“Hallo, hoe gaann dit met u?” Students in Grace Johnson’s seventh and eighth grade English Language Arts classes at Persell Middle School have become quite accustomed to pleasantries in the language Afrikaans. Throughout the month of March, Johnson and her students have engaged in a ...

As the week comes to an end, the moment that students on Persell Middle School’s Blue Team have waited for has finally arrived: the “Lettuce Lottery.” Yes, you read that correctly: lettuce. The source? A hydroponic lettuce grow farm stand — lovingly nicknamed “Flora” — ...

Multiplying fractions. To some students, the thought of this fifth-grade math concept might present some challenges. But to a group of fifth graders at Washington Middle School, a brief part of their school day not only gives them a chance to dive deeper into this concept, but also lead it. ...

There’s something cosmic about working at Washington Middle School for music teacher Marie Karbacka. “I’m filling big, big shoes — and I’m so fortunate for that,” she said. The daughter of the school’s retired longtime orchestra teacher, Nina, and a former student of each of ...

There’s a smile that shines through Mike Kelly’s voice when he talks about his beloved late wife Cathleen. Much of that has to do with the fact that they spent their lives together creating: music on his end; visual art on hers. “I gave her the name ‘starving artist by choice,’ ...

Thanks to an opportunity made possible from the New York State Department of Education, two Jamestown High School students have been given the opportunity to make their voices — and their cultures — heard. Senior Madeline DeJoy and junior Hermione Santiago Cruz will represent Jamestown ...