As we recently celebrated National Teacher Week, and honored those leaders of the classroom, it brought to mind how much teachers do, and how much they do, and how grateful some are for our teachers, but also, how much they are overworked, underpaid, under-respected, and under-appreciated, in ...

Dear Jamestown Community, This has been another incredible school year, and we are so grateful for the opportunity to share the stories of our students, staff, and schools with the community through our “Focus on Schools” page in The Post-Journal. We extend our sincere thanks to our ...

Learning & Leading Students rising as scholars, speakers, and future changemakers. Eligh DeLeon (1st), Mia DelPozzo (2nd), and S’miya Kingsbury (3rd) placed in the VFW Voice of Democracy contest. Peyton Joly earned first place at the NYNE Optimist Zone 2 Oratorical Contest. Ten ...

In the 1980s, the dream of strapping on shoes and walking on water was alive or so it seemed. An invention emerged that promised this modern day miracle, but it was less a pair of “shoes” and more a set of “personal styrofoam rafts that required professional-level core strength” to ...

Today is Mother’s Day. As I write this, on May 10, I’ve learned it’s also National Shrimp Day. Wh-a-a-a-t? Today is Mother’s Day. Period. How can it be anything else? Turns out it’s the date that determines these festive days. Every second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. But every ...

District voters will have the opportunity to approve the Jamestown Public Schools budget and vote for three members of the district’s board of education on Tuesday, May 19. On Tuesday, April 14, the Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education approved the district’s proposed ...