View pictures of the festival here 

 View pictures of the Exchage here 

Come celebrate with us!

Join us for our Holiday Concert on December 17th.

Everyone is welcome!

Performance times are as follows:

8:15 Kindergarten

8:30 1st grade

8:45 2nd grade

9:00 3rd grade

9:15 4th grade

9:30 5th grade

Please come to support your child and our school who have worked very hard putting this performance together.  It is sure to be a wonderful day of fun, celebration and joy!

See you there!

 Download a copy of the Holiday Concert flyer

The countdown started . . 10, 9, 8, 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. . . . I stepped into the plastic blue pool that has been filled with iced water (polar plunge) . . .  that was cold!  Counselor Ichiyama then poured 5 gallons of iced water over my head (ice bucket challenge) . . that was even cooler!  You might be asking yourself "why did I go through all of that trouble" . . well it was a promise that I made to you last year and a promise that I made to the students at the beginning of this school year.  The polar plunge was done as a result of more than 50% of our parents completing a School Quality Survey".  The ice bucket challenge was done because more than 1,000 terrific cards were redeemed in the firs quarter.  Princiapal Zakahi

Jefferson Elementary was proud to host Global Connections: an inaugural multilingual enrichment program that was sponsored by the Hawaii Department of Education with support from the JTB Goodwill Foundation. The program will focus on the use of English, Japanese and Hawaiian during class time.

Students from Daikuy Elementry in Musashimurayama, Japan (Jefferson Elementary's sister school) were joined by students from Ali'iolani Elementary, Haha'ione Elementary, Lunalilo Elementary, Pū'ōhala Elemetary, Waiau Elementary and Jefferson Elementary. Together they went on cultural excursions, had the opportunity to try different foods from their respective cultures, and got hands on demonstrations on cultural arts and crafts.

The Global Connections enrichment program started on October 5th and culminated on October 10th with a hoike, or presentation, of a signature dish that the students learned how to prepare with Chef Tiffanie Matsutani at the Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii - Culinary Institute of the Pacific.

Congratulations to Mr. Komoda's class!!

They were the winners of the ice pop SQS Parent Survey Party!! 100% of the parent survey's were returned!!

Good Job!!

Science Night was a success! Many hands helped to make the night a fun learning experience for our students and families. We are thankful that so many attended and were very engaged.

We welcomed the Cat in the Hat to breakfast at our Jefferson Cafeteria!

Aloha JES Ohana

Mahalo to Mrs. Virginia Rose from the PSAP program on organizing The annual Ronald McDonald educational school assembly, "On The Inside" for grades K-3 this past Monday afternoon.