Hello NJES Families,
Today, your child is bringing home a Book Buddy Lanyard letting you know about a safe and easy way for our school to raise funds for essential tools our students and teachers need to succeed.
The SchoolStore Program is 100% online, so there is NO face-to-face selling, handling money, or delivering products. Your participation will take less than 12 minutes, and there are exciting prizes to make it fun for the students.
Here is all you need to do to participate:
1. Go to https://www.schoolstore.net/sid.t?0000010071 to sign up.
2. Send emails inviting family, friends and co-workers to support your child.
3. Return the Book Buddy Lanyard with the Student Prize Code to school for your child to get their fun participation prize.
Be sure to ask your child for the Book Buddy Lanyard tonight. Your participation will make a difference for our school and teachers!
Thank you for supporting NJES!
Your child's report card included how many days they have been absent from school so far this year. Reminder: chronic absenteeism includes both excused and unexcused absences. This indicates whether or not your child is at risk socially and/or academically. If you want to talk more about your child's absence number, what that means, or brainstorm ways to avoid future absences, please email or call Addison Tucker at addison.tucker@k12.wv.us or (304) 725-9587 Ext.5361
As always, thank you for your effort towards your child's education!
Attention Parents/Guardians of Rising 6th Graders attending Shepherdstown Middle School next year (School Year 2026-2027).
Shepherdstown Rising 6th grade Scheduling Night is Tuesday, February 17 at 6:00 PM in their cafeteria.
Please save this date on your calendar. More information including the digital form link will be coming soon!
Good morning North Jefferson families. Report cards are coming home with students today. i-Ready Family Reports from our middle of the year testing are also coming home today.
Parent-Teacher Conferences are being scheduled for next Tuesday, January 13th. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you did not receive a copy of this form.
Did you know that for the last nine weeks, all the classrooms competed for best attendance? Our three classroom winners were: Ms. Traci Davis's class, Ms. Shelton's class, and Mrs. Harvey's class! Their rooms get a classroom trophy to keep until the end of next nine weeks, as well as a banner over their doorway to celebrate them! This semester, help your student's classroom win for best attendance by committing to being at school every day!
Good morning. This evening is our Shine Together event. Please join us as we create crafts, sing songs, and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies!
Please enter the building through Door 3 (Parent Pick Up/Drop Off/Pre-K entrance) and sign in.
We look forward to seeing you!
Respectfully,
Joyce Ashworth
NJES Principal
Good morning. This month we are beginning a new feature named Star News - our NJES Title I Newsletter. This resource includes important information to support the Home-School connection and engage families in making plans for ways we can work together in the future to support students, families and our staff.
Enjoy our first edition of the newsletter, Please take a few minutes to complete the survey that is included to give us your ideas!
Our Annual Title I Parent meeting will be held on February 10, 2026 from 5:30 - 7:00. We hope to see you there!
Respectfully,
Joyce Ashworth, NJES Principal
Good morning, North Jefferson Elementary families. Thank you for supporting our PTO Holiday Shop last week. All profits earned will support student activities/teacher supplies!
Our secure entry project work will begin again on Monday, December 15, 2025. Like the week before Thanksgiving break, parents/guardians will come to the main door and ring the buzzer to let us know you are here and state your need: late drop off, early pick up, etc. You will be directed to Door 3 to enter the building and sign your child in or out.
We have a busy week ahead of us:
* Students will be finishing their i-Ready Mid-year diagnostics. Family Reports will be sent home with report cards in January. Please encourage your child to get a good night's sleep and take their time as they complete this work.
Books, Bikes, and Basketballs will have their last session for this semester on 12/15/25 if after school events are running. Note that we will not be riding bikes outdoors due to extreme cold temperatures/wind chills. Parent Pick Up will be at Door 41.
Shine Together Winter Program - join us on 12/16/25 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM to enjoy crafts, songs, and cocoa!
* Early dismissal on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Students in grades K-5 will be dismissed at 1:30. Pre-K students do not attend school on 12/19/25.
