Due to road closures, Jones County Public Schools will operate on a two hour delay tomorrow ( Monday, February 22nd) to ensure safe travel for our staff, students, and parents.
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Robert Smalls today.
https://www.biography.com/political-figure/robert-smalls
North Carolina announced it will continue to provide additional benefits through the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program to help families purchase food for children whose access to free and reduced-priced meals at school has been impacted by virtual learning for the 2020 to 2021 school year due to COVID-19.
Families do not need to apply for P-EBT. A school-aged child is eligible for the P-EBT program if their school is eligible to provide free or reduce-priced meals at school this year, and the child was eligible to receive free or reduced-priced meals during the 2020-2021 school year.
The program provides a benefit on an Electronic Benefit (EBT) card. An EBT card acts like a credit card and can be used to buy food at authorized food and grocery retailers, including most major grocery stores. Benefits received in February 2021 will be for the months of August to December 2020 for those students who are eligible.
Please visit www.ncdhhs.gov/PEBT for more information. #NCPEBT
Due to the report of potential flooding and possible road closures, Jones County Schools will be dismissing at 11:30 am today. Please be safe!
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Lewis Latimer today.
https://www.biography.com/inventor/lewis-howard-latimer
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Ruby Bridges today.
https://www.biography.com/activist/ruby-bridges
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Thurgood Marshall today.
https://www.biography.com/law-figure/thurgood-marshall
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Phillis Wheatley today.
https://www.biography.com/writer/phillis-wheatley
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Granville Woods today.
https://www.biography.com/inventor/granville-t-woods
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Daniel Hale Williams today.
https://www.biography.com/scientist/daniel-hale-williams
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Chinua Achebe today.
https://www.biography.com/writer/chinua-achebe
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Jerry Lawson today.
https://www.biography.com/inventor/jerry-lawson
URGENT MESSAGE:
Hello MES (PreK-6 Mustang Family),
As a cautionary step and based upon consultation with the Jones County Health Department, we will be going to Remote / Virtual Learning Only for All students for the next two (2) weeks from tomorrow (Friday, 2.12.2021) through (Thursday, 2.25.2021).
We will return to Plan A on Friday, 2.26.2021.
Please understand that we do not have a positive covid cluster at our school, which is defined as a minimum of five (5) positive covid cases in a fourteen (14) day period of time. However, as we continue to see our covid related exposures and positive cases rise within our school for our students (grades PreK-6) and our staff, we as a JCPS district and MES administration, feel we need to move to Remote Learning Only for a couple of weeks as a precaution to ensure the continued safety and wellness of our students and staff.
REMINDER: JCPS will have a teacher workday on Monday, February 15th.
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Booker T. Washington today.
https://www.biography.com/activist/booker-t-washington
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Charlotte Ray today.
https://www.history.com/news/charlotte-e-ray-first-black-woman-attorney
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Bessie Coleman today.
https://www.biography.com/explorer/bessie-coleman
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Anna Murray-Douglass today.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidden-history-anna-murray-douglass-180968324/
Love the Bus Week!
In celebration of Black History Month, JCPS would like to highlight Prince today.
https://fb.watch/3t8lCFNqH3/