East Jessamine Middle School

Click the link below for a step-by-step process on how to upload information on Final Forms!

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Hello EJMS Family and Friends -

We hope that you've had a restful weekend after a busy first full week of school. It was a great week! We've got another busy week in store and look forward to seeing many of you this Thursday at 5:30 for our Open House/ Block Party. Have a wonderful week!

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Information about Trevor's Benefit Car Show. They still need participantsas well as silent auction items, and monetary donations to purchase raffle prizes. All details listed on the flyer below!

Have you marked your calendars? EJMS Block Party is back next week! We hope to see you there! #proudtoroar

Coach Pitney is excited for our new season of basketball to start! Tryouts have not been set yet, but we wanted to share some Open Gym dates to get our players ready! Students must have a current physical uploaded in Final Forms to participate in Open Gym and to tryout. Need a physical? Make sure to check out our Healthpoint School Clinic, which will be on Mondays from 12:30-3:30! Please ask the front office for Healthpoint forms to sign up.

Hello EJMS Family and Friends -

We had a great first (short) week back and hope you did as well. We're excited for a full week of school this week and it will be busy. We have sixth graders decorating their lockers today after school, Jr. Beta club resuming on Wednesday, and lots of girls basketball and a football game or two for you to check out. You'll also find updated information about student Chromebooks and a save the date for next week's Open House/ Block Party. Enjoy this week's edition of our weekly update.


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Behind the scenes at our school! Our dedicated principal, Mr. Pickerill, is hard at work delivering copy paper to the teacher work rooms, making sure everyone has what they need to keep the learning going strong! Teamwork and support make all the difference! Thank you, Mr. Pickerill, for all you do! #proudtoroar

📚✏️ First Day of School Vibes! ✏️📚 New backpacks, fresh pencils, and just a little bit of excitement (and maybe some nerves). Here’s to early alarms, endless learning, and making memories that will last all year! #proudtoroar 💙🐆💚

We are beyond excited to welcome our Jags back tomorrow! Click the link below to see a message from our teachers and important information from Mrs. Borders and Mr. Pickerill about arrival and departure! We will see you all tomorrow! #proudtoroar 💙🐆💚 https://tinyurl.com/ee4evnvh

Congratulations to our very own Amy Harlan for being named the middle school Excellence in Education winner! Way to go Mrs. Harlan! #proudtoroar 💙🐆💚

Hello Jaguar Family and Friends -

Welcome back to EJMS! We hope that you've had a great summer and are enjoying the last couple of days of summer vacation while gearing up to be back to school on Wednesday. We can't wait to see all of our students - the familiar faces and the new ones! It's going to be a great school year! For those of you who are receiving this update for the first time, the EJMS Jaguar Weekly is our weekly newsletter which shares general school information, a weekly calendar, upcoming events and activities, and so much more! We hope that you enjoy our newsletter throughout the year, and we are always excited to hear from you! If you have any questions or ideas, events that the school community might be interested in, etc., let us know. You can find all of our contact info and social media at the end of every newsletter, so you can always be in the know of what's going on at EJMS.

Without further ado, here is the first EJMS Jaguar Weekly for the 2025 - 2026 school year:

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EJMS football provided setup and cleanup for our Annual Staff Picnic. Huge thanks to Coach Coofer and this group of 8th graders for their service. 🏈💙💚

Annual EJMS Staff Picnic to kick off the year! Special thanks to Borders Barbecue, Coach Coofer and the EJMS Football Players, and all of our staff families for a memorable night.

The EJMS family is back together and counting down the days until our students are back with us! #proudtoroar 💙🐆💚

We had such a great day with our newest sixth graders in the building as they walked through their schedules and kicked off the new school year! A highlight of the day was our Rock Paper Scissors tournament, where every student got in on the action and started building community with one another! We’re so excited for the year ahead and can’t wait to see everyone back for the first day of school next week! #proudtoroar

EJMS Families - please read the following parent update for information on supply Lists, $50 school fees, applying for free/reduced meal eligibility, schedules, Middle School 101 for 6th grade, tours for new 7th and 8th grade families, OLR, and medical information.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZPAnATKwhGqWybCSN1iMqkxtbyFISiqDXRU51bRzNZ4/edit?usp=sharing

Need to register? Have questions for our office? Reminder of our office hours.

Attention all 6th grade families - see attached flyer with details on our upcoming Middle School 101 event for our incoming 6th grade students. We will also send this out to families once Parent Square rolls out to families, but until then please share. See you on Tuesday, August 5th!

Make plans to attend the XC Parent Meeting tomorrow evening if your student (grades 5-8) is interested in running cross country at EJMS!