🍓🥛 Every Day Counts! 🥛🍓
September is Attendance Awareness Month! Today, every student who was present received a delicious strawberry milk surprise- courtesy of Mr. Mike! ❤️
Being at school every day means more opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed! 📚
Have a great weekend, Jefferson! 🐝

¡Cada día cuenta!
Septiembre es el Mes de la Asistencia. Hoy, los estudiantes que asistieron recibieron leche de fresa, gracias al Sr. Mike.
¡Asistir a la escuela todos los días ayuda a aprender y crecer!
¡Que tengan un buen fin de semana, Jefferson!

#JeffersonJourney🐝
3 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
strawberry milk
strawberry milk
strawberry milk
strawberry milk
strawberry milk
strawberry milk
strawberry milk
strawberry milk
Meet our Student Council members for the 2026–2027 school year! 🐝📣 These students were chosen to represent their homerooms and help make Jefferson an even better place. We are excited to see the leadership, ideas, and school spirit they bring to our community! 💛👏
¡Conozcan a los miembros del Consejo Estudiantil para el año escolar 2026-2027! Estos estudiantes representan a sus grupos y ayudan a mejorar nuestra escuela.
#JeffersonJourney🐝
3 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
student council
Here’s the flyer for Homecoming Spirit Week next week! 🎉🐝 Check out each day’s theme and get ready to show your school spirit! 💛📣
Aquí está el volante de la Semana del Espíritu de Homecoming de la próxima semana. ¡Miren el tema de cada día y prepárense para demostrar su espíritu escolar!
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4 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
homecoming spirit week
homecoming spirit week
Today was Principal Wargaski’s birthday! 🎉🎂 Our students showered her with cards, songs, and hugs, while staff surprised her with an “Anything But a Birthday” balloon surprise, filling her office with a fun assortment of balloons! 🎈💐 We hope you had the best birthday, Mrs. Wargaski! 💛🐝
¡Hoy fue el cumpleaños de la directora Wargaski! Los estudiantes la llenaron de tarjetas y abrazos, y el personal llenó su oficina de globos para celebrar. ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Sra. Wargaski!
5 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
wargaski birthday
wargaski birthday
All the relentless hard work during practice is paying off! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💪 Congratulations to every single runner on our Cross Country team! And a massive congratulations to the boys for taking 1st place overall! 🥇🎉 We are so proud of you all! 🐝👏
¡Todo el esfuerzo durante las prácticas está dando frutos! Felicitaciones a todos los corredores de nuestro equipo de Cross Country. ¡Y muchas felicidades a los niños por obtener el primer lugar! Estamos muy orgullosos de todos.
#JeffersonJourney🐝
6 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
cross country
cross country
cross country
cross country
Mrs. Juarez and Ms. Gavers' students explored sense receptors in Science by conducting an experiment to see how people respond differently to smells! 👃🔬🧪 Students had so much fun experiencing different scents and discovered that the same smell can be pleasant to one person and unpleasant to another! 🧠✨
Los estudiantes de la Sra. Juárez y la Srta. Gavers exploraron los receptores sensoriales con un experimento sobre los olores. Descubrieron que un mismo olor puede ser agradable para una persona y desagradable para otra.
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7 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
sense receptors
sense receptors
sense receptors
sense receptors
sense receptors
sense receptors
Today is AVID Day, a nationwide celebration of the educators, students and communities working together to advance opportunity and student success.

AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a program that helps students succeed in school today while preparing for college, careers and life after graduation. Harvard CUSD 50 is a proud AVID District, using instructional strategies from pre-K through 12th grade to build the systems and culture that support every student's success in all of our schools.

Thank you to our educators, students and families for making this success possible — happy AVID Day!
10 days ago, D50 Communications Director
Teachers smiling with AVID Day signs.
Staff with AVID Day sign in classroom.
Staff with AVID Day sign in classroom.
Students in hallway with AVID sign.
Students in hallway with AVID sign.
September 18 is National AVID Day! 🎓 Schools across the nation are taking a moment to celebrate the impact of AVID and its mission to “close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society.”

At Jefferson, we are proud to be part of that mission. We are dedicated to helping our staff and students reach their limitless potential, build confidence, and prepare for success both in and beyond the classroom. 💪📚✨

Happy National AVID Day! Let’s celebrate the difference AVID makes in our school community! 🐝

¡El 18 de septiembre es el Día Nacional de AVID! En Jefferson, celebramos el impacto de AVID y nuestro compromiso de ayudar a todos nuestros estudiantes y al personal a alcanzar su máximo potencial.

