6th graders earning their spots on Santa’s nice list by reading to and helping our kindergarteners read a book and take AR tests.
Sunshine State Young Readers Reward Lunch
3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade students were treated to lunch at Corky Bell's for reading at least 6 Sunshine State Young Reader Award books. Congratulations!!
Books for All Coin Challenge Leaders.
K-2 Rigsby
3-6 Tillis
Tuesday is nickel day. Please bring in your coins.
Scholastic Book Fair Coin Challenge. Don’t for get Monday’s coin is pennies. Bring is as many as you can. Please help our classroom.
The Scholastic Book Fair is here until Friday, November 3rd. Come check it out.
🚨Tomorrow is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day we will have three local drop-off locations in our area, open from 10AM to 2PM:
Interlachen Location: TMT Auto Clinic, 1117 SR-20
Crescent City Location: Winn-Dixie, 1115 N. Summit Street
Palatka Location: HCA Putnam, 611 Zeagler Drive
Unsecured, unused or expired prescription medications can lead to accidents, misuse, addiction, and pose serious risks to our students. We would like to encourage parents and guardians to: Locate and securely store their medications at home, ensuring they are out of reach of children and adolescents & Identify and dispose of any medications that are unwanted or have expired dates.
The top classes in the Coin Challenge are in K-2 Mrs Rigsby’s class and in 3-6 is Mrs Deal’s class. Tomorrow is “Any Coin Friday.” Please help support our classroom with new books.
Our book fair begins Friday, October 27th. We will also be having our fall festival that same day!
Parents are welcome to come on Friday the 27th during the day to walk with their children through the fall festival and purchase books from the book fair.
Book fair parent night is November 2nd from 6-7pm which is also the same night and time as our 4th and 6th grade parent night. All parents are invited to attend our book fair parent night but only the parents of our 4th and 6th grade students will be meeting with the teachers that night.
We have other parent nights planned for the other grade levels. Stay tuned for dates and times for those.
Please support our James A. Long All for Books Coin Challenge. All donations help supply our classrooms with new books. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you:)
Thursday, November 2nd is parent night for 4th and 6th grade. We would like to invite all of our 4th and 6th grade parents to pop in from 6-7pm to meet the teachers and learn about what their children are working on in class.
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Next month, on October 28th, 2023, we will have three local drop-off locations in our area, open from 10AM to 2PM :
Interlachen Location: TMT Auto Clinic, 1117 SR-20
Crescent City Location: Winn-Dixie, 1115 N. Summit Street
Palatka Location: HCA Putnam, 611 Zeagler Drive
Unsecured, unused or expired prescription medications can lead to accidents, misuse, addiction, and pose serious risks to our students. We would like to encourage parents and guardians to: Locate and securely store their medications at home, ensuring they are out of reach of children and adolescents & Identify and dispose of any medications that are unwanted or have expired dates.
9/22/23 Today is the LAST day to purchase tickets!
The Putnam County School District will be attending the Florida Gators vs. Charlotte 49ers football game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, September 23rd at 7pm! All faculty, staff, students, friends and family are invited to join and cheer on the Orange & Blue together!
Secure your tickets by following this link: https://fevo.me/putnam-county-school-district
Kindergarten parents, please join us on September 28th at 6pm for our Kindergarten parent night. Familes will enjoy time meeting their child's teacher and getting a glimpse into some of the activites their children complete in class. We look forward to seeing all of our Kindergarten parents and students there!
Lions enjoying lunch outside in celebration of their awesome behavior!
The Putnam County School District will be attending the Florida Gators vs. Charlotte 49ers football game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, September 23rd at 7pm! All faculty, staff, students, friends and family are invited to join and cheer on the Orange & Blue together! Final purchase date is September 22nd.
Secure your tickets by following this link: https://fevo.me/putnam-county-school-district
#ProudtobePCSD
Please join James A. Long Elementary School for our Annual Title I Meeting.
All PCSD schools will be closed on Wednesday, August 30th and Thursday, August 31st. All extracurricular activities are cancelled beginning Tuesday, August 29th. Our plan is to resume all activities on Friday, September 1st.
The following shelters will open Tuesday, August 29th ay 5:00PM: Jenkins Elementary (general population), Ochwilla Elementary (pets), Kelley Smith Elementary (special needs only), Browning-Pearce Elementary (general population), Middleton-Burney Elementary (general population). The shelter at QI Roberts will NOT be open at this time.
We will continue to update you here with the latest information related to school operations. Please see Putnam County Emergency Management for local updates: https://main.putnam-fl.com/?page_id=48.
A decision on school closures and shelters will be made by the local emergency operations team later this afternoon. We will update you here with any news and information to assist the community. Thank you!
Dear Families, Attendance is especially important at school next week. Students at JAL will be taking assessments in reading and math called FAST progress monitoring. Students have been given a detailed letter to share with you.
Here are some helpful tips for when your child is sick.
