Flashlight Reading for a rainy morning! #ReadAcrossAmerica #JPEpride

Cruzzzzzzz!!!! Congratulations Dr. Erika Cruz!!!!! H-E-B Excellence in Education! #1LISD

Words cannot describe how incredible it was to watch such a deserving leader be celebrated by her entire school community, school board members and colleagues. Jim Plain Elem- thank you for the celebration of Dr. Erika Cruz! This is very deserving. #1LISD

Text feature scavenger hunt to review our previously learned skills. #3rdgrade #JPEpride

Jim Plain is hiring! If you are a dynamic, dedicated, child-centered life changer or know someone who is, send them our way. Our growing campus is looking to add to our PRIDE! 🦁 Apply now at leanderisd.org/careers and email our admin team.

Educators, as you prepare for the new year. I know you will bring your best, but remember to put family first. You may be tough to replace at school, but you are impossible to replace at home.

Always this

This is truth! 💯 🎙 Brad Weinstein

HAPPY FREE BOOK FRIDAY #FBF!!! 📚🎉 🌧️ The Probability of Everything by #SarahEverett ☔️ "One of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever)." Colby Sharp 🌧️ "A powerful exploration of grief." Kirkus Reviews ☔️ "Thought-provoking, utterly unique, impactful" SchoolLibraryJournal

Important! 🙌

Writing is not just for English class. It can increase learning in almost any subject, research shows.

Teachers who choose to stay in the classroom over moving to administration are leaders too! Honor their choice, dedication, & professionalism. Effective leaders actually embrace this choice and leverage their talents and expertise to benefit the whole school.

"Leander ISD is strongly opposed to any form of voucher, and no amount of money the legislature can offer will change our minds. We are public school. We serve ALL." Read the full letter from Superintendent Bruce Gearing to the #1LISD community: bit.ly/3ZQ9AsZ

JPE Storybook Parade & 5th Grade Dia de los Muertos lesson! #JPEpride

JPE Storybook Parade & sugar skull #JPEpride

Fourth Grader Danica Jandel at Jim Plain Elem is the #1LISD Super Kid of the Week! Danica always completes her work carefully & thoughtfully and turns it in on time. She has lots of friends – a result of her constant effort to include everyone! Read more: bit.ly/3FRBGux

Welcome to Danielson Principal Cruz!!

Congratulations to our JPE Spelling Bee Participants and our crowning champs, Daniel and Mikaeel! We are grateful to our judges and Christine DeLisle - Mayor of Leander, Texas for taking the time to participate in our judges panel. Thank you Mrs. Kisselburg for organizing this great event each year!

Congratulations to Jim Plain Elem art teacher Aidan Page and his students for being selected as a winning campus for CapMetro and Creative Action Institute Art on the Bus! Student art work will soon be on buses in and around Leander ISD!

The wheels on the bus go round and round displaying our students’ artwork wherever it goes! An unforgettable day for these fourth graders. Can’t wait to share their work when the bus visits Jim Plain Elem next week!