A unique friendship is blooming between Fletcher Elementary School’s oldest and youngest learners. Every week, for 30 minutes, the high-energy world of Julia Peterson’s fourth-grade classroom meets the curious world of Andrea Kelemen’s UPK students. Together, the classes have become ...
At Fletcher Elementary School, the “Fletcher Family” is more than just a phrase to Teresa Isabella and Chris Collins; it’s the heartbeat of their daily work in supporting students, staff, and families. And it’s hard to find two more valued “family” members than the two of them. ...
Weather is more than just a colorful chart on your television screen or crossing your fingers for a snow day. Winter comes with temperature drops, bird migration, and bundling up. Here, winter also comes with plenty of shoveling and making sure your home stays warm and insulated. As we trudge ...
At Bush Elementary School, student success isn’t just measured in percentages and spreadsheets; sometimes it’s measured in popcorn parties and Lowe’s hard hats. a Like all Jamestown Public Schools, Bush is in its third year of a district-wide literacy curriculum implementation based in ...
To Bush Elementary School’s first grade teachers, learning how to read is fun — and recently, they had the chance to share that fun with their students’ families. First grade teachers Sarah Josephson, Katie Meadows, and Sophia Walter recently hosted a First Grade Family Night designed ...
For library media specialist Amy Ransom and art teacher Taylore Laska, the halls of Bush Elementary School — in their own special way — feel a lot like home. Ransom grew up playing “librarian” with childhood books that still contain old date-due cards, while Laska actually walked ...
