ATTENTION: The deadline for the PAC Scholarship has been changed from April 26 to April 5! PLEASE pass the word along, this is a significant change! Contact the Guidance Department with any questions.
Mrs. Melanie Fessler came to Grafton school and taught our 4th graders to be computer engineering!! We decided it was so much fun that some of us will go to college and become real engineers! Check out our pictures and YouTube video below! https://youtu.be/bryabrOQCmg
Ms. Herkert's 5th grade class took charge of this month's student-led character assembly. Every aspect was the responsibility of the students. Their roles included: photographers/award planners, slide show/announcers, crowd control, video skit, and posters/decorators.
JCHS Culinary Classes we’re lucky enough to team up with the Army National Guard to compete in the Cooks and Camo Competition! Teams were challenged to create and present the best tasting and most appealing plate using Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) as the main dish and desert.
Today, the winning teams from each class were recognized and presented with awards!
WINNING TEAMS!
3rd Hour - Colton Miller, Dominic Woodward, David Huff, Elizabeth Stidd
5th Hour - Zachary Schaefer, Sabrina McAdams, Jason Kadell, Sydney Gillis
6th Hour - Asher Stidd, Andrew Bertman, Kiley Shaw
7th Hour - Cassidy Loy, Elli Sullivan, Elexis Coates
#GoJerseyPanthers
Congrats to our bowlers, Cassie Bowman, Sam Tallman, Jeremy Vanost, Mike Russell & Zane Longley who made MVC 2nd Team! A great job by Dustin Davidson & Warren Woolsey who received Honorable Mention!
Prospective Kindergarten Students--Call us!!!
If you have a child who will be 5 years old on or before September 1st, 2019, and will be attending kindergarten in Jersey Unit School District #100 or if you have a friend or relative who has a child eligible to attend kindergarten, please call 498-4322 to schedule a Pre-Registration/Screening appointment.
Parents and eligible students are required to attend Pre-Registration/Screening on Thursday, April 4th, or Tuesday, April 9th. The Pre-Registration/Screening will be held from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at West Elementary.
Required items for kindergarten are: proof of residency, child’s legal birth certificate, recent physical (physical no older than 1 year prior to first day of school), immunization records, eye examination form and dental examination form.
Thanks to Ms. Christine Bear and Ms. Dinah Breitweiser who volunteered to help the design orientation students learn to knit and crochet. #GoJerseyPanthers #Jersey100Proud
Great job by Clare Breden; she was named to two 3A All-State Teams this week! Associated Press Honorable Mention and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 2nd Team! Clare's hard work and dedication have definitely paid off!
Congratulations to Oliver Johnson! He made the All Sectional Team for Scholastic Bowl! Oliver will advance to the All State Competition.
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! #GoJerseyPanthers
There will be a PAC Meeting this Monday, March 4 at 6:00 in the JCHS Study Hall! #gojerseypanthers
Mrs. Heitzig’s Family & Consumer Sciences classes are experimenting with their green screen while using the Do Ink App. We will be rolling out a video where we are showing off our February creations from Design Orientation, but for now, this a behind the scenes look of how it’s being made! #GoJerseyPanthers #Jersey100Proud
Scholastic Bowl for this evening has been cancelled.
Where would you go?
Using green screen technology and adobe products Ms. Kolkmeyer's class was able to go anywhere they wanted for the day. Just a sample with Forest Gump and Jaws, or visit Jurassic Park, Los Angeles, and the City Museum. It’s all possible. #GoJerseyPanthers
Grafton Elementary had a fabulous STEAM Night! They built marshmallow and Lego towers. Learned about the Science behind dry ice. Had a flight simulator, real robots, and a virtual reality room where they were able to see how an architect makes virtual blue prints! Painting too!
West Elementary Students are studying Dr. Seuss. West Elementary students are invited to participate in a variety of activities beginning with Crazy Hat Day on March 1. Please check out the West Elementary Calendar on the district website for the remainder of the activities.
West Elementary Pre-Kindergarten students have been studying fairy tales the entire month of February. This group is having fun acting out The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf in the dramatic play area.
Congrats to the JCHS Jazz Ensemble for their performance at the Jazz in the Meadows Competition this weekend. Outstanding Soloists awards went to Abigail Stephens on Vibes, Caleigh Cornell on Auxiliary, and Cade Kitzmiller on Bari Saxophone.
Congratulations JCHS 8th Grade Jr. Olympiad teams. Jersey took two 7th grade and two 8th grade teams to the Jr. Olympiad. The 8th grades teams both placed! They earned 4th and 5th place out of 38 teams. It was a great day filled with a lot of engineering and design.
