On Friday, April 22, the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District completed surveillance testing for COVID-19. Approximately 83 students and staff were tested, and all tests were negative. Thank you to those families and staff that have volunteered to be tested. Given the increase in positive cases in our community, we hope you will consider having your …
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The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District had planned to give students the day off from school on May 26, but a late April snow storm changed those plans. On April 6, the district had announced that if it did not use any more emergency closure days, school would not be in session on Thursday, May 26, …
On May 17, 2022, residents will elect three members of the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Board of Education. Voters will fill three vacancies that are each three-year terms. Four candidates are seeking election to the three available seats. The three candidates with the highest number of votes will fill the vacancies. Voting will take place …
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After more than a year of planning, designing, writing new content and migrating existing material, the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District has launched a new, redesigned version of its website, www.jamesvilledewitt.org. “We are excited to present our newly designed website to our staff, families and community,” Superintendent Peter Smith said. “The new website will provide important …
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The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District offers a free full day prekindergarten program for four-year-old children residing in the district. Costs associated with the implementation of the program will be covered by funds allocated to the district via New York State Pre-School funding. To be eligible for the program, children must Be four years old on …
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For planning purposes, please note a few updates and reminders regarding the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District 2021-22 school-year calendar. First, note that Eid Al-Fitr will be celebrated on Monday, May 2, rather than Tuesday, May 3. School will not be in session on May 2. Assuming that the district does not have any more snow days …
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Get ready to mark your calendars: The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District 2022-23 school-year calendar is now available. At its March 21 meeting, the J-D Board of Education approved the calendar, which sets school holidays, vacation weeks and days off for students due to staff development days. Once school and district events and activities are scheduled …
The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District will be asking residents to vote May 17 on the 2022-23 school budget proposal as well as elect three district residents to the J-D Board of Education. Any resident who is an eligible voter who will be out of town on that date or unable to get to the polls can …
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On March 10, Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Superintendent Peter Smith sent the following message via SchoolMessenger to J-D families and staff. Dear J-DHS families and staff, Today, March 10, the Town of DeWitt Police Department informed me that they made an arrest regarding the threatening note that was found in one of the J-D High …
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On Feb. 2, 2022, at precisely 2:22 p.m.,10 former J-D Middle School students met at the school’s flagpole to open a time capsule they put together in 2001. “Twenty years ago was my first year teaching, and that year was also the year of 9-11,” said Melissa Quinn, who was a sixth-grade teacher then and …
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