Staffing shortages are impacting school systems across the country. For Jefferson County Schools (JCS), the shortages have significantly affected our staff time to complete critical behind-the-scenes work that goes into sustaining excellence in teaching and learning. Beginning October 15th, Jefferson County Schools will dismiss students 1/2 day every Friday. Staff will spend 3 hours completing all non-student supervision work (planning, SAT/IEP meetings, creating instructional materials, deep cleaning, etc). A full explanation of the factors leading to this change and expectations for staff in using this time can be found in the “Sustaining Excellence Plan” on the JCS website https://5il.co/101uz
We want to thank the Rotary Club, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Lansey for distributing dictionaries to our 3rd graders and thesauruses to our 5th graders today.
Kindergarten has been working hard with the alphabet and letter sounds!!!
Kindergarten has been working hard with the alphabet and letter sounds!!!
We've got some important dates for families to remember this school year! Make sure to download the JCS 21-22 at a Glance Calendar and keep up with what's happening in your schools!
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1571584/JCS_21-22_at_a_Glance.pdf
2nd grade had a great day with understanding the scientific method with their observations of gummy bears and their reaction to different substances.
We will always remember 9-11-2001 so our students never forget.
It’s wonderful to walk into 4th and 5th grade and see a book in front of so many students on this Friday afternoon!
Our Driswood Owls are enjoying this beautiful day! We hope you take advantage of this great weather to enjoy some time outside.
Our students' sunflower gardens are a great success! Thank you to the staff who facilitate our garden projects with our DES students!
Our specials teachers doing what they do best: fostering creativity, making great music together, keeping kids active, and instilling a love for books!
Dear DES Families,
We are happy to welcome back your children into our buildings for the school year. As you know our highest priority is their safety, well-being and education. Part of serving them is making sure that you are aware of the conditions in the building that may affect them. We are currently experiencing a heat wave in the area. While we inspected and pre-tested our HVAC systems prior to the start of school, some of them are straining to maintain optimal temperatures with the higher student numbers and outside temps.
I want to assure you that we are taking steps for their safety and well-being. First, our administrative and custodial staff are monitoring the situation by conducting temperature checks and walk throughs in classrooms during the day. Any temperature exceeding our threshold will result in students being relocated to another part of the building. We don't anticipate this will be necessary, but we are prepared. Second, technicians are on-site actively making repairs to units. Third, we have ordered mobile AC units to place in any isolated areas that may be experiencing high temps as the units are brought back up to full capacity. We anticipate having those on-site in the building this week. We will keep you updated with any new information.
Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns you may have,
Kelly Osborne, Principal
We welcomed our Kindergartners to Driswood today! Let their Elementary School Journey begin!
The students were so excited to get back in the cafeteria today to have lunch! We had a great day and looking forward to tomorrow.
Jefferson Virtual Academy Device Distribution
Device pick-up for students confirmed for JVA enrollment will be held Friday, Aug 20th, at the Jefferson High School cafeteria. Devices will be distributed alphabetically by last name:
1:00 A-D
2:00 E-K
3:00 L-Q
4:00 R-Z
There will be additional opportunities for device pick up next week for families unable to attend on Friday.
Thank you for your patience. Please visit www.https://www.jcswv.org/page/jefferson-virtual-academy for more updates.
Reminder WV State law requires all children entering school for the first time in k-12 must show proof of immunizations, in addition 7th and 12th graders must show additional proof of Tdap and MCV4 (meningitis) immunizations." If you need help obtaining immunizations for your student, please contact the Jefferson County Health Department at 304-728-8416, or your Primary Care Physician.
https://www.jcswv.org/page/immunization-information
Just a reminder, WV State law requires all children entering school for the first time in K-12 must show proof of immunizations, in addition 7th and 12th graders must show additional proof of Tdap and MCV4 (meningitis) immunizations. If you need help obtaining immunizations for your student, please contact the Jefferson County Health Department at 304-728-8416, or your Primary Care Physician.
https://www.jcswv.org/page/immunization-information
Dear DES Families!
Please see below the times for Driswood's Back to School Night
Thursday August 19th!
At this time, we are planning face to face meetings and will switch to virtual if deemed necessary or required by changing policies.
1st and 3rd grade-presentation from 5:30PM-6:15PM
2nd and 4th grade -presentation from 6:45PM-7:30PM
5th grade -presentation from 7:45PM-8:30PM
2021 Kindergarten Parents!
Kindergarten Orientation will be August 23rd for parents and students. Information will be forthcoming on Teacher Assignment and Orientation Schedules. Kindergarten students' first full day of school will be August 24, 2021. Please check our website frequently for information and announcements!
The robots have taken over the JCS Summer Experience!! These future engineers and scientists made some great projects this week. We've had a lot of fun learning with STEM!
