Jackson Elementary School, Janesville, WI

🖤💛 Week 1 at Jackson Summer School is officially in the books! 🤍🖤

Our "Welcome to Jackson" week was an absolute blast. Our students jumped right into:

🤝 Team building & making new friends

🇪🇸 Learning Spanish

🌸 Flower drawings & ocean exploration

🌱 Planting our school garden... and so much more!

We are so proud of their energy and creativity. We can’t wait to see what they accomplish in Week 2! 🚀

🎉 Last Day Staff Celebration 🎉

We recognized staff for a variety of reasons on our last day of the 25-26 school year. We’d like to thank all these staff members for their dedication and service to Jackson Elementary School! 🐯

Years of Service
Ms. Vazquez - 15 years
Mrs. Jones - 20 years
Mrs. Richardson - 20 years

Retirement
Mr. Duvall
Mrs. Fuller
Mrs. Richardson

Jackson Fan Favorite Substitute Teachers
Mr. Buckman
Mrs. Dunmore
Mrs. Crandall
Mrs. DeKok

Staff Leaving Jackson
Ms. Miller
Mrs. Vazquez
Ms. Steffany Garcia
Ms. Rosio Garcia
Ms. Lynzee
Ms. Atkinson
Ms. Megan
Ms. Serenity

Congratulations Mr. Duvall! 🎉 We thank you for your dedication to Jackson Elementary and wish you the best in your retirement!

Please join us in congratulating Michael DuVall, physical education teacher at Jackson Elementary School, Janesville, WI, on his retirement! His career in the School District of Janesville spanned 32 years!

Before joining the SDJ, Michael earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from UW-Whitewater. He later obtained his Master's degree in curriculum and instruction from National Louis University.

"Jackson Elementary is the school I attended and the school I taught at for 32 years. I will always be a tiger at heart," he said.

"The best part of my career is knowing I have changed many lives of the students I have worked with. Students grow by moments of teaching that does not alway show on standardized tests. The smiles, 'Good Mornings' and the students' enthusiasm is something I will miss."

Congratulations, Michael, and thank you for your years of dedicated service. We hope you find retirement equally fulfilling!

🎉 May PBIS Winners 🎉

Today we recognized our May PBIS winners for doing an outstanding job demonstrating Appreciation! We are so proud of all of you! 👏🏻

🎉 Perfect Attendance! 🎉

Today we congratulated our Jackson Tigers who had perfect attendance during the 25-26 school year. We are so proud of you for being at school every day this year! 🗓️

🎓 5th Grade Graduation 🎓

🎉 Today we recognized our fifth graders as they prepare to leave Jackson Elementary and continue their learning in middle school. The room was filled with only the kind of energy that this group brings! We thank all the families who attended to support their students on their learning journey.

👏🏻 We are so proud of how much our 5th graders have grown over the years and we know they’ll go on to accomplish great things in middle school, high school, and beyond!

🐯 Remember, once a Tiger, always a Tiger!

🍉 Jackson Family Picnic 🍉

We didn’t let the weather rain on our annual Family Picnic! Thank you to all the families who made it to the picnic to enjoy a delicious meal with their students. We appreciate your flexibility as we moved our picnic indoors.

Special thanks to our amazing lunch hostesses for all their hard work making this event possible and to our Optimist Club volunteers for serving lunch. This event would not be possible without you! 👏🏻

🇺🇸 America 250 Celebration 🇺🇸

🎂 As we prepare for the United States Semiquincentennial (America’s 250th anniversary), our district is participating in a statewide effort directed by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) as a celebration of our country's history.

🎉 We began our assembly by watching an opening video from Superintendent Holzman explaining America 250 and the reasons the songs selected for singing were chosen. The music teachers were tasked with teaching our students the songs and the art teachers supported the event by creating a district-wide project, which is the backdrop for Superintendent Holzman's video.

🎶 Each school recorded its students and staff singing the three songs and the videos will be compiled into one large video featuring all the elementary schools to share with the community.

🎥 Stay tuned for the final video! We are so proud of our students for working so hard on their songs and artwork in preparation for this event.

🎤🎨 Special thanks to our music teacher, Mrs. Hawley, and our art teachers, Ms. Kohn and Mrs. Schaum, for their work in making this event possible.

🚲 Galimoto Engineering 🚲

Today kindergartners in Ms. Roy’s class engineered their own galimotos during science. They were able to use skewers, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, string, wire, tape, wheels and more to create their toy to match their design. Their toy had to move forward and backward using push and pull movements. They persevered, problem-solved and presented their galimotos, just like real engineers!