T.A. Lowery Elementary School

We're incredibly proud of our mathletes!! Anir and Kate participated in Regional Math Field Day at Potomac State College and truly showcased their exceptional math skills! Anir Nafai took first place and will be heading to States in April, a remarkable achievement! Kate Pearson is our 2nd alternate and will prepare to advance if given the opportunity, demonstrating her determination and perseverance. Way to shine, Terriers!! 💜🩵

JCS Families,

Jefferson County Schools will operate on a modified Non-Traditional Instruction Day (NTID) on Monday, March 16. All evening activities are canceled.

This decision was made after monitoring the weather throughout the weekend and consulting with the National Weather Service Charleston, WV, office this evening. Forecasted severe storms, including high winds up to 80 mph, heavy rain, and the potential for tornadoes, are creating too much uncertainty to plan for either an early or standard dismissal tomorrow afternoon. Keeping students at home helps us avoid putting them or our staff in harm's way.

What This Means for Your Student:

- Students will not report to school tomorrow and will complete their learning from home.
- K–5 students will find assignments and information posted in Rooms, as we did not send devices home for Canvas access.
- 6–12 students should follow the normal NTID process and connect with their teachers through their usual platforms.
- Teachers and staff will be available to support students from 9:15 am – 12:00 pm.

All LSIC meetings scheduled for tomorrow are cancelled and will be rescheduled. Math Field Day has been postponed to Wednesday, March 18.

Thank you for your understanding and partnership as we work to keep everyone safe.

JCS Families: We are currently experiencing phone and internet outages across the county due to a state system outage. If you need to contact your student's school, please use the backup phone number. Secondary phone numbers can be found on our website: https://www.jcswv.org/page/secondary-numbers

Join us tonight @ 7pm on Zoom! If you signed up to volunteer for our Shamrock Shindig on Thursday, you MUST attend this meeting. 💜🩵 Meeting ID: 876 6080 4423 Password: TALES2025

We started off Read Across America Week by dressing like our favorite Dr. Seuss characters!

Our terriers are WILD about reading!

JCS Families: JCS will operate on a 2-hour delay on Tuesday, March 3, due to weather.

We're excited for Read Across America Week!! ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️

Congratulations to Mrs. Poole for being named our Service Personnel of the Year! She is a dedicated and dependable professional whose commitment to service doesn’t go unnoticed. She enjoys playing math games with her kindergarteners and helping them with their crafts. She’s an active member of our Business Partners Committee and Service Personnel Staff Development Team. Her remarkable work ethic will be deeply missed when she retires after this school year, but we wish her all the best as she embarks on this exciting new chapter! Thanks for all you do! 💜🩵

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year, Mrs.Pearson!! Your dedication to making library an engaging and fun experience is truly inspiring! You go above and beyond to empower our students to become excited readers and even better people! From coaching our mathletes to helping lead our Relay for Life team, from Super STEAM Nights to helping our little learners choose just the perfect book... we are forever grateful! 💜🩵

Our T.A. Terriers are decking the halls with Links of Love to support our Relay for Life team. Tomorrow is the last day to purchase links for $0.25 during lunch!  We are so proud of our compassionate staff, students, and families! 💜🩵

Relay for Life Fundraiser is this week!! We will be selling and decorating links for a school-wide paper chain to support T.A.’s Relay for Life Team. Students may purchase a link for $0.25 each at lunch. We will connect the links to decorate our hallways to show our support. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

JCS Families: JCS will dismiss 3 hours early today, Friday, February 6, due to impending winter weather.

Menu Changes for this Week: Wednesday: Calzones Thursday: Chili Friday: Tacos

Parent/Teacher conferences have been rescheduled for Thursday, February 19th. Conferences are by appointment only. We look forward to seeing you there!

Our T.A. Terriers really showed off their talents at the County Science Fair! We’re so proud of all who particated! 💜🩵 A huge congratulations to our winners: Animal Science: 1st - Tess Honaker 3rd - Emmalyn Silveous Chemistry 1st - Everett Butala 3rd - Reagan Crabtree, Vivian Vanopdenbosch, Caityn Prout Earth & Environmental Science 1 - Kendra Miyoge Energy 1 - Ashlyn Turk 2 - Milena Walker, Isabella Spain 3 - Jaxton Pfeiffer, Anir Nafai Material Science 2nd - Emma D'Autrechy 3rd - Cooper Parcell, Ian Ashbaugh, Liam Dunlap Medical Science 1st - Jackson Staubs Plant Science 1st - Kate Pearson

Our second and third grade friends enjoyed bringing in the season by making gingerbread houses and hot cocoa oobleck! We’re so thankful for the staff members who go the extra mile to make school fun!

The Youth Services Committee, led by Stacy McFarland, delivered a check for $1000 to T.A. Lowery Elementary School for their Candy Cane Express program. Founded in 1992, this program purchases gifts and items for students’ parents to “shop” for all of their children for the holidays. This year, T.A. Lowery will be serving 58 children plus siblings at their school through this program. Volunteers also provide gift-wrapping services. Any left over money from donations goes towards emergency services for these children. Thank you to the Youth Services Committee for their generous donation! Pictured left to right: Taylor Thomas — Assistant Principal, Angelina Gray- Rotary, Stacy McFarland- Rotary, Beth Saunders — Special Education Teacher, Barbara Scott — Special Education Assistant Teacher, Nicolas Capriolo — School Counselor, Beth Chapman — Community in the Schools Facilitator, Kristen Martin — Principal

Kindergarten's been busy trying to catch that pesky Gingerbread Man! They spent the last week comparing and contrasting different versions of the classic tale, making cookies, and even decorating gingerbread houses!

TALES: Join us TONIGHT from 6-7:30pm for STEAM Night! The chorus will perform at 6pm, followed by an art show and STEAM activities for the whole family! Our students' amazing science fair projects will also be on display. Students must be accompanied by an adult.