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Dear Jefferson High School Community,
I am thrilled to welcome you to the start of the 2024-2025 school year! As I enter my third year as Principal, I am filled with excitement and optimism about the direction our school is heading. Each new school year brings fresh opportunities and renewed energy, and this year is no exception.
Our dedicated staff has been working diligently to prepare for a fantastic year ahead. We are committed to creating an engaging, supportive, and inspiring environment for all our students. This year, we are focusing on enhancing academic excellence, fostering personal growth, and strengthening our community bonds.
To our returning students, I am eager to see the incredible progress you will make. To our new students, welcome to Jefferson High School! We are excited for you to join our vibrant and dynamic school community.
Together, let’s make this school year a memorable and successful one. Here’s to a great start and an amazing year ahead!
Drake Shelton
dshelton@pps.net
Principal, Jefferson High School
If you’re ever lucky enough to tag along with Tom Myers and his bird club at Skyline School, you’ll most likely notice a few things: that Skyline in the early morning can be a breathtakingly beautiful place, and that if you have a question about birds – or the natural world in general – the man his students call “Teacher Tom” can almost certainly answer it.
èßäapp¹ÙÍø is hosting a series of events that focus on Belonging, Equity & Inclusive Practices where we will screen powerful, award-winning documentaries aimed at starting a productive conversation about what is possible in the systems we create for our children with disabilities.
As part of this series, we are excited to welcome you to a live virtual event, , on Monday, October 28 at 5:30 PM at . The event will include a screening of Dan Habib’s film, “Including Samuel,” and a conversation with him and his son, Samuel.
The Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center, the rather staid home to èßäapp¹ÙÍø administrative staff, had a very different look on Monday evening when it hosted the world premiere of “The Return of Emergetron.”
The red carpet event was in celebration of a new film starring students – and for students – about the many emergency scenarios they might encounter in a typical school year.
èßäapp¹ÙÍø’ Comprehensive School Psychology program was recently named the recipient of a prestigious $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its proven track record of improving student well-being and academic performance.
The renewable, school-based mental health grant will be used to provide comprehensive school psychology services to 18 Title I schools across the district for the 2024-25 school year. This is up from 11 schools served in the previous year. Through the duration of the grant, 25 schools designated as Title I at the time of the grant award will receive comprehensive school psychology services.