We are proud to announce two new elective courses in the English Department.  Film Studies will be a full year course created so students can explore the ever-changing world of film as text.  Mythology II will now compliment Mythology I whereby students can gain a more in-depth study of mythology in the world around us.   Students may also want to consider the newly revised Shakespeare class that will now be part of the Drama II course that will focus on Shakespearean performance!  Talk to you counselor about these new offerings for the next school year!

Looking for some new strategies to add to your repertoire of instructional strategies?  Consider these two as you continue to foster vocabulary study in the classroom!

3 X 3 Vocabulary Study

Word Sort and Classifying

SAT Question of the Day

Please feel free to view the video below on The Workshop Model for Differentiation in a middle school lanuage arts class:

Differentiating Instruction from Success at the Core

Consider the following questions as you view:

1. In what ways does this lesson illustrate differentiated instruction?
2. How does the Workshop Model help the teacher address his students’ various learning needs?
3. How can this model and strategies link to your instruction or a lesson for next week?

Welcome back students and staff!  I hope you had an enjoyable summer!  I would like to welcome the following staff to Jefferson Township Schools:

Ms. Heather Burns continuing to cover Mrs. Schwimer’s maternity leave through November of this new school year.

Ms. Rebecca Bushby is the new Media Specialist for the Stanlick School and Briggs School

Mrs. Elizabeth Culmone will be the new seventh grade language arts teacher at the middle school.

Ms. Jessica Demkiw will be covering Mrs. Cimaglia’s maternity leave through December of this new school year.

Ms. Alison Greene will be covering Mrs. Shamy’s maternity leave through December of this new school year. 

Mrs. Kelly Tarsitano will be covering Mrs. Vybihal’s maternity leave through April of this new school year.

Mr. Nicholas Wright is a new member of the High School English Department