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Longtime JHS Fundraiser Returns To Traditional Format

Crazy wigs, silly costumes, face paint, and so much more — all in the name of a good cause. The 42nd Jamestown High School Battle of the Classes returned to its traditional format and location — McElrath Gymnasium — in style on Thursday, March 30.The event — a school-wide ...

Persell Students Participate In STEM Wars At JCC

Robots. Roller coaster challenges. CO2 cars. All of the exciting possibilities available through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education were on display at the annual STEM Wars, hosted by Dream It Do It Western New York on March 16 at SUNY Jamestown Community College’s ...

Grow Stand Teaches Students How To Grow Their Own Food

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” — ...

Namibian Pen Pals Expand Persell Students’ World View

“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 ...

Small Group Instruction Lets Students Take The Lead

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. ...

Drama Club Receives Williams Grant Ahead Of School Musical

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 ...