Jefferson School

Jefferson School of the building. (PC: Homes.com)

**Thomas Jefferson Elementary School** is an elementary school in the Hawthorne School District. We're at students for 3rd graders, it is important that your child accept the Google Classroom invite that has been sent to their school email address. Jefferson School received the National Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence in 2011-12 school year. Their virtual classroom's will provide them with their teacher and session time for their class. If they are taking more than one class, they will have more than one classroom. The dates and  session times are as follows:

June 18st to September 6th- Monday to Friday (**no classes on July 5th**)

Session 1: 8:00 am to 10:15 am

Session 2: 10:30 am to to 12:45 pm

Summer School Office: 973-423-6440

Ms. Teresa, Summer School Classroom can be reached at extension 3118.

Ms. Kim, the Administrative Assistant can be reached at extension 2490.

## PTO

    Welcome to Jefferson School Families!

On behalf of the Jefferson School Parent Teacher Organization, I would like to welcome all families, faculty, and staff to Jefferson School for the 2023-2024 school year. I hope everyone enjoyed a restful summer with family and friends. We are all looking forward to the beginning of a fun and exciting year. I am confident that this year will be both memorable and successful for our students and our school.
The Jefferson School PTO focuses on educational programs and activities for our students. This year we will continue to subsidize the cost of field trips, assemblies, and many school functions throughout the year. As always, we also have many great events planned for the upcoming school year. Please watch for information about our many events including our first fall fundraiser "KidStuff Coupon Books' and our Fall Festival.
Mark your calendar now…Our Jefferson PTO Dinner Dance will be Friday, March 7th, 2024 at The Brownstone! This is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year. It is an evening enjoyed by Jefferson parents and friends!
We encourage all parents to get involved in your child's education. The best way to help our students is to be an active member of the PTO. As always, we welcome input and ideas from all Jefferson staff and parents as we work together to improve our school. Register on the Membership tool kit: https://tjspto.membershiptoolkit.com/

I hope to see you at our first meeting scheduled for Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 at 7:30 pm at Jefferson. This is a great opportunity for parents to get to know our school! Email me with any questions- jeffersonptohawthorne@gmail.com . Follow us on Facebook for the most up-to-date information throughout the year- Jefferson PTO Hawthorne. You can also find information on our webpage: JeffersonPTOHawthorne.com
Have a wonderful year at Jefferson!
Sincerely,

Laurie Boe
Jefferson PTO President 2023-2024 jeffersonptohawthorne@gmail.com

Click here to see the Jefferson PTO Hawthorne Facebook Page

## History

**The Jefferson Elementary School** community includes students, staff, parent volunteers and an active and supportive Parent/Teacher Organization.

Jefferson Elementary School opened its doors for the 1st time in September of 1960. The Board of Education on October 13th, 1959, voted unanimously to name the new jefferson elementary school in honor of the third president of the United States. The school children had cast votes and Thomas Jefferson was their choice.

Jefferson Elementary School was expanded with the addition of a second floor in 1973 to accommodate the rapidly growing northern section of the borough.

On April 12th, 1960, Mr. David Pavlin was named as the first principal. Since 1960, Jefferson Elementary School has had six other principals. They were Mr. Perc Keller, Mr. Joseph Vitale, Dr. Gerard McDonnell, Mrs. Veronica Appelle, Mr. Adam Fried, Mrs. Rosanne Zagatta, and now Mr. Droske.

One of three elementary schools, the school originally was a kindergarten to Grade 8 school. It was converted to a Pre-K to Grade 5 in 1984 when Lincoln School became a middle school. The present Jefferson School includes 230 students in Pre-K through Grade 5. Our school now consists of 19 classrooms, an all-purpose room, library and computer lab. Students receive special instruction in art, vocal music, library, and physical education. Recorder instruction is provided to students in Grade 3 and instrumental music is optional for the 4th and 5th grades. In 2011, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program was the Jefferson School she put in the 2 sign's. In 2020 they have a roof before the Lincoln Middle School was the Media Center and 2 Science's, it was the Hawthorne High School was the Culinary Arts, Physics, and STEM Labs was renovations it was the Jefferson School fixing the Roof. In November 2021 they we got the New Windows of the end of January 2022 of Jefferson School!

## Images

Jefferson SchoolExterior (April 2019)ExteriorThomas Jefferson Elementary School Sign in front of the Jefferson SchoolExterior 2022Mr. Droske's favorite memory...1st day of school!Ms. Farkas’s favorite memory is Pajama Day!!Mrs. Shea’s favorite school memories! Fancy Friday and Holiday Sing Along!Music ClassroomOLD Art ClassroomExisting LibraryMulti-Purpose RoomStreet ViewThomas Jefferson Elementary School SignWe earned 74 Book Badges this month!! Way to go everyone! Keep reading!JeffersonJaguars in Multi-Purpose RoomJefferson Jaguars in Multi-Purpose RoomResearch RoomMedia CenterArt ClassroomRoom 116StreetsideSite Sign19672021-2022Board of Education19621982Exterior (April 2022)Exterior (May 2022)Exterior (June 2022)Exterior (April 2023)GYM FloorMain Entrance - Wall Graphics
## Referendum

Wall GraphicsJES Wall Graphics (Multi-Purpose)Floor

## Videos

Welcome Back Thomas Jefferson!Jefferson School June 2015Kinder ConcertJefferson Preschool Slideshow 2020Jefferson Arrival Procedures
### Videos Link

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## Website

Jefferson School