Contact Information
601 Johnson Avenue, Bridgeport, WV
Office: 304-326-7109
Fax: 304-842-6562
Principal: Heather Holbert
Assistant Principal: Mark Jones
Building Configuration
Enrollment: 754
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 5th
Classrooms for 2026-2027:
Pre-K - 3
Special Needs Pre-K - 1
Kindergarten - 5
1st Grade - 5
2nd Grade - 4 ½
3rd Grade - 4
4th Grade - 4
5th Grade - 5
School Colors: Red, Royal Blue, and Gray
Mascot: The Little Chiefs
Important Basics
All student meals are free.
All student materials and supplies are provided.
The only needs are of a personal nature, if desired - a water bottle, lunchbox, and backpack.
Students can bring a water bottle and a snack to school each day.
Pre-K and Kindergarten allow towels or small blankets to be sent in for rest.
If you need any of these personal items provided, please call one of our school counselors.
Students in K-5 will have a school iPad assigned to them for instructional use.
K-5th-grade report cards are sent home every nine weeks. There are four grading periods in the school year.
1st-5th-grade progress reports are sent home at each midpoint of each 9 weeks.
The 2026-2027 Harrison County Student Policy Guide can be found in its entirety at https://www.harcoboe.net/page/district-policy-guide.
The 2026-2027 Harrison County School Calendar can be found at https://www.harcoboe.net/page/calendar-highlights.
Morning Arrival
Student access to the building begins at 6:55 AM at the gym door.
Students remain in the gym until 7:25 AM, when they report to their homerooms.
Breakfast - hot or Grab and Go (cold) - is available for K-5th-grade students from 7:00 AM to 7:45 AM.
Breakfast for Pre-K begins at 8:00 AM, and the whole Pre-K grade level walks down to the cafeteria together.
The front loop serves as the bus lane. No entrance information is posted.
Drivers must enter via City Park Drive (next to the high school) and proceed around to the parking lot or drop-off lane.
The drop-off lane is a fast option and should only be used by students who can arrive independently. Parents in the drop-off lane should not exit the vehicle. If your child needs assistance, you should park in the lot and assist your child.
Directions from our school crossing guards, Mr. Jack and Mr. Tanner, should be followed.
5th-grade Safety Patrols will man all crosswalks. Pedestrians should wait for their cue to cross.
The gym doors close at 7:55 AM (at the tardy bell), and our instructional day begins.
Parents arriving after 7:55 AM should park their car in the lot and walk their child to the main office to be signed in.
Note: Parents leaving a student alone outside of the locked building will be called or addressed by the administration and notified that educational neglect is reportable.
The Instructional Day
The instructional day begins at 7:55 AM and ends at 2:30 PM.
Pre-K has 60 minutes of gross motor play each day.
Kindergarten through 5th-grade students have a daily 30-minute recess.
Pre-K has a 60-minute rest period each day. Kindergarten has 30 minutes.
Kindergarten - 5th-grade students have a daily 45-minute planning class.
Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 5th grade have art, physical education, music, library, and computer one day each week.
3rd and 4th grade have physical education, music, library, computer, and one repeated class each week.
Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade each have an aide in the classroom.
The 3rd grade has two extra support interventionists who spend time in each classroom.
Planning Period Times
8:05 AM - 8:50 AM: 5th Grade
8:53 AM - 9:38 AM: Kindergarten
9:41 AM - 10:26 AM: 1st Grade
10:29 AM - 11:14 AM: 2nd Grade
12:05 PM - 12:50 PM: Specialists
12:53 PM - 1:38 PM: 3rd Grade
1:41 PM - 2:26 PM: 4th Grade
Note: If you need to speak directly to the teacher, this is the only time they are without students during the school day.
Lunch Times
First Lunch
10:29 AM - 10:59 AM: 1st Grade
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM: Pre-K (go through lunch line, then eat in rooms)
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM: Kindergarten
Second Lunch
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: 3rd Grade
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM: 2nd Grade
Third Lunch
12:25 PM - 12:55 PM: 5th Grade
12:37 PM - 1:07 PM: 4th Grade
Afternoon Dismissal
The most hectic time of day is the afternoon dismissal. Because students are in motion, we cannot guarantee changes past 1:15 PM, as writing bus notes, leaving phone messages, locating staff, and radioing different locations are required.
