News & Events

Give DeKalb County Day May 6, 2021

In ordinary years, we hold an in-person event in the fall to raise funds for the Scholarship Fund, but this is not an ordinary year and we won’t be having an in-person fundraiser this fall. That’s why we decided to make scholarships our focus during Give DeKalb County 2021, coming up on May 6...

April 11th, 2021|Events|
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Good News from JAMS April 2021

We are glad to report good news from JAMS as Kenya continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. We achieved a nearly 100% return-to-school rate for the delayed second term of the 2020 school year, with 163 girls returning in January 2021 to live and study on campus. (We have followed up on the four remaining girls, are helping with health and logistical issues, and expect them to return to school this summer.)...

April 11th, 2021|News|
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JAMS Seniors Taking Graduation Exams

Form Four students (seniors) finished their classes in March and are now taking their national graduation exams, the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). The KCSE exams are challenging and take three weeks to complete. They cover all four years of high school and require the students to write essays, do hands-on science demonstrations/experiments, and write out math problems completely...

April 11th, 2021|News|
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Students Return to JAMS After 9-Month Closure

During the first week of January, nine months after Kenyan schools closed in March 2020, all grade levels returned to the Jane Adeny Memorial School campus. We are very happy to report that 100% of JAMS students are accounted for. Only four of them have not returned, due to health issues...

January 25th, 2021|News|
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Campus COVID Mitigations

Throughout the school closure, staff and faculty at JAMS were busy preparing to welcome back a full complement of students. Thanks to all the generous donors to the JAMS COVID Emergency Fund, many infrastructure improvements have been achieved...

January 25th, 2021|News|
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Scholarships Update

We sent news and a message from your student by mail to every full and half scholarship donor in December. We hope you will write back to your student and send a photo if you’d like. Your students are now back on the JAMS campus. We will send your notes and letters to your JAMS student electronically as we receive them...

January 25th, 2021|News|
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Latest Updates on JAMS and the Pandemic

The schooling situation in Kenya is still in flux, but we have several updates for you. In the second half of October, the Kenyan Ministry of Education told all Form Four students (high school seniors) to return to their schools. The Ministry also announced that the national graduation exam (KCSE—Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education) will be administered in March 2021...

November 16th, 2020|News|
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December 1, 2020 – Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday has become an annual global day of generosity. As we wait to learn what will transpire in January 2021 (when we hope that all JAMS students can return to campus), we ask you to consider including Friends of JAMS in your end-of-year giving. The founder-directors of JAMS have identified the two highest priorities for JAMS now: educational software and preparation for the next new class of first-year students...

November 16th, 2020|Events|
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Face Masks and Vocational Training

The red, black, and white face masks sent to JAMS from DeKalb County, Illinois, are truly a gift that keeps on giving. Not only are the masks helping to keep JAMS students and staff healthy, they now form a part of a vocational training project...

November 16th, 2020|News|
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Emergency Fund Campaign a Success! Thank you!

You, our generous donors, truly came through in an emergency. The $30,000 matching pool was earned and exceeded. The JAMS COVID-19 Emergency Fund, including matching pool, now totals $64,200...

October 12th, 2020|News|
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