Students in Ms. Roger's Art class drew and colored dragon's eyes. Students worked on shading and detail for a small piece.
8th grade students in Ms. Triggs ELA classes completed a gallery walk on historical images as an introduction to their new unit on the Holocaust. Students chose the image that they wanted to respond to at each stop in the gallery walk and wrote a description of the image, what they learned from it, their response to the image and how they can connect to it.
7th grade students in Ms. McClelland's and Ms. Hall's ELA classes have been creating a character web for the novel they are currently reading, Red Scarf Girl. Students have been responsible for creating the cards and images that represent each character and webbing them together.
We’ve reached the halfway mark of the first nine weeks! Please check your student’s grades on Canvas, and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact their teacher. Let’s work together to finish out this term strong!
Experiment Time in 8th Grade Science! Students in both Ms. Meadows and Mr. Madelo's classes used their knowledge of microscopes to observe different samples under magnification. Students then completed a lab report on their experiment.
Thank you to everyone who celebrated National Beach Day today! Also, congratulations to our Rock, Paper, Scissors Winners. 6th Grade: Lilli Green and Julio Toro. 7th Grade: Ivy Brick and Leila Morgan. 8th Grade: Izzy Fetty and Mitchel Strankonsky. Students participated in a Rock, Paper, Scissor Tournament and other Beach Day festivities during lunch.
Students in Ms. Friend's Agriculture Science classes completed some fun beginning of the year activities to start the year. First, students used Play-Doh to create their names and then completed a gallery walk to learn each other's names. Then, later in the week, students used Legos to create a representation of what they think agriculture means.
XC - 08/05/24 830-10 at CTMS. Parent meeting after practice on Friday 8/9/24 after practice.
Cheer - 08/05/24 Parent meeting at 6pm in the cafeteria. Tryouts 8/12/24 at 6-730PM. Last half hour will be outside.
Football - Tryouts 8/12/24 3-5. Tuesday 8/13/24 practice 3-5 parent meeting right after.
All athletes are to bring their physicals as of May 1, 2024 if they have not already. Bring water!!
🍎🌟 JCS offers teachers professional learning for classroom excellence! We're excited to share the success of our third annual Classroom Management Workshop! Our amazing educators engaged in interactive sessions over three days to boost their teaching strategies. This focus on continuous improvement gave them new tools and techniques to create even better and more supportive classrooms. The enthusiastic participation and positive feedback demonstrate just how impactful this workshop was in fostering educational excellence!
JCS IMPORTANT REMINDER: Rising 7th & 12th Graders must show proof of immunization of TDaP and MCV4 (Meningitis) vaccine. You can find more information and upload proof of immunization at jcswv.org/vaccine
This just in: Volleyball Conditioning
ATTENTION ALL :: upcoming 6th,7th and 8th grade panthers
Volleyball Conditioning starts Tuesday July 16th from 2:30 to 4:30 Monday to Friday in the gym up to the day of tryouts. (Tryout date TBD by the new head coach)
REQUIRED :: physical dated after May 1st, 2024
WHAT TO BRING:
Plenty of water, knee pads if you have them and a positive attitude.
Coach Crouse will be running conditioning with Coach Robinson stopping in when she can.
Please share with anyone that maybe interested.
*****This is OPTIONAL AND NOT REQUIRED ****
Thank you for your patience as we have been working to fill the head coach vacancy.
JCS Families: Reminder free physicals today at Harpers Ferry Middle School from 1:30 pm- 3:00 pm see attached flyer for more information.
JCS wants your feedback! We continually seek to improve how we communicate with our families and community. Please take a moment to complete our JCS Communications Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/P1SwEePqvK
JCS End of Year Newsletter! What you need to know between now and August: https://secure.smore.com/n/smw8t
6th Grade students in Ms. Ervine's classes used the engineering design process to create towers using pencils that can hold the weight of an apple. Students enjoyed coming up with designs and measuring their creations.
8th Grade students in Ms. Sinoy's Math classes prepared for the WVGSA by completing a Question Trail. Students enjoyed solving problems and the weather as they completed the trail outside.
CTMS Community: Check out the WVGSA Special Edition of the CTMS Prowler:
https://secure.smore.com/n/wput5
Student in Ms. Hollcroft's ELA classes completed a gallery walk as test prep for the WVGSA. Students identified test question types and the amount of answers needed for each question.
7th Grade students in Science classes taught by Ms. Narsolis completed a question trail on the depletion of natural resources as part of their renewable and non-renewable resource unit. Students' answers choices led them to the next question.
6th Grade students attended an assembly led by Mr. William Herndon from the Fire Marshall's Office in Loudoun County. He was joined by Bali, an accelerant detection canine. Mr. Herndon shared about his job, cases he has worked on, and showed a demonstration of what Bali has been trained to do.
