Jefferson Curriculum

Art, music and physical education are an important aspect of education at Jefferson.

Students attend classes on a rotation schedule. 

Jefferson Elementary has incorporated the Character Counts! program into its educational curriculum in an effort to encourage the development of moral character in students.

The district's character education program - Character Counts! - includes six character qualities taught and reinforced during the year. Each site develops its own program around these character qualities.

The Character Counts! traits are Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Trustworthiness, Fairness and Citizenship.

Children who are identified as “gifted and talented” may participate in additional academic studies, having demonstrated potential abilities of high performance capability and needing differentiated or accelerated education or services.

Jefferson offers an English Learner curriculum to those students for whom English is not a primary language. Students participate in small group instruction that focuses on the English language.

The Extended Day Program (EDP) provides safe, alternative educational child care, enhancing the child’s extended day. Recognizing the busy lifestyles of today’s family, the district attempts to work in partnership with home and parents by providing before and after school supervision at the school site.

Union Intramural Sports provides Union students opportunities to participate in athletics at a recreational level in flag football, basketball, and volleyball.

Other curriculum offerings or programs include:

• Accelerated Reader
• Chess Club
• Safety Patrol
• Broadcast Crew
• Student Council
• Recycling
• Boy Scouts
• Girl Scouts
• Honor Choir
• Speed Stackers
• Little Dribblers
• Cheerleading and Spirit Squads through Union Public Schools
• Jefferson Milers

Student Council

Jefferson students also participate in a Student Council.  

Balanced Literacy is a research-based approach that provides students a wide variety of ways in which they will become skilled readers and writers. Children are exposed to a strong reading mentor who instructs on skills, strategies, and discussions about reading. Students engage in high volumes of text that will require high levels of comprehension.

Mastering this will then allow students to move to more complex texts. Balanced Literacy is greatly enriched through the use of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model.

This is a scaffolding instructional approach modeled first by the teacher (I do), next students practice through active engagement (we do), which is further practiced in a partnership (2 do), followed by independent practice (you do) of the focus skill or strategy.

Balanced Literacy Framework

Literacy Assessments

• Reading Workshop
• Small Group Instruction
• Shared Reading
• Writing Workshop
• Shared/Interactive Writing
• Interactive Read-aloud (to include accountable talk)
• Word Study

My Math is a resource utilized in grade levels K-5. Additionally, Jarman teachers collaborate to plan and implement math units designed around essential standards and concept development. 

Jarman has an active Parent Teacher Association (PTA) that works closely with school administration and teachers to promote a positive school experience for all students. Some of the highlights of the school year are the Family Fun Night, Book Fair, Bingo Night, and Jog-A-Thon. Jarman families and staff come together to enjoy fun events while working to raise funds for classroom materials and projects.  

There are many ways that parents and family members can volunteer and support students at Jarman. Opportunities may include sharing your talents, attending PTA events, assisting with Freckles Fridays, Reflections, Test Monitoring, Classroom Projects, Book Fair, Jog-a-Thon, Family Fun Night, and more! We love our volunteers!

• Special Education programs
• English Learner assistance for qualifying students
• Native American Education programs
• GATE: Gifted and Talented Program for Grades 2-5
• Math Enrichment/Advanced Instruction Program – Grades 2-5
• Speech Pathology
• Tutoring for Grades 1-5 in Math and Reading for qualifying students
• Fourth and Fifth Grade Academic Teams
• Student Council Leadership Group – Grades 3, 4, and 5
• Student Safety Patrol – 5th Grade
• Recycling Program

The Reflections program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition.

Students are encouraged to create and submit works of art in six areas:  dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and the visual arts (which includes art forms such as drawing, painting, print making, and collage).

TCI is utilized by K-5th Grade.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) at Union Public Schools is an interdisciplinary approach to learning that encourages students to inquire, explore, and problem solve. 

• PTA Reflections
• Tackle Football, Cheerleading and Spirit Squads – through UYFA
• All sports sponsored by the Union Public Schools Athletic Department – flag football, basketball, volleyball
• Camp Fire Groups
• Afterschool programming

Union students showcase their art work during YouthArts!

YouthArts! is one of the longest running festivals of its type in the state of Oklahoma. 

Visit the District Fine Arts page.