During its regular meeting on January 8, 2024, the Board of Education approved the academic calendars for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. Current and future academic calenda...

Please take a minute to check out our 1/12/24 Newsletter for CMS! You will see some highlights from the Madison County Spelling Bee in the newsletter. Jonathan Alder was well r...

The Board of Education conducted its 2024 organizational and regular monthly meeting Monday, January 8, 2024. The trio of Mr. Bruce Hooley, Mr. Bill McCartney, and Mr. Steve Vot...

ORGANIZATIONAL AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDAS The first Board of Education meeting of 2024 will begin at 4:30 p.m., Monday, January 8. The Board's organizational meeting ...

JALSD JANUARY-MAY LUNCH MENUS Lunch menus for each building are now available for the remainder of the 2023-24 school year (January-May). Menus can be found by clicking the...

Here is the most recent CMS Newsletter full of Spirit Week pictures along with a lot of information from some past events and events to come! Have a great weekend!

2024-25 & 2025-26 Academic Calendars (First Reading) The Board of Education conducted a first reading for the 2024-25 & 2025-26 Academic Calendars during the December 11, 2023 ...

I can't believe we are already into December. It feels like just yesterday we were welcoming students on the first day of school! We have some upcoming activities and events thi...

During the regular board meeting on Monday, November 13, 2023, the Jonathan Alder Local School Board of Education approved April 8, 2024, as a non-student, Teacher Work Day. April ...

It's been a great few weeks at Canaan Middle School as we head into the holiday season. Here is our most up-to-date newsletter with many important dates of upcoming events and p...

The intention of this message is to provide JALSD strategic planning information and opportunities to our students, families, community, staff and all district stakeholders. Distr...

The last two weeks were full of events! From our PTO Donuts with Dudes, to our STEM Day, and our Fall Parties, it was hopping around here! This week's Newsletter is full of pi...

Take a few minutes to see all that is happening at CMS in our most recent newsletter ! October is a busy time at the middle school but our students are engaged in some pretty ama...

In this week's newsletter , we have many photos and articles about what is happening at Canaan Middle School. Our students have had a great couple of weeks from Spirit Week to cl...

Jonathan Alder Local Schools is set to participate in the Richwood Bank's Guest Barista program on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. The District will have representation from 1-4 p.m. as...

Hello Canaan Families. We have a lot of information in this week's newsletter . Please take a minute to look over all the upcoming dates and events planned for the next couple o...

Hello Canaan Families! Enjoy our latest newsletter with information about our Parent/Guardian nights for 5th and 6th grade. 5th Grade Parent/Guardian Night will be September 5th...

FALL 2023 MENUS Breakfast and Lunch menus for September through December 2023 are now available to view. The daily menu will continue to be available through our "JA Local" a...

PHOTO GALLERY JON PETZ EXPERIENCE During Jonathan Alder's annual staff convocation, Mr. Jon Petz was invited in as a keynote speaker. Petz entertained and empowered JA ...

Good evening families. We had a great start to the school year this week and we wanted to share some of the highlights in our most recent newsletter . Also, please note that we ...