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Greetings SJLES Families, Today’s Update reaches many of our new SJLES families, so if this is your first SJLES Update we want to welcome you to our school family! Included in our Update today are new Summer Stories for our Jaguars, PTA Meeting information, Lunch Bunch details, and important information regarding Family File and our Free and Reduced Meals Program…

Greetings SJLES Families, I hope this communication finds each of our families enjoying the first few weeks of summer break and that you all had a wonderful Independence Day weekend. Things here at school are going well. Our custodians are working hard preparing our building for back to school, we have hired some outstanding new staff members that we can’t…

SJLES Updates 6/10/22 Greetings SJLES Families, Can you believe that we only have 5 more days of school remaining this school year? Our Jaguars are finishing STRONG and we are so proud of how respectful, responsible, and ready to learn they have been throughout these final weeks of school. We have enjoyed welcoming our families to our Pumped Up Picnics…

Greetings SJLES Families, It was a great day at SJLES! The much anticipated return of in-person Field Day is over, our Jaguars could not have had more fun, and it was wonderful to see so many volunteers and visitors at school today. Ms. Coleman and I want to thank our PE Team of Ms. Carty, Mr. Frantz, and Ms. Orgera…

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…