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.

Fish and Crabs Quiver at the Mention of My Name

So Do Buffet Cooks!

Catching Crabs in the Calibogue Sound

With our friend John (Crab Expert)

Baiting our rigs with Chicken Gizzards

A female Blue Crab

Haiti Team Back from a Successful Trip!!!

Our Haiti Team is back from a very fulfilling and successful trip.  They landed at 10:30 pm last night, tired but energized about sharing their stories from Haiti.  I will share pictures with you as we download them and have included a few candids below.  The pictures do all of the talking!

Follow our Haiti Team!!!

You can follow our Haiti Team as they Blog through the Hayes Barton Baptist Church website.

Click the link below.

http://hbbchaiti.blogspot.com/

JYJ Teachers On The Ground in Haiti!!

Our JYJ Haiti Team is on the ground and have had their first meal in Haiti (Peanut Butter and Jelly and Coca Cola.)

As we get more information and pictures we will post them for all to see.

Getting Ready for 2011-2012!!!

Our Head Custodian, Mr. Bizzell, has been working hard to get our 4th and 5th grade teachers moved into the main building and to get our Spanish Teachers moved into the modular building.

We are converting our Computer Lab to a classroom and will set up a portable computer lab that we will set up each day in the WJYJ newsroom after the news.  

We are tentatively planning on having a classroom in First Grade and a classroom in Second Grade that will be team taught with two teachers working with a class of students.