Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) If you ordered any black sweatshirts, black sweatpants, long or short sleeve t-shirts, please stop by the main office, pay and take your merchandise.

3) Please remember to save Box Tops, Swiss Valley Milk lids and Campbell soup labels while baking over the holidays.

4) Thank you to the students who auditioned for the talent show. We had 57 try outs. Unfortunately, not all the acts can be in the show. The list of those acts that were selected by the judges are on the door in the guidance area.

5) No Orchestra class or lessons today.

6) Birthdays today - December 21st...Hunter Duster, Brianna Eckstein, Ron Joe. December 23rd...Jordan Schueller. December 25th...Takius Smith. December 26th...Hali Fuller, Caitlyn Hansen. December 27th...Colton Puccio. December 28th...Donald Hodges, Noah Kuhn, Taniya Land. December 30th...Evan Wieser. December 31st...Raleigh Hardwick, Emily Schleter. January 1st...Janesha Harris, Stephen Petsche. January 2nd...Taylor Butler.

7) Everyone have a safe and happy holiday break.

8) Winners from the Character Tickets are: (6-1 Nick Wobema, Dylan Pauley); (6-2...Jade O'Rourke, Val Steffens); (7-1...Jordyn Heiderscheit, Marshon Crowder); (7-2...Austin Leick, Makaila Gardner); (8-1...Gabbi Manders, Alex Keck); (8-2...Spencher Sahm, Kelsey Ben); (Staff...Mrs. Podolsky, Mrs. Henry, Mr. Kramer, Mrs. Baumann, Mrs. Thimmesch, Mrs. Welsh, Mrs. White, Ms. Weber, Mrs. Milum, Mrs. Beutin). All of these are the winner of free wings from Buffalo Wild Wings, stop by the main office and pick up your coupon. Mrs. McCullough was the winner of the parking spot.

9) Also congratulations to House 7-2, they were the winner of the t-shirt contest. T-shirts will be available when we get back from the holiday break.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) If you ordered any black sweatshirts, black sweatpants, long or short sleeve t-shirts, please stop by the main office, pay and take your merchandise.

3) Please remember to save Box Tops, Swiss Valley Milk lids and Campbell soup labels while baking over the holidays.

4) Birthdays today - December 20th...Alyssah Ahern, Jerell Bolton, John Coyle, Brianna Lopez, Tyrese Ralston, Cheyenne Schmitt.

5) Congratulations to the following students selected for the Northeast Iowa String Teachers Honors Orchestra. Students selected are Margaret Kratz, Rebecca Schueller, Bailey Hansen and Dona Rogers.

December 16th Dance


Monday, December 19, 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) If you ordered any black sweatshirts, black sweatpants, long or short sleeve t-shirts, please stop by the main office, pay and take your merchandise.

3) Birthdays Today - December 19th...Arielle Brown, Marcus Nathan.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011

Student Announcements - Friday, December 16, 2011 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) Students - The computer lab is very busy now during homebase. If you need a spot, get a pass early and we will assign you a computer. If not, you might not be able to "drop-in" and use the computer. If you sign up for a computer and no longer need one, it is important that you let us know.

Also, next week after you clean out your locker, clean out your backpack and get your lost or overdue library books returned! A great resolution for the new year would be to have no overdue books for the rest of the year! Thank you from Mrs. Neyens and Ms Cairns.

3) If you ordered any black sweatshirts, black sweatpants, long or short sleeve t-shirts, please stop by the main office, pay and take your merchandise.

4) Birthdays Today - December 16th...Zachary Tilton, Evan Wolter. December 18th...Dillon Gottschalk.

Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

5) Congratulations to the students selected for the Northeast Iowa String Teachers Honors Orchestra. These students are Margaret Kratz, Rebecca Schueller, Bailey Hansen and Dona Rogers.

