On 1/31 I was able to visit Team Achieve's Westward Expansion Museum. Students shared their learning through exhibits they designed and...

On Thursday, January 30th 28 Spellers competed in our annual WAWM District Spelling Bee. Two finalists from each elementary and...

Congratulations to our Jefferson students, Abby and Willa, who participated in the WAWM District Spelling Bee on 1/30! They were...

5th Graders at Jefferson are at a variety of stages in their business planning venture. Their project task was to design a business that...

Congratulations to all of our Spelling Bee Finalists! It takes a lot of courage to get up and spell in front of teachers and peers. ...

3rd Grade ELA Students in Ms. Karides's class have been engaged in sustained inquiry during their Literary Entrepreneurs PBL unit. ...

Ms. Geiss's class continues work on their Literary Entrepreneur PBL Unit. They have been reading their independent books and recording...

5th Graders in Ms. Deschane and Ms. Patnode's classes who have mastered the grade level skills for their current unit have moved on to...

Ms. Semrad's class has started a Project Based Learning Unit to help them explore multiplication, division, and how they connection to...

On the day pictured below students were digging into their book to determine character traits, thinking, and motivation. endent book to...

I was excited to join Ms. Semrad's class for their weekly Genius Hour this afternoon. Students will have the opportunity each Friday...

This week I was able to meet with groups at each school for one last time this year. We came together, reflected on the year, then had...

Today we held our annual District Chess tournament. This school year students have participated in Chess Clubs during their lunch,...

This week our schedule has been off a bit due to MAPs testing so unfortunately I was not able to see all students. We tried to make...

4/5 Reading groups have jumped right back into their "Next Best Seller" PBL unit. They are receiving feedback from peers and myself,...

On Thursday April 25th we held our 3rd Annual 20% Fair. 4th and 5th Grade GCT/Enrichment students from Franklin, Irving, and Jefferson...

We had a productive day here at Jefferson! 4/5 students worked on getting ready for the 20% Fair on April 25th by continuing work on...

This week students at Jefferson were working hard at Forward testing. Most groups were able to meet at some point, thought some students...

Ms. Semrad's class is wrapping up our Ramp Race unit. After constructing their ramps, recording time and distance, then calculating...

Students in Mrs. Semrad's class are continuing their Ramp Races S.T.E.M. unit. They have collaborated to design and build their ramps,...