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A Gift of Care: Masks for JAMS

A group of JAMS supporters in DeKalb County, Illinois, has donated their time, talent, and treasure to help protect JAMS students, teachers, and staff when the school can reopen in January, 2021...

August 2, 2020|

JAMS Pandemic Update

Following the advent of COVID-19, all schools in Kenya were closed and students sent home. Students at JAMS traveled home between March 15 and 21 and all reached home safely...

May 28, 2020|

Give DeKalb County Day May 7, 2020

The DeKalb County, Illinois, annual day of giving is coming up on May 7. We know that many of you are giving more to local causes this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but we hope you include JAMS in your giving as well...

April 9, 2020|

JAMS and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has begun to impact Africa. In mid-March, the Kenyan government closed schools as part of their effort to slow the spread of the virus. JAMS hired private vans and cars to take students home and all the students had left campus by March 19...

April 8, 2020|

JAMS Grad Returns to Teach

We are thrilled to report that one of the first JAMS graduates has returned to JAMS as a teacher. Lynnet Owuor, Class of 2014, graduated from the University of Nairobi with a bachelor’s degree in science education in the fall of 2019. In January of 2020, she accepted a position as a teacher of biology and chemistry...

April 7, 2020|

JAMS Resource Center Opens

The new JAMS Resource Center (RC) opened in January of 2020, just as students were arriving to start the new school year. The Center houses the new computer lab, an expanded school library, a large community meeting room, and offices for the co-principals and teachers...

February 21, 2020|

Great Results for Class of 2019

Great news about the Class of 2019! The KCSE (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education) results show that 100% of JAMS students qualified to go to either university or tertiary (vocational) college...

February 21, 2020|
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