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James Elementary School James Elementary is a public school in Ottumwa, serving approximately 230 students in grades K-5.

Today, Ms. Shepherd’s Kindergarten class celebrated finishing their 5 sense’s unit🎉The class rotated through activities ...
10/05/2026

Today, Ms. Shepherd’s Kindergarten class celebrated finishing their 5 sense’s unit🎉

The class rotated through activities using all five senses 👀👂✋👃👅, and the students loved exploring each one!💛

Our 5th graders recently finished their first CKLA unit about personal narratives. One of the personal narratives they r...
10/02/2026

Our 5th graders recently finished their first CKLA unit about personal narratives. One of the personal narratives they read was about Thanksgiving Dinner. They celebrated with their own Thanksgiving Dinner with turkey, sweet potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin bars, cranberry sauce and crackers with easy cheese.

This week’s Bulldog Belief Award winners. These students have demonstrated being Respectful, Responsible and Safe all w...
10/02/2026

This week’s Bulldog Belief Award winners. These students have demonstrated being Respectful, Responsible and Safe all week.

09/30/2026

Reminder we will have school pictures at James tomorrow.

09/25/2026

It’s school pictures time. James Elementary will have pictures taken next week on Thursday October 1st. Picture packets should be coming home today.

Bulldog Belief Award winners for today. These students have consistently demonstrated being Respectful, Responsible, C...
09/25/2026

Bulldog Belief Award winners for today. These students have consistently demonstrated being Respectful, Responsible, Compassionate and Safe. Congratulations!

Bulldog Belief Award winners for the week of 9-18-26. These students have consistently demonstrated being Respectful, R...
09/25/2026

Bulldog Belief Award winners for the week of 9-18-26. These students have consistently demonstrated being Respectful, Responsible, Compassionate and Safe. Congratulations!

Once the school year gets started and students get settled in we start to look for students who are following the Bulldo...
09/25/2026

Once the school year gets started and students get settled in we start to look for students who are following the Bulldog Beliefs. This means they are demonstrating being Respectful, Responsible, Compassionate and Safe. Here are the winners for the week of 9-11-26.

Our fifth grade students participated in the Bulldog Pride clean up day by picking up trash around James Elementary toda...
09/11/2026

Our fifth grade students participated in the Bulldog Pride clean up day by picking up trash around James Elementary today. What a great way to show community and school pride. They worked together for a common goal and really made an impact around our school. Thanks 5th graders we appreciate you!

Last Friday we had a field day at James. Here are some photos of Mrs. Guests class participating in some fun activities.
05/21/2026

Last Friday we had a field day at James. Here are some photos of Mrs. Guests class participating in some fun activities.

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1001 N. Benton
Ottumwa, IA
52501

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+16416845411

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