District leaders are excited to share that JNPSD has officially voted to apply for a District Conversion Charter and begin the process of transitioning Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School, located at 251 North First Street, into part of our unified school district.
WATCH THIS VIDEO as Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Owoh explains the timeline.
https://youtu.be/CR3n5Blvr7I
District leaders are excited to share that JNPSD has officially voted to apply for a District Conversion Charter and begin the process of transitioning Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School, located at 251 North First Street, into part of our unified school district.
WATCH THIS VIDEO as Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Owoh explains the timeline.
https://youtu.be/CR3n5Blvr7I
See visual for an opportunity for rising 9th graders at JHS this summer.
JMS 3rd Nine Weeks Honor Roll Breakfast: See information on the attached visual.
Parent Forum April 14
Hi Parents & Guardians,
The TFO is raising money in the form of a "Penny Wars"; and it's a competition among the grades. Each grade has a jug to put pennies & bills (1s, 5s, 10s, 20s) in to gain points. Silver coins in the other grade's jug will cause that grade to lose points. It's all in fun. Your scholars need your help! Please donate to your scholar's jug. The grade in the lead by specific dates during the Penny War will receive an incentive. The money raised goes to help fund extra fun things for the scholars and treats for the teachers and staff.
Thank you for you support,
TFO Board
BMI screenings will take place on April 7th. Please see the attached visual for more info.
Order your JMS Yearbook now!
Correction to Yearbook passcode on this new visual.
We are going to be celebrating beating our Beanstack reading goal of 90,000 minutes. Eligible students can bring money to purchase Kona Ice this Thursday, March 20. They will receive a small flyer today or tomorrow if they are eligible. We are super proud to have read over 250,000 minutes this school year!
8th Grade Scholars have been learning about the Holocaust in their ELA classes. Their essential question focused on how we can honor Holocaust victims/survivors. To end their unit, Mrs. Gates’ 8th Grade ELA scholars participated in a virtual Holocaust tour by using the latest VR technology at JMS. Scholars got a first hand look at several locations such as: Auschwitz, the Secret Annex where Anne Frank & her family hid, and much more.
6th grade scholars have been learning how to write an effective argumentative essay. To build upon this learning, Mrs. Gates’ 6th grade students were challenged to write an argumentative rap about a topic that they feel strongly about in order to raise awareness. Then, the students had argumentative rap battles which were judged by the winners from the previous years. Scholars enjoyed this process and did an excellent job about conveying their message creatively. The Argumentative Rap Battle results are featured below. Congrats to the following groups for their awesome performances in the finale:
Grand Champions (Topic Chosen-Bullying):
Iyanah, Samiyah, Nancy, & Season
Reserve Grand Champions (Topic Chosen-Women’s Rights):
Dakotah, Emmani, Khennedi, & Lyric
3rd Place (Topic Chosen-Suicide Awareness):
Bentley, Jayvion, & Tristen (Not Pictured: AJ)
4th Place (Topic Chosen-War/Peace):
Izzy, Xavier, & Alijah (Not Pictured: Michael)
JMS Yearbooks for sale!
🎶 Our talented musical scholars in the Intermediate and Advanced Choirs performed at the Choral Performance Assessment (CPA) on Friday, March 7! 🎤 This marks the first time Jacksonville Middle School has been represented at this event, and we couldn’t be more proud of their hard work and dedication. 🙌 Great job, everyone! Way to go! 👏🎵 #ProudMoment #JMSChoir #ChoralExcellence
Parenting can be challenging, especially when having to have hard conversations with your teen. Come join us for a free meal and conversation Monday, March 10th as Empowered hosts our parent forum on this topic. See you at 6:00 pm in the JMS cafe
Congrats to these JMS Mathletes!
Scoliosis Health Screenings will take place here at JMS on Monday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 12. All 8th grade scholars and 6th grade female scholars will be screened.
Good afternoon. All JMS scholars received their interim reports during 4th period today. Please check with your scholar to review their grades. Thank you so much for supporting the success of your JMS scholar.
JMS families,
Please join us for dinner and conversation. The Empowered program will host our next parent forum: improving communication with your child. Feel free to bring your scholars and come eat with us for free. Monday night 2/10/25, at 6:00 pm, in the JMS Cafeteria. See you there!
It is time for the City of Jacksonville Youth Sports sign up! They offer baseball, Co-ed tball, softball, Co-ed NFL Flag football, Co-ed soccer, Co-ed kickball, and High School Girls NFL Flag Football. Parents can register at the Jacksonville Community Center or online. If they have any questions, they can reach out to Rusty McCoy at (501) 690-1722. Some of the highlights from last season include the 12U softball team getting to go out onto the field at an Arkansas Travelers game last fall. They were out on the field for the National Anthem, they got to run the players out onto the field, and got to participate in on-field activities. They were able to work with Razorback Athletics as well and had players and families receive free tickets to a Razorback Football Game. They are continuing to work with the Arkansas Travelers and Razorback Athletics and will hopefully get to do these things again soon.
One of Mrs. Smith's ELA classes had a "Book Tasting" with our JMS Media Specialist Mrs. K. They had the chance to preview books pertaining to The Holocaust and the Resistance during WWII in order to choose the best fit book for them. They will use these books to write an essay answering the question "How does literature help us honor and remember the victims of The Holocaust?".
