Welcome back Generals!
Good evening. Tomorrow brings much anticipation with the start of a new school year. I am so excited to see our students and employees back in our buildings as we work together to become the # 1 school district in the state of West Virginia. We are so fortunate to have a wonderful community of parents and guardians that understand the importance of a first-class education and are willing to go above and beyond to ensure the success of our students and schools. However, we know there is a lot of work to complete.
This summer, WCS has equipped schools with essential personnel for targeted intervention, created a STEAM Academy for middle school students, and continued to upgrade our facilities to provide the most conducive environments possible in our schools. We are very excited to see the new school year begin.
I encourage each of you to review our re-entry guidance document located on our webpage at https://tinyurl.com/yhq2qwgb. As you know, directives can change quickly with little notice. I will do my best to communicate changes to you as directives are received. I encourage all parents and students to follow the recommendations in the guidance document including, but not limited to - wearing a mask, staying socially distanced, and practicing good, hand-washing hygiene.
As always, I ask for your patience on the first day of school. There are many moving parts that we will continually perfect throughout the year. Once again, thank you for your support and encouragement as we start another exciting school year.
Thank you for all you do and have a wonderful evening.
Good evening Jackson parents, students, and staff. This is Mr. Kisner and I want to welcome everyone to the 2021-22 school year!
We look forward to all our students returning tomorrow. All students need to report to your homeroom teacher when dismissed at 7:55. Masks are not mandated, however we do highly recommend masks as they may help keep the risk of quarantine down in classes if we do have a COVID case.
All students should enter the school through the cafeteria. Doors open at 730 AM and first period is at 8AM. 6th grade will go upstairs and sit in the 6th grade hall, 7th grade will be in the gym, and 8th grade will sit in the 7th grade hall.
At this time, during lunch, students will eat in the cafeteria. We will have students sit 8 to a table. We will have overflow seating in a classroom to be assigned.
Dismissal will be at 3:14. Students may be picked up in the Community building parking lot or the tennis court parking lot. If students ride a bus they will report to the cafeteria when dismissed. Parents please review bus numbers with your student, you can find bus information on the WCS website.
We hope everyone has a great day! Go Generals!
Good evening Jackson parents, students, and staff,
Our teachers at Jackson will begin work tomorrow preparing for the first day of school on Thursday, August 19. This is a reminder that open house will be Tuesday, August 17. At open house, if you go to your student’s homeroom, which are on the cafeteria windows, you will be able to get their schedule and then you can walk around the school and visit teachers. This is an open format and will be from 4:45-6:45 in the evening. Acceptable Use Policy forms will be available on the table in front of the office if you want to pick one up to have filled out for the first day of school. Completing this form early will ensure your student gets their IPad quicker. I also encourage you to visit our PTO table on Tuesday evening and become a member of our Parent/Teacher group!
A few items that I want to mention concerning our re-entry to school this year:
1. Masks are highly recommended for students/staff, but are not required. There are quarantine protocols that we have to go by if a COVID case would occur, and those protocols can be found in the WCS re-entry document located on the WCS website.
2. All students enter the building through the cafeteria. Students may enter the building at 7:30 a.m, please do not drop students off too early! If a student wishes to eat breakfast, they need to grab a breakfast and sit in the cafeteria to eat. 6th graders will sit in the cafeteria, 7th and 8th graders will report to the gym. Students will be dismissed to their homeroom on the first day of school at 7:55! Everyday after this, they will go to their lockers and 1st period.
3. On the first day of school, students will report to their homeroom or DG class when dismissed!
4. Please make sure you read through all information that goes home with your student on the first day of school, there are two very important items that will be in there! One of those is the “pink” contact/health card. We need this back as soon as possible with updated information for all students! The second one is the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), we can not issue an IPad to your student until this is complete. Please be aware these devices are your students responsibility and fees may be assessed for damages. WCS does have an optional damage policy if you are interested in it, that is attached to the AUP.
We look forward to seeing you next Tuesday evening and a great start of the school year! Have a great evening and Go Generals!
Good evening Jackson parents, students, and staff;
This is Mr. Kisner with a brief announcement. First, thanks to everyone that came out for Tour de Jackson 2.0, and I hope it was helpful to all our incoming 6th graders that were able to be here. I want to let everyone know Developmental Guidance class lists will be on the cafeteria windows tomorrow by 10AM. You can find your name on the DG list and find your teacher’s name at the top of that list.
At open house on 8/17, students and parents can go to their DG classroom to get there schedule for this coming school year. Open house will be from 4:45 – 6:45, this is an open format and parents and students will be able to walk around and visit classrooms and teachers.
Acceptable Use Policy forms will be available that evening as well for parents that may want to get them and have them completed for the first day of school. A student will not be able to get their IPad until this form is completed and signed by the parent and student.
I also encourage all parents to stop by and visit our Parent Teacher Organization table during open house to see how you can help out! Have a great evening and Go Generals!
