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Teachers Use Nearpod App To Enhance Student Learning

Jefferson Middle School Social Studies students are experiencing the battlegrounds of Gettysburg and a Mayan Temple, not by traveling there, but through a cool app teacher, Darren Bonafede, is using in his classes called Nearpod. As one feature in the app, students can take a virtual reality ...

Changing The Status Quo

The Jamestown Board of Education and JPS Superintendent Bret Apthorpe are passionate about taking bold actions to change the status quo. The Board of Education and Apthorpe worked together to create, and adopt, six district goals for the 2019-20 school year: alignment of student programming, ...

After School Programs Provide Enrichment

Jamestown Public Schools is lucky to have after school programming at all elementary schools and at Jefferson and Washington Middle Schools. “The after school programs help our youth tremendously,” said Sierra Cross, Love Terrific Kids After School Coordinator. “Within my program, I ...

JPS Excited To Welcome New Administrators

Jamestown Public Schools welcomes a few new faces to its family. New principals, assistant principals, and director and coordinator of student support services, are all excited to start the new school year to help students achieve their goals. With 75% of Jamestown Public School students in ...

Summer Literacy Program Declared Resounding Success

JPS LEAP (Learning Enrichment & Academic Progress) had an amazing summer with 396 Jamestown students entering the first though fourth grades this school year enjoying literacy learning and enrichment activities with three main partners, Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club of ...

JPS Sends Thanks To Local Funders Of LEAP

Without the support of our local funders, the JPS LEAP Program would not be possible. Jamestown Public Schools would like to give a big thank you to: the Lenna Foundation, Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, The Cummins Foundation, United Way of Southern ...