All Jefferson County Schools and offices are operating on a TWO-HOUR DELAY tomorrow, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, due to drifting snow and single-digit temperatures. Staff will re-evaluate conditions in the morning. For updates, please visit www.jcswv.org/app and download the JCSWV mobile app. Thank you for your patience as we work to keep our students and staff safe.
Due to the anticipated winter weather forecast, all Jefferson County schools and offices will be closed on Friday, January 19, 2024. Essential personnel should report. Additionally, all school-related activities are canceled through Sunday, January 21. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to ensure the safety of students and staff. For additional information, please visit www.jcswv.org and download the JCSWV mobile app.
After careful re-evaluation, all Jefferson County schools and offices will be closed on Thursday, January 18, 2024, as many secondary roads remain covered by snow and ice. Essential personnel should report. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked to make this difficult decision in the interest of safety. For additional information, please visit www.jcswv.org and download the JCSWV mobile app.
Due to continued winter weather conditions, all Jefferson County schools and offices will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, January 18, 2024. Conditions will be re-evaluated in the morning as many secondary roads are still snow-covered. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked to make this difficult decision in the interest of safety. For further updates, please visit www.jcswv.org and download the JCSWV mobile app.
Due to weather winter weather conditions, all Jefferson County schools and offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. Essential personnel should report. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked to make this difficult decision in the interest of safety. For additional information, please visit www.jcswv.org and download the JCSWV mobile app.
UPDATE: After careful re-evaluation of winter weather conditions, all Jefferson County schools and offices will be CLOSED on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Essential personnel should report. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked to make this difficult decision in the interest of safety. For additional information, please visit www.jcswv.org and download the JCSWV mobile app.
Due to the anticipated winter weather overnight, all Jefferson County schools and offices will operate on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Conditions will be re-evaluated in the morning. Please visit www.jcswv.org and download the JCSWV app for further updates. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to ensure the safety of students and staff.
1/7/24: All Jefferson County Schools and offices will operate on a two-hour delay on Monday, 1/8. We appreciate our staff for their hard work this weekend to make our schools ready for students. Check the JCSWV app or visit www.jcswv.org for further updates.
Due to the forecasted inclement weather, all Jefferson County Schools extracurricular activities taking place January 6-7 are canceled. This includes extracurricular activities, athletic practices, and competitions taking place at home or away. Any activities that are rescheduled will be communicated at a later date.
Students from all four JCS middle schools earned a spot in the first-ever WV Middle School All-State Band! We are so proud of these student musicians for their hard work. You can read all about it here: https://www.jcswv.org/article/1386997
REMINDER: All Jefferson County Schools students will be dismissed two hours early this Thursday, December 21, 2023. Winter break begins on Friday and continues all next week. Students will return to class on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. Have a safe and restful break.
Sensory Santa has returned this year to bring holiday cheer to our neurodiverse students and their families! Now in its third year, the annual event gives sensory-sensitive children and their families a chance to visit Santa in a calmer, less chaotic environment. The fun continues this weekend thanks to our student and staff volunteers. Check out some photos of the festivities! Read more 👉 https://www.jcswv.org/article/1379150
Congratulations to Washington High School's new principal, Donald Showen! Mr. Showen is a familiar face to the WHS community, having taught at the school for eight years before serving as assistant principal for the past five years, and he's excited to step into this new role. More here 👉 https://www.jcswv.org/article/1375729
December 11, 2023: The Jefferson County Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5:00 this evening to consider proposals for the 2024-2025 school calendar. Tonight is the first of two special meetings looking at the school calendar for next year. The second meeting takes place on December 18 at 6:00 pm in the Harner Executive Meeting Room at 110 Mordington Ave. in Charles Town. The public may attend in person or online. You can view the agenda here https://go.boarddocs.com/wv/jeffwv/Board.nsf/public
Third-graders at Driwswood Elementary School built a model of a human backbone to show what they have learned about the Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous systems in unit 3 of CKLA. The pipe cleaner represents the spinal cord and the Fruit Loops were cartilage cushioning the pasta which was the vertebrae.
As we kick off this season of giving, we're grateful to Shepherdstown Rotary for two generous gifts supporting JCS students in need. The organization donated funds to T.A. Lowery Elementary School's (TALES) "Candy Cane Express" Toy Drive and the North Jefferson Elementary School (NJES) Coat Drive. Read more here 👉 http://rb.gy/7pdeoy
Thanks to the JCS Parent Education Resource Center (PERC) for sponsoring this year's PERC Transition Fair to support our students with special needs as they move into adulthood! The event took place this week, offering students and their families valuable information about community resources. Read more here 👉http://rb.gy/yu3og7
Congratulations to Harpers Ferry Middle School social studies teacher Alyson Whitacre on her local and state recognition by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)! Ms. Whitacre was commended for outstanding service as a Teacher of Western Civilization at the state level and won the 2023 Award for Outstanding Teacher in Social Studies from the NDSAR's local Bee Line Chapter. Visit http://rb.gy/ls9y6w to read more about Ms. Whitacre's enthusiasm for her students and their social studies education.
Happy Thanksgiving to our JCS community! We remain grateful for the privilege of serving your children.
Just before the break, students from Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, and Wildwood Middle Schools visited Jefferson High School, where they learned about CTE courses, CTSO clubs, and programs of study available as they enter high school. Special thanks to our high school student ambassadors for representing these programs for our rising freshmen!
