Celebrating Read Across America

Cat in the Hat visited JBE and read many of Dr. Seuss' great stories.  The students enjoyed reading many of his great books as well and participating in the AR challenge for the week.  Everyone did a great job ~ the total AR points for the week was 653.5 points with an average of 80.1%.  Way to go students!!  Keep up the great work!!

Read Across America ~

Read Across America ~

March 1-March 5, 2010

Story Time in the Media Center ~ students will have a chance to hear some of Dr. Seuss' stories.

Tuesday, March 2 ~ In Honor of Dr. Seuss' Birthday, students and staff are encouraged to wear red, black and white, as well as their favorite Dr. Seuss Hat.

AR CONTEST ~ the class on each grade level with the highest AR points for the week, as well as an 85% or higher class average, will receive a pizza party!!

During the week, students who take an AR test on a Dr. Seuss book and make an 80% or higher will receive a special treat.

JBE Receives $5,000...

On February 2, 2010, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded JBE $5,000 as a part of a their program to give back to the educational community.  Ralph Parker, the district manager, Margie Meneley, the local manager, and Brenda Dent presented the check to Dr. Johnson.

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

We had nine 5th grade students who participated in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl last week.  They did an excellent job in preparing for this big event.  Our school competed against the other 7 elementary schools in our county.  Keep up the good work and keep on reading!!

AR Snowman Challenge ~ 1st & 2nd Grade Classes

Our first and second grade classes are having a challenge to see which class can read the most books and take AR tests to build a "Snowman".  Once a student has read a book and made an 80% or higher on the AR test, he/she is given a "snowball" to place on the snowman.  The student's name and book title are written on the snowball.  So far, these students have read over 300 books since Tuesday of this week.  Way to go students, and way to go teachers!  Keep up the good reading!!

JBE's Spelling Bee

Today, we had a Spelling Bee for our 4th and 5th graders. Each class conducted a classroom spelling bee to determine who would represent their class in the school spelling bee. All of the boys and girls did a great job! Keep up the good work!

Our 4th Grade Participants

Congratulations to Mya and Raven ~ Mya won 1st Place and Raven won 2nd Place!

Our 5th Grade Participants

Congratulations to Destiny & Sophia  ~ Destiny won 1st Place and Sophia won 2nd Place!

JBE's January News...

Our second 9 weeks AR party was held on Friday, January 15 in the cafeteria. We had 75 students in first through fifth grade to meet their individualized AR goal and maintain an 85% average or higher for the 2nd 9 weeks. These students were treated with a special cake, and they also received a goody bag with Snowman Soup, a bookmark, a Pizza Hut gift certificate, and candy. All of the students were entered into a drawing for a Walmart gift card...we had 10 lucky winners of the gift cards. The students seemed to really enjoy the celebration. Please remember to encourage your students to participate in AR and try to achieve their goals for the third 9 weeks.