Jonesville Community Schools

From Williams Elementary School: Mrs. Snyder's class spent all last week researching a Michigan product: Faygo pop, Better Made chips, Hudsonville Ice Cream, Jiffy, McClure's Pickles, and Kellogg's cereal. Friday the students then presented their product to the class. and today they celebrated their research by eating these Michigan made products. The National Cherry Festival director also sent a care package to Mrs. Snyder's class. The box of goodies included: Great Lakes Potato Chips, Sleeping Bear Farms honey, dried chocolate covered cherries, tart cherry juice, Cherry Festival Preserves, dried cherries, and official National Cherry Festival pins!

From Williams Elementary: Dr. Distributive visited Mrs. Snyder's class from the Array Hospital on Wednesday this week. Students were suited up with surgical gowns, surgical gloves, and were able to pick a surgical utensil. Students were given patients like "Amy Addition" and "Matthew Multiplication". These patients had problems like 7 x 8 that the students had to use the distributive property to solve. The students did a wonderful job with their patients.

From Williams Elementary School: It was brought to our attention that the link that was recently shared to order a yearbook was incorrect. Here is the correct link: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/order/lookupjob?jobNumber=1840323 We apologize for the confusion.

Good evening Comet families! This is just a reminder that tomorrow Friday, March 10th is a half day for all students. Please make arrangements accordingly. Have a good night and go Comets!

February Student of the Month Williams Elementary recently acknowledged students who were selected as a Student of the Month for exhibiting perseverance. Perseverance is a skill that will help them as they continue to learn and grow. We are so proud of them! Pictured are our 3rd-5th grade nominees.

February Student of the Month Williams Elementary recently acknowledged students who were selected as a Student of the Month for exhibiting perseverance. Perseverance is a skill that will help them as they continue to learn and grow. We are so proud of them! Pictured are our KP-2nd grade nominees.

Thank you to County National Bank and the Jonesville Branch for supporting Williams Elementary School's Third Grade! County National Bank purchased copies of the book The Lemonade War so that the third graders at WES could incorporate reading into their economics unit!

Good evening Comet families! I'm sorry for the late message but our last issue was just resolved. We are good to go for school tomorrow. Thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing your student(s) tomorrow!

From Williams Elementary: We have been made aware that for some reason the all-call from last Sunday went out again. We apologize for any confusion. The all-call for this week should be going out around 6:00 pm tonight. At this point in time, we are planning on school tomorrow.

Good afternoon Comet families! A quick update on where we are at. Internet is up and running at the schools. JHS/JMS are both good to go. WES is having issues with the heat. We have people working on it but that's as much as I know right now. I want to thank Tom, Vern, Lucy, and others who helped keep the power going and moving food around so it wasn't spoiled. There were quite a few people who have been working to try to get our kids back in school. We are lucky to have them! I will give you another update when I know something more definitive. I hope you are all well!

Good evening Comet families! I hope this message finds you safe and well, though I know we are in different states of “well”. In looking at the outage map for Consumers, it does not look like we are going to be ready to go by tomorrow so we will not be in session tomorrow Friday, February 24th. I know this time has not been easy for you all and I hope it gets better soon. We will see our Comets on Monday, February 27th. Stay safe and stay warm

Due to power outages, including parts of our campus, Jonesville Community Schools will be closed tomorrow- Thursday, February 23rd. Take care and be safe, Comets!

Good morning Comet families! Due to the potential for ice accumulations, JCS will be closed today, Wednesday Feb. 22. Stay safe and have a great day!

After the facility assessment and survey were completed, the board deliberated on our next steps for our facilities. As you know, many of our facilities are very old and the resources we have available to address all of the needs don't come close to what we need. Because of this, the board made a decision to begin work on developing a bond proposal. I am looking for parents and community members who reside in the Jonesville School district to be a part of a committee to look at where we are at and where we would like to be. If you are interested in this project, please contact me at eweatherwax@jonesvilleschools.org or call me at 517-826-7001.

JCS would like to thank Jonesville Lumber for their incredible support of our Industrial Arts program. This year, we added classes for each grade level in the middle school in addition to the two hours of classes at the high school. This meant we were in dire need of supplies and JL stepped in and delivered, literally. It started in September with shipments of 1x4 and 1x6 lumber for birdhouse projects in the middle school and various types of lumber for the high school. We then decided to try something different during the 2nd trimester at the middle school by adding lessons on the electrical trade. JL came through again with lumber and electrical supplies. The pics are the culmination of carpentry and electrical projects our students have done as a result of JL’s generosity. Thank you!!! These mini-walls are currently being combined into small garden sheds. More information and pics of those coming soon! -Mr. Dice

Comet families! The JCS school board voted to move the high school to semesters beginning the 2023/24 school year. We will be looking at, potentially, making the switch from trimesters to semesters for the middle and elementary schools as well.

Good evening Comets! Due to the conditions of our backroad routes, JCS will have to close for tomorrow Thursday, January 26th. I know the main roads are good to go but we have many students who live out of town or drive themselves. We would be unable to get these students and would be at risk of not hitting our 75% attendance required by the state.I have confidence that we will be ready to go by Friday. Have a good night!

Good evening Comet families! In anticipation of the incoming inclement weather, JCS will be closed tomorrow Wednesday, January 25th. My hope is that this earlier announcement will provide parents with some extra time to make arrangements if necessary. Have a good evening

The Williams Elementary Comet Cruisers running program is looking for individuals, organizations, and businesses to sponsor students to complete a couch to 5K program this spring. We will begin in mid March and run the 5K during Riverfest weekend. It is $80 to sponsor a runner to receive certificate, t-shirt, and a brand new pair of running shoes. If you sponsor 3 or more students, your company name will be on the back of our shirts! Please see the attached donation form or contact Rachel Mandrelle at rmandrelle@jonesvilleschools.org.

In honor of school board appreciation month, Jonesville Community Schools would like to thank our school board members for all they do for our staff and students. The position requires a lot of work behind the scenes and some long nights. Thank you for all you do! We look forward to what the future has in store!