Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
Well, it's here! Tomorrow is the first day of school for our 1st through 5th grade students. The bell for students to start going to their classrooms will ring at 8:30am. Parents of our 1st through 5th students can walk students to class tomorrow, but only tomorrow. Parents, if you are picking up your child in carpool tomorrow afternoon, please make sure you have this year's carpool tag in your car. If you do not have this year's carpool tag, we will ask you to park and go inside to present ID. Our carpool will start at 3:55pm. Also, please allow for time for buses in the morning and in the afternoon. I would get to your bus stop early and be prepared if they are running behind. Same thing in the afternoon, with students having to scan their new cards when boarding the bus, this will take some time to get into a routine. Also, we will be attaching a bus card to each students' bookbag tomorrow. Please help us make sure those stay attached to the bookbag so students don't lose their card.
And finally, our Kindergarten Open House is tomorrow evening (Monday, August 25th) at 6:30pm. We will start in the cafeteria and then you will be able to visit your child's teacher and classroom.
I can't wait to see everyone back tomorrow! Have a great evening!

1 day ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
I am looking forward to seeing our 1st through 5th grade students at our Open House tomorrow and our kindergarten parents at our Kindergarten Orientation on Monday.
I wanted to make sure all of our families know what days they can walk in students. 1st through 5th grade parents can walk students to to class on Monday, August 25th only. We just don't have enough parking to do that more than one day. Kindergarten parents can walk their child to class on the orientation day (the day where we only have half of the class) and their first official day of school- Friday, August 29th. After these days we will only allow students to enter the building at arrival unless you have a meeting or volunteering.
Kindergarten parents, please join us for our annual Boo-Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast in our cafeteria after walking your child to their classroom. We will have treats and coffee, and this is a great way to meet some other families.
Parents, please be patient with us with carpool and buses these first few weeks. It takes a few days for students to learn the process and to get into a routine. Also, students will have bus cards to swipe on and off the bus this year. We will be attaching them to your child's bookbag on their first day of school. Please help them make sure it stays attached to their bookbag. I lost card will cost $5 to replace.
Finally, please mark your calendars for Tuesday, September 23rd from 6pm to 7pm. This is our annual Curriculum Night, and it will be especially important to attend so we can go through our new grading policies for the 2025-2026 school year.
Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!
5 days ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
Our 1st through 5th Grade Open House is this Thursday, August 21st. Students with last names starting with the letter A through L will attend from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. Students with last names starting with the letter M through Z will attend from 6pm to 7pm. You should have received a postcard in the mail with your child's teacher and room number. Parking will be very limited, so we will allow you to park in our two lane carpool lane in the right hand lane, we do need to keep the left lane free in case of emergency. You can also park in any grass areas at the back of the parking lot and beside the bus/parking lot entrance.
Our Kindergarten Orientation is on Monday, August 25th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. This is an event for parents only with the amount of information that will be shared and to be filled out, but if you do not have any available child care, you can bring them, but they will stay with you.
For our Before and After School Care Program, families can register at Open House. The cost is $140 per student, per month, per program. The registration fee is $10 to register for one program and $15 for both. August is prorated at $33 per program and December is prorated $98 per program. Online payments will not be available during Open House, you must pay the registration fee, August and September payment via cash (exact), check, or money order at Open House to reserve a spot. We will have representatives for our Before and After School Care program in the cafeteria at our Open House.
It's hard to believe the new school year is here! Have a great evening!
7 days ago, Chad Jewett
📢 Beginning of the Year documents are to be completed prior to the beginning of the year! Please click the link below, take a few minutes, and get these documents completed today!

Click here: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments

📢 Documentos de inicio de año deben completarse antes del comienzo del año escolar. ¡Haga clic en el enlace a continuación, tómese unos minutos y complete estos documentos hoy mismo!

Haz clic aquí: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
10 days ago, Johnston County Public Schools
Beginning of the Year Documents
Beginning of the Year Documents
Beginning of the Year documents are to be completed prior to the beginning of the year! Please click the link below, take a few minutes, and get these documents completed today!

Click here: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments

Documentos de inicio de año deben completarse antes del comienzo del año escolar. ¡Haga clic en el enlace a continuación, tómese unos minutos y complete estos documentos hoy mismo!

Haz clic aquí: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/beginningoftheyeardocuments
10 days ago, Johnston County Public Schools
Beginning of the Year Documents
Beginning of the Year Documents

Johnston County Public Schools is committed to providing quality education to its students and professional learning environments for its staff, free of distractions, and supporting high-quality teaching and learning, enhancing student well-being, and maintaining a safe and focused school environment.

Recent studies indicate that cell phone use, particularly for social media and interaction, can interfere with students' ability to focus on learning and negatively impact students in many ways. Excessive use of cell phones and social media has been linked to lower academic performance, increased behavioral issues, and other conditions that hinder students' ability to excel.

In recent legislation, House Bill 959, Session Law 2025-38, revisions were made addressing clear guidelines for the use of cell phones to include educational purposes. The Johnston County Board of Education has adopted Policy Code: 4318 Use of Wireless Communication Devices.

Families are strongly encouraged to review the policy in its entirety.

