Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue,
We need paper,
Can we count on you?
Valentine Paper Drive
- February 1st-14th
- Support student learning and creativity at J.I.E.S.
- We ask families to donate and send in 1 ream of computer/copy paper.
- The grade level that collects the most reams of paper by February 14th will receive a special prize!
- We appreciate your support!
Paper Drive_1.docx
Hot off the presses!! Check out the January JIES Newsletter - The Beacon Buzz!!
JIES NewsletterJanuary2012.pub
Coming Soon! Seuss Week
February 27th - March 2nd
Are
you READING for Dr. Seuss! We are counting down the days until
Seuss Week with a Reading Challenge! The challenge runs from Friday, January 27th - Friday, February 24th! All students are invited to
participate. Simply write down the books and how many minutes you read
on the logs that went home and you can be a winner! All students who
read over 236 minutes (the number of words in The Cat and the Hat)
will receive a special prize. The top 2 readers from each grade level
will be invited to a special Seuss Luncheon and earn a wonderful prize
pack! The JIES Student with the MOST minutes will be our Seuss Champion!
This student will win the GRAND PRIZE and be recognized on the GMJI
News Program. These logs must be signed and turned into the Media Center
by Friday, February 24th!
Seuss day reading log2012.docx
Thanks to everyone who came out to "Root for Reading" on November 17th! We had such a great time celebrating reading with local athletes and mascots! Can't wait for next year!
James Island Elementary shared their giving spirit by wrapping up the school year with a food drive for James Island Outreach. JIES students and families donated non-perishable food items to the outreach center that serves the James Island and Folly Beach community. A combination of outreach services from several area churches, James Island Outreach provides, food, utility assistance, information and case management services for area families. The offices of James Island Outreach are on the grounds of Bethany United Methodist Church on Maybank Highway.
Thank you JIES students!
Check out more footage from our 2011 JIES Career Fair!
Thanks for another great Reading Prize Patrol!
Twenty more students were "Caught Reading" this week by our JIES Reading Prize Patrol! We were so excited to see families reading together! Check out some of the pictures and a special Prize Patrol video message from our Superintendent! Click the link below to watch!
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Great Job 4th Graders and Mrs. Sim!
Our JIES Fourth Graders under the direction of Mrs. Sim, our Music Teacher, presented an original musical titled "We Shall Overcome" on Thursday and Friday of last week. The program featured music from the slave era and the 1960s. It was an incredible and moving show! Great job to all of you! Pictures are on the left tab under 4th grade musical!
Seuss Week!
Thanks to everyone who made the 2011 Seuss Week such a success. We welcomed 6 local doctors who read to 17 classes! We also had a record number of families come out for our 1st Annual Seuss Night! The children enjoyed Seuss activities all week long in their classrooms as well as "Seussville" in the Media Center! JIES students also reached the reading goal of 50,000 minutes in 3 weeks, so Mrs. Fickling surprised the students as "Mama Thing" - the mother of Thing One and Thing Two. She lead everyone in a rousing 'Macarena!'
Pictures (and video!) are coming soon!
Spotlight on ART!
Check out our third grade Charleston Single Houses! In art class this 9 weeks, third grade students integrated their study of South Carolina history and our hometown of Charleston with the study of symmetry , design, architecture, all while honing their painting skills.
Students replicated the traditional Charleston single house with boxes donated from The Cookie Company. Students adhered to the rules of the Charleston Board of Architectural Review!
Please visit the media center to see these wonderful houses on display.
JIES Celebrates No Name Calling Week!
SOAR-ing students use "Put Ups" to encourage each other.
Create a poem or poster about how you use "Put Ups" and submit to our No Name Calling Week contest!
"Reading Rules at JIES!"
We had a week full of reading excitement! Special thanks to all the teachers and students who made the week extra special, especially those who dressed as their favorite book character on Friday! Reading really came alive at JIES!
Thanks also to all of our community partners who helped us "Root for Reading" on Thursday, Nov. 11th. We welcomed the College of Charleston Womens Golf Team, Charlie the Riverdog, Dan Eves from the Stingrays, Cool Ray the Stingray, Cheerleaders from James Island Charter High School, 3 Citadel Football Players, and the Citadel Band Drumline! Everyone enjoyed a hot dog dinner made extra special with sweet potato mustard and blue cheese cole slaw courtesy of Jack's Cosmic Dogs! We had a great turnout and loads of fun celebrating literacy! Check out a couple videos below from our night - photos are coming soon!
"Learning SOARS in our Outdoor Classroom Butterfly Launch!"
Our second grade students have been learning about the life cycle of the butterfly. Under the direction of Bill McCord with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, they recently gathered in the school’s outdoor classroom to take part in the launch of tagged Monarch butterflies. 125 lucky students had their noses used as launching pads for the butterflies! This activity was a wonderful culminating activity for our second graders who just finished studying insects. Selected students from other grades also participated in the launch, while all students enjoyed observing the butterflies’ behavior and predicting what they would do once released! Many of the butterflies found their way to the butterfly bushes in the classroom while others soared, avoiding the birds!
JIES 2nd graders enjoyed a field trip to Cypress Gardens on September 17th. They enjoyed the Butterfly House, a tour of the Cypress Swamp as well as many other activities. See a few pictures below!
Watch a clip from our Fall 2010 Reading Prize Patrol. Here is the Way Family getting a visit from the patrol! Happy Reading!
Way Family prize patrol.wmv
READING PRIZE PATROL!!
We had a great time catching JIES students reading at home this week! Thanks to all the families who participated. If we didn't catch you this time, don't forget, we will be having another patrol in April to catch 20 more readers! Check out just a few of our winners below - video footage coming soon! Happy Reading JIES!
Learn about learning at JIES! Click the link below to see a video introduction to James Island Elementary School!
JIES Video