TJ Celebrating 50 Years

In April of 1962 students first started attening Thomas Jefferson School in Milan.  Over the years the building has been home to thousands of students and hundreds of staff members.  Each of them has special memories of their years at TJ.  To celebrate those 50 years of memories, former staff members are being invited to [...]

New School Policy re: iPods, MP3 Players and Handheld Game Systems

Earlier this year, we implemented a change and attempted to allow our students to bring their iPods, mp3 players, Nintendo DS’s and other handheld gaming systems to school to use during recess.  However, it has not worked as we had hoped.  In spite of our repeated warnings, students continue to use them in school at [...]

Become a Booster Club Member

2011-2012 Booster Club Officers: President ~ Ronica McKinley ~ ronicamckinley@gmail.com Vice President ~ JamesJessicaS@yahoo.com Secretary ~ Cassandra Mikaio ~ casalas5695@hotmail.com Treasurer ~ Karen Stevanovic ~ MilanandKaren@mchsi.com BOOSTER CLUB MEETINGS:      Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, childcare is provided by fifth graders at no charge to [...]

Parking reminder

Just a reminder about not parking in our neighbors’ driveways.  While most of us are doing a good job of not parking in our neighbors’ driveways, we do know that it is happening on occasion.  As a school community at TJ we try to be a good neighbor to those around us. We recognize that it’s not always easy living next [...]

Bus lane reminder

One more time I want to implore all of our families to keep the bus lane in front of the school free of vehicles.  The Milan Police were out today issuing friendly reminders but soon those reminders may turn into tickets.  I don’t want to see that happen to any of you so please pass [...]

Our Mission Statement

Our mission statement at Thomas Jefferson is “Kids First!”  We do try to put the children’s needs before everything else when we make decisions here at school.  But beyond that, the staff and Mr. Nitzel have had discussions about what “Kids First!” really means and how we will show that each day in our work.  [...]

Superstars of the Week

Each week at TJ we have a “Skill of the Week” that comes from one of our Five Skills for Life–Truth, Trust, Respect, Responsibility, and Active Listening.  Each week our classroom teachers are asked to choose a “Superstar of the Week” for a particular skill. On the Tuesday of the  following week our Superstars have their [...]