Opportunities

Learning takes place at Jefferson outside of the classroom as well. These activities provide our students and families with opportunities to have fun while developing new friendships and skills. Our family activities are a great opportunity to visit school, join in some fun with your child, and meet other Jefferson families. We hope your family can attend. Check the calendar for upcoming activities.
 

Great Start Conferences

This event is held at the end of August to welcome new families to school and welcome back those who are returning. It is a good way to touch base with teachers and staff and to bring in school supplies to "lighten the backpack" for the first day of school. Busing information is also available.

Reading Incentive Program

Reading Incentives throughout the year promote school-wide reading. These activities actively engage, motivate, and challenge students to read beyond the classroom walls. Reading Incentives aim to foster a love of reading, encourage reading for pleasure and entertainment, and promote the freedom to choose topics of one's own interest. Students and teachers create a monthly reading goal (number of books or reading minutes). Students track their reading progress and earn incentives as they reach their goals. Past incentives included: earning books, Book-It/Pizza Hut rewards, Bookworm Gardens field trips, Dairy Queen Incentives, and special assemblies.

Youth-Tutoring-Youth (YTY)

Youth-Tutoring-Youth is a program where high school students provide direct tutoring support to elementary classrooms under the guidance of a supervising teacher. Tutoring may take place one-on-one, in small groups, or in whole-class settings. This program not only supports elementary students in their learning but also gives high school students valuable leadership and teaching experience. Typically, high school tutors work with students for one semester.

Fifth-Grade Instrumental Music

Students participating in an instrumental music program develop self-discipline through regular practice, teamwork, and leadership skills while playing with peers, and self-confidence when playing for friends and family.

Band

Beginning band is open to all 5th-grade students. We offer instruction on flute, oboe, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet, French horn, trombone, baritone, and combined percussion. Students receive one twenty-minute lesson and one thirty-minute full rehearsal per week. Students participating in an instrumental music program develop self-discipline through regular practice, teamwork, and leadership skills while playing with peers, and self-confidence when playing for friends and family.

Orchestra

The strings program is open to all 5th-grade students. Students who participate in the strings program attend a weekly, small-group lesson that is scheduled before school or during the school day. Instruments available for study are the violin, viola, cello, and string bass.