Scholarships have an extraordinary impact on the lives of JAMS students. Their letters to sponsors recount their school experiences and heartfelt gratitude, but rarely share personal circumstances. Here we provide some background details about three typical JAMS scholarship students...
We hope that you will support girls at JAMS in recognition of Giving Tuesday, the global day of generosity, held this year on November 30, 2021...
For all its students, JAMS is a life-changing experience. For some, it is a new world. JAMS selects bright young women from villages and small towns, mostly in western Kenya. Knowing something about the students’ homes helps us understand why JAMS is so inspiring for these bright, ambitious young women...
We're celebrating! Thank you for your amazing generosity in Give DeKalb County 2021. You gave over $47,000 in new and renewal scholarship funds and we are so grateful. BECAUSE OF YOU...
The Ministry of Education has released the results of the national graduation exams, the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), and the Class of 2020 achieved the best JAMS results ever! Not only did 100% of the 43 girls in the Class of 2020 pass and get their Certificates of Secondary Education (high school diplomas), even better, 100% scored grades good enough to attend higher education...
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...
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.)...
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...
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...
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...