7) This Holiday season the JAVA staff will be selling Christmas Grams to anyone interested. Purchase a Christmas gram for your friends, or teachers. On the Christmas gram make sure you include who it is for, who it is from, and the homebase of the student or teacher you are buying it for. During homebase on the last day of school before Christmas break Java will deliver the Grams with a Candy Cane to anyone who receives one. You can color the picture on the front and write a little Holiday message on the inside. They cost 25 cents each. You pick them up from Cart Mart starting tomorrow. After you complete the Christmas Gram you can take it to the library and put it in the Christmas Gram box. They will be delivered to your homebase on the last day of school before Christmas break. You can send as many as you want to a friend, teacher, counselor, or helper teacher. Happy Holidays from your friendly neighborhood JAVA staff.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Student Announcements - Thursday, December 15, 2011 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) Students - The computer lab is very busy now during homebase. If you need a spot, get a pass early and we will assign you a computer. If not, you might not be able to "drop-in" and use the computer. If you sign up for a computer and no longer need one, it is important that you let us know.

Also, next week after you clean out your locker, clean out your backpack and get your lost or overdue library books returned! A great resolution for the new year would be to have no overdue books for the rest of the year! Thank you from Mrs. Neyens and Ms Cairns.

3) If you ordered any black sweatshirts, black sweatpants, long or short sleeve t-shirts, please stop by the main office, pay and take your merchandise.

4) Birthdays Today - December 15th...Jax Dolan.

5) Congratulations to the students selected for the Northeast Iowa String Teachers Honors Orchestra. These students are Margaret Kratz, Rebecca Schueller, Bailey Hansen and Dona Rogers.

6) Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

7) This Holiday season the JAVA staff will be selling Christmas Grams to anyone interested. Purchase a Christmas gram for your friends, or teachers. On the Christmas gram make sure you include who it is for, who it is from, and the homebase of the student or teacher you are buying it for. During homebase on the last day of school before Christmas break Java will deliver the Grams with a Candy Cane to anyone who receives one. You can color the picture on the front and write a little Holiday message on the inside. They cost 25 cents each. You pick them up from Cart Mart starting tomorrow. After you complete the Christmas Gram you can take it to the library and put it in the Christmas Gram box. They will be delivered to your homebase on the last day of school before Christmas break. You can send as many as you want to a friend, teacher, counselor, or helper teacher. Happy Holidays from your friendly neighborhood JAVA staff.

8) Our next school dance/activity night will be on Friday, December 16th. It is our annual Mini Dance Marathon and proceeds raised are donated to the Loras College Dance Marathon and Children's Miracle Network, helping kids all over the state/locally who are battling illnesses and disease.  Cost for the dance is $3, and there will be some extra activities like dodgeball and knockout which are available for $1.  Snacks will be available for purchase.  You must have a school id to attend the dance and ID's will not be made on Friday. 

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Student Announcements - Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) Students - The computer lab is very busy now during homebase. If you need a spot, get a pass early and we will assign you a computer. If not, you might not be able to "drop-in" and use the computer. If you sign up for a computer and no longer need one, it is important that you let us know.

3) Next week after you clean out your locker, clean out your backpack and get your lost or overdue library books returned! A great resolution for the new year would be to have no overdue books for the rest of the year! Thank you from Mrs. Neyens and Ms Cairns.

4) If you ordered any black sweatshirts, black sweatpants, long or short sleeve t-shirts, please stop by the main office, pay and take your merchandise.

5) Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

6) This Holiday season the JAVA staff will be selling Christmas Grams to anyone interested. Purchase a Christmas gram for your friends, or teachers. On the Christmas gram make sure you include who it is for, who it is from, and the homebase of the student or teacher you are buying it for. During homebase on the last day of school before Christmas break Java will deliver the Grams with a Candy Cane to anyone who receives one. You can color the picture on the front and write a little Holiday message on the inside. They cost 25 cents each. You pick them up from Cart Mart starting tomorrow. After you complete the Christmas Gram you can take it to the library and put it in the Christmas Gram box. They will be delivered to your homebase on the last day of school before Christmas break. You can send as many as you want to a friend, teacher, counselor, or helper teacher. Happy Holidays from your friendly neighborhood JAVA staff.

7) Our next school dance/activity night will be on Friday, December 16th. It is our annual Mini Dance Marathon and proceeds raised are donated to the Loras College Dance Marathon and Children's Miracle Network, helping kids all over the state/locally who are battling illnesses and disease.  Cost for the dance is $3, and there will be some extra activities like dodgeball and knockout which are available for $1.  Snacks will be available for purchase.  You must have a school id to attend the dance and ID's will not be made on Friday. 


