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Saint Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day is a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17. It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century.


The Origins of St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day celebrates the Roman Catholic feast day of the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick died on March 17, 461.


Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He was a Christian missionary given credited with converting Ireland to Christianity in the AD 400s. So many legends surround his life that the truth is not easily found. St Patrick was not actually Irish.


Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

Pics4Learning

Pics4Learning is a curated image library that is safe and free for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and illustrations for classroom projects, websites, videos, portfolios, or any other projects in an educational setting.

https://www.pics4learning.com

Study Stack

There is a free app on the internet called Study Stack. It's free too! StudyStack helps students prepare for a number of exams.  They can search through dozens of pre-built flashcard sets or create their own from this website.  Review activities include crossword puzzles, hangman, and other games.

Study Stack

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

On behalf of everyone here at the Jefferson County Educational Service Center, we would like to send our best wishes for a joyous Thanksgiving with your loved ones and friends.

Brand New Year!!

Our GERD meetings are as follows:      

September 20

October 18

November 18

February 21  (if ANY district has a snow day - date will be moved to February 28. )

March 14  (if ANY district has a snow day - date will be moved to March 21.)

Motto for this year: "Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun"  Albert Einstein