Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Rainforest Comes Alive!

First grade students have been studying rainforests in their classrooms and in science lab during the month of April.

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4th Grade Listens and Learns

For their service project this year, fourth grade students visited Emeritus Assisted Living Facility.

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Great Year for the JCDS Dance Team

To cap off a great year, the JCDS Dance Team recently competed at the Cheersport Cheer and Dance Competition.

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Preprimary Serves and Learns

Preprimary students have been collecting silver pop-tabs all year to give to the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in May.

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Taking Science to the Next Level

According to Ruthanne Stabler, director of curriculum at JCDS, “Fifth grade science is at a different level this year.”

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International Grandparents’ Day a Global Hit!

We want to give a big thank you to the more than 400 grandparents and special guests who joined us for our annual Grandparents’ Day celebration.

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Doing Battle With a Giant

Alex C. recently wrote this impressive poem about the defeat of the Hessians by troops led by George Washington in the Revolutionary War:

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Young Artist Forum

What do turtles in the sand, birds of prey, hedgehogs, bright shape drawings, Georgia O’Keeffe pastels, Jacksonville skyscrapers, perched clay birds, foil washed still life drawings,  purple cats with crowns, and Andy Warhol portraits have in common?

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International Math Olympiads

JCDS is proud to have completed our first year of the International Math Olympiads program!

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