Electives
Teachers
Alfred Berghout
Teacher - Science, Marine Biology
Noel Berghout
Teacher - Career & Tech Educat, Family and Consumer Science
Margaret Billin
Teacher - Visual & Perform Art, Band
Erik Bowman
Teacher - Visual & Perform Art, Art
Elizabeth Darby
Teacher - 6th Grade, Public Speaking, Wellness, SEL TOSA
Jessica Denny
Teacher - Visual & Perform Art, Choir
Tracy Devers
Teacher - World Languages, Spanish
Elizabeth Fee
Teacher - Math, Money Matters
Tom Jacoubowsky
Teacher - Social Science, Current Events
Jacqueline Kandell
Teacher - ELD,Teacher - World Languages, French
Julia Lee
Teacher - Career & Tech Educat, Broadcast, Video Production, Multimedia Art
Valerie Lee-Wang
Teacher - Visual & Perform Art, Orchestra
Alice Lung
Teacher - World Languages, Mandarin
Christopher Mahle
Teacher - Visual & Perform Art, Drama
Saki Matayoshi
Teacher - World Languages, Japanese
Jenifer Nevels
Teacher - 6th Grade, Social Studies, Leadership
Patrick Nguyen
Teacher - Visual & Perform Art, Band
Christina Nosek
Teacher - English, Creative Writing
Breanna Reyes
Teacher - World Languages, Spanish
Alexander Salzmann
Teacher - Career & Tech Educat, Design & Technology, Math, TOSA (Technology)
James Sperry
Teacher - Career & Tech Educat, Industrial Technology
Jennifer Valero
Teacher - English, Journalism
Maureen Willis
Teacher - Career & Tech Educat, Computers
6th Grade Exploratory Wheel/PE/Music
Sixth grade students leave their core teachers for two periods per day. During these two periods, students fulfill the required Physical Education requirements from the state and explore the rich elective program here at JLS.
Exploratory Wheel: During one period, 6th-grade students sample courses in each of these areas, rotating through in five week blocks: Industrial Technology, Drama, Language Transfer, Computer Applications, Art, and Home Economics.
Physical Education/Music: During one period, 6th grade students split their time between Physical Education and Music. The choices in Music include Beginning Woodwinds and Brass, Choir, and continuing instruction in String Orchestra or Band. Students are encouraged to continue with the instrument they started in the 5th grade. In P.E., the students are exposed to a wide variety of activities with the focus on skill development.
7th and 8th Grade Electives
A wide range of elective courses is offered at JLS, both year-long and semester-long, to 7th and 8th graders. For descriptions of all the current offerings, see the course catalog.