Join us as JCIB celebrates Read Across America Week March 3-7! Students can participate in themed dress up days throughout the week:
📘Monday, March 3 - “JCIB is rooted in reading” - school spirit day
📘Tuesday, March 4 - “Made you read!” - wear a shirt that has to be read
📘Wednesday, March 5 - “Cozy up to reading” - Pajama Day
📘Thursday, March 6 - “Reading takes you places” - Tacky Tourist Day
📘Friday, March 7 - “Literary Legends Day” - dress like a book character or author
*All dress up attire must be within dress code*
Show your JCIB pride and support our school! Check out JCIB hats, shirts, hoodies, and more at the link below. 10% of sales will come back to our school! https://scarletandgoldshop.com/collections/jcib-middle-school
Show your JCIB pride and support our school! Check out JCIB hats, shirts, hoodies, and more at the link below. 10% of sales will come back to our school! https://scarletandgoldshop.com/collections/jcib-middle-school
The JCIB Middle School Treebots Hosted 18 other teams at the Bot in the Treehouse competition on Saturday February 8th. Teams from Tuscaloosa, Mountain Brook, Liberty Park and other areas from the state participated in Robotics Teamwork Challenges, Driving Skills challenges and Autonomous Programming Challenges.
Volunteers from UASPACE and Alabama Astrobotics from the University of Alabama, as well as volunteers from the JCIB CTE Advisory Board helped make the event a success by working as scorekeepers and judges.
JCIB's own THE JCIB Trees robotics team won Teamwork Championship and the Excellence award, qualifying them for the State Robotics Championship in Auburn.
Attention 8th grade parents: the class panoramic picture was taken today. To order, go to www.panophotoinc.com by THIS SATURDAY! Make sure to select JCIB Middle School 2025.
Congratulations to our Science Olympiad team! On Saturday, February 8, 2025 sixteen JCIB students competed at UAB in 23 events across different science and engineering disciplines. Students earned 4th place overall in the region and have advanced to the state finals. Below are students who won individual medals at the regional level.
Event: Air Trajectory
2nd Place Leslie Hernandez & Hayden Toledo & 3rd Place Kameron Williams
Event: Crime Busters
3rd Place Kennedy King & Ryan Mines
Event: Ecology
3rd Place Marissa Bearden & Julia Davis
Event: Experimental Design:
1st Place Marissa Bearden, Owen Stack, & Mya Akinsanya
Event: Microbe Mission:
3rd Place Leslie Hernandez & Maks Jaje
Event: Optics
3rd Place Owen Stacks & Brian Crawford
Event: Reach for the Stars
3rd Place Richard Campos-Pogorilyy
Show your JCIB pride and support our school! Check out JCIB hats, shirts, hoodies, and more at the link below. 10% of sales will come back to our school! https://scarletandgoldshop.com/collections/jcib-middle-school
🎉💙Happy National School Counseling Week 2025!💙 We're celebrating our amazing school counselors and their vital role in helping students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. Thank you for all you do! #NSCW25 #ThankYouCounselors
Show your JCIB pride and support our school! Check out JCIB hats, shirts, hoodies, and more at the link below. 10% of sales will come back to our school! https://scarletandgoldshop.com/collections/jcib-middle-school
8th grade students in Ms. Durham's class are using the physical properties of density and buoyancy to determine if their boats will float or sink with the pennies!
Another successful JCIB Poetry Slam! Our students were risk-takers by performing their original poetry in front of the whole school. We are so proud of all of you!
Don't miss out - buy your yearbook today!
Friday, January 17th is the last day to purchase and design student recognition pages for the yearbook.
Friday, January 17th is also the last day to pre-purchase and guarantee a yearbook for your student. Limited quantities will be available after this date.
Visit our School Yearbook Store to pre-purchase a yearbook and design a student recognition page, and reach out to Mrs. McCauley if you have any questions! hmccauley@jefcoed.com.
Many of us went to sleep on Thursday night, thinking it wouldn't happen after all. And then it did!! The JEFCOED family enjoyed a beautiful snow day on Friday.❄️☃️ Thank you to all of those who sent in pictures. Your smiles and joy warmed our hearts. Here are just a few of the many fantastic pictures we received.
Get into the holiday spirit with us at JCIB! Peer Helpers is sponsoring these festive dress up days:
Monday 12/16 - Mad About Plaid Monday - wear plaid or flannel
Tuesday 12/17 - Toasty Toes Tuesday - wear festive, fuzzy, or holiday socks
Wednesday 12/18 - You're a Gift Wednesday - dress like a present...bows and all!
Thursday 12/19 - Ugly Sweater Thursday - wear your ugliest holiday sweater
Friday 12/20 - Polar Express Friday - wear pajamas
This morning, the Alabama Department of Education approved a resolution recognizing Dr. Walter B. Gonsoulin, Jr. as the 2025 Alabama Superintendent of the Year!! Dr. Gonsoulin serves State School Board Districts Three, Four, and Seven with heart, vision, and determination. We couldn't be prouder of his leadership.
Congratulations, Dr. Gonsoulin! You've made us all #JEFCOEDProud!
Ms. Kelsey Brown hosted a book tasting for her 7th graders this week! Students got to try a variety of novels in verse while visiting the "coffee shop." At JCIB, we are open-minded about trying new things!
Get started on your holiday shopping AND support our school! Tomorrow (December 3rd) is the LAST day to order from our fundraiser. We're so close to reaching our goal - can you help us get there? Share your student's shopping link in the comments!
Happy Thanksgiving! We're so grateful for our JCIB Family and our school's commitment to service. Help us support our mission to cultivate intellectually curious, internationally-minded individuals who possess the skills, knowledge, and creativity to positively impact lives through compassion and tolerance in an ever-changing world. Support our school's fundraiser today! (Parents - share your student's shopping link in the comments - you never know when you'll make a sale!)
We have so many unique learning opportunities at JCIB! Your support during our fundraiser helps make them possible.
Create a fundraising account and share your student's shopping link to support all the great things we do at JCIB! www.shopfund.com
Happy Thanksgiving from our courtyard chickens! (Who are thankful they're not turkeys right about now 🤭)
Parents, we need your support! Only 13% of our students have signed up for the fundraiser so far. Help us fund buses for service days by sharing your student’s shopping link in time for the holidays!. Let's reach our goal together and ensure our students continue to serve and learn at JCIB. Visit www.shopfund.com to create your student’s account today!
