Congratulations to Adriana Pardo

Congratulations to Adriana Pardo, our Diane Kent Parker Beginning Teacher of the Year.  Ms. Pardo brings creativity and passion for teaching and learning to her 4th grade classroom and is a tremendous community builder in her classroom.

Congratulations to Will Coley our TA of the Year

Congratulations to Mr. Coley, our 2010-2011 Teacher Assistant of the Year.  Mr. Coley brings tremendous enthusiasm to the job and is a favorite of our students!

It's Official!!! A 3-peat for JYJ

3 PEAT!!!

We have received official notification from the Magnet Schools of America, and, for the 3rd Consecutive Year, J.Y. Joyner for Spanish Language/IB Magnet Elementary is a National Magnet School of Excellence.  This is the highest award level bestowed upon a school and less than 60 schools per year achieve this prestigious honor.  We are very proud of our teachers, staff, students, and parents!!!

Another Great Science Go Round!!!

Thanks to all who helped make this years Science Go Round a Great time for everyone!!!  If we can gauge it's success by the number of parents who have been asked to buy a pet chicken or install solar panels, it was a huge success.  I am hoping to have pictures in the future.

Science Go Round

Our Annual Science Go Round will be held on Friday, Feb. 18th.  We will have presenters from all over the state, including Dan The Animal Man.

Magnet Open House

We will be hosting Magnet Open House on Wednesday, Feb. 9th at 10:00 am and 12:30 pm.

Benchmark Testing

The schedule for Benchmark Testing for Grades 3-5 for next week will go as follows:


Monday, Feb. 7th 5th grade Math

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Tuesday, Feb. 8th

3rd Grade Math

4th Grade Reading

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Wednesday, Feb. 9th MAGNET OPEN HOUSE 10:00 AM AND 12:30 PM

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Thursday, Feb. 10th

3rd Grade Reading

4th grade Math

5th Grade Reading

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Friday, Feb. 11th Makeup Testing for All Grades

It's been a while but, we're back

After several more experiences with Cyber Attacks from Ad people, my site is back up again.

Early Dismissal Monday Due to Inclement Weather!!!

We will dismiss at 12:30 pm Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 due to the threat of inclement weather.  Please stay tuned to your local media outlets as conditions might call for us to dismiss prior to 12:30 pm.

There will be NO JYJ AFTERSCHOOL CARE MONDAY!!!  All students will be dismissed at 12:30 pm.

Congratulations to Amy Scheffel!

Congratulations to Amy Scheffel, our Teacher of the Year!  Amy teaches 3rd grade and has been with us for 4 years. She has worked with her team and our school to bring Reader's Workshop to our staff and to help launch  our 3rd grade projects; Operation Belize and Help Heal Haiti.

PTA Meeting Tuesday, Jan. 4th

There will be a PTA Business Meeting in the Media Center at 7 pm on Tuesday, January 4th!  Hope to see you there!

Welcome Back!

We hope you all had a good Holiday Break!  School begins Monday Jan. 3rd.