We had a great time cheering on the Varsity Tigers last night! After a 2.5 hour lightening delay, we were still full of energy and cheered the Tigers to victory over Salem. It was a great way to kick off the season!
Great Things Happen Here! Social Studies classes require you to be an investigator, to ask questions, and to synthesize information. Students practiced those skills in Mrs. Hicks' class by interviewing their peers and writing about their findings. What a neat activity!
There have been a lot of community building activities going on in Mrs. Mulhall's classes lately! Paper towers, blindfold hunts, paper bridges...So many great activities to work on teamwork and collaboration.
Great Things Happen Here! Mrs. DuClos's and Mrs. Hoak's classes took Book Genre Personality Tests today. Using their favorite aspects of stories, they took an assessment to identify their personalities. Who would have thought what you liked to read was linked to who you are?
The dinosaur graced us with its presence this morning during morning greeting!
Happy Friday!
Don't forget - It's a full day Friday. Classes will dismiss at 3:30.
Do you know how to slay a dragon? Mr. Wisdom is building classroom community through teamwork and creativity. Each team was given a scenario, and they had to work together to come up with a plan of how to defeat the dragon. Everyone was all smiles!
We've decided that 2024-2025 is the year to be KIND to one another. You can help us spread kindness through our virtual Kindness Wall! Give a shoutout to students and staff show have showed you kindness by making a quick post!
https://youuplift.com/st-james-middle-kindness-wall/
Mrs. Otto's classes are building classroom community by finding classmates who have common interests. This is a fun activity where students are out of their seats and building trust amongst each other. It's the CKH way!
The first two weeks are all about building relationships and creating a sense of community. Mrs. Hoak's classes worked to survive on a deserted island today! What four items would you need to survive?
Check out our "Handbook Highlight" series where we will be sharing reminders about handbook policies that come up frequently.
You can view all handbook policies here: https://www.stjschools.org/o/sjms
Teachers have been hard at work the last week getting everything ready for the first day of school! We've received some excellent professional development from Solution Tree to help teachers better know how to help students who struggle in any subject, as well as ways to push students when they have achieved mastery. We're ready to put our new knowledge to work!
Tomorrow is the day! We're excited to see you, Tigers!
Welcome to the Tiger Family, Matthew Wisdom! Mr. Wisdom will be joining our 7th grade team to teach Communication Arts.
Welcome to the Tiger Family, Latosha Mulhall! Mrs. Mulhall will be teaching Agriculture, Careers, and Math Lab.
Welcome to the Middle School Tiger Family, Katie DuClos! Mrs. DuClos will be moving from LWJE to the middle school to join our 6th grade team. She will be teaching Communication Arts.
Welcome to the Tiger Family, Kathy Cole! Mrs. Cole will be joining our Special Education department as the 8th grade special education teacher.
Welcome to the Tiger family, Kalise Boeringa! Ms. Boeringa will join our instrumental band department as the assistant band director and will teach 6th-8th band.
Welcome to the Tiger family, Tyler Benson! Tyler will join our math department as a 7th grade math teacher.
We wanted to take a moment to thank our summer school partners. To those who volunteered an d donated to our students, THANK YOU! Our school is stronger because of your partnership.
Summer School 2024 has come to an end! We finished the year watching The Lion King Kids performance (which was AMAZING) this morning and a water celebration in the afternoon. What a perfect way to end a fun month! 😁
