Red Ribbon week contest winners! These students entered in a drawing and/or writing contest for Red Ribbon Week. The topic was healthy choices for our bodies. The winners won a popsicle party with Ms. Ferguson and Ms. Boeree.

Guess what! Our students are reading so much, we have achieved Trailblazer status on Beanstack! Way to go, Explorers! Our new December challenge starts today and will go through our Holiday Break. Students can continue to read and log their minutes throughout December!

💙 𝕁𝕠𝕚𝕟 𝕦𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝔹𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪! 💠 Visit between 3 PM and 5 PM in the 2nd through 5th grade Car Rider Loop. 💠 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭! 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐬. 🛍️

During Fine Arts Night, Ms. Boeree, our School Counselor and Ms. Johnson, our School Psychologist, helped to raise awareness about neurotypical learning and the importance of caring for our social emotional and mental health. They provided families with resources and support.

🅷🅰🅿🅿🆈 🅷🅾🅻🅸🅳🅰🆈🆂 from our JPES Family to yours! 💙 We hope you have a very Happy Holiday Season with your loved ones. We will see you back for school on 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝟔𝒕𝒉, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.

Next week, from February 3rd to 7th, join us in celebrating School Counseling Week!

Help us spread the love this month by donating to the Ronald McDonald House! See the flyer below for details! 💕

✨ 🅲🅾🆄🅽🆂🅴🅻🅸🅽🅶 🆆🅴🅴🅺 🆂🅿🅾🆃🅻🅸🅶🅷🆃! ✨ If wisdom had a walking, talking, high-fiving superhero . . . it would be Ms. Tina Ferguson💡. Drop a 👏 or 💙in the comments to show love for the incredible work Ms. Ferguson does every day! #NationalSchoolCounselingWeek

Help our Student Council raise money to go to Columbia! Valentines-Grams are on sale NOW! 🌹😻🤗

We are excited to invite your child to participate in 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸, happening next week, March 3rd-7th! This special week celebrates the joy of reading and promotes literacy through fun and engaging activities. 📚

Spring Picture day is next Thursday, March 20th. Send no money now. A portrait package will be sent home from the school with information on how to order (allow 3-4 weeks).

𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝔽𝕒𝕚𝕣 📅 It's that time of year again! Our JPES Book Fair is still going on. Monday at 1pm is the last day to add funds to your child's e-Wallets. 💙 scholastic.com/bf/josephrpyee… Thank you for your support! 📚

State testing is coming, & we’d love your help! We’re looking for volunteers to be testing monitors 📝No experience needed—just your support & a few hours of your time 💛 If you’re available, please email our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Hallock at [email protected] 📷

📚✨ What a week of bookish magic in our library! 📚✨ What a week! 2nd & 3rd graders met Judy Moody’s Megan McDonald—plus a Stink trivia challenge! 👀🎁 Older kids listened to Cece Bell about El Deafo 🦸‍♀️💬 Empathy, curiosity, joy = 💯 #AuthorVisit #LibraryJoy

👯‍♀️ Twinning is Winning! When great minds think alike… they dress alike too! Yesterday our amazing student and our awesome school counselor showed up matching—and spreading double the positivity! 💛✨ #TwinningIsWinning #SchoolSpirit #GuidanceGoals #DoubleTheInspiration

🍩 Thank you, Dads! 🙌 A huge shoutout to all the amazing dads who joined us for All Pro Dad this morning! 💙 Your presence makes a difference. Special thanks to Krispy Kreme Ladson for their sweet partnership! 🍩✨ We appreciate your support in making this event extra special.

📸 Thank You to Everyone Who Came Out! What a fantastic morning we had last Friday — thank you to everyone who joined us for All Pro Dads. Your presence means so much. Because of you, we had warm conversations, smiling faces, & meaningful connections.

❄️ Our 2nd grade Engineers took on the “Keep It Cool” challenge! Students designed, built, and tested solutions to see which materials could keep a popsicle from melting the longest. We love visiting the STEAM lab with Mrs. Thirkettle!

Check out our Kindergarten engineers hard at work designing tools to clean up Danny the Duck’s pond! 🦆 These problem solvers are learning how creativity and teamwork can protect our environment!

Mark your calendars: Make up Picture Day is tomorrow, Thursday, October 30th. 📷