The students come first here @ JCS.  This can be found in our Mission Statement. We are “Leading students to love God by providing the opportunity for a quality values oriented education in a Christian environment”. In light of our mission we will do everything for the encouragement and uplifting of our student body in ways that honor God and our students.

Individual components of the guidance curriculum at JCS elementary include, but are not limited to, the following broad categories.

--Individual student need for Christian counseling will be available.  Common reasons that a student will seek the counselor’s assistance are as follows: grief counseling, struggles related to family issues, school-related interventions (student to student, student to teacher, bullying and behavior issues).

--Relations between students and all others will seek to be enhanced.

--Student’s  will be encouraged to improve in the areas of safety, self concept, responsibility /obedience, behavior, decision making skills, interpersonal and intrapersonal communication, achievement motivation, and problem solving skills.

--Being involved in the lives of our students is a vital component of counseling. The guidance counselor is involved in elementary classes on a weekly basis for this reason.

--Counseling classes here at JCS will have an emphasis on spiritual development including songs, prayer, moral stories including but not limited to the Bible. Students will be introduced to a related song and uplifting story during each lesson.

Fishing in Key West	A model of Earnest Hemingway's desk on his boat the Pilar.
Mrs. Nicholas by the boat.	A baby bird in the nest this fall.
A stream in Yellowstone.	Two great guys I enjoy camping with.
A steam vent in Yellowstone National Park.	Making a snow angel in June.

Mrs. Nicholas and me at Stone Mt


A Picture from Yellowstone N.P.Trees and U.S. Flag praising God.


All the family.


Riding on Bear Tooth Pass.

 
Me at the southernmost point in the United States.


Mrs. Nicholas at the southernmost point in the United States.


Other people at the point.



On Bear Tooth Pass