What's for dinner tonight?! MEXICAN! Join us at El Indio to help raise money for Central #104 PTO!

Pass,Dribble,Shoot! Basketball tryouts start today for all 5th-8th grade boys and girls! All Athletes must have a physical before they may attend tryouts. See the flyer for details and contact Coach Watkins (lwatkins@central104.org) with any questions!

Mrs. Murphy’s second grade class was engaged in an activity about skeletons. They read about different animal skeletons in an issue of Scholastic News. Then watched a Mystery Science video about the human skeleton. To culminate the lesson they created X-rays of the bones in their hand.




There’s just something special about when past students take the time to come back and visit their teachers at JAMS 💙💛 Kyler says, Mrs Auffenberg is his inspiration to pursue engineering in college. Thanks Kyler and Conner for coming to visit! Good luck at your Football Game tonight boys! GO PANTHERS! 🏈

Another #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay this week was to Courtasia's mom. She was recognized by Mrs. Finlay for being a leader in class & showing respect to her teachers. She also has been assisting other classmates with their work. Courtasia you are #Awesome. # Choose2BeAwesome #JAMSrock

7th graders learning about acids bases and pH is Mr. Whitaker’s class. Do we drink acids??? You’re 7th graders can let you know!!!


This week's #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay was to Raul's mother. He was nominated by Mrs. James for jumping up and helping a student with his materials that he dropped. #JAMSrocks #Choose2BeAwesome

Board President Sarah Svoboda and Vice President DeWonda McComb were recognized at the IASB Southwestern Division Meeting for their commitment to board member LeaderShop professional development. Andrea Mouser and David Swaney received recognition as well. Thank you for your commitment to Central School District #104.

Grab your family and come out for Fall Festival this Saturday, October 5, 3-7p at JAMS! Presale wristbands are $10/person, or $15/person at the door and include unlimited bounce house jumping!Concessions & games will also be available! It'll be a fun time, you won't want to miss!
We are Kindergarten & learning is our superpower! Kindergartner's marched the halls of CES on Friday holding their own letter poster that they each worked very hard on! Thank you students and teachers for sharing! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kGaOO0a5C4tb5qh_yct8akml2FcqUE7V
Join us for the 2nd Annual Hoops for Hope event where 100% of the proceeds goes to Breast Cancer Research! Games will be the week of October 21, 2019. Get your Hoops for HOPE attire TODAY! https://joarhocu2019.wswebstore.com/store

Cinderella finished greeting K-4 and came over to share some magic with JAMS. She went into Mrs. Allen's class that just finished talking about story elements in fairy tales. #JAMSrocks #choose2beawesome #BetheThermostat #LeadLAP

Have you ever seen so many boxes filled with pencil cases? @OFallonWalmart graciously donated over 300 pencil boxes to JAMS & Central to help students stay organized for school year! Mrs.Shelton said,"Pencil boxes filled every inch of my Subaru!" Thank you O'Fallon Walmart!

REMINDER: Monday is CrAzY Hat/Socks Day with a donation to the Hopkins Family!

What if we could get EVERY student in EVERY classroom to love to learn? It’s a tall order, but possible when we GIVE our students a reason to get excited about learning! At JAMS,the teachers are ROCKING out for their students today!Stay tuned for a closer look into the classroom!


Early Release Day Today!

Hispanic Heritage Month:Fun Fact! Did you know that Hispanic Americans make up the nation's largest ethnic minority population? Take time this month to learn more about the Hispanic culture! Try a new food, take a dance class, or read a new book!

JAMS Cheer Tryouts will be this Friday from 3:30-6:00p at Central!
Mrs. Mueller's class celebrated their first class party of the year last Friday with a pajama/popcorn party!!! They have been doing a great job and deserve it! 😊

Join us for a Special Fundraiser in honor of Officer Hopkins! Students may wear a hat and/or crazy socks at school with a donation to the family on Monday, September 23!

