How Bear Lost His Tail performed at Grafton Elementary on 9/20 for Kindergarten and 3rd grade! A delightful play explaining why bears have short tails. Performers: Jace Federle (Fox), Lillian Callahan (Bear), Colton Valstad (Narrator 2), and Josiah Carter (Narrator 1).
Sophomore Matthew Weitzel and Senior Gracie Kodros, Advanced Adobe students, are pictured with their designs for JCHS bulletin boards. These designs were chosen by a group of their peers. Congratulations.
On Monday, Adelina Ruiz, a sophomore at JCHS, presented to Spanish 2-4 classes about her experience at her own Quinciñera in Mexico this past summer. Adelina was an excellent speaker and the students loved learning about the tradition from one of their classmates. Gracias Adelina!
JCMS girls basketball kicked off their season tonight with games at Roxana Middle School.
Both teams gave a great effort. The 8th grade team walked away with their first win.
22 JCHS Choir members attended a workshop today to prepare for their ILMEA auditions. Illinois College and Dr. Nichol Digiorno hosted the event.
Students in Ms. Beauchamp’s first grade class started showing off their reading skills by partner reading in class. During daily reading time they are reading 15 minutes to themselves and 15 minutes with a partner each day.
Grafton Elementary's Panther Kids Club (PKC) is a fun program for kids of all ages, offering games, crafts, sports, and more while teaching teamwork, leadership, and sportsmanship.
Mrs. Spencer's students practiced storytelling skills. They practiced listening to a story, then retelling the story to a classmate.
Today, we celebrate IT Professionals Appreciation Day by honoring our dedicated Technology Department! We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals who play a crucial role in diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining hardware and software components and seamlessly integrating them into our curriculum across the Jersey 100 District. Your unwavering commitment is instrumental in ensuring the uninterrupted operation of our systems. Thank you for your invaluable support!
Mrs. Bick and Mrs. M Heitzig's students showing their creativity to celebrate Dot Day!
On this day in 1787, our Founding Fathers signed the U.S. Constitution, laying the foundation for our great nation. Our Constitution is a symbol of unity, liberty, and justice for all. Happy Constitution Day!
Today 1st grade celebrated national Dot Day by reading the book The Dot, creating our own dots in gold frames like the main character in the book does, writing about our dot creations, and making our favorite kind of apples with dots.
JCMS Science
Students in Mr. Sleik's 6th grade science class are learning about the Earth's rotation and how it causes night and day!
Mrs. L. Heitzig and Mrs. Duggan hosted their first mystery reader this morning, Brennley Weldon's Grandparents! Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Langel for sharing your time with us all the way from Alabama.
Kindergarten students were awestruck this morning when Mrs. Williams found a horned worm hanging around our pavilion.
Football Seniors stopped by and visited with our 1st grade classes last week.
Miss Gilman is a JCHS Class of 2020 graduate and is a paraprofessional at JCHS. She started her career in Jersey CUSD 100 at just 19 years of age while enrolled as a full-time student through an online program. She aims to to graduate in 2025 with a BA in History for Education.
Miss Gilman shared with TEACH Students (a class for Seniors who aspire to be educators) her plan to earn her degree while remaining debt free! She encouraged students to become a substitute or becomes a paraprofessional to gain experience.
Thank you Miss Gilman for sharing your informational presentation!
8th grade class council begins work on their homecoming float.
Mrs. Molly Heitzig's class along with the rest of our building have begun working on their MAP Growth assessment. MAP is an innovative assessment for measuring individual growth and achievement throughout the year.
Autumn Gettings created this vinyl cutout including offset feature for our LCCC representative who comes to us on Thursdays in the Guidance Department!
Today just happens to be Autumn's birthday! Happy Birthday Autumn! Thank you for all of your hard work and sharing your talents too! 🩵🐾
