Hi JSS, I hope everyone is in the back-to-school swing of things! I have a few newsletter things to share with you, but first, I want to tell you a tiny story. One of our students was having a tricky moment (as we all do), and a JSS educator chatted with them about their shirt...
Dear families, Happy Pride Month! Whoever you are, whomever and however you love, you have a home at Jackson Street. As a parent and as an educator, I want the kids in my care to know that they rock, no matter who they turn out to be. One of the people to whom I turn...
Hello, Jackson Street! It is so nice to have a school full of teachers and children! I hope the return has been happy and relatively smooth for all of you, too. It has also been lovely to see so much activity outside. Teachers have been taking kids outside a ton, which I bet is something...
Hello JSS Families, It has been so nice to see the building full of children and teachers again! Everywhere I turn, I see educators working hard and happy kids having fun at school. There has been an update to the schedule for elementary students that I would like to tell you about. Wednesday, April 14th and Wednesday,...
(This message was originally sent to the community March 24th, 2021) Dear Jackson Street, Last week in Atlanta, we once again found ourselves staring down the barrel of the intersection of misogyny and racism. Not a week later, we find ourselves in Boulder, caught in the crosshairs of yet another explosion of gun violence and a...