“We want to create a ‘spark’ in our students early on to become involved in extracurricular activities,” said Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent Bret Apthorpe. “It is a goal of the district to have every student in our schools involved in, at the very least, one extracurricular ...
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 ...
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, create a middle school transition plan, long-term financial plan, long-term physical plant plan, student attendance and JHS Modernization. The last goal, JHS Modernization, requires the help of the local community through six subcommittees. “Working together with Dr. Apthorpe, the Board decided ...
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 ...
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 poverty, the district has created a new department, Student Support Services, to help students and their families navigate public services that can improve the likelihood of student success. JPS appointed a Director of Student Support Services, Chad Bongiovanni, and a Coordinator of Student Support ...
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 Jamestown (Lincoln Elementary School), YWCA (Fletcher & Bush Elementary Schools) and YMCA(Ring and Love Elementary Schools), who also brought into the schools a wide variety of community partners to provide enrichment opportunities. LEAP ran for eight weeks from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...
