James Weldon Johnson CPMS

April has given us lots of things to celebrate! In mid-April we got to celebrate our Children of Military Families. Being in a Navy town and a Purple Star Designated School we know the hard work and sacrifice that our service members and their families make for our country. We were able to host families for a picnic on Wednesday, and got to hear our band play the Star Spangled Banner. Then on Friday, we had our annual Color Run and left covered in purple! Thank you!

April has given us lots of things to celebrate! In early April we got to celebrate Dr. Brown and Mr. Franzese during Assistant Principals Week. We are blessed with two great administrators who help support the work of our faculty, staff, and students each day. Thank you!

JWJ Trojans swimmers are off to a fast start defeating Baldwin this evening at Paxon School for Advanced Studies pool!

With our State Writing Test on Tuesday, March 31st, ELA classes are getting in their last review lessons to help students confidently tackle whatever prompt they receive! Today’s lesson in 7th grade ELA involved rotations with students focusing on elaboration.

For Women’s History Month, students in Ms. Swearingen’s History class looked at quilting as a way women could share their voice on society and politics - in a time when their rights were limited. After analyzing quilts, the students participated in a “Quilting Bee” and each student made their own quilt square, to contribute to their large class quilt.

At JWJ, we are constantly trying to create learning experiences that go beyond the textbook, and provide hands-on, memorable experiences that students carry with them even after they leave our campus!

Excited to announce our Trojan ELA students had the highest percentage of students of all middle schools completing their GRADE LEVEL EXACT PATH assignments for the third nine weeks! No wonder we were also the highest scoring middle school on FAST Reading PM2.

When we return from Spring Break, we’ll only have 29 school days remaining until FAST Reading PM3!

Always excited to see our former Trojans continuing their excellence at one of our Feeder High Schools! Nicole won at the DCPS Middle School History Fair in 7th grade, and then in 8th grade went on to win at the district and state level - moving on with her partner and representing JWJ and DCPS at the National History Fair!

JWJ Math teachers helped our Trojans celebrate Pi Day today with help from our PTSA and our parent volunteers. Students went to different stations outside during their math class for math competitions, and also got Oatmeal Cream Pies and Moon Pies for snacks!

JWJ Families celebrated our Boys and Girls Basketball, and Boys and Girls Soccer teams last night! Girls and Boys Soccer were both Western Division Champions, Boys Soccer advanced to the City Final Four and Girls Basketball continued their City Championship streak making it three years straight!