Purchase your yearbook for $35 in the Media Center during Advisory. Cash or checks made out to JMS accepted. Or, purchase on-line at jostens.com.
A big thanks to Joey Johnson, Michelle Berry, and Walker Jones for coming to speak to AVID classes and one STEM class about visual impairments, guide dogs, guide dog etiquette, and careers in the field of disabilities. The guide dogs, Tucker and Loki, were exceptionally well behaved.
Spring Keyboarding Contest
The top two elementary and middle school students with the highest words-per-minute accuracy will win a prize!
To participate, students should click on the Learning.com tile in Classlink, Click on
Tech Quest, then click Arcade. Select Adaptive Keyboarding to begin!
Congratulations to Carter Little for making it to the fourth round of the 5th annual Carolina Panthers Regional Spelling Bee in Charlotte, NC last weekend. Carter represented Aiken County Schools as the 2nd place winner at the District level. We are so very proud of Carter. https://www.panthers.com/community/spelling-bee-2025-participants
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5, there is a threat of severe weather with wind gusts in the morning forecasted to exceed 40 mph. This wind speed exceeds the threshold allowed for school buses to be on roadways. This wind event will result in a need to shift to e-learning tomorrow.
Employees should plan to report to their work location on a two-hour delayed start, with no building or office opening before 10 a.m.
Afterschool extracurricular practices, games, and events will continue tomorrow as scheduled. There will be no QuestZone tomorrow.
We apologize for the challenges that this will cause our families and appreciate your continued cooperation and support!
March Mathness!
Top 3 students in each grade level with the most growth Feb. 28 - March 28 will win a basket of goodies!
During Spring Intersession, the week of March 31-April 3, a limited number of spots are available for this year’s Fine Arts Camp, Lego Wars, for students in grades 6-8.
Fine Arts Camp will be held at Highland Springs Middle School Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Students will be immersed in creativity, the engineering design process, and project design while developing architectural skills to build a strong Lego structure.
Registration opens Monday, March 3, at 6 p.m. for ACPSD middle school students and is offered on a first come-first served basis. Please note that due to space limitations, only the first 30 students to apply will be accepted. Once the application window opens, parents/guardians can apply by scanning the QR Code or visiting https://forms.office.com/r/zJ7pj8gvYh.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day of camp, Monday-Thursday, March 31-April 3, however students’ families will be responsible for their own transportation to Highland Springs Middle.
Please contact Dr. Kimberly Fontanez, District Fine Arts Coordinator, at kfontanez@acpsd.net with any questions.
February was a short month packed full of AVID and STEM activities.
A big shout out to the ACPSD Career Center, administrators, Student Ambassadors, and teacher, Mrs. Christie Palladino, for having our AVID 8th graders visit and tour. We had an amazing time learning about all the career opportunities available for our students in high school. AVID students enjoyed a pancake breakfast as part of relational capacity. Thanks to the exploratory teachers for helping and make pancakes and serve them.
STEM students spent the last few days creatively designing bacteria and virus models using playdough. Teachers voted on the best virus models.
African-Americans and Labor was this year's Black History Month theme with a focus on the 100th Anniversary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), as depicted in "The 11:59 Reader's Theatre portion of the program. Student participants wowed the audience with their speaking, theatrical, musical, writing, and artistic talents.
We had the pleasure of having Ms. Robin Cantwell, Strategic Client Manager for Kelley Services, as our Principal for a Day, along with Ms. Carla Dupert, JMS Principal.
Congratulations to all of the Area 5 students performing in the SCBDA Region 2 Honor Band last weekend! Thirty students representing Silver Bluff High School, Jackson Middle School, and New Ellenton Middle School auditioned and were selected to perform with the Honor Band.
Black History Program
Jackson STEM Magnet Middle School
Friday, February 28, 2025
9:00 a.m. in the Cafeteria
AVID Spirit Week
March 10-13, 2025
$5.00 to be collected during Advisory March 10-13
Mon. - Pajama Day
Tue. - Teacher Student Swap Day
Wed. - Twin Day
Thur. - Throwback Day/Outside Freeze Pop
Congratulations to Ms. Jacob's Advisory class for winning the Fight the Flu Challenge sponsored by school nurse, Ms. Morgan! The class enjoyed chicken biscuits for breakfast today.
Quarter 2 Honor Roll students enjoyed a private screening of Mufasa at the movie theater.
Today, STEM students and a few 7th grade Science students were able to learn about Gel Electrophoresis with Dyes. A big thanks to Greenwood Genetics Center for traveling/conducting this on-site field trip, and Mrs. Seagle for chaperoning.
Ms. McMillian's 7th period STEM class had physicist, Dr. George King, from SRNL as a guest speaker.
It's Valentine's Spirit Week!!! February 10 – 14, 2025
2/10/25 Monday – Sports Jersey Day
Wear your favorite sports jersey or wear school colors (red, white & black)
2/11/25 Tuesday – Neon Day
WEAR YOUR BRIGHTEST NEON OUTFIT!!!
2/12/25 Wednesday - Valentine’s Headgear Day
Hats and Hearts…Hearts on your heads would be soooo cute!!
2/13/25 - Thursday – Let’s be Comfortable!
Wear slippers, bedroom shoes, house shoes, etc.
2/14/25 – Friday – It’s Valentine’s Day!!!!
Wear everything VALENTINE’s & purchase your Valentine’s Day Dance Ticket!!!
Let’s Dance!!! You may purchase a Valentine’s Day Dance Ticket on Friday morning for $5. Our Valentine’s Day Dance will take place on Friday during school hours. We will be on an Activity Schedule! Concessions will be sold during the dance.
Students and staff showered Ms. Dooley with appreciation and gifts for Guidance Counselor Week.
Sixth grade and theatre students attended the Augusta Jr. Players performance of the “Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges” at the Kroc Center.
