Eric Johnson with Integrity Financial Group sponsored our student of the month program for September. Great group of kids doing great things!!
Winter Warmth Drive ~ Student Council is organizing a warmth drive with DM area schools. The drive will go through next Thursday (10/13). Our local CRISP organization will let us know if they need anything specific, and we take that out of our donations before we have the trucks pick up on the 14th. After everything is delivered and sorted in DM our local organizations can contact them for other needs. Please bring and encourage others to bring items through next week!
Captain Kevin Morrow spoke to a class today. He was in town for the 125th birthday celebration for local hero and monuments man George Stout.
WJHS showing school spirit on Neon Day! #allin
Homecoming week brings a lot of school spirit with dress up days. Today we saw a lot of country club and country walking the halls. While having fun, we still have time to make meaning of the Giver in 7th grade literacy!
WJH Boys Cross Country athletes came home with a 1st place plaque and some medals at the Southwest Valley XC Meet last week! CONGRATS guys on doing a great job!
We are appreciative of guest speaker! Sarah Cowman volunteered her day to talk to all of Mr. Heithoff's 7th grade classes. Topic- Land development and zoning in the Winterset area.
7th grade football is home tonight vs North Polk. Working hard on a wonderful evening!
8th grade students have been learning about variables and controlled experiments by testing catapult launch angles.
Here is the 2nd Husky Minute for the school year. We have a lot of great things going on each day and numerous students to celebrate for their hard work.
https://youtu.be/DLSTadkFUgY
The fall sports season kicked off today with our first volleyball and football games. 8th grade @ADM and 7th grade @ home.
This week's "Leader of the PACK" (Professional Skills, Accountability for self, Care for self and Kindness for others) is awarded to Abbey Williams. Mrs. Williams is loved by everyone in the Junior High. A few "star" comments from our students to Mrs. Williams are: "Thanks for always checking up on everyone when they seem sad"; "You have helped me out through a lot of rough times and I will always be very grateful"; "You do a ton for our school but sometimes don't get recognized for all you do. You always know how to make me laugh and I love going to your room"; "Thank you for being a happy and positive person".
Keep up the great work Mrs. Williams!
WJH will be highlighting our "Leader of the PACK" teachers and staff throughout the school year. This will be based on our PACK standards (Professional skills; Accountability for self; Care for self; Kindness to others). To start us off this year, Mr. Heyer was our Leader of the PACK for week #1. A few "star" comments from our students for Mr. Heyer are: "Thank you for keeping our school safe and positive"; "You always make time to talk to students"; "Thanks for being a great leader"; Thank you for greeting us with kindness"; "I like the way you walk around during lunchtime and talk to us" and "you have been my favorite principal so far".
WJH Administrative Leaders (Mr. Heyer and Mr. Sussex) sporting their new kicks!
WJH Staff after the first day of school!
We are off and running. 5 minutes after the start of school the hallways were clear and students were in class connecting with teachers and students. #allin
Set those alarms! School start tomorrow at 8:00am! Doors will open at 7:45. Schedules will be handed out in the JH commons!!
The Junior High staff is ready and looking forward to connecting with students and families tonight. Hope to see everyone in the hallways soon!!!
Be sure to check the Electronic Backpack for a letter from Cartwells, WCSD's new food service provider!
SmartPass ~ WJH will be piloting a new digital hall pass system this year. The digital pass will replace the traditional hall pass, sign out sheets, lanyards, etc. It will also provide Administrators a list of students who are outside the classroom for any reason at any point in time.
Students will be able to create or request a pass and it will interruption free for the classroom.
The best feature of this new digital pass system is in an emergency, Administration will have real time access and be able to ensure students are where they should be and accounted for.