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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 ...

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 ...

Ashley Cruz Combines Connection, Innovation As Washington Teacher

For Ashley Cruz, the hallways of Washington Middle School are more than just a place of work — they are home. Now in her sixth year with Jamestown Public Schools and her second at Washington, Cruz brings a unique perspective to her fifth-grade classroom: she once walked these same halls as a ...

First-Year Teacher Aims To Create Welcoming Space

In the corner of Fletcher Elementary School’s “west wing,” Blade Ellis’s fourth-grade classroom is bustling with excitement. Within these four walls, learning isn’t a passive activity — it’s an event. It’s time for English Language Arts, and before the students read a story ...