🚸📚 School starts tomorrow in Wood County! Please be mindful of changing traffic conditions as buses return to the roads and students walk to school. Safety must be our top priority—slow down, stay alert, and help keep our children safe! 🚌👣
Hello Jackson parents students and staff. This is Mr. Echard your new principal at Jackson Middle School. I just wanted to let you know that I am very excited to be a part of the Jackson Community, a community that I have called home for the last 23 years. I am looking forward to working together to make this the best school year ever.
Open house is on Monday August 18 from 5pm-7pm. I look forward to meeting you.
I hope you have a great day and Let's Go Generals!!!!!
Good evening, Jackson parents, students and staff. Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 12th we will have our Tour de Jackson for incoming 6th graders from 9-11am. Sixth grade students will have an opportunity to meet some of their teachers, tour the school, practice opening their lockers, learn about iPad etiquette, Acceptable Use Policy as well at get their schedules. Upon arrival, students will find their name on one sixth grade homeroom lists and then sit at the table in the cafeteria marked with their homeroom teacher's name. We are excited to see our incoming sixth graders tomorrow. Have a great evening and go Generals!
Good afternoon incoming Jackson students and parents! Jackson Middle School will have a brief transitional opportunity for all incoming 6th graders on August 12 from 9:00 am until 11:00 am at Jackson Middle. This is for students only and it is a completely voluntary option. Students will get the opportunity to take a tour of the building, meet teachers, work on lockers, and hear about use of iPads at Jackson! Have a great evening!
Jackson Tennis begins July 28 at the Jackson Park tennis courts. Players be there at 4pm with racquet and physical. Parent meeting to follow at 5pm!
Students of Van Devender who bought a yearbook for the 2024–2025 school year can now pick it up at the school they’ll be attending in August: Hamilton Middle, Jackson Middle, or Parkersburg High.
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES FOR WCS STUDENTS... CTE Exploration Camp for incoming 9th & 10th graders - Learn more: https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/article/2259187 Opportunities for seniors - Apprenticeship Readiness Week - Learn more: https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/article/2259168
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Heavy rain and flooding are affecting student transportation. Our team is working on rerouting where possible. Expect delays for bus riders in flood-prone areas. Safety is Wood County Schools' first priority.
Wood County Schools Special Education Office will be destroying special education records of all former special education students with a graduation date prior to and including 2019. Files prior to 2018 have already been shredded. Former students or legal guardians who would like to obtain the student file may contact Wood County Schools Special Education Office, 1210 13th Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101, at (304) 420-9655, no later than Monday, September 8, 2025.
Good evening, Jackson parents, students, and staff. This is Mr. Kisner with an important announcement about turning in student devices. We will be collecting student devices on Friday, May 30. Students need to bring their iPad, charging block, and cable to turn in this day. We will keep these items in lockers and use them for class on Friday, and then all students will turn items in at the end of the day. If you have any questions, please call the school at 304-420-9551. Thank you and have a good evening.
⭐️Join The Golden Ticket Summer Reading Challenge! It's almost here! 💛 Learn more: https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/goldenticket
Yearbooks ARE IN! To purchase a yearbook, please see Ms. Linville in room 31 during homeroom or eighth-grade lunch (sixth period). Yearbooks are $50, CASH ONLY, and available on a first come, first served basis. Get yours today before they sell out!
In the news! Congratulations to Jackson Middle School! 1st Place Winner of the 2025 Explore Student Video Contest WV Best Manufacturing Message Award! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12MDvADeA77/
Invitations to apply for 2025-2026 JMS NJHS will be distributed when we return to school in August. To be invited to apply, a student must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better through the sixth and seventh-grade years. Any questions please ask Ms. Linville.
Good afternoon. The Salute to the Scholars for this evening will be moved indoors. Students will sit in chairs on gym floor and spectators in the bleachers. Thank you.
Good evening, Jackson parents, students, and staff. This is Mr. Kisner with a message concerning General Summative Assessment testing for next week. 8th grade students will begin testing Monday morning and test through Thursday of next week. All other grades will test Tuesday through Thursday. Students need to be at school on time in the morning, as we will begin testing daily by 8:15 am and should be done by 10:00 am daily, however this will differ for some students that may take longer.
Parents, if you could help us with the following items that would be very beneficial for your student. First, students need to arrive on time for the start of the day. It is important they are well rested and ready to go so they can do their best on these assessments. Second, please have your iPad fully charged each morning so that they can use it on the exam. We have been practicing and students know how to test using their device. It would be a shame for them not to use it on the assessment because it isn’t able to function. The last thing parents can help us with is making sure students understand the importance of this assessment. It will help us determine what they have learned throughout the year and will benefit them in scheduling for the upcoming year. Also, it is important students understand that having any other device with them during testing is not acceptable and can invalidate the test. What I mean by that is students cannot have cellphones or smart watches that have their own data plan on during the testing sessions. These items need to remain in lockers at all times during the test. If it is determined a student would have something like this, it could invalidate the test for them.
Thank you for your help during this time! We look forward to seeing how well our students do this year on the GSA! We hope you have a wonderful evening! Go Generals!
Just a reminder about our Dine to Donate event at Wings Etc tomorrow evening starting at 4pm! Come out and support Jackson, just show the flyer to your server. Go Generals!
Good evening, Jackson parents, students, and staff. Jackson Middle School will be taking the General Summative Assessment, GSA tests, the week of May 12 thru May 16. Please encourage your student to make sure their device is charged and ready to be used on a daily basis. This is a very important piece for our week of testing. There will be more information provided closer to that week. I do want to mention, if your student will not be here during any of those dates, please let your student’s teacher know so that we can make arrangements for making this test up. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Go Generals!
This is a reminder of the 8th grade scheduling meeting for parents. It begins at 5:00 pm in the cafeteria, please use the front entrance of cafeteria. If you can't be there you can call PHS for more information.