Congratulations to our GREAT Jefferson Intermediate Love Award winners! Every year, the Love Awards, sponsored by We Love St. Charles, highlights Jefferson students who do the right thing and exude the quality of love day in and day out to their fellow students and JIS staff. It's an amazing event and one of the best days of the year.

Congrats to this year's recipients!

2023 Love Award Winners (Left to right, top to bottom):

Saray A.

Kyleigh B.

Aryanna P.

Aaron M.

Kyle R.

Mille H.

Savannah J.

Makenna R.

Ava T.

Avery H.

Jamie Roche (Lori Wootten Love Award for staff)

Congratulations to SCSD teachers Leah Bryson, Monroe Elementary School, Kerrie Kelley, Harris Elementary School, and Zoey Plummer, Coverdell Elementary School, on being recipients of the Randy Schilling STEM Educators Grant! The three recipients were awarded $2,400 in grants in total. Thank you to the Economic Development Council of St. Charles County for investing in our students, staff and schools.

The Blackhurst kindergarten has been celebrating our last 26 days of the 2022-2023 school year with an alphabet countdown. We celebrated the letter "P" with a Pancake Party with the Principal! Mr.Wilson is famous for his pancake-making skills. He made perfect pancakes for every kindergarten student. We ended our party with a pancake-catching competition. We love making memories with our kindergarten friends!

Congratulations to the newest members of the St. Charles High National Honor Society. The National Honor Society is a nationally recognized leadership organization with a focus on the four pillars of scholarship, leadership, character, and service. Induction to the group requires a 4 round process that looks for exemplary academics, behavior and service to the SCHS community. Way to go NHS Pirates!

NHS New Members 2023-2024

Charlotte Anderson, Conner Bayliss, Noah Case, Christopher Cortes-Lopez, Ben Cross, Hope Day, Bre Gettis, Hezekiah Hanks, Veronica Jackson, Alexandra Johns, Bryten Kendrick, Jon Kite Jr., Mackenzie Laughman, Wesley McClellan, Jessie Morehead, Nathaniel Moseley, Slade Nagel, Ella Nottmeyer, Attyson O’Keefe, Quinn Orrick, Brayden Pallardy, Braden Reed, Krystal Roeper-Mokriakow, Mark Schaub, Yzabella Schultze, Cole Sulwer, Cassandra Tennyson, Lauren Tiedt, McKenna Utlaut and James Warner

ATTENTION: Youth Mental Health First Aid Training is Thursday, June 8th from 8:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is a public education program geared towards helping others understand the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S. and the need for reduced stigma in our community. The program uses interactive training and discussion to help participants learn about the following:

• The importance of early intervention

• Potential risk factors and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including: depression, anxiety, trauma, psychosis, eating disorders, substance use disorders, suicide and self-injury

• How to initially help a youth in crisis or experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge

• A 5-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources and knowledge to assess the situation, select and implement appropriate interventions, and to help the individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional care

• Evidence-based professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health challenge

• Teaches skills that can be utilized in your trauma sensitive classroom

Presenter(s): Dawn Tranen, District Social Worker, & Sarah Scaturro, SCHS Guidance Counselor

Please sign up through the summer in-service brochure that Cathy Kubiak sent out!

To sign up, go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4ea5a92ca3fdc16-keeping23#/.