GalleryThank You, Donors! Give DeKalb County a Great Success!
Thanks to supporters like you, Give DeKalb County 2020 was a great success! We surpassed our goal by almost $3,000 to raise a total of $12,980 this year...
GalleryGive 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...
GalleryJAMS 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...
GalleryJAMS 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...
GalleryPOSTPONED: Ninth Annual Transformation Through Rhythm Concert
The ninth annual benefit concert, Transformation Through Rhythm, originally scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2020, at 7:00 pm in the DeKalb High School Auditorium, has been postponed to a future date, to be announced...
GalleryJAMS 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...
GalleryGreat 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...
GalleryScholarships Needed for 2020
We need just 5 more scholarships to achieve our goal of 20 scholarships for the new girls who enter JAMS in January 2020. Can you help us get the rest of the way to our goal?
GalleryTaste of Kenya Fundraiser A Success
On October 11, the International Day of the Girl, the JAMS community in DeKalb County, Illinois, came together to send love and care halfway across the globe to rural, western Kenya. Friends of Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls hosted our fourth annual fundraiser, A Taste of Kenya...
GalleryResource Center Opening Soon
The new Resource Center (RC) building has been largely completed and the finishing touches regarding flooring and electrical work are being done now. The RC houses a computer lab and a new, larger library space for the students and teachers...
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