Monday, December 12, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Student Announcements - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) Sports Today - Girls Basketball...Jefferson vs. Washington White. 7th grade at Jefferson and 8th grade at Washington; both games begin at 4 p.m.

3) Birthdays today - December 13th...Jeremiah Brown, Ethan Sanchez.

Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Student Announcements - Monday, December 12, 2011 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) Sports Today - Girls Basketball...Jefferson vs. Washington Blue. 7th grade at Jefferson and 8th grade at Washington; both games begin at 4 p.m.

3) Birthdays today - December 12th...Kara Greve, Kyle Smith.

Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Friday, December 9, 2011

Student Announcements - Friday, December 9, 2011 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) Birthdays today - December 9th...Marshon Crowder, Harrison Kivlahan, Samantha Olsen. December 10th...Logan Reavis. December 11th...Griffin Benson, Jennifer Hammerand.

3)Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

4) It's book fair time! This fair is a regular, full-price book fair but new this year is an online fair. Pick up a flyer in the library to access the online site and anything you purchase will arrive at Jefferson by the 15th of December and the library will earn points for new books.

5) Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

6) Attention students...Do you have a talent such as singing, playing an instrument, or dancing? Auditions for this year's talent show will be after school on December 14th or 15th from 2:45-4:00. If you are interested in trying out for the show, you should prepare an act and come to one of the after school times and present your act to the panel of judges. We are not able to put all of the acts in the final show, so the judges rate the acts on whether they are interesting and show preparation and talent. All acts should be between 1 and 4 minutes long and contain nothing that is offensive. You can pick up specific guidelines from Ms. Baumann or Ms. Roussel in the guidance office. For those acts needing accompanying music, there will be a computer with internet access available during the auditions.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Student Announcements - Thursday, December 8, 2011 Day B

1) Today is a Day A.

2) Violas, Cellos, Bass only for Orchestra today.

3) Sports Today - Girls Basketball...Jefferson vs. Roosevelt Purple. 7th grade at Jefferson and 8th grade at Roosevelt; both games begin at 4 p.m.

4) Sports Today - Wrestling...Jefferson vs. Roosevelt vs. Mazzuchelli at Mazzuchelli beginning at 4 p.m.

5) Birthdays today - December 8th...Tyler Humphrey, Taylor Rehfeldt.

6) It's book fair time! This fair is a regular, full-price book fair but new this year is an online fair. Pick up a flyer in the library to access the online site and anything you purchase will arrive at Jefferson by the 15th of December and the library will earn points for new books.

7) Violas, Cellos, Bass only for Orchestra on Thursday.

8) Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

9) Attention students...Do you have a talent such as singing, playing an instrument, or dancing? Auditions for this year's talent show will be after school on December 14th or 15th from 2:45-4:00. If you are interested in trying out for the show, you should prepare an act and come to one of the after school times and present your act to the panel of judges. We are not able to put all of the acts in the final show, so the judges rate the acts on whether they are interesting and show preparation and talent. All acts should be between 1 and 4 minutes long and contain nothing that is offensive. You can pick up specific guidelines from Ms. Baumann or Ms. Roussel in the guidance office. For those acts needing accompanying music, there will be a computer with internet access available during the auditions.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Student Announcements - Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) Attention students - there are currently 323 overdue items from the library - let's get those returned or renewed so you can check out more books! Also, be aware if you have a book that has been overdue since September, you will receive a charge for it. If you are not sure, check with Ms. Cairns or Mrs. Neyens.

3) It's book fair time! This fair is a regular, full-price book fair but new this year is an online fair. Pick up a flyer in the library to access the online site and anything you purchase will arrive at Jefferson by the 15th of December and the library will earn points for new books.

4) Violas, Cellos, Bass only for Orchestra on Thursday.

5) Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

6) Attention students...Do you have a talent such as singing, playing an instrument, or dancing? Auditions for this year's talent show will be after school on December 14th or 15th from 2:45-4:00. If you are interested in trying out for the show, you should prepare an act and come to one of the after school times and present your act to the panel of judges. We are not able to put all of the acts in the final show, so the judges rate the acts on whether they are interesting and show preparation and talent. All acts should be between 1 and 4 minutes long and contain nothing that is offensive. You can pick up specific guidelines from Ms. Baumann or Ms. Roussel in the guidance office. For those acts needing accompanying music, there will be a computer with internet access available during the auditions.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Student Announcements - Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) Attention students - there are currently 323 overdue items from the library - let's get those returned or renewed so you can check out more books! Also, be aware if you have a book that has been overdue since September, you will receive a charge for it. If you are not sure, check with Ms. Cairns or Mrs. Neyens.