Good evening...this is Mr. Kisner with a reminder concerning Tour de Jackson for incoming 6th graders. Tour de Jackson 2.0 will be tomorrow and Wednesday, August 10 & 11. Students may attend either day at their scheduled time. Students with last names beginning with A-K will be from 9:00 - 10:30 AM and students with last names beginning with L-Z will be from 1:00 - 2:30 PM. Students that have siblings that may have different last names can attend at the same time. This will be a quick overview of the school and help acclimate students to Jackson. All students should enter through the cafeteria doors. These are the doors on the lower level right beside 15th Ave. Parents are welcome to walk their students up, and then we can have you complete the student Acceptable Use Policy form so that they can get their iPad on the day they come. If we do not have a completed AUP, we will show the student an iPad, but will not be able to send it home with them. All students will receive an AUP to complete and return. If you wish to print out a copy of this form to complete before coming, please go to the News section on the Jackson website. This will help speed up the process. Students will be place in their developmental guidance rooms or homeroom as they participate in the sessions. There will be 4 main sessions: 1) A tour of the building 2)How to work a lock and lockers 3) Schedules and how to know where to go 4) IPads Students will then finish up in the cafeteria where they were dropped off. If a student can not come for tour, we will be having many of the same things on the first day of school, August 19. We also have open house on August 17 for all students. Have a great evening and Go Generals!
Good evening...this is Mr. Kisner with a quick announcement concerning Tour de Jackson for incoming 6th graders.
Tour de Jackson 2.0 will be next Tuesday and Wednesday, August 10 & 11. Students may attend either day at their scheduled time. Students with last names beginning with A-K will be from 9:00 - 10:30 AM and students with last names beginning with L-Z will be from 1:00 - 2:30 PM. Students that have siblings that may have different last names can attend at the same time. This will be a quick overview of the school and help acclimate students to Jackson.
All students should enter through the cafeteria doors. These are the doors on the lower level right beside 15th Ave. Parents are welcome to walk their students up, and then we can have you complete the student Acceptable Use Policy form so that they can get their iPad on the day they come. If we do not have a completed AUP, we will show the student an iPad, but will not be able to send it home with them. All students will receive an AUP to complete and return. If you wish to print out a copy of this form to complete before coming, please go to the News section on the Jackson website. This will help speed up the process.
Students will be place in their developmental guidance rooms or homeroom as they participate in the sessions. There will be 4 main sessions:
1) A tour of the building
2)How to work a lock and lockers
3) Schedules and how to know where to go
4) IPads
Students will then finish up in the cafeteria where they were dropped off. Parents can park in the Vienna Community building parking lot to drop off and pick up. If you have any questions please call the school at 304-420-9551. Have a great evening and Go Generals!
Good evening Jackson parents, students, and staff! This is Mr. Kisner with a few brief announcements! The beginning of the school year is quickly approaching and we all look forward to this new school year! I want to remind our incoming 6th graders that there will be Tour de Jackson on August 10 and 11. I have another message with details for that event going out tomorrow!
There will be Open House for all parents and students on August 17 from 4:45 pm till 6:45 pm. This will be an open format in which parents/students can walk around the school and visit classrooms and teachers. More information will be given on this event next week.
Lastly, our Student Council is going to begin their school improvement project tomorrow, August 5. They will be meeting this week on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 12 to 4 pm. Please remember to wear old clothes and bring your painting supplies! Any families that would like to donate for this project, student council is looking for paint rollers, brushes, and tape. Any donations can be dropped off at the front door! Anyone that would like to help can come out at those times as well! Thank you for your support and helping in the improvement project!
We look forward to seeing everyone very soon and Go Generals!!
Good evening,
This is Mr. Kisner with an important message to all incoming 6th graders and their parents. We will be having a small orientation for incoming 6th graders on August 10th and 11th. Please note that these dates have changed! This is an open format in which students can come on either day to learn more about Jackson Middle School. Students will get to take a group tour, receive their schedule and a map of the school, work on getting a lock open, and receive their iPad. In order for students to receive their iPad, a parent or guardian will need to stay and complete the Acceptable Use Policy. If you wish to take it home and then come back later you can do that, however the student will not receive their iPad until the form is turned in.
Again, the dates for this event are August 10th and 11th. Students with last names starting with A-K will come at 9am until 10:30am, students with last names starting with L-Z will attend from 1pm until 2:30pm. If you have siblings that do not have the same last name you may come at the same time. If you have any questions feel free to call the school at 304-420-9551.
I also encourage you to follow us on Facebook at Jackson Middle School or join or group on Facebook. You will receive lots of information this way. I want to also let you know that students will not need to bring anything these days, we will also have orientation for the first part of the day on August 19 for 6th grade when they come in. This is to go over procedures and acclimate students to Jackson. If you do not get this message please make sure to call the school and update your phone number, we want everyone to get all messages as we start to get ready for the school year! I will send out another message as we get closer to this event as well.
Have a great evening and welcome to Jackson…Go Generals!!