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10 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
avid why
avid why
avid why
avid why
avid why
avid why
avid why
avid why
As part of their Benchmark Unit on cultivating resources, Mrs. Lindberg’s class dissected corn to explore and learn about its different parts! 🌽
Como parte de su unidad de Benchmark sobre el cultivo de recursos, la clase de la Sra. Lindberg disecó maíz para explorar y aprender sobre sus diferentes partes.
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11 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
dissecting corn
dissecting corn
dissecting corn
dissecting corn
dissecting corn
Dr. Lamprea and Ms. Brodzik's students celebrated Mexican Independence Day with fun activities that gave them the opportunity to learn about and celebrate Mexican culture and history. ¡Viva México! ❤️💚
¡Los estudiantes del Dr. Lamprea y la Srta. Brodzik celebraron el Día de la Independencia de México con actividades divertidas para aprender y celebrar la cultura y la historia de México!
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12 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
Mexican Independence Day
Mexican Independence Day
Mexican Independence Day
In Music, Ms. Gavers' students enjoyed singing and listening to music while working on identifying musical cognates! 🎶🎤🎧
En la clase de música, los estudiantes de la Srta. Gavers disfrutaron cantar y escuchar música mientras trabajaban en identificar cognados musicales.
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13 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
musical cognates
musical cognates
musical cognates
SMILE! 😁 It’s Picture Day! 🐝📸✨
¡Sonríe! ¡Hoy es el Día de Fotos!
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17 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
picture day
picture day
picture day
This morning, we were honored to have an amazing Harvard High School junior volunteer to help place flags along Harrison Street in remembrance of 9/11. We are grateful for his time and willingness to help our community remember and honor those we lost.❤️🤍💙
Esta mañana, tuvimos el honor de contar con un estudiante de 11.º grado de Harvard High School que se ofreció como voluntario para ayudar a colocar banderas a lo largo de Harrison Street en recuerdo del 11 de septiembre. Agradecemos mucho su tiempo y su disposición para ayudar a nuestra comunidad a recordar y honrar a quienes perdimos.
#JeffersonJourney🐝
17 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
flags for 9/11
Today marks the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Harvard CUSD 50 joins our community in remembering the lives lost and honoring the first responders and service members who answered the call that day. Take a moment to reflect and remember. 🇺🇸
17 days ago, D50 Communications Director
Never Forget. Remembering 9/11 25 Years Later with Flag and City Photo
Never Forget. Remembering 9/11 25 Years Later with Flag and City Photo
Mrs. Kruckenberg’s class is getting ready to add and subtract decimals by estimating to determine whether their answers are reasonable! 🔢✏️📚
La clase de la Sra. Kruckenberg se está preparando para sumar y restar decimales usando estimaciones para determinar si sus respuestas son razonables.
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18 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
estimating in math
estimating in math
estimating in math
estimating in math
estimating in math
estimating in math
estimating in math
estimating in math
Congratulations to our Cross Country team on a successful first meet! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🎉 The boys took 1st place, while the girls finished in 2nd! 🥇🥈 We are so proud of all our student-athletes and Coach Westphal! 👏🐝💛
¡Felicitaciones a nuestro equipo de Cross Country por un excelente primer encuentro! Los niños obtuvieron el primer lugar y las niñas quedaron en segundo lugar. ¡Estamos muy orgullosos de todos nuestros estudiantes y de la entrenadora Westphal!
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19 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
first cross country meet
first cross country meet
Students in Mrs. Fusillo’s class have been working hard to develop their oracy and literacy skills through engaging math games and content-based activities. 🧠🧠🧠
Los estudiantes de la clase de la Sra. Fusillo han estado trabajando arduamente para desarrollar sus habilidades de expresión oral y lectoescritura a través de juegos de matemáticas y actividades basadas en el contenido.
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26 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
engaging games
engaging games
engaging games
engaging games
engaging games
engaging games
engaging games
In STEM with Ms. Susnis, 4th graders are exploring how the internal structures of a plant stem allow water to travel up to the leaves! 🌱💧
En STEM con la Sra. Susnis, los estudiantes de 4.º grado están estudiando cómo las estructuras internas del tallo permiten que el agua llegue a las hojas.
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28 days ago, Sharon Velazquez
plant structure
Ms. Brodzik’s class focused on teamwork as they tried different strategies to save Fred! 🪱🤝
La clase de la Srta. Brodzik se enfocó en trabajar en equipo mientras intentaban diferentes estrategias para salvar a Fred.
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about 1 month ago, Sharon Velazquez
saving fred
saving fred
saving fred
saving fred
Mrs. Witt’s fifth graders did a great job exploring the internal and external structures of plants and animals using microscopes in STEM with Ms. Susnis! 🔬🌱🐾
Los estudiantes de 5to grado de la Sra. Witt hicieron un excelente trabajo explorando las estructuras internas y externas de plantas y animales usando microscopios en la clase de STEM con la Sra. Susnis.
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about 1 month ago, Sharon Velazquez
microscopes in stem
microscopes in stem
microscopes in stem