Good morning!🌞 It's time to celebrate another Character Education Award recipient for January 2025!
Jasper Temixqueno-Richards, a fifth-grader at Micro Elementary School, is recognized for Compassion. He is a terrific young man, and he consistently demonstrates a love for helping others regardless of any situation presented to him, his peers, or adults. When one of his teachers is absent, he shows compassion by helping the substitutes in any way possible.
He is kind to everybody, always has a smile on his face, and can light up any room with the sweet conversations he starts up. Most impressive is that he will go out of his way and talk to others who may not have someone to talk to.
Keep leading the way!🌟
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Jeremy Bingman is our next Character Education Award recipient for January 2025! 👏
Bingman is a senior at Corinth Holders High, and is recognized for Responsibility. He serves as the school's Pirate Battalion Commander, where he is in charge of training over 85 cadets. Bingman is a dedicated and driven individual with a thirst for knowledge.
In addition to working hard, he is also a genuine person, rising to any challenge and creating a positive experience for all those around him. He has fostered remarkable interpersonal skills, a strong sense of self-efficacy, determination, and resilience. Jeremy Bingman is an exemplary human being who will succeed in anything he puts his sights on in the future.
Congratulations!😎
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Benjamin Keith is our first Character Education Award recipient for January 2025!🤩
A student at Archer Lodge Middle School, he is recognized for Compassion. Keith is always helpful to students he knows, and those he has just met. He is helpful, cares about others, and is truly a friend to everyone. He demonstrates patience, kindness, and advocates for others. Teachers describe him as outstanding!
Great job!🥳
"It opens up the world to options and opportunities!"
- South Smithfield Elementary Principal Chad McLamb.
Johnston County Public Schools proudly announces that South Smithfield Elementary is an Authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for Primary Years Programme.
The IB Primary Years Programme at South Smithfield Elementary World School delivers instruction through the lens of inquiry-based learning. The program also teaches children at the elementary level conceptual learning in addition to content-based application.
Watch the video at https://bit.ly/40zX9Du.
In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, there is no school for students and staff on the traditional calendar.
Also, there is no school for Early College and Career and Technical Leadership Academy students and staff.
JCPS will host a Choice Programs Information Night on Thursday, January 16, at Smithfield-Selma High, 6 PM to 8 PM.
Attendees will be provided 15 minute information sessions about the various programs offered to 8th graders and a Q&A session.
Students are able to apply for the programs now! The application window for students wanting to attend High School Choice Programs will end on February 15, 2025.
Over the break, staff at Thanksgiving Elementary and Riverwood Elementary participated in Stop the Bleed training provided by Kristi Blankenship, Trauma Program Manager of WakeMed Cary Hospital.
Stop the Bleed is a national initiative that helps teach the public how to use three basic techniques to stop bleeding during potential life-threatening emergencies. This type of training is important because blood loss is the #1 cause of preventable death following an injury and learning the three simple techniques involved can help save a life. During the training, participants participated in a brief lecture portion to be taught the use of direct pressure, packing, and applying tourniquets to stop bleeding. They were then able to engage in a demonstration of the three techniques taught.
We are extremely grateful for community volunteers who help us continue to improve the safety and performance of our students and staff.
For more information on Stop the Bleed, you can visit www.stopthebleed.org.
INCLEMENT WEATHER NOTIFICATION!!!
Due to the forecast of inclement weather, all JCPS schools and campuses will be dismissed three hours early on Friday, January 10, 2025.
Early College Academy and CTLA will be closed to students and staff for the entire day on Friday, January 10, 2025.
Stay warm and stay safe!
‼❄INCLEMENT WEATHER NOTIFICATION❄‼
Based on the current weather forecast, Johnston County Public Schools will continue normal operations on Friday, January 10, 2025, HOWEVER, all after-school and weekend events will be canceled due to the forecast.
This decision has been made out of an abundance of caution, per the guidance of local and state emergency service officials.
It is our district’s goal to make our school communities as prepared as possible for emergency situations, including inclement weather. We understand that this decision will inconvenience many after-school and weekend events, however, safety is our primary concern.
‼❄️ Due to inclement weather, JCPS will operate on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
All students and staff are encouraged to drive safely and execute good judgment while traveling.
Be safe everyone!
Welcome 2025!🥳
We wish all a year full of promise, opportunity, and love!✨
Johnston County Early College Academy senior Charlene Esteban Vazquez was nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program!🎓👏
The program is considered one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students. Only 40 students from North Carolina were selected for the prestigious honor, based on their academic achievements, personal characteristics, leadership abilities, and service activities.
Esteban Vazquez answered questions about her nomination, her academic journey, and her plans for the future.✨
Read the full Student Q&A here: https://bit.ly/3VYPs6Y
It's almost 2025, and the New Year brings new schedules! Mark yours with these important dates. 📅
Johnston County Public Schools wishes our students, staff, and families a Merry Christmas and a joyful holiday season! ☮
Congratulations to the Class of 2025 Mid-Year Graduates!!!🎓👏
Students from Corinth Holders High, Clayton High, South Johnston High, and West Johnston High received their diplomas.
We are proud of each student and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors!🥳
Make some noise for Choice Plus Academy 2025 Mid-Year Graduates!🎓👏
Congratulations and best wishes for the future!🥳
Here's another construction project update...
The second floor slab went down earlier this week at Cleveland High School.
The Cleveland High project is moving along nicely and is on track to be completed in June 2025!
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Cleveland High School senior Jackson Byrd was recently recognized as a WRAL Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award recipient!
Jackson not only excels on the gridiron, being only the 11th player in NCHSAA history to pass for 10,000+ career yards, but in the classroom as well. He will be graduating early this year with a 4.0 GPA as he officially signed to play at East Tennessee State this month. Let's go Buccaneers!
Congratulations Jackson!
Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/JByrd-ExtraEffort
All aboard the Polar Express!🚂
Swift Creek Middle held a Polar Express Winter event, which treated the students to a holiday meal lovingly created by JCPS School Nutrition Services. The holiday meal included chicken pastry, carrot souffle, green beans, corn muffins, and more!
Each student received a Polar Express Golden Ticket to visit the Hot Chocolate Station, and a silver jingle bell with Believe printed on it, as a reminder to believe in the magic of the holiday season.✨
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It's National Wright Brothers Day! 🛩
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright completed the first successful flight of a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane near Kitty Hawk, NC. The Wright Brothers National Memorial is in Kill Devil Hills, where aviation history was made!
