New Tables and Chairs Continued...

Students across the district were very excited today with the delivery of new tables and chairs. Not only that, but they also had their rooms painted over winter break and as one student told me, "It feels like a brand new school!"

We are very thankful to our team who helped get this project off the ground! If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and check it out!

Words A!ive Luncheon

Students from Lindsay Blended Community School had the honor of being sponsored at today's 12th Annual Words A!ive Author's Luncheon. Diana G., recent Lindsay graduate, shared her writing completed during a Words A!ive Adolescent Book Group with guests. Her stories and others from students at Breaking Cycles, Choice, Innovations Academy of Empowerment, Monarch, La Mesa Community, No. County Tech, So. County Blended and Lindsay can be read in "Journey to Empowerment."  

Dia De Los Muertos

This week at Victoria the students set up an altar to celebrate the Day of the Dead!

Looking Good!

Cuyamaca was the first school to receive the new furniture we have ordered for some of our Community School sites! The goal with our new furniture is to be able to create student centered cooperative spaces. These desks can be moved and placed in different configurations. 

If you get a chance, ask Ellen how it is going or stop by Southland to check out what they have! 

Very exciting times for teaching and learning at JCCS! 

Pumpkin Fun!

The Lindsay girls and their babies had a great time relaxing and enjoying some holiday fun today at the Pumpkin Station in Mission Valley. 

The teachers had a pretty good time too!

TIP Pilot

Fabulous JCCS Educators in our thematic, interdisciplinary, project-based learning (TIP) pilot collaborating around questions about adversity our students experience, our vision of our students success, and what our students need to achieve the success we want for them (and they want for
themselves!).

Great Idea

Rochelle Parsons, teacher at Bayside, has set up a way to quickly check for student understanding of the Learning Target(s) at the end of class.  As they are exiting the room, students move the clothes pin with their name to the appropriate folder.  What a great way to quickly gather formative assessment data and inform instruction!  Thanks for sharing, Rochelle!