Important News

Greetings SJLES Families, Thanks to everyone who organized, volunteered, donated to, and/or attended our annual May Day celebration last week. It was wonderful to watch our community come together to make memories on a hot Saturday afternoon. A most sincere thank you to our PTA who worked tirelessly throughout the year to make this event happen. Way to go, team…

NEW NEWS SJLES Dismissal @ 12:20 TODAY! Just a reminder that all HCPSS schools close 3 hours early TODAY! SJLES will dismiss at 12:20. 23rd Annual Night of The Arts Gallery Walk TONIGHT from 6 - 8 PM Our SJLES hallways have come alive with a beautiful K-5 art display of over 1,400 pieces from our K-5 SJLES students including…

NEW NEWS The 23rd Annual Night of The Arts Gallery Walk: Wednesday 5/18 @ 6 - 8 PM Our SJLES hallways have come alive with a beautiful K-5 art display of over 1,400 pieces from our K-5 SJLES students including 700 additional pieces since our last Earth Day showing! Our SJLES Columbia Mall Art Panel is also on display at…

Greetings SJLES Families, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, SJLES! Ms. Coleman and I wanted to thank our community for your on-going support and encouragement of our outstanding teachers. We couldn’t ask for any more from this wonderful group of educators. Our teachers lead with your children at the forefront of every decision made here at SJLES. Their dedication, intentionality, kindness, and…

Greetings SJLES Families, I wanted to connect with you all today to clarify information shared in yesterday’s SJLES Update regarding Field Day T-Shirts. We encourage our Jaguars to wear a shirt with their "grade color" to school on Field Day. Wearing the grade color helps identify our students' location throughout the day and adds to team spirit. If you don’t…

Greetings SJLES Families, Happy Monday SJLES! Today’s Update features several important items I want to bring to your attention. In our New News section you will find all the details you need to know regarding our upcoming Field Day on Friday 6/3. I know our PE team and students are very excited about Field Day. I am pretty pumped as…

Greetings SJLES Families, Ms. Coleman, our staff, and I hope you all had a fantastic Spring Break! Our students have returned from the break in great spirits. Ms. Coleman and I interrupted SEL this morning to share how our students’ happy faces and engagement with our staff and their learning caught our attention since we returned. To celebrate our happy…

Greetings SJLES Families, With just two school days to go, we wanted to take this opportunity to wish each SJLES family a wonderful Spring Break. HCPSS schools are closed from Monday, 4/11 through Monday, 4/18 for break. Offices will be closed on Friday 4/15 and Monday 4/18. Families can access our HCPSS and SJLES calendars in the Mark Your Calendar…

Greetings SJLES Families, It is hard to believe that the end of the third quarter is already upon us! Tomorrow, we will celebrate our students’ Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn behaviors at our Jaguar Buddy Bingo Bonanza End of Quarter PBIS Celebration. Throughout the school year our Jaguar Buddy program facilitates activities between our primary and intermediate Jaguars (K…

Greetings SJLES Families, Just a few items to share today to keep our community up to date with all things SJLES. Thanks to our PTA volunteers and our Media staff for all of their hard work this week with our Scholastic Book Fair. Our students have been very excited about the return of the Book Fair. For your convenience, we…