Some Jefferson students used their hard-earned Bee Bucks to purchase a special ride to school! It is fun to show up to school on a fire truck and be greeted by your friends and teachers.
Reminiscing about April and a wonderful excursion to celebrate Earth Day and National Poetry Month. Students in Ms. Susnis' and Ms. Garcia's classes wrote Haikus for the Earth in English and Spanish and read them aloud to their friends. They had time to play a little bit at the park afterwards. What a wonderful day it was!
Ms. Joslyn’s students are learning about immigration. They read flip books, sings songs and play vocabulary games together. Everyone in the group is very invested!
Mrs. Haylock’s students had a great time coloring with Ms. Velázquez Tuesday afternoon. They used their hard-earned bee bucks to buy this reward and color different animals and cartoon characters!
The Spanish Club After School Program has been working hard and having fun! These photos are from Session 1.
Jefferson's After School Programs have been a big success! Here are some pictures of our after-school program “Pictures & Passports” from Session 2. Students had a great time learning short lessons on kindness, empathy, and perseverance! In addition, they were preparing to travel the world.
Students had a great time learning about St. Patrick’s Day in Mrs. Witt’s class last month!.
These Jefferson students used BeeBucks they earned from demonstrating respectful, responsible and safe behaviors to play floor hockey with our school resource police officer last week! #HarvardRising
Earlier this week, Ms. Velázquez’s ESL (English as a Second Language) group was very engaged while practicing their spring vocabulary words. They even received little treats from the Easter bunny.
Ms. Garcia’s students are working on their vocabulary learning by sorting out the words into their semantic fields.
Jefferson 5th graders had the opportunity to hear about different careers yesterday! It was a great experience! We had parents, grandparents, and siblings talk about the pathways and opportunities from a wide variety of careers. Students had hands-on experiences, asked questions, and learned about so many things. We thank all of the volunteers that took time out of their day to spend some time at our school! #HarvardRising
Ms. Susnis’ students chose landmarks in Illinois and created them out of clay for their state project.
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📢 We are excited to announce that Rebecca Adams will be the new principal of Jefferson School CUSD 50 starting with the 2023-24 school year! “Rebecca Adams brings decades of experience in education to Harvard District 50,” said Superintendent Dr. Corey Tafoya. “We are excited to welcome her to our leadership team and believe that her dedication to serving all students and collaborative, forward-thinking philosophy is the perfect fit for our #HarvardRising culture.” Read the full article here ➡️ https://www.cusd50.org/article/1041435
Jefferson Elementary students were challenged to "Read to the Stars" to earn a movie in the library. Congratulations to everyone who earned their reward!
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Mrs. Schneider’s class follows along with the reading in Spanish class with Ms. Velázquez. As they read about the different alphabets in the world, they are highlighting important terms and concepts to refer back to.
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Learning about equivalent fractions can be fun! The 4th graders in Mrs. Sciame’s group loved playing BUMP in math today.
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Ms. Susnis’ students were reviewing the multiplication facts by “racing” against each other. They had so much fun!
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In STEM Ms. Walker's students had a tower building competition with each other. This promotes team work, communication and problem solving skills as well as being a lot of fun!
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Mr. Villazon’s students are learning about the evolution of written language in centers with Ms. Velázquez. They are decoding secret messages and writing their own with creative symbols.
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4th graders in Mrs. Hay's class compared fractions by using fraction strips and sorting them!
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