Welcome Kim Thompson!!!

Please join me in welcoming Kim Thompson, our new Kindergarten teacher. Ms. Thompson comes to us from the Nash-Rocky Mount School System where she has been teaching for the past three years. We are very excited to have her join our kindergarten team.

International Parade

Our International Parade is something that our students look forward to every year. Our Spanish Team puts a lot of work into laying out the costumes, the parade order and the parade route. It is a favorite of students and staff.

Veterans Day in Boston

My family and I spent Veterans Day weekend in Boston. It is one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the United States and one of my favorites.

We had a great time at Harvard!

We visited the Old North Church and heard the "inside" story of the ride of Paul Revere.

On Salem Street, in the Old North End, we stumbled upon the MOST AMAZING Italian Bakery (Bova's)

We also visited the site of Boston Latin School, America's First Organized School, whose graduates included four signers of the Declaration of Independence, including Benjamin Franklin.

The highlight of our trip was seeing Melissa McLaughlin, a former Joyner teacher who now teaches in the Boston area. We really miss her!

Congratulations to Debra Pitt

Mrs. Pitt was recognized recently as an Office Max National "Day Made Better" Teacher. The award was presented at the North Carolina Farmer's Market as part of a Field Trip her children were attending (She was VERY SURPRISED!) Ms. Pitt is an outstanding teacher and every day with her is a "Day Made Better!"

Congratulations to Anita Cardona!!! JYJ Teacher of the Year

Ms. Cardona was selected from Five Finalists as our Teacher of the Year. She is a technology leader in our school and our system and does a tremendous job in using technology to support her classroom. Under her leadership, our Spanish classrooms have conducted classes in conjunction with sister classrooms in Honduras via Skype. She serves as a Promethean Leader and teams with Sadie Hoover to lead the Wake County Promethean Users Group.

Teacher of the Year Finalists!

We are very proud to present our five Teacher of the Year Finalists. We will film a video of them teaching a lesson and an interview with them about their "hope for their students." Our staff will then view the videos and interviews and select one of them our JYJ Teacher of the Year!

Our Finalists!

Debra Pitt- Second Grade

Julie Thompson- First Grade

Anita Cardona-Spanish

Jen Bell-Fifth Grade

Jenna Rickley-First Grade

Joyner Jamboree a BIG Success!!!

Everyone had a Great Time at the Joyner Jamboree!!! It was our largest crowd in memory and there were lots of fun activities for young and old alike!

Math Night

Everyone had a Great Night at Math Night on Oct. 13th!!! Students, Parents, and even Teachers got a chance to show their Math Skills.

Congratulations Mrs. Pitt!!!

Congratulations to Ms. Debra Pitt!!! She was recognized by Office Max with their National "A Day Made Better Award." This award recognizes a teacher who, on a daily basis, makes the lives of everyone around her better. Ms. Pitt received office supplies and supplies for her classroom with a value of over $1000 and we received books for our library in honor of Ms. Pitt.

Be The Church Day- Stop Hunger Now

As a part of our church's Be The Church Day, my family participated in a Stop Hunger Now food packaging event at The Peak Methodist Church in Apex, NC. We packaged over 20,000 meals (Rice, Soy Meal, Vitamins, and Vegetable Flavoring) as a part of our service project. Best yet, everyone no matter how small can help! Many of the meals we packaged are going to Haiti and very well might feed a child that our Haiti team visited in the orphanages this summer.

Chip Popivicieu shares his experiences on Everest.

Chip Popivicieu, one of a very few men to have ever summited Mt. Everest came to speak to our 5th graders Friday about the climb. They are currently reading the book, PEAK by Roland Smith, which details a trek to summit Everest.

Mr. Popivicieu was born in the mountainous region of Transylvania and the Carpathian Mountains in Romania.

Joyner 3rd Graders Helping Refugees from Central African Republic

The family pictured above were guests of Ms. Scheffel and our third graders Monday. They are Refugees from the war in the Central African Republic. They fled to Chad after their villages were burned and soon came to the United States with the help of Lutheran Ministries. They live in Ms. Scheffel's apartment complex.

Our third graders have been studying communities and discussing what happens when things go wrong in a community. Our guests communicated through an interpreter and told the students of their time in the refugee camps and their trip to America.

JY Joyner Open House

Dear Joyner Parents,

We invite everyone to come out to our Open House on Thursday, Sept. 15th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Great Opening!!!