As with morning arrival, the front loop serves as the bus lane. Drivers should never enter this area.
We dismiss in multiple shifts:
We have an early (2:30 PM), middle (2:45 PM), and late bus bell (2:55 PM) where students meet in the gym before loading their buses.
A parent or guardian must be present at the bus stop for afternoon drop-off for students in Pre-K and K.
We have a Pre-K walker (2:30 PM), a Kindergarten walker (2:35 PM), and a 1st-5th grade dismissal time (2:40 PM).
Due to our large enrollment, we dismiss from several locations. If you are picking up multiple children, we suggest going to the door where your youngest exits, then getting your older child.
Walker Dismissal Doors:
Pre-K and K - Pre-K/K wing door to the right of the flagpole
2nd and 5th Grade - main entrance doors
1st and 4th Grade - interior gym doors
3rd Grade - stairwell closest to the front loop
Note: Parents consistently not picking their child up on time will be called or addressed by the administration and notified that educational neglect is reportable. Emergencies are understandable.
Communications
Note: The only official school communication is communication conducted between the home and the main office. Absence notes, dismissal changes, etc., should be directed there. Contacting the teacher on a classroom-based app is not official.
Individual teachers and grade levels may use their own communication system (SeeSaw, Remind, Bloomz, etc.), but not all teachers do. That is teacher choice.
Official school text messages are sent from Mrs. Holbert and begin with “JES Administration.”
The county office sends Harrison County Schools text messages beginning with “Harrison County BOE,” and they appear on the same thread.
There is no sign-up form for text messages like a typical mailing list. The system uses contact information for legal guardians and staff from official school computer records (WVEIS).
If there are issues receiving text messages, contact the school to update your information. There may be a clerical error or an old number on file.
The Harrison County Schools website is https://www.harcoboe.net/.
Johnson Elementary School’s website is https://www.harcoboe.net/o/jes.
The school Facebook page is Johnson Elementary School - Bridgeport, WV.
The PTA Facebook page is Johnson Elementary School PTA, Bridgeport, WV.
Schoolwide Rules That Are Consistently Enforced
Siblings (school-age or younger) are not permitted to attend school activities for your other child. We try to make the event about that child.
Students cannot walk home from school at the elementary level.
Students not riding the bus in the afternoon must be picked up by a parent/guardian/approved contact at the grade-level specific dismissal doors. Students are not released to the parking lot.
We do not accept personal deliveries.
Cell phones and smart watches cannot be used during school hours and must be kept in backpacks or lockers.
We are not permitted to pass out invitations.
For school parties, entry is granted only to those specifically listed on the master office list provided by the teachers.
We do not accept teacher requests from parents.
Student Concerns
If you have a need or concern for your child, contact your child’s homeroom teacher first. If someone else is called, you will be routed back to the teacher first.
Additional contacts:
Behavioral concerns beyond the teacher - Mark Jones
Academic concerns beyond the teacher, Students Assistance Team (SAT) requests - Heather Holbert
504 Plan requests - Ali Finch
Counseling support - Ali Finch and Amber Davis
IEP concerns - Assigned case manager
Medical Needs, Health Care Plans - Wendy Carr or Atha Matheny
Medical Information
If your child needs prescription medicine at school, it has to be brought in by the parent/guardian and have a physician's order accompanying it.
If your child needs over-the-counter medicine at school, it has to be brought in by the parent/guardian and can be given with a parent's note.
Students must be fever-free for 24 hours, without fever-reducing medication, before returning to school.
Additional Bits and Pieces
Each grade level will hold at least two parent involvement activities each year, and all parents are invited to attend.
The school has three classroom parties a year:
Halloween (with a parade)
Christmas
Valentine’s Day
Johnson Elementary does not conduct graduation ceremonies for Pre-K, Kindergarten, or 5th Grade; however, grade-level celebrations are held.