Welcome to Jamaica!

Jamaica School District is located at 7087 N. 600 E. Rd, Sidell, Illinois, 61876. It serves nearly 500 students in southern Vermilion County from four nearby towns (Fairmount, Sidell, Indianola, and Jamaica) and the surrounding area.

Recent News & Updates

• 26th April 2012

  A College Express Exhibition will be held at DACC on May 3rd at 6pm. More information can be found here. (External link)

• 24th April 2012

  May's lunch menu is now online here.
  Important Elementary/Jr. High End of the Year dates can be found here.
  Important High school End of the Year dates can be found here.
  The minutes from March's Board meeting are available here.
  You may download the school board members training completion list here.

• 9th April 2012

  More tests have been added to Accelerated Reader. Find the book lists here.

• 26th March 2012

  The Jamaica Accelerated Reader Book List has been updated. You can view it online here.

• 22nd March 2012

  April's lunch menu is now online here.
  The meeting minutes from February's Board meeting are available here.

• 22nd February 2012

  March's lunch menu is now online here.
  The meeting minutes from all of January's Board meetings are available here.

• 10th February 2012

  The agenda for the February Board Meeting is now availabe here.

• 27th January 2012

  A special Board meeting will be held after Monday's public information forum. See the agenda here.
  February's lunch menu is now online here.
  The meeting minutes from all of December's Board meetings are available here.

• 23rd January 2012

  Informational Forum

  The Jamaica School Board will have an informational forum regarding the plans for a shared Superintendent with Catlin School District. All parents and community members are invited to come and be part of the discussion. We will meet in the Jamaica School Library on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 6:00pm.

  Financial Aid Meeting

  We will have a financial aid night on Thursday, February 23rd at 6:00 p.m. in the high school computer lab. Representatives from DACC will be here to help you fill out the FAFSA. Please bring you and your parents 2011 tax forms. If you do not have them yet, you can use 2010 and then go back later and change it. Also bring Driver's License and Social Security numbers.

  DACC is also having a FAFSA session on-campus on Sunday, February 19th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. They give away 1 free semester of tuition at this session to a lucky winner. You do not have to be going to DACC next year to attend either session.

• 17th January 2012

  A revised agenda for the January board meeting can be found here.

  Additional early out days have been added. Students will get out at 12:30pm on these days, after lunch has been had.

  • Wednesday, January 25th
  • Wednesday, February 29th
  • Wednesday, April 25th
  • Wednesday, May 16th