Wrapping up back-to-school shopping this weekend? Consider including a few items for the JCS Stuff-a-Bus school supply drive! Volunteers from the JCS Transportation Department will be on hand throughout the next week to collect donations of backpacks, crayons, pens and pencils, lunch boxes, notebooks, and other necessary school supplies. Special thanks to City National Bank for being our community partner in this annual event to serve JCS families in need!
Here's the schedule for dropoff locations and times:
🚌 City National Bank at The Potomac Marketplace (Ranson location) on Saturday, August 19 from 8 a.m. - Noon, and 🚌 The Jefferson County Fair, weekdays, August 21-25 from 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, August 15 from 12-4 p.m.
Join the JCS Parent and Educator Resources Center (PERC) and Department of Special Programs this Saturday, August 19, for a day of fun and learning with our local first responders! Meet Jefferson County firefighters and police officers, explore their vehicles, participate in fire safety games, and more at this family-friendly event. Families can also access important resources like missing children packets and fire safety information. Plus, enjoy a DJ and food trucks! It's all happening from 9 a.m. - Noon tomorrow at Sam Michaels Park. Learn more about JCS PERC and its resources here 👉 https://www.jcswv.org/page/parent-and-educator-resources.
We're excited to welcome 12 new international teachers to JCS as we continue preparations for the upcoming school year! Current international staff members were on-hand to greet and assist with the orientation of these new educators, who hail from Jamaica, Zimbabwe, and the Philippines through our partnership with Educational Partners International. Welcome to JCS!
We can't wait to welcome students back to school next Monday, August 21! Did you know you can visit www.jcswv.org/myschoolbus to learn your student's bus information and access required transportation forms? And our dedicated bus operators and aides will contact JCS families throughout the week to answer your transportation-related questions and ease those first-day-of-school jitters!
Today we welcomed back JCS teachers and service personnel to kick off the 2023-24 school year! Buses start rolling for students next Monday, August 21. We can't wait to see you then!
🎉JCS is excited to welcome more than 60 new educators for the 2023-24 school year! We're having so much fun at New Teacher Orientation this week and can't wait to see students on August 21 for a brand new year! 🤩
Kindergarten Orientation Day August 21, 2023
Kindergarten students with last names that begin with A-M are invited to attend orientation at 10:30 AM.
Kindergarten students with last names N-Z are invited to attend orientation at 1:30 PM
Back to School Meet the Teacher Night!
Please arrive at the start time to your grade level presentation. Presentations begin at the start time designated for each grade level.
1st/4th Grades' Presentation-4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
3rd/5th Grades' Presentations-5:10 PM to 5:40 PM
2nd Grade's Presentations/Kindergarten Parent Tour 5:50PM-6:20 PM
We had an amazing field day today! Thank you to the JHS volunteers who supported our activities through volunteering!
We are so proud of the Class of 2023! It was wonderful to celebrate Driswood Elementary's first kindergarten class on Monday. You will do amazing things!!
Congratulations to our first kindergarten class as they graduate from high school this week! Way to go class of 2023!
Today is National School Nurse Day! We're proud to recognize the dedicated school nurses who make a difference in the lives of our students by protecting and promoting their health and advancing their academic success. Thank you for all you do!
Thank you to the Jefferson High School FFA students for sharing their farm animals with DES students on Farm Day!
Congratulations to Angela Wyatt and Carmen Taughinbaugh on being named Driswood Elementary's Teacher of the Year and Service Person of the Year! We were happy to celebrate and honor Ms. Wyatt and Ms. Taughinbaugh at the annual JCS recognition dinner on April 26.
March 30, 2023: Local law enforcement responded to Driswood Elementary School in response to a wayward 911 call. There is NO DANGER to students or staff. It is our practice to alert you anytime there is a police presence on our campus. We are grateful for our partnership with law enforcement in keeping our school safe.
Thanks to Steve Heaton from the U.S. Military, Cody Barret with the WV State Police, and Chief Vinson with the U.S. Coast Guard for helping Mrs. Wills' Kindergarten class celebrate Career Day!
March 10, 2023: Due to the anticipated timing of inclement weather, all Jefferson County Schools and Offices will be closed today. Students will return on Tuesday, March 14, following Monday's staff development day. Thank you.
🎶 Congratulations to Charlotte Nichols and Lyla Rose McGuire on being selected to represent JCS at this year's WV All-State Children's Chorus! They spent several months learning nine musical selections for the event - three of which were in a foreign language! Then they joined fellow JCS students in traveling to Charleston this weekend to showcase their talent with other West Virginia choral students. Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3T2TBUR 🎵
All of us at Driswood Elementary School work hard to support our students and their families. It's important to us that we know how you feel and what you need, so we invite you to take the WV Learning Environment Survey! Just visit our website at https://www.jcswv.org/dessurvey and follow the instructions. Thank you for partnering with us!
Congratulations to our own Janet Harner! Janet received West Virginia's first-ever West Virginia Executive Secretary of the Year Award, which was also named in her honor! We are all excited to see this well-deserved recognition for Janet's decades of dedicated service. You can read more about the award and the impact of Janet's career here https://www.jcswv.org/article/1026064.
