Comet families! The JCS school board voted to move the high school to semesters beginning the 2023/24 school year. We will be looking at, potentially, making the switch from trimesters to semesters for the middle and elementary schools as well.
Good evening Comets! Due to the conditions of our backroad routes, JCS will have to close for tomorrow Thursday, January 26th. I know the main roads are good to go but we have many students who live out of town or drive themselves. We would be unable to get these students and would be at risk of not hitting our 75% attendance required by the state.I have confidence that we will be ready to go by Friday. Have a good night!
Good evening Comet families! In anticipation of the incoming inclement weather, JCS will be closed tomorrow Wednesday, January 25th. My hope is that this earlier announcement will provide parents with some extra time to make arrangements if necessary. Have a good evening
The Williams Elementary Comet Cruisers running program is looking for individuals, organizations, and businesses to sponsor students to complete a couch to 5K program this spring. We will begin in mid March and run the 5K during Riverfest weekend. It is $80 to sponsor a runner to receive certificate, t-shirt, and a brand new pair of running shoes. If you sponsor 3 or more students, your company name will be on the back of our shirts! Please see the attached donation form or contact Rachel Mandrelle at rmandrelle@jonesvilleschools.org.
In honor of school board appreciation month, Jonesville Community Schools would like to thank our school board members for all they do for our staff and students. The position requires a lot of work behind the scenes and some long nights. Thank you for all you do! We look forward to what the future has in store!
From Mrs. Mandrelle - Our National Park Science elective was at it again today with a virtual ranger visit to Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. We had a lot of information in a short class time. Ranger Kerstyn explained how the cave was formed and showed us rock formations like popcorn rocks, frostwork, Christmas tree rocks, and the most famous of all-box work! Wind Cave has the largest collection of box work rock formations in the world! (Pictured here in the spider like red brown colors.)
Our ranger was very patient and answered many student questions! She explained how it is important to be careful in caves. Breaking off formations, touching them, or even breathing too heavy can change the natural chemical reactions happening. It can take years for the formations to recover.
The National Park Service has been fabulous in helping us learn across the United States to see some of these great natural areas! Next up…our one and only park in Michigan-Isle Royale!!!
On Monday, Mrs. Lee’s brother in law, Sergeant Major Allnutt drove to Michigan from Kentucky to talk to her 7th Grade ELA students about their upcoming historical fiction unit. They will be reading the book Ground Zero by Alan Gratz. Since Jeremy is currently serving for our Army and did a tour in Afghanistan during the time period in their book, he talked to the students about the history of 9-11 (they were not yet born when it happened) and the culture/living conditions/climate in Afghanistan so they can better understand the time period, significance of events, and our characters. He spoke to all seventh grade ELA classes. They were captivated. They asked meaningful questions and welcomed him with open arms. This was such a treat because last year we could only do this live for one class over video chat. It was so amazing to have him there in person. He dressed in full Army attire and represented well how our military not only protects our country but also serves. Thank you so much! They are already planning next year!!
6th grade National Parks Science elective wrapped up our geology unit by doing a rock lab identification!
The exclamations were fun to hear:
“Rocks are soooo cool!”
“I can’t believe there are so many types of rocks!”
“This one is definitely igneous. Look at the air bubble holes!!”
“Ewwww! I didn’t know rocks could SMELL like that!”
And my favorite: “Where were you hiding all these rocks Mrs. Mandrelle?? You must love rocks!”
A special thank you to Grand Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Wind Cave National Park for showing us the parks virtually and helping us learn even more!
Comet Community, I will be closing the facility survey this weekend but wanted to give you a last opportunity to provide your perspective. The information we’ve received so far has been very helpful! The survey takes 4 minutes. Thank you to everyone who has a taken the time to help guide the district!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DRH9JSC
Final ski trip payments (for those students/chaperones who have already signed up to attend) are due no later than Tuesday, January 10!
I want to thank all the people who have taken time to complete the facility assessment survey! We have had a pretty good response but we could use more. Here is the link to complete it: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DRH9JSC.
It's also on our jonesvilleschools.com webpage. You can also find the results of the facility assessment there too. Thank you and go Comets!!!
Jonesville Community Schools would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to the Jonesville Police Department for their work on the recent break-ins and vandalism at JCS. I know Director Etter and Sergeant Albright put in extra hours to help put a stop to it and it paid off. Thank you!!!
6th grade students in National Park Science class had a wonderful opportunity to talk with a ranger from Yellowstone National Park last week. The students enjoyed a visual display of photos and items to learn various information about the world’s first national park. We learned about the geology, biology, and ecology of Yellowstone! (That’s a lot of -ologies!) 😅
Favorite fact: An adult human head weighs about 10 pounds. An adult bison head weighs about 100 pounds!! Amazing!
We also had time to ask questions of our own with the ranger. The best answer we heard: Students as young as 15 can come live and work in Yellowstone as part of a learning program! I think a few may volunteer when they are old enough! Comets in Yellowstone…
Comet community! A reminder to please go to jonesvilleschools.org and take a look at the facility assessment and then take the facility survey. You will find a tab for each on the webpage. The more responses we receive the more it helps the staff and students. I appreciate your input!
Reminder: There is a mandatory meeting for anyone who signed up to chaperone the school ski trip TONIGHT (Tuesday) at 6:00pm in the JMS library. Please bring your license to the meeting. The meeting should last about thirty minutes.