Graduation & Promotion Requirements

Promotion and Graduation Policy

Permission Forms

Permission slips are required for all trips. Parental Permission Form

Extracurricular Activities

We offer extracurricular activities before and after school.

• Science Club
• Readers' Theater
• Write On (writing club)
• Kindergarten Tutoring
• Newspaper Club
• Phonics Fun Club
• Chess Club
• First in Math
  

We also offer an Woodwinds and Strings Instrumental Music instruction during school hours.  

Did You Know?

You can use First in Math and Study Island at home? In fact you can use them anywhere you have a computer with an Internet connection. Remember, the more points you earn, the smarter you'll be! Check out all these great sites.

 

Programs hosted at A.S. Jenks:

• 100 Book Challenge - The 100 Book Challenge program is designed to inspire and motivate children to appreciate literature, build vocabulary, and become life long readers.
• FastForWord - The Fast ForWord program is a reading intervention designed for K-12 education institutions whose students are reading below grade level.
• First in Math - An online self-paced math program for third and fourth graders
• Study Island - An online self-paced PSSA test prep program for third and fourth graders

 
Math and Science Websites:

• Everyday Math
Everyday: online math activities for students
• Cool Math 4 Kids
: Math games for kids.
• RainForest Math: Interactive Math Activities K-6
• Who Wants to Win a $1,000,000?: 
Math and Science Games
• National Geographic Kids: 
Explore Science
• Smithsonian Education
: If you want information in art and design, science and nature, or history and faraway places, this is the site for you.
• Science 4 Kids: 
Solving agricultural problems with science.
• Guaranteach: An online library with thousands of math tutoring videos created by teachers across the world.

 
Reading and Language Arts Websites:

• Power Proofreading: 
Proofreading Activities for Gr. K-5
• Harcourt Trophies: 
Reading and Language Arts Skills

 
Websites with a variety of topics:

• PBS Kids
: Games, music and coloring activities for primary grades.
• Starfall
: Literacy Activities for Gr. K-2
• A Collection of websites: various sites for grades K-6
• SoftSchool: various sites for grades K-Middle

 
Other Websites:

• Ask for Kids
: Ask for Kids (formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids) is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for students to search online.
• Maggie's Earth Adventure: Grammar, Spanish, Math and Science Activities 
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Homework Help:

• Homework Helpline
: 1-888-NBC-TV10
Monday-Thursday 5-8 P.M.  
NBC-TV10 helps children in the Delaware Valley with homework questions.

• NUMBERNUT.COM is a new site developed by Andrew Rader Studios. We received so many requests for math information that we wanted to make a small site that would introduce math basics to our regular visitors.

English As A Second Language:

• TEFLGames: Here you'll find interactive games, ESL activities and games for the classroom, online quizzes and hundreds of printable quiz questions in graded sets, and more.
• EverythingESL.net: Great web sites for the English language learners. Here is a painless way to give students English language practice in the classroom or at home.
• English for Children: includes videos 
• ESL-Kids.com: ESL stuff for kids including flashcards, worksheets, classroom games, and children's song lyrics.
• ESL Galaxy: websites for kids, teachers and parents.
• Mes Games: flash games for ESL/EFL students
• Mrs. Hurley's ESL: a list of various websites for ESL, English practice for new students K-8

 

Fun Websites:

• Dance Mat Typing: 
Practice typing skills.
• Optical Illusions
: If you stare at the following picture long enough,
you should see a giraffe...
• Fun Brain: Kids can now play FunBrain games offline! Download the newest edition of "Math Baseball" - or soar with "Planet Zug," the popular grade-by-grade vocabulary builder. All offline - no advertising and no distractions!