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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On March 9, Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Superintendent Peter Smith sent the following message via SchoolMessenger to J-D families and staff. Dear Jamesville-DeWitt High School families and staff, I wanted to provide you with an update regarding the threatening note found in the J-D High School bathroom yesterday, March 8. Our School Resource Officer and …
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On March 8, Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Superintendent Peter Smith sent the following message via SchoolMessenger to J-D families and staff. Dear Jamesville-DeWitt High School families and staff, Today at approximately 2:30 P.M. a student brought to the attention of high school administrators a threatening note found in a high school bathroom. The note was …
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On March 7, Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Superintendent Peter Smith sent the following letter via SchoolMessenger to J-D families and staff. Dear Jamesville-DeWitt families and staff, On Friday, March 4, we completed surveillance testing for COVID-19. Approximately 96 students and staff were tested. I am pleased to report that all of the tests were negative. …
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Members of the United States Armed Forces may request an application for a military ballot to vote in the upcoming Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District budget and board of education election on May 17. In 2019, New York state implemented a law giving members of the military the opportunity to cast their ballots for the election …
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The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District will be seeking a new J-D High School principal and is looking for feedback from those within the school community on what qualities and skills they would like to see in the new principal. Principal Paul Gasparini is retiring at the end of the current school year after almost 21 …
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