Comet Community, I will be closing the facility survey this weekend but wanted to give you a last opportunity to provide your perspective. The information we’ve received so far has been very helpful! The survey takes 4 minutes. Thank you to everyone who has a taken the time to help guide the district!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DRH9JSC
Final ski trip payments (for those students/chaperones who have already signed up to attend) are due no later than Tuesday, January 10!
I want to thank all the people who have taken time to complete the facility assessment survey! We have had a pretty good response but we could use more. Here is the link to complete it: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DRH9JSC.
It's also on our jonesvilleschools.com webpage. You can also find the results of the facility assessment there too. Thank you and go Comets!!!
Jonesville Community Schools would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to the Jonesville Police Department for their work on the recent break-ins and vandalism at JCS. I know Director Etter and Sergeant Albright put in extra hours to help put a stop to it and it paid off. Thank you!!!
6th grade students in National Park Science class had a wonderful opportunity to talk with a ranger from Yellowstone National Park last week. The students enjoyed a visual display of photos and items to learn various information about the world’s first national park. We learned about the geology, biology, and ecology of Yellowstone! (That’s a lot of -ologies!) 😅
Favorite fact: An adult human head weighs about 10 pounds. An adult bison head weighs about 100 pounds!! Amazing!
We also had time to ask questions of our own with the ranger. The best answer we heard: Students as young as 15 can come live and work in Yellowstone as part of a learning program! I think a few may volunteer when they are old enough! Comets in Yellowstone…
Comet community! A reminder to please go to jonesvilleschools.org and take a look at the facility assessment and then take the facility survey. You will find a tab for each on the webpage. The more responses we receive the more it helps the staff and students. I appreciate your input!
Reminder: There is a mandatory meeting for anyone who signed up to chaperone the school ski trip TONIGHT (Tuesday) at 6:00pm in the JMS library. Please bring your license to the meeting. The meeting should last about thirty minutes.
Jonesville Community Schools would like to thank Ryan Scheetz from ABC Challenge for the $400 donation! Our kids competed in the challenge which is a one and a half mile obstacle course that includes climbing, crawling through mud, sliding, and problem solving. Williams Elementary had some of the most participants. Go Comets and thank you ABC Challenge!
Comet Community! I have posted the facility assessment from Elite on our homepage. It's an icon right on the front. If you go to page 15 on the assessment it gives you cliffs notes and key (P1, P2, etc.) for the entire assessment. The following pages provide detail. I will be sending out a survey some time next week to get your feedback on what you all see as priorities.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
The Jonesville Rotarians are sponsoring a Holiday Cheer decorating contest! It can be residential or business. Winners receive $50 cash and bragging rights. Enter your home or business online by November 30th.
Please read the attached for details. Show your holiday spirit!
Jonesville Community,
The facility assessment is completed and Elite will be sharing an overview of the condition of each of our facilities. They will share this at our study session Monday, November 21st at 6:00 at Jonesville High School. I will share the detailed version of the assessment on our website for you to look at afterwards. This information will help guide our facility planning for the future.
Thank you and we hope to see you there!
Good evening Comet families! I’m reaching out to you tonight to let you know that school will resume tomorrow, Thursday the 17th.
JCS was fortunate that some of the systems we utilize were/are separate from the Jackson County ISD. We will continue to monitor diligently though.
I thank you for your patience and look forward to seeing staff and students tomorrow. Go Comets!
Erik Weatherwax
Superintendent, Jonesville Community Schools
Good evening,
Over the weekend, our technology consortium suffered a systems outage. The outage affected critical operating systems in the district, including but not limited to heating, telephones, and classroom technology. Jackson County ISD technology staff is working to fully investigate the disruptions and to restore affected systems.
Because this will take some time, superintendents from both Jackson and Hillsdale counties have determined the best course of action is to close schools for tomorrow, Monday, November 14, 2022.
We understand the difficulties this decision may cause, and appreciate your understanding and patience as our technology team works around the clock to get our systems back online and our students back in school. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
Sincerely,
Erik Weatherwax
Superintendent, Jonesville Community Schools