Visit the JCPS website for more information and links: HERE.

12 days ago, Johnston County Public Schools
Policy Code 4318

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
We are getting closer and closer to the start of the 2025-2026 school year. I am truly excited to see our staff and students in our building soon. Our teachers start their workdays next week and our 1st through 5th grade students have their first day of school on Monday, August 25th.
I wanted to remind all of our families that our 1st through 5th Grade Open House will be on Thursday, August 21st. You will be receiving postcards in the mail with your teacher's name and room number on those cards by Tuesday, August 19th. Our Kindergarten Open House will be on Monday, August 25th at 6:30pm.
Rising kindergarten parents, if you have registered your child for kindergarten and have not received a confirmation email from our data manager, Kayla Williams, please contact the enrollment office at 1-888-903-6765 to verify that your enrollment is complete. Also, if you have not signed up for day and time for your child's kindergarten assessment, please do so as soon as possible by clicking on the following link: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0B4AA9AB2DA6F8C61-56073721-kindergarten
The remaining dates for these assessments are Monday, August 11th and Wednesday, August 20th. If you have any questions you can also contact Mrs. Williams at 984-400-7300 ext. 5402
Thank you all for your time and I hope you have a great evening!

19 days ago, Chad Jewett

Good evening again!

I am so sorry, but I linked the wrong link to the bus form. Here is the correct link for the bus request form to complete by August 8th if possible. Thank you and I am so sorry for sending the wrong link :(

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDlhCNuahW9shUiMte5BfFl-pbPtTibLaI-YR4YLXBH6xZHQ/viewform

27 days ago, Chad Jewett

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information as we are about to begin another school year.
Our district is not having a bus information day at Corinth Holders High School like they have in the past few years. So if you need to make sure your child has a bus for the first day of school (or soon after the first day), please click on this link and complete the form as soon as possible (preferably by August 8th). If you wait until the night of Open House there is no guarantee that your child will have a bus the first few weeks of school
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDlhCNuahW9shUiMte5BfFl-pbPtTibLaI-YR4YLXBH6xZHQ/viewform
If you are not able to click on the link from the email, just copy and paste the link above into the browser and it should direct you to the form.
Also, if you have not already enrolled your rising kindergarten student into school before now, please do so as soon as possible. You can enroll by going to the JCPS website (www.johnston.k12.nc.us) and click on the Enrollment icon on the homepage. If you have any questions you can call 888-903-6765.
Thank you for your time and I hope you have a wonderful evening!

