East Jessamine Middle School

Our 8th-grade health students are working on their personal and family values by building hexagon constellations. They are learning that their personal and family values shape their identity and contribute to their sense of purpose and connection, as well as their spiritual wellness. Great work, Jags! #proudtoroar

Tomorrow is High Attendance Day at East! Every student and teacher who is present will be entered into a drawing for a prize every hour on the hour. Plus, teachers with 100% attendance in homeroom will be entered into a special drawing for donuts. Let’s show up, Jaguars, and make it a day full of prizes and school spirit! 🐾💙💚

Hello EJMS Family and Friends -

We hope you were able to enjoy the glorious weekend after Friday's rain. It's going to be another busy week at EJMS. Check out this week's newsletter for info about all of the activities and events. Happy School Safety Week!

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Auditions for our fall play, Alice In Wonderland, are next Monday and Tuesday from 4-5:30. Students should sign up to audition at the board outside of Mr. G's room. That board also contains all audition information and materials needed! Students should come to only 1 day of auditions, and should expect to read a pre-selected monologue and scenes from the show with their peers. Cast list will be posted next Friday morning, and rehearsals will start on Monday, September 15th.

EJMS Junior Beta Club is now accepting applications for new members! If you are passionate about leadership, character, achievement, and service, this club is the one for you. All grade levels are welcome to apply by submitting an application at bit.ly/ejmsbeta25 before September 22nd. Acceptance letters will be delivered later that week. Please email a sponsor if you have any questions! Check out the flyer for all meeting details! #proudtoroar

Next week is Kentucky Safe Schools Week, and this morning some of our Sources of Strength Peer Leaders attended the Safe Schools Week Kick Off. This included a proclamation signing at JCTC Central with many of our Jessamine County community partners invested in the safety of our students. We are so thankful for those dedicated to school safety, and are so proud of our students for their efforts here at EJMS to make our school a safer and better place each day! #proudtoroar

Excited to see everyone out tomorrow for the East vs. West Football Tailgate! More information and details can be found in Mr. Pickerill's Parent Square Post! #proudtoroar

Hello EJMS Families and Friends -

We hope that you enjoyed a long weekend and a restful Labor Day. We've got a busy week in store this week. We can't wait for our students to show what they know in our fall iReady math and reading diagnostics on Wednesday and Thursday. Then, we're excited to celebrate our EJMS Jaguars during the annual East vs. West tailgate Thursday evening. It's spirit week at EJMS, so check out What's Happening this Week to find out the theme for each day. In this edition, you'll also find a link for signing our Title 1 School/Family Compact and information about all sorts of athletics and other activities for student involvement. Have a great week!

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Click the link below for a step-by-step process on how to upload information on Final Forms!

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Hello EJMS Family and Friends -

We hope that you've had a restful weekend after a busy first full week of school. It was a great week! We've got another busy week in store and look forward to seeing many of you this Thursday at 5:30 for our Open House/ Block Party. Have a wonderful week!

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Information about Trevor's Benefit Car Show. They still need participantsas well as silent auction items, and monetary donations to purchase raffle prizes. All details listed on the flyer below!

Have you marked your calendars? EJMS Block Party is back next week! We hope to see you there! #proudtoroar

Coach Pitney is excited for our new season of basketball to start! Tryouts have not been set yet, but we wanted to share some Open Gym dates to get our players ready! Students must have a current physical uploaded in Final Forms to participate in Open Gym and to tryout. Need a physical? Make sure to check out our Healthpoint School Clinic, which will be on Mondays from 12:30-3:30! Please ask the front office for Healthpoint forms to sign up.

Hello EJMS Family and Friends -

We had a great first (short) week back and hope you did as well. We're excited for a full week of school this week and it will be busy. We have sixth graders decorating their lockers today after school, Jr. Beta club resuming on Wednesday, and lots of girls basketball and a football game or two for you to check out. You'll also find updated information about student Chromebooks and a save the date for next week's Open House/ Block Party. Enjoy this week's edition of our weekly update.


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Behind the scenes at our school! Our dedicated principal, Mr. Pickerill, is hard at work delivering copy paper to the teacher work rooms, making sure everyone has what they need to keep the learning going strong! Teamwork and support make all the difference! Thank you, Mr. Pickerill, for all you do! #proudtoroar

📚✏️ First Day of School Vibes! ✏️📚 New backpacks, fresh pencils, and just a little bit of excitement (and maybe some nerves). Here’s to early alarms, endless learning, and making memories that will last all year! #proudtoroar 💙🐆💚

We are beyond excited to welcome our Jags back tomorrow! Click the link below to see a message from our teachers and important information from Mrs. Borders and Mr. Pickerill about arrival and departure! We will see you all tomorrow! #proudtoroar 💙🐆💚 https://tinyurl.com/ee4evnvh

Congratulations to our very own Amy Harlan for being named the middle school Excellence in Education winner! Way to go Mrs. Harlan! #proudtoroar 💙🐆💚

Hello Jaguar Family and Friends -

Welcome back to EJMS! We hope that you've had a great summer and are enjoying the last couple of days of summer vacation while gearing up to be back to school on Wednesday. We can't wait to see all of our students - the familiar faces and the new ones! It's going to be a great school year! For those of you who are receiving this update for the first time, the EJMS Jaguar Weekly is our weekly newsletter which shares general school information, a weekly calendar, upcoming events and activities, and so much more! We hope that you enjoy our newsletter throughout the year, and we are always excited to hear from you! If you have any questions or ideas, events that the school community might be interested in, etc., let us know. You can find all of our contact info and social media at the end of every newsletter, so you can always be in the know of what's going on at EJMS.

Without further ado, here is the first EJMS Jaguar Weekly for the 2025 - 2026 school year:

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