JEI Gardening Club, led by Beth Wilson and Nicolette Hall, have been learning about plants and working on the garden areas around the school! Students planted seeds to give away at our upcoming STEM night, weeded and planted in our native plant garden, painted and added chalk art to the raised beds, and added annuals purchased from the high school’s FFA to the containers in the back car pick up and the garden bed by the front door. We are thankful for this group of hard-working 5th and 6th graders!
5th and 6th grade students were recognized with Integrity Character Trait Awards and were cheered on by their classmates. Guests were honored to have a student guest speaker, Mariana Hernandez Velasquez, and our own Mr. Anthony, who both spoke to students about showing courage. Courage is our next Character Trait focus. We are proud of all JEI students for working hard to have great character!
School will start 45 minutes late at ALL JPS sites this morning. All morning bus routes will run 45 minutes later than normal. Intermediate sites will begin at 8:30 AM. Elementary sites will begin at 9:15 AM. Middle School, Freshman Academy, and High School will begin at 10:00 AM. School will end at the normal time this afternoon.
Will you join us or sponsor our JEI Trivia Night? All proceeds benefit the JEI Outdoor Classroom and Playground Initiative. Visit https://ok-jenks-lite.intouchreceipting.com/JEITriviaRhinestoneRodeo for more details.
Our final Dynamic Dads of the year was a huge success. Guest speaker, Clay Martin wears many hats. He is currently serving JPS as the Assistant Athletic Director of Community Education and is a National Football League official. You might also recognize him as a former assistant principal at the High School, as well as the former Varsity Boys Basketball coach. He is a great representative of the excellence of Jenks Public Schools. JEI is so appreciative of the special guests who visited students and donated their time to share stories of Courage.
JEI students are so creative! Check out these Mini Art Gallery displays outside of Sara Wofford's classroom.
Five 6th graders represented JEI in round two of the OSSM Math Contest. They went to the OSSM campus in Oklahoma City on Saturday and competed against 6th grade qualifiers from around the state. Johnny Davison and Reyansh Gupta tied for 3rd overall, and Elena ZhangWang placed 2nd! Johnny also won the "best shirt" award. Our other qualifiers, Noelle Barnett and William Gorbet, performed very well. Way to make JEI proud!
Did you know that our JEI Library has an Instagram page? Go give it a follow!https://www.instagram.com/jei_library?igsh=MW5uaTc4bzZxM3V6ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Help JEI benefit Family and Children's Services of Tulsa as you organize and clean out!
Drive-In Movie Night is TOMORROW! Enjoy a memorable evening with the family while supporting the Jenks Public Schools Foundation. See you at the Admiral Twin Drive-In!
Chose between 2️⃣ movies
🚗 Gates open at 7 p.m.
🎬 Movies start at dusk
🍕🍿🥤 available for purchase
Get your tickets now at jenksfoundation.org
IT IS OFFICIAL!
The Jenks Public Schools Board of Education voted to approve Tuesday, May 28 as the last day of school for the 2023-24 school year. June 3 was the original last day of school on the instructional calendar. Because JPS used only one of the five weather days built into the instructional calendar on January 22, the last day of school for students is shifted from June 3 to May 28. Wednesday, May 29 will be a teacher workday at elementary, intermediate, and secondary sites.
Friday, we had some wonderful guests join our students for Marvelous Moms. Students and guests read a story about Integrity, our next Character Trait focus, and played a game called Integrity Ball (similar to a favorite game, Quiet Ball). Thank you to our guests for volunteering your time to invest in our students!
5th graders were entertained by the 6th grade Band and Orchestra students. 5th graders will soon be choosing electives for their 6th grade enrollment and having older students perform just might inspire students to try one of the amazing groups!
Our Jenks East Intermediate PTAG treats us so well! Thank you for the delicious lunch from Chicken Salad Chick! We feel so loved and appreciated!
Today we awarded 5th and 6th graders with the Perseverance Character Trait Award. These students are great examples of ones who rise above challenges and continue to succeed. Our special guest speaker was Officer Bird, who is our District Safety Officer. He spoke to the students about having Integrity, which is our next character trait focus. Congratulations to all of the award recipients!
Registration for students returning to Jenks Public Schools in the 2024-25 school year is open now. If your student(s) are returning to JPS for 2024-25, please complete registration by May 31, 2024. IMPORTANT: Back to School Registration is ONLY for students returning to JPS for the 2024-25 school year. Click here to get started and find answers to frequently asked questions https://www.jenksps.org/page/24-25-back-to-school-registration
Today we were visited by citizens of Bikini Bottom. You can see them again Thursday through Saturday at the Jenks High School PAC in SpongeBob the Musical. Tickets are on sale at http://jenksvocal.com/ and at the door.
On Saturday, Elena ZhangWang and Arya Karnama represented JEI at the State MathCounts competition. They competed at Oklahoma City University with the top 6th-8th grade scorers from each region. Congrats to Elena and Arya!
JEI's Spring Book Fair begins Monday! We are also in need of volunteers to assist running the registers at the book fair. If you are available to help, please sign-up on the link below. All volunteers receive a gift certificate to the book fair as a thank you for taking the time out of your day to help!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0945ADA72AA4FD0-48235064-jeispring
JEI Spring Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up
Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
JEI Archery students, coached by Peggy Morrow, recently competed in the State Tournament and represented JEI very well! Declan Kelley placed 2nd and Jack Noble placed 3rd in Elementary division of the Archery State tournament. We are so proud of all the Archery participants!
