“Giving Tuesday” 2025 Campaign to Help Meet New Challenges
As we approach December 2, the global day of generosity known as Giving Tuesday, JAMS students and staff hope you will consider expressing your support with a gift...
Computer Lab Updated with New Laptops, Mini-CPUs and Server
New Kenyan education standards require that all exams be taken on computers, and JAMS supporters have risen to that challenge. Donations this year have allowed the school to purchase 20 new laptops, 30 new mini-CPU computers, and a new server...
New Dormitory Complete, Named for Longtime JAMS Supporter
A new dormitory on the JAMS campus is ready to welcome up to 70 girls when it opens in January. Funded by generous donations from the Friends of JAMS, the facility has been named after Friends of JAMS’s longest-serving supporter, Dr. Jean Pierce...
JAMS donors support growth through Give DeKalb County
When supporters heard about recent growth challenges at the Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls, they responded in a big way: All pledged donations have now been received along with bonus pool incentives and prize money, and JAMS exceeded its $55,000 goal...
100% of JAMS 2024 Graduates Earn College Admission
All 45 of JAMS graduating seniors scored high enough on the Kenyan national exams to qualify them for entry into higher education...
Debbie Jones Visits JAMS and Meets Her Scholarship Student
The lovely man sitting next to me on my September 2024 flight from Nairobi to Kisumu had tears in his eyes as I explained to him why I was on the flight. He was full of questions from the moment he sat next to me...
Many, Many Thanks to Friends of JAMS Donors for Giving Tuesday 2024
Almost $17,000 in contributions came to Friends of JAMS starting on Giving Tuesday 2024...
Outstanding Alumna Profile: Sherine Omondi (2014)
Sherine Omondi (2014) studied Political Science at Moi University in Kenya and earned her BA in 2019...
JAMS Graduates Embrace the Future
Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls graduated 45 seniors in December 2024. The official graduation date is in December, after students sit for the Kenyan tests, but graduating JAMS seniors participate in a day of celebration with their families each June...
International Library Project Will Start at JAMS
During the summer of 2022, Andrea Trudeau taught and learned at JAMS for three weeks as part of a Northern Illinois University group funded by a Fulbright-Hayes grant. Her experience inspired her to form a non-profit to expand school libraries around the world – starting at JAMS!