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NEWS FLASH:  MAGICIAN DAN KAMIN VISITS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY!!! DAN KAMIN TEACHES FIRST GRADERS HOW TO USE THE MAGIC WAND THEY'VE MADE. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO! CLICK HERE FOR DAN'S WEBSITE AUTHOR DAVID CATROW VISITS JEFFERSON. THIRD GRADERS MAKE JELLYFISH TO HELP CREATE AN UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT TO WELCOME HIM. STUDENT ART ON DISPLAY AT HIGH SCHOOL!       IF YOU FIND YOURSELF OVER THERE, BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT!!!       THE FIRST PART OF THE FIFTH GRADE LEGACY WALL IS FINALLY COMPLETE!!!!!
WE HAD GREAT DISPLAYS IN THE ART ROOM FOR OPEN HOUSE:

  LATE BREAKING NEWS

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY!!!

STUDENT'S PINWHEELS WERE ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE OUR ENTRYWAY ALL DAY ON INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY (SEPTEMBER 21, 2007) THE STUDENTS HAD A GREAT TIME MAKING THE PINWHEELS, AND AN EVEN BETTER TIME SPOTTING THEM OUTSIDE. IT WAS A PROUD DAY FOR JEFFERSON! FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PEACE DAY, CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE: PINWHEELSFORPEACE.COM

MORE LATE BREAKING NEWS!!!

LUCY ROWING, ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, WON AN "OUTSTANDING" IN THE KIDS HELPING KIDS ART CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH AND THE LEMIEUX FAMILY CENTER.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

WE HAD AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL REFLECTIONS WORKSHOP AFTER SCHOOL ON OCTOBER FIRST. WE HAD OVER 40 STUDENTS!!! AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD SO MANY KIDS, WE HAD TO BORROW ANOTHER CLASSROOM TO WORK IN. WE EVEN HAD STUDENTS IN THE HALL! 

A PRODUCTIVE AND GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SECOND GRADE PARENTS FOR HELPING WITH THE SCIENCE ? ART PROJECT: BRITT ROTEMAN, JUNE STRATI, AND NGA SERRANO. 

WE MADE STAINED GLASS FLOWERS.

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY HAD A DISPLAY OF ARTWORK AT THE GALLERIA MALL AS PART OF A DISTRICT-WIDE CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION. THE FOLLOWING ARE PICTURES OF THE DISPLAY:

THE FOURTH GRADERS MADE INCREDIBLE CONCRETE LEAVES FOR THE GARDEN. THEY ARE TOTALLY AMAZING!!! iF YOU'RE IN THE AREA, DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT. A HUGE THANK YOU TO NANCY SMITH, CHRIS SWARTZWELDER AND HENRY FOR HELPING OUT WITH THIS DAUNTING PROJECT.

student's artwork from jefferson and foster elementary schools  WERE featured in a display at the high school, near central administration. 

IT LOOKED AWESOME!!! 

The cookbook from Mt. lebanon foundation is out!!!!!

Artwork from many Jefferson students is included in the cookbook, along with great recipes from a number of our teachers. The entire back cover is our kids' work!!! If you haven't seen it, the cookbooks are absolutely beautiful. They would make great gifts, and are a bargain at only $20. ( Besides the foundation supports great programs for our students!) order Forms are available in the office.

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