March 2019 – Jefferson PK-8

Innovations Conference

Jefferson middle school students were invited to participate in the Mahoning Valley Innovations Conference on March 14th by Mr. Miles Jay. Students listened to a forum panel discussing issues within the communities and possible solutions. Students then led an activity at the conference, guiding the group through readings of various poems by poet Tupac Shakur. We would like to thank Mr. Jay for his invitation to the event and congratulate the students for their hard work and the positive role they played during the conference.

A student introduces herself to the conference audience and explains their purpose for being there.

Students listen to a forum during the conference.

A student passes out materials for a poem activity to a group.

A student explains the materials that they will be using for their activity.

A student compares her arm span to that of the largest in the world.

COSI Visits Jefferson

Recently, students at Jefferson in grades K-4 we treated to a visit from the science organization COSI. Students watched and listened to demonstrations and got to help in experiments. Students were able to explore different stations to learn about how their body works. A special thank you to Mrs. Francisco for helping to organize this experience for the students.

Students show off the x-rays that they had a chance to use for an experiment.

1st grade students have fun learning about the different food groups.

Students learn about the different bones in our body.

A COSI worker explains what the kindergarten student will do as a volunteer. — One of KG students gets to be a volunteer.

Students having fun at one of the many centers they were able to explore.

Students explore the different food groups.

Students listen to the volunteer explain their experiment.

Students listen to directions on how to do their activity.

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to the recent Jefferson Spelling Bee winners. Cay’Cee won our 3-5 spelling bee, with runner-up Destinee. Calise won our 6-8 spelling bee with runner-up Nikko. Great job everyone!