Way to go, Kamon!🎉👏 Kamon Kinney, a student at Snow Rogers Elementary School, has qualified for the 2025 Junior Olympics in Houston, Texas!
Kamon qualified to compete in the boys 100-meter dash and long jump, after securing a gold medal in the 100-meter dash at Regionals! The games will take place later this month. Please help us congratulate Kamon on this major accomplishment!
Kamon qualified to compete in the boys 100-meter dash and long jump, after securing a gold medal in the 100-meter dash at Regionals! The games will take place later this month. Please help us congratulate Kamon on this major accomplishment!
We appreciate the Mayor of Clay, Charles Webster, for stopping by the central office to meet with Superintendent Dr. Walter Gonsoulin. Staying connected with our local leaders is an important part of serving our students and communities. Together, we make great things happen!🤝
The JEFCOED Technology Department has been brewing up something special!☕
They've hosted three "Canva Cafe" trainings for our Central Office and School Office staff in February, April, and June.
More than 25 staff members have learned essential design skills—from graphics and flyers to presentations and certificates—plus some of Canva's best-kept secrets! Thank you to our Technology Department for organizing these training sessions!👏
🚀The Rockets returned home with several awards from UCA Camp at Auburn University!🚀 Please help us congratulate Gardendale High School’s cheerleaders for their outstanding performance!
💛All Gold Ribbons in Evaluations
🥇1st Place - Camp Routine
📣1st Place - Band Chant
✨1st Place - Cheer/Chant
🤸♀️1st Place - Overall
🍌Banana Day One
👏Tradition Award
🥰Three Pin-It-Forward Athletes
🤩Six All-Americans
Congratulations on all your hard work!
Please help us wish Gardendale High School golfer, Noah Graham, the best of luck as he competes in the Press Thornton Future Masters!🏌️⛳ The tournament, which is held in Dothan, is in its 76th year and Noah is one of more than 200 competing!
We see a few familiar faces strumming their way through the National Mariachi Education Workshop in Las Vegas, NV! 🎻🎶 — Our educators are thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with the very best in Mariachi education. We can't wait for them to share all they have learned with our students as they build and expand JEFCOED Mariachi programs!
📸 Tariq Sabree, Assistant Band Director at Fultondale High School, Greg Gumina, JEFCOED Arts Supervisor, and Keith Brandenburg, Band Director at Pinson Valley High School.
Three of our educators 🚀launched into learning🚀 with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville!
During the week-long space academy, educators trained like astronauts, learning material that they’ll now bring back to their classrooms! So exciting!
⭐Vanita Jadhav and Geoffery Lockhart teach at McAdory Middle School
⭐Grace Gardner teaches at Mount Olive Elementary School
Members of the Dell Student TechCrew are busy gaining new skills this summer!💻🏫
The Dell Technologies program partners with schools to provide students with technical skills and career training. Here, students from Irondale Middle and McAdory Middle are learning how to repair Chromebooks. It’s so cool to see our students getting hands-on experience in the world of information technology!
✨Please help us congratulate Oak Grove’s Varsity cheerleaders on their impressive performance at UCA Camp!✨They received several awards while competing and training in Tuscaloosa!
🏆Camp routine: 1st place and two gold ribbons
🥇Spirit routine: 1st place, one gold ribbon, one blue ribbon
🎉Sideline: 1st place, gold ribbon
📣Cheer: 1st place, gold ribbon
🤸♀️All-American cheerleaders: Abby Salter, Emma Swiney
👏Jump off finalists: Emma Swiney, Ryder Fitzgerald
🥰Pin it forward awards: Emma Swiney, Abby Salter, Kenzlee Green, Rowan Wilson
Way to go, Tigers!
Please help us congratulate Reginald McGary, the new head coach of Fultondale High School’s Boys Varsity Basketball Team!🏀👏
Mr. McGary previously served as assistant varsity coach and head junior varsity coach before he was named head coach. Congratulations on this next move, Coach McGary!🎉
Take a look at this amazing team! 19 JEFCOED schools are represented at The Center for Model Schools Conference, being held at the Gaylord National Convention Center this week.
Our staff is continually learning new ways to enhance our schools and support our students! #JEFCOEDproud
Congratulations are in order for cheerleaders at Pinson Valley High School! This squad walked away with several awards from NCA Cheer Camp at Great Wolf Lodge in Georgia!
Their achievements include NCA 1st Place - Top Team Cheer 2025, the Herkie Team Award, and the Technical Excellence Award for Motions. Additionally, LeMarcus Presley and Rhakari Colquitt were named NCA All-American winners! Way to go, PVHS cheer!
The JEFCOED School Board is ready to rock for the 2025-2026 school year! 🎸⚡️ Last week, our members attended the Alabama Association of School Boards' Summer Conference, where they gained insights and shared ideas with passionate educational leaders. We appreciate their commitment to continuous learning and leadership in moving our district forward!
Superstars at school and on the court!🎾🥇
Two members of our JEFCOED family won first place in women's 3.0 doubles tennis at the Alabama State Games in Gardendale!
Lacy Whitaker Rice is a PE Coach at Brookville Elementary School and West Jefferson Elementary School and Angela Cochis is a Spanish teacher at Fultondale High School! We’re so proud of you both! Congratulations!
Take a look at our SOAR Program students reciting ORIGINAL poems at Minor Community School!✍️👏Thank you to Flourish for teaching our students how to express themselves through the art of poetry!
We want to give a big congratulations to Mr. Michael Bissell, Adamsville Elementary School Principal! 👏🎉
Mr. Bissell received the Chiquita Marbury Technology Innovation Award at the Alabama Educational Technology Conference in Mobile.
This award highlights one school administrator in our state who shows excellence in using technology to improve education. Thank you for all you do, Mr. Bissell! Congratulations on this major accomplishment!
Superintendent Dr. Walter Gonsoulin represented our district at the School Superintendents of Alabama (SSA) Summer Conference! Dr. G delivered the invocation and spoke about being named National Superintendent of the Year 2025 at the final day of SSA. We’re so proud of Dr. Gonsoulin and can’t wait for the upcoming school year!
How cool is this?! Hueytown High School Assistant Baseball Coach, Trenton Ray traded his bat for golf clubs during the Alabama State Amateur Golf Championship Qualifying!🏌️⛳He tied for 26th, which is an outstanding accomplishment! While Coach Ray didn’t make the cut at State, we’re so proud of his hard work!
Creativity is SOARing over at Clay Elementary! Thanks to Eri Taguchi and Samford University, our SOAR Program students were able to learn the art of origami! Their creations were😸PAWSitively😸incredible!
How awesome are these guest readers?🎉📚 YouthServe stopped by SOAR camp at Grantswood Community School, where they not only read to students but also gave away free books! We’re so grateful to YouthServe’s staff and volunteers for sharing their time and resources!