27 days ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information.
I can not believe that we are just about a month away from our students returning to school for the 2025-2026 school year. I can't wait to see everyone! I wanted to share our Open House dates and times with all of you.
Our 1st Grade through 5th Grade Open House will take place on Thursday, August 21st. Students with last names starting with the letters A through L will attend from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. Students with last names starting with the letters M through Z will attend from 6pm to 7pm. Parents you will receive a postcard in the mail by Monday, August 18th with the name of your child's teacher and their room number so you know where to go for Open House night.
Our Kindergarten Open House will be on Monday, August 25th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. We do ask that only parents attend due to the amount of paperwork to sign and information that will be shared, but if you do not have another option for child care you can bring your child with you. Kindergarten parents will be getting a phone call from your child's teacher introducing themselves by Friday, August 22nd.
I hope you all enjoy these last few weeks of summer and I am very excited to start the 2025-2026 school year with you all soon!
about 1 month ago, Chad Jewett
📢It has been reported that JCPS students have received more than 66.2 million in scholarship offerings for the 2024-2025 school year! This is an amazing 18 million more than scholarship offerings received during the 2023-2024 year!📢 A great deal of the offerings have been accepted and will cover tuition costs as these students continue their educational journeys! 💲JCPS is proud of the efforts that go into securing scholarship funding, and we celebrate the students, staff, and parents who work hard to make it happen! 💲 Great things are truly happening in JCPS!
3 months ago, Johnston County Public Schools
Scholarship Funding Graphic
North Carolina is home to a large population of active duty, guard, reserve, and veteran armed services members, and the state’s public schools reflect that. In 2019, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction launched the Purple Star Award Designation initiative to recognize the state’s strong military presence and support for military families. The Purple Star designation is awarded to schools that demonstrate military-friendly practices and a commitment to military students and families. JCPS had 17 schools receive the Purple Star Award Designation. They are as follows: Benson Middle Clayton High School Cleveland High School Corinth-Holders Elementary Corinth-Holders High Four Oaks Elementary Meadow School McGee's Crossroads Elementary Polenta Elementary Princeton Elementary Princeton Middle/High Smithfield-Selma High South Johnston High School South Smithfield Elementary Swift Creek Middle School West Johnston High School Thanksgiving Elementary We are proud of these designations and honored to recognize our military families in this way!
3 months ago, Johnston County Public Schools
Purple Star Plaque Schools
Purple Star Plaque Photo
Purple Star Plaque
It is the last day of school, which means we are just minutes before our students will be enjoying a summer full of fun! Here's to wishing everyone a safe break! See you next year!!!
3 months ago, Johnston County Public Schools
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Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. Well, here we are; tomorrow is the last day of school for the 2024-2025 school year. I am truly going to miss the students and the families over this longer summer. I hope all of you have a safe and enjoyable summer. I wanted to let you know that our 3rd and 4th grade field day will start at 9:15am; and our 5th grade field day will start at 11:30am Tomorrow is an early release day- carpool and buses will be dismissed at 1:55pm; and we do not have after school care tomorrow. Thank you all so much for making this year a wonderful one! I will miss you all, but August will come quickly!
3 months ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. Well, it is hard to believe that this is the last week of the 2024-2025 school year. I have a few brief announcements to help with these last few days. First, we still have about 195 books still checked out of our library. Mrs. Barber has sent home letters and Rooms messages. If your child has any books from our library please send it back tomorrow. If you have a book that was lost or damaged, please reach out to Mrs. Barber for the replacement cost. We have our 3rd Grade awards tomorrow at 10am and our 4th grade awards is at noon. These awards will take place in the classrooms. Please make sure you have your ID with you at check in. Our 5th Grade Awards are this Wednesday, May 21st at 9:30am. Please don't arrive at our front entrance until after our tardy bell at 8:55am- we need to make sure are carpool students are able to enter the building and get to class as quickly and safely as possible. Right now the weather is looking good for our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade field day on Thursday- this is a make-up of our field day that was rained out the Friday before Spring Break. And finally, this Thursday, May 22nd is our last day of school. Our carpool and buses will be dismissed at 1:55pm; and we do not have after school care that day. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a wonderful evening!
3 months ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. Wow! Two days in a row we have had a severe storm right at our dismissal time. Thank you all so much for being patient with us as we held students inside to keep them safe! I wanted to thank all of our students, staff, and families for helping to make this year's testing days (Kindergarten through 5th) go as well as it did. I am so proud of everyone and your effort/support. We do have some EOG retests that will be taking place over the next few days. We are in need of 9 proctors for tomorrow- if you are able to help us out for 3 hours tomorrow morning, please come to the office at 8:30am. We greatly appreciate you! Our award ceremonies are starting tomorrow with our pre-k, kindergarten, and 1st grade classes. Please know parking is very limited. You can park on the grass areas and we will have some parking in our two-lane carpool lane as well. Please look for me or our volunteers and we can help you. Please make sure you have your ID on you, and if anyone is attending that is not listed on your child's student information sheet, please make sure they are with you at our check-in tables on the front hallway. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!
3 months ago, Chad Jewett
We are under a severe thunderstorm warning with lightning in the vicinity. We are holding carpool and buses until it is safe.
3 months ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. I wanted to start off by saying how proud I am of our students and how hard they worked on the Reading EOG last Friday. You all did a great job taking your time and giving it your best! We have our Math EOG tomorrow, so please get a good night's rest and have a good breakfast in the morning. If you are not able to eat breakfast at home, please get a free breakfast when you get to school in the morning. We have our Science EOG test for our 5th graders on Thursday this week as well. I wanted to remind everyone that our last day of school is next Thursday, May 22nd. That is also an early release day- carpool and buses will be dismissed at 1:55pm. We do not have after school care that day. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!
4 months ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. I wanted to tell all of our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students that I am proud of you and these EOGs are just an opportunity to show what you know. You have worked hard all year, so this an opportunity to show off how much you have learned. Please make sure you get a good night's sleep tonight and please get a good breakfast tomorrow. If you are not able to eat breakfast at home, we have free breakfast here at school for you. Our Reading EOG is tomorrow, our Math EOG is on Tuesday, May 13th, and our Science EOG for our 5th graders is on Thursday, May 15th. I also wanted to let you know that we are going to have the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade field day on Thursday, May 22nd. That is our last day of school and it is also an early release day. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!
4 months ago, Chad Jewett
Good evening 5th grade parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important end of year information. First of all students that are attending Archer Lodge Middle School next school year came home with their elective paperwork on last Friday. Please sit down with your child, and use the instructions given by Mrs. Hunt through rooms, to make a decision on their top 4 elective choices by next week. You will be allowed to check up to 4 total, but please check them by priority first (1, 2, 3, and 4). The window to select and finalize your elective choices will be from May 12th through May 14th, and students must have them selected or the electives will be chosen for them. Also keep in mind that PE is a required elective. Please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Hunt if you have any questions. You will need to know your child's Infinite Campus student ID number; if you do not know it Mrs. Hunt can help you as well. Our 5th grade Promotion Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 21st. The program will start promptly at 9:30am. Guests will be able to enter the building starting after our carpool and morning announcements are completed. Please make sure you have your IDs with you, and make sure any guests that are not listed on your Student Information sheets are with the parents/guardians at check in. After our Promotion Ceremony, our teachers and parents have planned some celebration activities. I met with our 5th grade students in March and let them know that everyone will participate in the Promotion Ceremony, but the students had to earn to be a part of the celebration later in the day. Any students with an out of school suspension since that meeting or any more than 1 full day of Choices would not be able to participate. I know we only have two weeks left, but please remind them that the expectations are still the same. I want to thank you all for all you have done to make this an amazing 5th grade year!
4 months ago, Chad Jewett