Jackson Tennis info
Jackson Middle School Cross Country will begin practice Monday August 2, 2021 at 10 am to 11:30 am at Jackson Middle School. Everyone, 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls and boys are eligible and welcome to participate. You must have a current physical on file or in hand to participate. Any questions or concerns please contact the coach, Sharon Marks at 304-481-1741 or runsharon@hotmail.com
Good evening. We invite you to contribute to our ARP/ESSER plan by providing input to the ideas generated in spending funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER), targeting K-12 education. Your input will guide our plan to meet the needs of our students, staff, and community which will be presented to the West Virginia Dept. of Education on July 19. Your input is vitally important. To provide input, please click the following link or visit our website. Thank you. https://tinyurl.com/yfs5cvgh
Summer running for cross country will begin on Thursday, June 24 at 3:00 pm starting from Jackson Middle School and then run every Tuesday and Thursday. If you want to sign up for the remind account for cc 2021 to get information. You can reach Coach Marks for questions at 304-481-1741.
This is an updated message from Friday about Summer School for all incoming PHS freshman:
Due to the high demand of summer school requests at Parkersburg High School, it has become necessary to divide summer school into two daily sessions.
There will now be a morning session from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, and an afternoon session from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm.
Students with last names beginning with A-K, ALL students taking Driver's Ed or PE, and ALL STUDENTS WHO RIDE A BUS, should report to the morning session at 8:30 am, starting Monday, June 14th, in the auditorium.
Students with last names beginning with L-Z should report to the afternoon session beginning at 12:00 pm, starting on Monday, June 14th. In the auditorium.
Students will be provided with a grab and go lunch that may be picked up after the morning session, or before the afternoon session.
Good evening...this is Mr. Kisner with a quick announcement! I hope you all have a great summer break, it has been a difficult year for many, so you deserve the break. I do want to mention that we have some Blessing of Hope food bags left and just want to offer them to anyone that can come and pick something up tomorrow at noon. Again, have a great summer and Go Generals!
With the 2020-21 school year wrapping up, I would just like to say “Thank You!”
Thank you to everyone: Students, parents, teachers, staff and community members. Thank you to everyone who has helped others get through this often challenging and frustrating year, and thank you to everyone for your patience and resilience.
Even as we head into summer break, Wood County Schools is hard at work finalizing preparations for our summer programs which are set to begin later this month. These eight programs are unlike anything we have offered before and are sure to be engaging and fun for students at all grade levels. More than 1,500 students are enrolled and more than 200 teachers and staff have been hired to help make these programs a success. Wood County Schools’ summer offerings have been called a model for the state, and we intend to show everyone why we deserve to be called the best school system in West Virginia.
I want everyone to have a wonderful summer and a well-earned break. Most importantly, though, I want everyone ready for this fall. Throughout all of our challenges, we have learned and we have grown, and it is time for us to put that hard-earned knowledge to work for our students. We want to provide all of our kids with the best possible opportunities in first-class facilities staffed by top-level teachers and caring adults.
So as we say goodbye to the 2020-21 school year, let us look forward to the wonderful things we can accomplish together in the months and years ahead.
Thank you everyone, and have a great summer!
Good evening Jackson parents, students, and staff;
This is a quick message concerning the Jackson Olympics which occurs the next two days. Students need to make sure you wear your Olympic shirts! Also, don’t forget a drawstring bag to carry your items in since we don’t have lockers anymore! We will work around some of the weather, but you may get a bit wet if we have some rain. Remember you should bring a swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, hat, and mask! Masks will be worn unless you are actively participating in an event! We hope you have a great time at the Olympics and respectively compete for your nation! Go Generals!
Exciting news from Wood County Schools! Off Campus Learning Options are now available for the fall. Learn more at woodcountyschoolswv.com.
Good evening Jackson parents, students, and staff,
This announcement is concerning turning in iPads and charging cables with blocks. Beginning this Friday, May 28, we will begin collecting student iPads along with the charging cables and blocks. Student iPads should not have stickers on the cases or anything inside the case. Teachers will collect iPads and cables through next Wednesday, June 2. Distance learning or Virtual students may bring their iPad, cable, and charger to the school beginning June 1.
Students that do not have a charging cable and block that will charge their iPad will be fined $25 and a debt card will be issued through Jackson Middle School. If you are issued a debt card, you can pay that debt with your teacher anytime.
Students that do not return their issued iPad will be invoiced by the county up to $250. If your iPad is damaged, the county could invoice you for the iPad depending on the damages. Jackson Middle School will simply collect the iPad and then the county will access those items.
Students will be assigned the iPad, cable, and block that they return to the school for the following year. Thank you for your help and Go Generals!!
This is a quick announcement concerning the Scholar’s Awards for 6th and 7th grade this evening. We will be trying to have the ceremony on the football field. Please be aware that there is a slight chance of rain, however it will be much nicer on the bleachers outdoors than indoors with a mask. The ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. Students will sit on the right hand side of the bleachers if you are looking at them from the field. All others may sit in the next 4 sections of bleachers. Please try to socially distance and remember to respect all spectators. Thank you and have a great evening!
I also want to mention any student that signed up for the middle school summer camp, please make sure you return your permission form that was sent home today as soon as possible. Thank you again and Go Generals!