Science Fair Winners

On Tuesday February 22, the WSFC School district wide Science Fair was held at SciWorks.  Two Jefferson students placed in the top five of their division.  Applying her interest and concern about the recent oil spill, Katy Kneisel placed 2^nd in the Earth and Environmental Division for her project entitled “There’s an Oil Spill in My Backyard”.  In the Applied Science, Technology and Engineering Division, Ben Knight won 1st place with his project entitled “Living Up to your Potential Energy”, working with capturing sustainable energy.  Ben competes in the Regional competition on Wednesday.  Congratulations to our Patriot Scientists!

Valetine's Day--Recent Good News

We have several miscellaneous pieces of good news to report!

We had several Essay contest winners.  The  "Why I am Proud to be an American" Elks Lodge essay produced the following winners at our school:

6th Grade:
1st place Connor Davis
2nd place Laura Reyes
This is for Division I
7th Grade:
Lauren Sears  3rd place , 2nd division
Nicole Williams, 1st place 2nd division

• Two  of Ms. Allison Pegram's art students won thousand dollar scholarships  by being chosen in the Art Key contest:
• Katherine Bell was a Gold Key Winner and Samantha Wooldridge was a Silver Key Winner

• Our very own Cindy Dietrich will be presenting at the North Carolina Middle School Conference on a technique of discipline that she uses in her class called "Time to Teach"--We are honored to have her represent our school!
• A big Thanks to Lisha Vannoy and all the parents, students and teachers who helped with the 8th grade dance!  It was a huge success!
• A big thanks to the 6th grade teachers and faculty who helped make our rising 6th grade open house night a big success--many parents have called and reported how impressed they were.
• Thanks to Mr. Schnably (for his powers of persuasion)  and Dr. Martin (for  allowing us) to have our 8th grade Award Ceremony at Wait Chapel!  The setting is just perfect for our size and what we need that day.
• Congratulations to the Icons team who helped raise money for "Jack and Hunter's Fund--Freak the Mighty"
• Ms. Pickell's exchange students from South Korea reported many good things about our school!  They were impressed with the number of computers we have per classroom; (Mr. Downs is shocked at that!) the number of calculators; and the type of discussions that happen between teachers and students. (they were accustomed to teachers doing most of the talking)  They were also amazed at the seating arrangements :)
• Finally we had a very nice compliment given to us my a teacher at Kernersville who was very impressed by our basketball coaches and their upbeat attitude and overall camaraderie with the athletes.  They said the way that Jefferson conducted itself was "refreshing"!

Mr. Fossa is our MVP for February 2011

Mr. Fossa was voted by our School Improvement team as Jefferson's Most Valuable Player for the month of February!  Mr. Fossa is one of those faculty members who is always willing to help his fellow colleagues.  Mr. Fossa coaches basketball (for free) and most recently has served on a school district committee to help determine ways the school district can save money next year through scheduling changes.  This is a huge commitment of time and effort, and we truly appreciate all that Mr. Fossa is doing to help our school and the students and teachers of Forsyth County!