Students form teams to solve a long term problem. There are six problems this year and this program allow student teams to choose any of the problems to solve. Parent volunteers act as coaches, facilitating student initiative to produce every aspect of their solution. Teams present their solutions in a competition with other schools in the county. The DI teams also participate in instant challenges and improvisation.
Students meet once a week, with a teacher sponsor, to read and write poetry.
It's a low key activity made up of students who just enjoy writing. They will be exploring different types of poetry, and are planning to publish their collections several times throughout the year. Newspaper Jones Lane Elementary School is proud of its student newspaper, the Jaguar Journal. Students meet weekly at lunch onWednesdays, and use this time to brainstorm for newsworthy stories, work on their individual stories, and edit each other's work. They report on a variety of issues, ranging from current events happening at Jones Lane, creative stories, sporting events, editorials, puzzles and games for the readers to solve.