Category: District News

During the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Board of Education’s annual re-organizational meeting, board members elected their board officers for the 2022-23 school year. During the meeting, which took place July 11 in person and via livestream, board members elected Lorianne DeForest to serve as board president and Joseph Gross as vice president. The positions are …

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A group of Jamesville-DeWitt middle and high school students spent some time this school year focused on reducing interpersonal bias, building empathy and cultural understanding and creating a more inclusive school environment.  The district’s 2020-25 Strategic Plan called for there to be opportunities in year two of the plan, which is the current school year, …

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When Jamesville-DeWitt High School seniors attend the Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony, 18 of their peers will be wearing a colorful stole of great meaning that was presented to them June 4 during the high school’s annual Kente Cloth Ceremony.  Graduating college students often wear stoles to indicate their affiliation with a fraternity, sorority, an …

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The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District is mourning the loss of a member of the district administration: School Business Administrator Timothy Decker died on June 3 after a brief illness.  Decker, 54, worked for the district since 2009 and oversaw all aspects of the district’s finances, including developing its annual operating budget, which voters overwhelmingly approved …

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High Honor Roll Grade 12 Sevara Abduvalieva Joshua Aitken Emma Alfaro-Rooney Danny Amoako Gianna Aumiller Sydney Balotin Kathryn Barclay Hayden Baugh Isaac Bennett Samuel Bobrek Nathan Bourcy Madeline Carter Anthony Cawley Nicholas Chapman Punn Chittaratlert Arifin Chowdhury Alexa Clemons-Butenko Jaden Clemons-Butenko Sonia Cohen Emanuel  Consuegra-Artigas Trinity Cottrell Maya Couto Erin Dadey Nicholas Dekaney Nina Dermody …

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The Jamesville-DeWitt Board of Education has appointed Greg Lawson as the next Jamesville-DeWitt High School principal.  Paul Gasparini is retiring at the end of the current school year as J-D High School’s principal, and Lawson will begin his new position on July 5. Lawson has over 15 years of experience in education, with a background …

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On Sunday, Jan. 2, 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, Clearly COVID-19 continues to pose significant challenges for our community.  As I mentioned earlier in the week, on Monday we expect to receive enough in-home tests for each …

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On Nov. 15, Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Superintendent Peter Smith sent the following letter to J-D families ad staff. Dear Jamesville-DeWitt families and staff, On Friday, Nov. 12, we completed surveillance testing for COVID-19. Approximately 160 students and staff were tested.  There were three positive cases at the middle school.   Thank you to those families …

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A J-D Middle School student was recently selected to serve as the 2021 Greater New York State Chapter Youth Ambassador for the Tourette Association of America.  Sixth-grade student Sam Vander Molen applied for the position in which he will represent the Tourette Syndrome community while raising awareness through Youth Ambassador Program activities.   “Sam is a …

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