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Young Playwrights Project Inspires Creativity, Confidence At Love School

Fourth grade students in Lori Cobb’s and Mackenzie Zuech’s classes at Love Elementary School are bringing their ideas to life through the Chautauqua Institution’s Young Playwrights Project, a program designed to help students explore storytelling, writing and performance in a meaningful ...

Lessons Learned: Garvey Finds Joy In Helping Love Students Grow

For Lauren Garvey, a third grade teacher at Love Elementary School, the path to the classroom wasn’t a straight line — but it was one shaped by experience, reflection, and a clear sense of purpose. A 2018 graduate of Jamestown High School, Garvey initially pursued a different academic ...

Caps To Connection: Love Elementary Dedicates “Buddy Bench” On Earth Day

S.G. Love Elementary School celebrated Earth Day on April 22 with a special dedication of its first “buddy bench.” Two years ago, Love Elementary School special education teacher Hannah Nickeson’s mother Ellie asked a simple question: “Does Love School have a buddy bench?” At the ...

PACT Program Strengthens Connections

For more than three decades, the PACT Program — Parents and Children Together — has played a vital role in strengthening the connection between families and schools at Love Elementary School. Established over 35 years ago as part of the Jamestown Community Learning Council, the program is ...

Read 180 Helping Close Literacy Gap

For students at Washington Middle School, the path to literacy is becoming increasingly personalized. As Jamestown Public Schools enters its third year of a district-wide transition to a comprehensive literacy curriculum through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Washington reading teachers John ...