Jackson Elementary School PTO

09/29/2026

🐼💚 JES Families—We Need YOU! 💚🐼

Want to make a difference at Jackson Elementary School? Join our JES PTO (Parent Teacher Organization)!

Our PTO is a great way for parents, guardians, grandparents, and other family members to get involved, support our students and teachers, and help make JES an even better place to learn and grow.

Whether you can volunteer at an event, share an idea, lend a helping hand from time to time, or simply attend meetings—there is a place for you in our PTO!

💚 Build connections with other JES families
🐼 Support student and staff activities
💚 Help make school events successful
🐼 Be a part of strengthening our school community

You don’t have to have a lot of time—you just have to be willing to be involved!

Come be a part of the team that helps make great things happen at JES!

Achievement for All. Communication. Teamwork.


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08/14/2025

Get your change ready for Penny Wars!

07/25/2023

As the final week of summer break approaches, we cant wait to see our students and their families at open house this thursday. We will give a brief overview of PTO to our upcoming Pre-K and Kinder students before camp begins and we will have a PTO table set up for open house. Please do not feel like we are going to pressure you in anyway when you stop by our table. We are always looking for members and volunteers, but this does not mean you have to commit to anything. Remember, we are also parents and we understand how everyone's availability is different. Come learn about what PTO does and how we are looking to fill the gap for our students and staff. We are excited for a new start to the 23/24 school year. See you Thursday!

05/23/2023

I spy with my little eye, a few new guests at Jackson Elementary School. After checking out some loud bird screeching (making sure there wasn't a bird in distress), it turns out their mom wasn't feeding them fast enough. Please do not go digging in the bushes to find them. We don't want to stress out momma, and the Holly bushes are pretty sharp. Summers almost here!

04/20/2023

We are working hard to get things done, our playgrounds ready for so much fun. With all of the support from penny wars and other pto events, we have started to bring new exciting things to the playground. We have finally have a contractor to begin the process of the prek playground structure after months and months of searching. We tried to think outside the box items for both the kids that love to run around but also for the kids who's interests include drawing/coloring and chalk play. Our storage bins and new playhouse will be here on Wednesday. As soon as we can secure our new toys, we will bring them outside for our kiddos to enjoy. If anyone has any availability next week (Thurs or later on), we would love a hand building the playhouse. We are really excited to offer a new beginning to our future face-lift of the playground. Thank you for your support. We are always in need of donations, both gently used or new to add to our lineup. If our families have a minute, please share this with our kiddos as they aren't behind the scenes knowing what is to come. We will be reminding our students that in order to have these exciting things available, they have to work together to clean up and return the toys they used but to also be cautious of not intentionally kicking balls or throwing balls over the fence. If they are not returned, they won't be available for the next kiddos who have recess.

04/16/2023

Just a reminder, today is the deadline to order field day shirts. Please make sure you have the correct grade level as they are color coded. Errors in ordering the wrong size or wrong class color will not result in remakes or refunds. The checkout process is straightforward, but if you have any questions or need any help, please comment on this post and I will reach out to help you throughout the day. As always,

Order apparel online today

04/07/2023

We hope everyone has had a wonderful spring break. The Pre-k / Kindergarten penny wars winners will be announced during school when students return. The PTO will set out to find the best of the best popsicles for our winners. The outpouring support was well above what we expected. We will be posting updates on our plans to use the funds raised for outdoor toys/items. We will also be posting upcoming information for teacher appreciation week, the 5th grade send-off celebration, as well as end of the year events. We hope everyone has enjoyed their week off and we want to wish all of our JES families and staff a wonderful Easter this Sunday.

04/01/2023

We are working on increasing our social media to provide updates, resources and increase family involvement.
Fun Rainy Day Activity:

Playdough ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup salt
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 cups lukewarm water
2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil (coconut oil works too)
Food coloring, optional
Quart sized bags
Stir together the flour, salt and cream of tartar in a large pot. Next add the water and oil. If you’re only making one color, add in the the color (optional) now as well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Continue stirring until the dough has thickened and begins to form into a ball. Remove from heat and then place inside a gallon sized bag or onto wax paper. Allow to cool slightly and then knead until smooth. If you’re adding colors after, divide the dough into balls (for how many colors you want) and then add the dough into the quart sized bags. Start with about 5 drops of color and add more to brighten it. Knead the dough, while inside the bag so it doesn’t stain your hands. Once it’s all mixed together you’re ready to PLAY.

04/01/2023

We have a winner! Pre-k / Kindergarten came in ready to win! We had over 120.00 in Bill donations alone today for the first place winner. That, plus some sneak attacks and honestly, some serious mud thrown at 4th, it was not how PTO predicted it would end. 4th grade today had a total of $225.35 of mud (silver) thrown at them today alone. We had a blast and we loved seeing all of our students insight on how to take the lead and how to take the daily leaders down. Best part of this fundraiser was how much money was raised. Together we brought in a total of $1,729.13. This is proof that every penny counts. A huge thank you to everyone who donated, who shared our fundraiser, and everyone involved. Ameris Bank in Jackson was amazing with all of our transactions as well as our rambunctious kiddos who tagged along. We will definitely do this one in the future. Please follow us along for updates on the playground purchases that we ran this fundraiser for. We are

03/31/2023

Just a reminder, we are almost done with our Penny War fundraiser. We will be set up on the far side from car line today collecting last minute donations. Stay in your car and pull all the way over so we can keep the line moving, and so we can all stay safe. All money collected in car line will go to the class you choose. Silver included. It will be kept separate from the school change drops. We have had such a fun time with this and the kids seem to love it. Thank you for all of your support. Keeping your donations in our school benefits us so much more than selling material items to make a percentage back. The popsicle party will happen after break and rest assured, we will be making sure to get the good ones. We will be working hard this afternoon and we will have final numbers posted. We will be able to share our grand total of donations too. VENMO SNEAK ATTACKS WILL CLOSE AT 4PM. any donations will be followed up with a message that it is closed and refunds can be given if the donor wishes. Thank you again. We could not do it without our families, students and staff.