PSSA Testing - April/May 2021

EPS will administer PSSA testing in all elementary and middle schools during the months of April and May of 2021. Click the link above for a schedule, parent letter and parent info.

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Welcome to Jefferson Elementary School!



Jefferson Elementary is a neighborhood elementary school located in Erie Pennsylvania. We currently enroll close to 600 students in Kindergarten though grade 5.

Jefferson employs 32 dedicated and experienced classroom teachers, 3 special education teachers, art, music, and physical education teachers, and 2 School Wide Specialists who provide help in Reading and Math. We also have a school nurse, a guidance counselor, and a speech teacher.

Our focus is on caring and respect for ourselves and others, striving for academic success, and pursuing educational and personal development.

Our vision is to create a positive learning environment to educate all students effectively. Each student is expected to achieve at a high level of academic performance, function effectively in the community, and contribute to the broader society.

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Our mission statement is:

For our students to perform at grade level and above in Reading and Math from Kindergarten to grade 5.

To give our students concrete knowledge of America and the world in which we live.

Give our students knowledge and a higher understanding of great literature and literary works.

Expose our students to the arts and the science of the multicultural society in which we live.

Maintain an environment of excellence, responsibility, diversity.

Create an environment that prepares students, faculty and staff members for the technological millennium.

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