New Outdoor Facilities for JAMS
During the rainy season, sticky mud filled the pathways at JAMS. Deep mud made walking from building to building both unsafe and very messy...
JAMS’ Volleyball Team Wins in Early Competitions
JAMS’ volleyball team did well this season, winning the division level competition. In the photographs, they are practicing for the district volleyball tournament...
Record Donations Bring Solar Electricity and Biogas to JAMS
Installation of a solar power system and a biogas operation began in May at Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS), thanks to record-breaking donations to Friends of JAMS through Give DeKalb County...
Generous Donors Set All-time Record in Support of JAMS
Friends of JAMS’ donors strongly endorsed sustainability initiatives at Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS) with a record-setting total...
JAMS Students Quadruple Harvest with New Greenhouse Design
A huge harvest of vegetables, four times as much as usual, rewarded the innovative work of JAMS students and teachers this year. The harvest culminated a school-wide effort to use the new greenhouse in environmentally-sound ways...
Friends of JAMS Leader Steps Down After Ten Years
Friends of JAMS would like to thank founding president, Diana Swanson, for her 10 years of service. What started out as a faculty friendship through Northern Illinois University became a dedicated mission to provide girls in Kenya with a secondary education...
Give DeKalb County – May 2, 2024
Please save the date! Donations of any amount through Give DeKalb County are much appreciated and will go to support both scholarships and sustainability at JAMS...
Highlights of 2023 According to JAMS Students
“I really like reading novels and our new library is just to my advantage and sooner or later I will write a book of my own as I am inspired every single day by the authors I read.” –T...
Happy New Year!
In 2023, your gifts supported 92 scholarships to JAMS. These scholarships provide tuition, room and board, books, school supplies, clothes, shoes, toiletries, and routine medical care. Your gifts also supported the construction of a new green house and the paving of campus walkways...
Giving Tuesday 2023 Success: Thank You!
We aimed for 33 new scholarships for the new class entering JAMS in January 2024—our highest goal ever—and you surpassed it! Many thanks to the donors who made it possible for us to provide 38 scholarships for the Class of 2027...