Schools

JPS Students Raise Thousands Of Dollars As Part Of The Kids Heart Challenge
JAMESTOWN – Students at Bush Elementary School recently worked hard to fight heart disease as part of the Kids Heart Challenge, formerly known as Jump Rope for Heart. Bush Elementary Physical Education Teacher Jay Grann, …

Students Make A ‘First Grade’ Donation To The St. Susan Center
JAMESTOWN – In honor of the 100th day of school, first grade students at Ring Elementary collected over 200 non-perishable food items to donate to the St. Susan Center. School officials posting on Facebook that the …

Local High School Junior Wins Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown High School Junior Olivia Ruiz won first place in the Western New York Regional Poetry Out Loud competition, pointing her finger at the judges and asking “Which U.S. slang do you speak?” The …

Schumer Pushes To Make Online Blackmailing A Federal Crime
ROCHESTER – During a visit to Canandaigua Academy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer called for a major push to curb the rampancy of a new online extortion scheme, which the Department of Justice …

Power Of Positivity
JAMESTOWN – Jefferson Middle School eighth graders, Kierston Fraley and Oliviah La Mountain, decided recently to spread positivity at their school with a “Positivity Mailbox” in the library. The young ladies approached Library Media Specialist, …

Lincoln Elementary School’s PB & J Drive Raises 200 Jars for Boys & Girls Club
JAMESTOWN – Lincoln Elementary School’s annual Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive raised 200 jars this year for the Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club – twice as much as last year! The PTA-sponsored drive …

JHS Senior Grayson Holt Wins Optimist Oratorical Speech Contest
JAMESTOWN – The 2019 Optimist Oratorical Contest was held on January 10th at the Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club. JHS senior, Grayson Holt won first place, JHS senior, William Karr placed second, and …

Jamestown High School Celebrates English As A New Language Success
JAMESTOWN – Bilingual students at Jamestown High School recently celebrated success in the school’s English as a New Language program (ENL) during a dinner at the high school. Twelve students were honored who tested out …

Report Says Jamestown Public Schools Among Districts With Worst Child Poverty Rates
Jamestown Public Schools was ranked in the top 50 Upstate New York Schools, and not on a good list. According to a report from NYUpstate.com, JPS is ranked 17th in school-age poverty percentage at 40.8%. …

Jefferson Sixth Graders Track Great Depression Timeline
JAMESTOWN – Some sixth graders in Erin Knapp’s class at Jefferson Middle School created a Great Depression project around the novel Bud, Not Buddy. Ruby Meyer, Mallory Atwater, Addison Zahn and Braelyn Peterson recently created …