To celebrate winter break, Ms. Logan and Ms. Covington ECSE class made snow for sensory play!
As a reminder, students will be dismissed early on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Students from South Boston Early Learning Center and South Boston Elementary School will dismiss at 11:00 AM. All other students will dismiss at 11:30 AM. Winter break for students will be December 22, 2023 - December 29, 2023. The New Year's holiday is January 1, 2024. January 2, 2024 and January 3, 2024 are professional development/teacher workdays. Students return to school on Thursday, January 4, 2024.
We hope that you have a very happy and safe holiday season.
Mrs. Moser's pre-k class enjoyed making holiday wreathes. Please click the link to view pictures:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10BIscExuX_-iouKWtprxTZ9Lxq6ar4x1?usp=sharing
Ms. Dishmond's fifth grade students explored reflection with a mirror and flashlight challenge. They had to make light reflect three different ways and hit a target using trial and error and report on their findings.
Due to light snow and the potential for black ice in some areas of the county, Halifax County Public Schools will operate on a two hour delay today, Monday, December 11, 2023. Twelve month employees follow Code 2, report two hours late.
Pictured are Students of the Month for November. These students demonstrate excellence, show respect, and practice success.
Ugly Christmas Sweaters at SJES
Miss Oliver's and Mrs. Cash's kindergarten classes reviewed weather this week. Each day they did hands-on activities creating weather in the classroom. After learning about tornadoes and tornado safety, the students had the chance to make a tornado in a jar using water, hand sanitizer, and glitter. Shaking the jar in a circular motion created a "tornado", and students were able to see how objects on the ground could get sucked up into the funnel cloud.
Miss Virginia 2023 visits SJES to talk with students and also give out gold coins to students who received enough points to go to the book machine. Please click on the link to view pictures.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJNQ-J6qVNuFPwZ4V7nhnLCUOv4ptzMP?usp=sharing
SJES participates in Computer Science Education Week!
Please click on the link to view pictures:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_2F4iSTeZYHVMx_wb9RoWFn-HD_bNC6_?usp=sharing
Southside VA Vegetable is offering fresh produce to our students and families. Please come out and pick up fresh vegetables. Bags will be provided. Due to a limited amount, this event is first come first serve at the following sites:
Clays Mill, Meadville, and Sydnor Jennings
Congratulations to Ms. Doss 2nd grade class for collecting the most canned food during our food drive. They were award pizza!
Congratulations to our GLOW winners!
To kick off the start of Christmas season, students wore red and green.
Interim reports for the second nine weeks are available for viewing on the Campus Portal. If you need assistance with the portal or need a paper copy of the report, please contact your child's school.
More students continue to visit the book machine!
In Mr. Barksdale's STEM class, students completed the balloons over broadway activity using Ozobots. Students were shown a video that showed examples of a balloons that have been part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Students created their own Macy's balloon and they had a parade.
Thank you to our PTO for sponsoring pies for Pie Day and thank you Ms. Owen for the candy bars.
Thank you to James Hubbard and Hubbard's Catering for sponsoring our Thanksgiving meal on Friday, November 17th.
5th grade students at Sydnor Jennings learn about electrical circuits. Dustin Francis from Mecklenburg Electric taught a lesson on electrical circuits. Students learned about conductors, insulators, open and closed circuits, as well as series and parallel circuits. Then they used snap circuits to build a variety of circuits. This was a great hands-on learning experience for our students. Thank you Mecklenburg Electric for your support.