3) It's book fair time! This fair is a regular, full-price book fair but new this year is an online fair. Pick up a flyer in the library to access the online site and anything you purchase will arrive at Jefferson by the 15th of December and the library will earn points for new books.

4) Sports Today - Wrestling...Washington vs. Mazzuchelli vs. Jefferson at Jefferson beginning at 4 p.m.

5) Birthdays today - December 6th...Antonia Naab, Izek Schatzabel.

6)Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

7) Attention students...Do you have a talent such as singing, playing an instrument, or dancing? Auditions for this year's talent show will be after school on December 14th or 15th from 2:45-4:00. If you are interested in trying out for the show, you should prepare an act and come to one of the after school times and present your act to the panel of judges. We are not able to put all of the acts in the final show, so the judges rate the acts on whether they are interesting and show preparation and talent. All acts should be between 1 and 4 minutes long and contain nothing that is offensive. You can pick up specific guidelines from Ms. Baumann or Ms. Roussel in the guidance office. For those acts needing accompanying music, there will be a computer with internet access available during the auditions.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Student Announcements - Monday, December 5, 2011 Day A

1) Today is a Day A.

2) Birthdays Today - December 5th...Randle Milton.

Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

3) Attention students...Do you have a talent such as singing, playing an instrument, or dancing? Auditions for this year's talent show will be after school on December 14th or 15th from 2:45-4:00. If you are interested in trying out for the show, you should prepare an act and come to one of the after school times and present your act to the panel of judges. We are not able to put all of the acts in the final show, so the judges rate the acts on whether they are interesting and show preparation and talent. All acts should be between 1 and 4 minutes long and contain nothing that is offensive. You can pick up specific guidelines from Ms. Baumann or Ms. Roussel in the guidance office. For those acts needing accompanying music, there will be a computer with internet access available during the auditions.



Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011

Student Announcements - Friday, December 2, 2011 Day B

1) Today is a Day B.

2) Attention students...Do you have a talent such as singing, playing an instrument, or dancing? Auditions for this year's talent show will be after school on December 14th or 15th from 2:45-4:00. If you are interested in trying out for the show, you should prepare an act and come to one of the after school times and present your act to the panel of judges. We are not able to put all of the acts in the final show, so the judges rate the acts on whether they are interesting and show preparation and talent. All acts should be between 1 and 4 minutes long and contain nothing that is offensive. You can pick up specific guidelines from Ms. Baumann or Ms. Roussel in the guidance office. For those acts needing accompanying music, there will be a computer with internet access available during the auditions.

3) Congratulations to this year's House Spelling Bee winners! They are as follows: 6-1...Koehler Miller, Max Coenen, Taylor Greenwald; 6-2...Emma Wiebke, Brianna Heffner, Joseph Hoyne; 7-1...Olivia Auderer, Carrie Klein, Grace Priest; 7-2...Nick Miller, Cody Bartels, Ethan Sanchez; 8-1...Toni Naab, Justin Bahl, Grant Davis; 8-2...Austin Howard, Liz Griesinger, Anna Gates. Students need to report to the auditorium on Tuesday, December 6th at 11:00. Please let your homebase teacher know where you are going and you will return to your homebase immediately following the Spelling Bee. The top 5 winners will move on to the next round at Washington Middle School. Good luck and be sure to study this weekend!

4) Birthdays - December 4th...Jordan Hennessy, Stephanie Oberfoell.

Used Shoe Drive TJMS will be holding a shoe drive from December 1st to December 20th. Bring all of your old athletic shoes to the main office. All of the shoes will be taken to a Nike plant and recycled. If you have any questions please contact Emily Schleter, House 7-1.

Report Card Envelopes Your signed report card envelops are due today. If you have lost your envelope you need to purchase a new one in the main office. The cost for a new envelop is $1.