Thanks for another great opening of school! We have enjoyed meeting all of our new Kindergarteners and new to JYJ students. We're off to a good start!

Carpool Procedures Voicethread

Joyner Recognized by NC Dept. of Public Instruction

J.Y. Joyner Magnet Elementary has recently been recognized by NCDPI as a NC ABC's School of Distinction for our performance on the NC End of Grade Test.

Congratulations Teachers, Parents, and Students!!

Welcome Laura Sollazzo-Doran

Please join me in welcoming Laura Sollazzo-Doran to our JYJ staff.  Laura will be a half time CCR teacher at Joyner and will be working with our 3rd - 5th graders.  She has over 10 years experience as a behavior specialist and special education teacher.  She will also be working part time at Poe Elementary.

Before and After School Registration

Registration for the JYJ Before and Afterschool Program will run from August 1st to August 15th for parents who will be signing up for the full, 5 day per week program.

This is to give those who need these programs EVERY day a chance to register before seats become limited.

On August 16th, we will begin registration for students who will be participating on a less than full time basis.

Registration costs are $15 for each program.

The Monthly cost for the afterschool program is around $156 per month.

The cost for the beforeschool program is $55 per month.

You can find the registration forms on our school website and you can leave your registration forms and payments in the office with Ms. Mozingo.

Parent Volunteers

It's that time again!  Please stop by our office any day (M - F 9am to 3 pm) to register as a volunteer for the upcoming school year.

It is important for you to register if you plan on volunteering in your child's classroom or going on field trips as a chaperone.

Please remember that you must register at the beginning of EACH new school year.

Images from Haiti

A higher quality version of this slideshow can be accessed via the Youtube address linked below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oac8ZX_nCIs&feature=related

JY Joyner in Haiti- Slideshow 2

A higher quality slideshow can be accessed by clicking the YouTube link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6fYYq4Bz90

Welcome our New Assistant Principal, Leslie Taylor

We are very excited about our newest addition to our Joyner Family, our new Assistant Principal, Leslie Taylor!

Leslie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.(Go Heels!) where she was a NC Principals Fellow.  Most recently she served as Assistant Principal at Leesville Road Middle School.  She has taught 1st grade, 3rd grade, and 6th grade as well as serving as an Instructional Resource Teacher and a literacy coach.

She also served as project coordinator for a NC Health & Wellness Childhood Overweight & Obesity initiative coordinating efforts and providing staff development for school districts across North Carolina to promote physical activity and healthy living. 

She is from a family of educators and her husband is also an Assistant Principal at Timber Drive Elementary.

She enjoys being outside, traveling, reading, watching Carolina sports (Go Heels!!!), and playing with her two year old son.


On an International note, she enjoys keeping up with her"extended families" abroad in Ecuador, Mexico, and Brazil where her exchange student siblings live.

Palmetto Bluff

 A view from the town square.

Buffaloes Restaurant-Great Place for Lunch!  Named after an infamous runaway buffalo (His name was Bill and he, well at least part of him, is mounted over the fireplace) who swam from Bull Island to get to the rich rice fields of Bluffton.  He became aggressive with the local farmers, so he ended up on the wall of the local restaurant.

This church is a very popular spot for weddings.  Just behind the church is the May River.

There are many vacation cottages for rent, ranging from the more quaint like pictured above.

To the more ornate as pictured here.

 Bocce or Bocci Courts overlooking the May River

The May River during a mid-afternoon rainstorm.

Just off the beaten path in Bluffton, SC is a hidden treasure in the village resort of Palmetto Bluff.  Palmetto Bluff is a very upscale resort village beside the May River with an 18 hole golf course and a championship equestrian center.  Recent buyers in Palmetto Bluff include Oprah Winfrey and Tiger Woods.

Walking Savannah

Took a day to go down to Savannah and walk the city to take in the culture and architecture.  What a beautiful place!!!

Who thought golf was a dangerous sport?

The little white things in the picture aren't eggs, they're golf balls.  While golfing at the Sea Pines Heron Point Course, my ball came to rest with several others near a fairly large alligator.  Needless to say, I left my golf ball with the gator.

Happy Fourth of July

We are enjoying our week at Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island.  Our house is on the 10th hole of the Ocean Course and we have some interesting neighbors.

Alice the very lazy Alligator.

A very tame and slightly crazy Blue Heron.