The Jenison Unified Sports Media Day last week was amazing 📸

We were proud to recognize some incredible JIA volunteers at tonight’s Board of Education meeting, along with a long-standing community partner, the Knights of Columbus, who generously supports our categorical programs each year. We are so thankful for the amazing parents, volunteers, and community partners who continue to show up for our students and District.

The 2026 Jenison Girls Water Polo team was honored during Thursday's home football opener for winning the state championship! The crowd cheered as each team member was introduced and the team posed for a group picture afterward. Go Girls Water Polo!

After cheering the Jenison football team on to victory Thursday night, the Jenison Varsity Cheer team then made a live TV appearance on 13 On Your Sidelines and brought serious ENERGY to the studio! The team performed fantastic cheers to open the broadcast, transition in/out of commercials, and close the broadcast. Check out these behind the scenes shots of the exciting evening!

Twenty-five years later … the 2001 Jenison football team is still special!

Due to the projected weather forecast, we have made the difficult decision to cancel today’s Wildcat Festival.

With thunderstorms in the forecast, anticipated rain impacting facility and ground conditions, and the safety and logistics involved in setting up activities between storms, we simply cannot safely and successfully move forward with the festival as planned.

A huge shoutout and thank you to our Jenison High School Student Council members and staff who have put so much time, energy, and effort into planning this event and working through every possible option to make it happen today. We appreciate you!

We will work with Student Council and our participating vendors to explore another date, if possible, and will share updated information once details are finalized.

At this time, there are no changes or delays to tonight’s football game.

Thank you for your understanding and flexibility. Go Wildcats!

The first rally of the year was AWESOME!

Football season is HERE and JV scored 40 for an opening day W last Thursday night!

Special shoutout to our 18 international students representing six countries this year! Welcome to Michigan and Jenison Public Schools, international students!

The annual 5th Grade Orchestra Open House was a huge hit last week! Under the guidance of Jenison Orchestra staff and older students, 5th graders and their families signed up for orchestra, met the directors, tried the instruments, got sized for an instrument, and rented their own instrument.

A warm welcome to our newest professional staff! Tonight, we welcomed our new class of teachers and administrators at the Board of Education meeting. While not everyone could be there, we’re so excited to have this incredible group joining the Jenison Public Schools team. Here’s to a great 2026–27 school year!

A big day for Jenison Public Schools! 🚧Officially breaking ground on the new Upper Elementary for 5th & 6th graders, slated to open Fall 2029! Thank you Jenison Community for supporting our District in the 2024 Bond.

Football team sports media day!

Hitting the trails with boys and girls cross country!

Cheer Sports Media Day!

Save the Date… We’re excited to share the annual Wildcat Festival will take place on Thursday, September 3 right before the first home football game! The event, which happens on the baseball fields this year due to construction, runs from 3:30 pm to 7 pm. It will feature food trucks, the Critter Barn, inflatables, games and so much more. Then stay for the football game and watch the team play Forest Hills Northern. Check out some of our favorite photos from the past two years of the festival and see you there!

The dogs and cats at Post Family Farm were the star attractions for the 30 JIA students who visited the farm today! It was the perfect summer morning for day two of JIA’s first ever summer camp and the excursion to Post was a clear highlight of the camp so far. The students also enjoyed a hayride, toured the barns, and played on the expanded playground. Great idea JIA!

Congratulations to our girls and boys swim and dive team for earning NINE All-American honors for this past school year! Their times/scores were among the top 100 in the United States. The All-American swimmers/divers are:

-Emma Albrecht: 50 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly and 100 Freestyle
-Caleb Storey: 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle
-Missy Search: 1 Meter Diving
-Dalila Brown: 100 Backstroke
-200 Medley Relay: Dalila Brown, Halle Larsen, Emma Albrecht and Layla Umstead
-400 Freestyle Relay: Emma Albrecht, Kylie Coffey, Dalila Brown and Molly Tountas

Way to go, girls and boys swim and dive!

Congratulations to Jenison HS Counselor Jenny Riha for recently completing a Michigan School Counselor Fellowship! She presented at the National School Counselor Fellows Summit at
San Diego State University in June. Way to help improve our student achievement, Jenny!