Jumping Branch Elementary School

09/01/2026

08/30/2026

Good afternoon everyone! We hope everyone is having a great weekend. Our menu for both breakfast and lunch will be switched tomorrow. We will be serving Tuesday's menu on Monday and Monday's on Tuesday. Either way, our food will be wonderful, thanks to our amazing cook, Donna Basham!
Here are a few updates for the next two weeks:

August 31st- PreK begins!!! We are so excited to see them!!
September 7th- Labor day. No school!
September 10th- Grandparents day Tea Party. Please RSVP if you haven't yet!

We will see everyone tomorrow! Have a great rest of your weekend!!

08/28/2026

Shout out to Sunset Berry Farm and our own amazing Communities in Schools person, Joy Bowling. All of us are coming home with fresh beans and fresh corn!

08/28/2026

JBE successes for the week!

First off, we survived the 1st week of school, full moon and all!!

Second, we welcomed three new amazing educators to our staff which are Emily Hicks- special education teacher, Jesse Medley- kindergarten aide, and Cheyenne Boone- PreK aide.

2nd grade won the attendance spirit stick with 100% attendance rate.

Overall attendance rate was 97% and chronic absence rate was 5%.

We had 14 positive behavior referrals.

Our 5 star winners for following all five HEART traits were:
Kindergarten- Eli Martin
1st grade- Briggston Petrey
2nd grade- Braelynn Anderson
3rd grade- Waylon Presley
4th grade- Luna Ayers
5th grade- Rylee Forbes

Way to go Tigers!!! We are off to a great start!!

08/28/2026

Your child will be bringing home corn and green beans today!

08/27/2026

Don't forget that we have PreK Open House tomorrow from 10-3!! We can't wait to see all our new Tigers!!!

08/27/2026

Shout out to Summers County ARH for buying the district our "I Love Public Schools" Tshirts.

08/26/2026

We presented our data last night at the board meeting and we just wanted to share our slides for all of our parents and community! We are so proud of our school!!!!! We are going to keep growing and achieving as a team this year!!! Thank you for all that you do to help us achieve our goals!

08/26/2026

Our kids chose to raise money for Riverside Kitten Rescue!

08/26/2026

We are so proud of our amazing secretary, Andrea Helms.