Jefferson News

For many, Thanksgiving is officially the start to the holiday season. For others, the holidays begin as early as Labor Day or Halloween or the Hallmark Channel’s marathons. For me, it is definitely Thanksgiving.

The statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey is now open for parents to share thoughts about your experiences with our school. This survey provides critical input to help develop school improvement plans. The survey takes about 10 minutes.Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child. 

Jefferson has a new inclemnet traffic weather pattern. Please see the attached image.

Jefferson has a new inclement traffic weather pattern. Please see the attached image.

On September 3 and September 5, 2019, Elmhurst District 205 hosted three informational meetings about the upcoming integration of all-day kindergarten. If you were not able to attend one of those sessions, but would still like the information that was presented, the presentation is now available online.

Beginning July 29, 2019, Elmhurst District 205 began to use a new online payment system called PushCoin. Parents and guardians of D205 students will be able to fund their students’ lunch accounts. Parents and guardians of York students will be able to pay their high school fees through PushCoin, in addition to funding their students' lunch accounts.

The Elmhurst Board of Education approved the appointment of Dr. Christina Podraza as the new principal of Jefferson Elementary School. Her duties will begin on July 1, 2019.

Kindergarteners working hard on using numbers to make 10!