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We’re almost half-way through the school year. So the holiday season maybe a good time to find out how your teachers stack up against others — whether you’re sending your children to school for the first time or if they’re ready to graduate.
A ranking specialist that rates everything in education, including schools, has created a list of what it says are schools with the best teachers in New Jersey.
Congratulations to Jefferson School for being on the list! Here is the top 100 schools with the best teachers in the state from this article from Patch.
Can you name 10 sources of Potential Energy? Which are Chemical, and which are Physical? Jefferson School brought the all-time favorite science assembly, Ted Lawrence and his alter ego, Dr. Quenton Quark with Slapstick Science.
Hoisting 200 pounds (like teachers) over their heads, lifting 1000 pounds of classmates, or throwing the portly Dr. Quark eight feet high is simply a matter of understanding kinetic energy, potential energy, friction, and simple machines like pulleys, levers, and screws are demonstrated.
Born to teach, Ted was certified to teach chemistry, physics, and math after majoring in Electrical Engineering at the University of Vermont. He graduated from the Ringling Clown College in ’86, toured with the circus for two years. With Slapstick Science, he combined both!
Check out the photos and videos from Slapstick Science at Jefferson School here.
The Jefferson School PTA fundraising efforts support the school by directly funding these assemblies and artists in residence, immersing students in a wide variety of arts and cultural experience, from extravagant, days-long celebrations featuring professional performances to art projects.
Interested in donating or getting involved? You can reach out to our VP of Cultural Arts, Laura Benson Epstein & Jaclyn Desiderio Spoerel at culturalarts@nulljefferson-pta.org. Thanks to their efforts who brought Slapstick Science to Jefferson School.
Find out more here about Jefferson School’s Cultural Arts program.
Jefferson Elementary School will take part in National Walk to School Day on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. The entire Jefferson student body will be walking to school together from Orchard Park in Maplewood with parents, teachers, staff, and special guests from the District Administration and the Township of Maplewood to celebrate healthy habits, community, and safety.
Around the country communities are working to improve health and increase the appeal of walking and bicycling to school. And there are signs of success that help shed light on what could help bring positive changes to even more places. While there is much work to be done, we are on the right road.
International Walk to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day. It began in 1997 as a one-day event. Over time, this event has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school and a celebration – with record breaking participation – each October. This October, thousands of schools across America – from all 50 states – participate every year.
We’re happy and excited for Jefferson School to take part again this year in Walk to School Day!
Our Jefferson School students had an awesome Hispanic Heritage Celebration in tandem with the inaugural of !HolaFest! NJ.
Through live music, dance, and storytelling, Mexico Beyond Mariachi came to Jefferson School to share the magical realism that is ever present in Mexican culture, igniting the students’ imagination, leaving them with an enhanced awareness of our global community. To learn more about Mexico Beyond Mariachi, click here.
Through Cultural Arts & Enrichment Programs, the Jefferson School PTA strives to bring a diverse offering of performing arts and educational enrichment to our school usually in the form of school assemblies. These PTA sponsored programs include the musical and dramatic arts; math, science and technology; global and domestic history and culture, physical education; language arts and appreciation of diversity.
This year’s theme is about “Global Citizenship | Preparing today’s students to be tomorrow’s global citizens.”
The Jefferson School PTA fundraising efforts support the school by directly funding these assemblies and artists in residence, immersing students in a wide variety of arts and cultural experience, from extravagant, days-long celebrations featuring professional performances to art projects.
Interested in donating or getting involved? See our website for a list of our cultural arts and enrichment programs.