Jan. 13th is an Early Release Day

This is a reminder that school will dismiss at 12:30 pm on Friday Jan. 13th and will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16th for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2012!

The New Year has brought a new face to J.Y. Joyner. Phyllis Moore will be coming to us from East Wake Middle School to teach music. Ms. Moore is National Board Certified and has over a dozen years of experience as a band and chorus teacher.

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.