New Teacher Orientation ✏️📘👏 We're so excited to greet our new educators and officially bring them into the JEFCOED family! You're joining a district committed to Inspiring Change and Creating Impact, one student at a time. We're so glad you're here!
Special thanks to Leslie Chatta and Shernell Lewis, our 2025-2026 Teachers of the Year, for sharing powerful words of encouragement and inspiration. We're also grateful to Gardendale High School, along with our many staff and volunteers who helped make the day such a success!
Special thanks to Leslie Chatta and Shernell Lewis, our 2025-2026 Teachers of the Year, for sharing powerful words of encouragement and inspiration. We're also grateful to Gardendale High School, along with our many staff and volunteers who helped make the day such a success!
📢 NEW STUDENT Registration is Now Open for the 2025-2026 School Year! 📢
We are excited to welcome new students for the upcoming school year. Visit https://www.jefcoed.com/o/jcs/page/new-student-registration to register online.
Who should use NEW Student Registration?
🔵 Students who are brand new to Jefferson County Schools
🔵 Students transferring from another district
🔵 Kindergarteners who did not attend a Jefferson County Schools Pre-K program
🔵 Students entering the Pre-K program
📌 Please note: Registration for RETURNING students will open at a later date. Stay tuned!
➡️ Registration Help Desk: (205) 379-2269
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Monday Nights: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
➡️ In-Person Registration Help Sessions: We will have three in-person help sessions at the Board of Education. A Spanish interpreter will be available at these sessions.
Dates and times:
June 25, 2025: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
July 10, 2025: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
July 31, 2025: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
📢 RETURNING Student Registration is Now Open for the 2025-2026 School Year!📢
Visit https://www.jefcoed.com/page/returning-student-registration to register online.
Who should use RETURNING Student Registration?
🔵 Students who completed the 2024-2025 school year in any Jefferson County School
🔵 Students moving up a grade or changing schools within our district
➡️ Registration Help Desk: (205) 379-2269
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Monday Nights: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
➡️ In-Person Registration Help Sessions: We will have three in-person help sessions at the Board of Education. A Spanish interpreter will be available at these sessions.
Dates and times:
June 25, 2025: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
July 10, 2025: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
July 31, 2025: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Happy School Lunch Hero Day to our Super Heroes, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, who keep us nourished each day! We love and appreciate you Mrs. Player, Mrs. Monica, Mrs. Tori., and Mrs. V! ❤️🐻⭐️ @jefcoed
❤️🐻⭐️Happy School Principals’ Day to Mrs. Bryant! You’re absolutely amazing and we appreciate everything you do at Brighton School. You are our BRIGHT in Brighton! @jefcoed
THANK YOU to Church of the Highlands for hosting a spectacular Easter egg hunt for the students at Brighton School! The children had a great time finding eggs and enjoying a delicious lunch! We appreciate you all! Jefferson County Schools ❤️🐻⭐️
Congratulations to Mrs. Amy Colvert for being selected as Brighton's Second Mile Teacher! We appreciate you going the extra mile for our students!❤️🐻⭐
Congratulations to our office coordinator, Mrs. Rachel Garrison, for being voted as March’s Staff Member of the Month! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mrs. Garrison's hard work and bright smile helped us have an amazing day every day! Mrs. Garrison is definitely a SHINING STAR!
We were shamROCKIN’ our green today ☘️ #StPatricksDay
Congratulations 🎉 to our Golden Paw Award Winners🥇@Jefcoed
Happy Pi Day!
3.14
#welovemath #piday #math #mathematics @jefcoed
Brighton School Parents,
Please also complete the Title I Parent Survey. Click on this link. Your voice matters!
https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/275138/p114
Brighton’s HEAL program is going great! Kids are learning more & more each day during PE via different activities. We're rounding off on the alphabet "L"!
We celebrated our spectacular bus drivers on February 21st for National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! We are SOOOOO very thankful for our awesome bus drivers and all they do! A HUGE shout out to Jack’s for sponsoring their delicious breakfast.
Brighton’s fifth graders took a trip to Pleasant Grove Middle School! It was an awesome experience! Our fifth graders are excited about going to middle school!
Our Golden Paw Award recipients for this week are shining stars! Positive behavior at school enhances the opportunity to learning for the entire student body! ❤️🐻⭐️ Congrats!
Congratulations to our 5th grade math teacher, Mr. Jacob Jones, for being voted as February’s Staff Member of the Month! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mr. Jones' hard work and bright smile helped us have an amazing day every day! Mr. Jones is definitely a SHINING STAR!
Take a look at some of our math instruction highlights, including Mrs. Colvert’s class with their “Gummy Worm Stretch” math activity! 🧮 #math #mathematics #lovemath
Mrs. Thrash’s and Ms. Plump’s fourth grade classes participated in a virtual field trip. Safe-T-Opolis is an interactive electrical safety program provided by Alabama Power! Fun, interactive, and educational! @Jefcoed #electricity #safety
Our Kindergarten students learned the letter Qq this week. They listened to the story “The Wedding of Q and U”. 👰🏼🤵🏽 @jefcoed #qu #quwedding #kindergarten
