jackson Independent School preschool teachers Grethel Jones and Stephanie Minix along with Breathitt Child Development Center preschool teacher Brenda Finley pose with preschool teachers Amber Colliver and her teaching assistant Lori Becknell at the Preschool Classroom of Excellence at Silver Creek School in Berea, Kentucky.  Grethel, Stephanie and Brenda also visited the Burrier Preschool Practicum [...]

Jackson City School News 9-14-09 »

Jackson City School News 9-14-09

Kindergarten Corner By: Brooke Gross     This week Mrs. Hollan’s and Mrs. Noble’s classes studied the letter “P.”   Mrs. Hollan’s class read “The Map” about a treasure map.   Mrs.  Noble’s class had a literacy learning center where Mrs. Little’s 3rd grade class came in and helped at each center.   The classes have also been learning [...]

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