Jr Simplot Elementary

🏀 Boys Junior Jazz Basketball for 3rd and 4th Grade Boys 🏀 📅 Season: January - March 2026 📍 Practices: American Falls 🏀 Games: Pocatello 🔔 Registration Deadline: December 14th! 📞 Contact: Steven Anderson at 208-226-4161 🔗 Sign up here: [Junior Jazz Basketball](https://pocatello.gov/650/junior-jazz-boys-basketball) Don’t miss out on the fun! 🏀✨

Our community received a welcome boost today when Charley Jones of Idaho Power stopped by J.R. Simplot Elementary to deliver a $300 donation supporting our food pantry. This generous gift will go directly toward helping local families. We are deeply grateful to Idaho Power for their kindness and for consistently investing in the well-being of our community. We are blessed to live in an area where businesses step up to make a meaningful difference.

We also extend a heartfelt thank you to Hutch Swan for all he does for our schools and community.

In honor of Veteran’s Day the fifth grade dedicated a bulletin board to the brave men and women who have served our country. Thank you for your service.

🌍✨ Check out Mrs. Bethke's students’ amazing landforms science projects! They did a fantastic job showcasing their creativity and knowledge. We're so proud of their hard work! 🎨👏

American Falls Club Volleyball Club Volleyball Sign-Ups Cost: - $60 for Elementary - $80 for Middle/High School (includes AAU Membership & Club Fee) Registration Ends: December 31, 2025 To sign up, call or text Club Director Baylee Ramirez at 208-844-0055 --

🍂✨ Our third graders celebrated the beautiful season of fall and Thanksgiving with a variety of art displays. We are so proud of how kind and grateful our students are! 🦃❤️

A message from our fabulous Librarian, Miss Pratt:

I have wrapped 486 books for the students to enjoy a new adventure as a present for the Christmas season, because I believe that the best gift that you can give someone is a new adventure. I am doing this because it is a great opportunity for the students in this school to try new genres of books instead of reading the same books over and over and getting tired and bored of reading. Last year when I did this, I saw students get more excited about reading their library books and look at different types of books during the Christmas season in school and the rest of the year.

Sincerely,
Miss Pratt
JRSE Librarian

📚 Muffins with M.O.M.S. is coming soon! 🧁
Join us on Tuesday, December 9th from 8–9 AM for a morning dedicated to the joy of reading and the special bond it creates between children and their loved ones. This cozy event welcomes Mothers or Mother-figures to share muffins, books, laughter, and memories together.

Letters will be coming home with your child, so be on the lookout!
Please remember to RSVP by this Thursday if you plan to attend—we can’t wait to celebrate stories, smiles, and togetherness with you. 💛

In celebration of Fall, our fourth graders celebrated autumn-themed portraits and poems, bringing their Autumn Poetry Unit to completion.

Our fourth grade students finish their Autumn Poetry Unit, complete with festive fall portraits to highlight the season.

🎉 ATTENTION PARENTS OF J.R.S.E. STUDENTS!🎉 🍎JOIN US FOR OUR PTO MEETING! TOMORROW EVENING at 7 PM 📍 JR SIMPLOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY Stronger schools start with involved families! ✨ **COME JOIN US!** ✨

We have the great privilege to attend 'Shrek the Musical' this morning. Thursday through Saturday, November 6th, 7th, and 8th, at 6pm in the AFHS Performing Arts Center. With a cast of nearly 30 students, live music, and a story that keeps you laughing the whole way through, you'll love joining them in the swamp this weekend!💚

We invite you to support our SPED department's pizza fundraiser, with 15% of all proceeds benefiting our SPED program. Pizzas will be ordered, and delivered to American Falls High School. Order your favorite Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza and give back! 📅 Pre-order Nov. 3–4, 📦 Pick up Nov. 6, 3–5 PM at AF High School 👉 15% of sales go directly to American Falls Special Education. Scan the QR code to order—easy as pizza pie! 🍕❤️ Please place your order using the link below: https://www.facebook.com/share/14ExKbEWq5f/?mibextid=wwXIfr

COMMUNITY HAUNTED HALL AND HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL TONIGHT AT JRSE FROM 5:30-7:30!!
Tickets are .50 cents each. Each game is 1-4 tickets. The Haunted Hall is 8 tickets the first time and 4 tickets after that. We will have candy, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, chips and water.

REMINDER OF OUR PTO MEETING TONIGHT AT 7;00 PM IN JRSE LIBRARY. 🍎

ALL JRSE PARENTS WELCOME!

Our 5th graders have been exploring how much salt is in the ocean! 🌊
As part of their Mystery Science lesson, students in Mrs. Mendez’s science class created a model to observe what happens when saltwater dries — revealing how salt remains behind. 🧂

This week, they took their learning even further by using Adobe Express for Education to record and edit their own videos for the very first time! 🎬💻
These amazing students are part of our Dual Immersion Program, and they proudly spoke Spanish in their videos to explain their learning.

Mrs. Mendez is so proud to see their creativity, confidence, and progress shine through!


¡Nuestros estudiantes de 5.º grado han estado explorando cuánta sal hay en el océano! 🌊
Como parte de una lección de Mystery Science, los estudiantes de la clase de ciencias de la maestra Méndez crearon un modelo para observar lo que ocurre cuando el agua salada se seca — ¡la sal se queda atrás! 🧂

Esta semana llevaron su aprendizaje al siguiente nivel usando Adobe Express para Educación para grabar y editar sus propios videos por primera vez. 🎬💻
Nuestros increíbles estudiantes forman parte del Programa de Doble Inmersión y con orgullo hablaron en español para explicar su aprendizaje.

¡La maestra Méndez está muy orgullosa de ver cómo brillan su creatividad, confianza y progreso!

Come join our PTO at JRSE. We will meet Monday, October, 20th at 7pm. Your ideas and involvement make a difference. Come share your voice. EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!