* Winter break begins on 12/22/25. Students return on 1/6/26
Thank you for supporting North Jefferson Elementary School.
Respectfully,
Joyce Ashworth, Principal NJES
Please encourage your child/children to do their best and show what they know! The diagnostic is not timed so they can take all the time they need to complete this important work.
Family copies of math and reading reports will be sent home with report cards in early January.
Respectfully,
Joyce Ashworth
NJES Principal
Greetings, NJES Families! We have two fun filled weeks ahead of us.
This week we will have our School Store Pop Up Shop that supports our PTO and the work they do to support our students. Items are priced from 25 cents to $5.00. Please support our PTO fundraiser if you can!
Winter Break 10 Day Countdown is here. For this week:
Monday, 12/8: Candy Cane Day - wear Red and White
Tuesday, 12/9: Jingle Toes - wear festive socks
Wednesday, 12/10: Neck Gear Day - wear a comfy scarf
Thusday, 12/11: Grinch vs. Santa - wear green or red
Friday, 12/12: Top of the Morning - wear festive head gear
JCS Families: JCS will operate on a 2-hour delay on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. JCS staff will continue monitoring the weather and road conditions through the evening and into the morning. Any change will be communicated by 6:30 am.
Good afternoon. Books, Bikes, and Basketballs Club will not be held after school this Monday, 12/1/2025. We will make this announcement to our students Monday morning and again at dismissal. Students are to take their usual transportation home at the end of the day on 12/1.
We will have our last club session for the semester on 12/15/25.
Respectfully,
Joyce Ashworth
North Jefferson Elementary, Principal
Good morning, NJES families. Our canned food drive to support Jefferson County Community Ministries and Jefferson County Animal Shelter continues through Thursday, November 20, 2025.
We appreciate your support in helping others in our community!
November 16, 2025
Good afternoon Parents and Guardians,
Construction on our new secure entryway will begin tomorrow, Monday, November 17, 2025. This will change the way we enter and leave our building during the construction period.
Students that take the bus to school will enter through Door #41 and students that are car riders will enter through Door# 3 (Pre-K pick up doors). School staff will be available to help students learn about this new routine.
Parents/Guardians that bring their students to school after the start of the school day or need to pick their child up early will check in at the main door intercom and will be directed to the door to sign out students. Signs will be posted on the doors to assist you with this new routine.
Construction is anticipated to continue throughout the month of December.
Thank you for your patience!
Respectfully,
Joyce Ashworth
North Jefferson Elementary Principal
A 5th Grade band parent informational meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 beginning at 6:00 P.M. in the NJES cafeteria. All parents/guardians are asked to attend if your child would like to start learning a band instrument.
Contact Mrs. Wildman at molly.wildman@k12.wv.us if you have any questions.
This is a reminder that there will be no school on Tuesday , November 11th.
Good Morning NJES Families,
Tomorrow , is Picture Day at NJES! Students will have their fall photos taken. You can return forms with payment, or order online at lifetouch.com using the Picture Day ID EVT4K3DHN. In the event that your student is unable to attend school tomorrow Fall retakes will take place on January 16h, 2026.
Thank you!
This is a reminder that the first meeting of K-Kids club is today from 3:45-4:45pm. Students who have completed and returned forms will be staying after school.
K-Kids Club is an organization for elementary students who would like to volunteer to serve their school, and community. Students in fourth and fifth grade are invited to join K-Kids and complete community service projects like gardening, organizing canned food drives, and designing cards for nursing homes. If you would like your student to join please email sherry.yost@k12.wv.us.
Do you have a child that struggles with anxiety, and does it sometimes impact their attendance in school? If so, one of the BEST ways to help ease this is to establish a solid morning and afternoon routine. Routine helps with anxiety by providing structure, predictability, and a sense of control, which reduces uncertainty and stress. Making a list of everything that needs to happen before and after school, what order to do them, and making this list visible in the home can all be really helpful in establishing and sticking to this routine and ultimately relieving anxiety!
Remember, if you have any attendance-related concerns about your child and could use some support, please reach out to addison.tucker@k12.wv.us for more information.
-Addison
