Jefferson Middle School
A National School of Excellence
A SMART Showcase “Elite” School
In partnership with our parents and community, we
are committed to connecting students to their
JMS Mission:
futures through academic excellence,
Jaguar Journal
9/30/2016
General News
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Attention Parents
If you ever have any announcements that you would like to go out in the Jefferson Journal,
please send them to Sandra Sondgeroth @ [email protected].
Announcements
 Tutoring Time is Tuesdays and Thursdays in the cafeteria. It starts after
school and goes till 4:00pm. This is a great place to go to work on
homework as well as get help if needed.
 Fellowship of Christian Athletes Huddle every Thursday in the gym at
7:15am. All students are welcome to join for fun games, a
student-led bible study, and a light breakfast.
 Art Club meets on Wednesdays from 2:45—3:30pm. All are welcome!
Student Corner—Field Trip
6th grade Leaders students recently attended a field trip to Spurlock Museum where they got
a hands-on experience with history! Students categorized artifacts into different themes and
learned about various cultures in the five galleries of the museum. A great time was had by
all!
Student Corner—Bottle Rockets
This week in Science students have been building and launching bottle rockets as part of their
Astronomy Unit. After the initial launch, students embraced their inner engineer and
identified a modification to improve their rocket's performance before launching again.
Perfect Pals
It is not too late to join Perfect Pals! See Ms. Gibson
in room 715 to get more information and pick up a
permission slip. For members who already attended
the informational meeting, return your permission slip as soon as possible.
Attention 8th grade families who participated in the field trip
fundraiser:
8th grade field trip fundraiser pick-up day is Tuesday October 4th. Please
have a plan for pick-up at 2:45 and a way to keep your items frozen. Items
must be picked up then. We appreciate your support. If you have any
questions, please contact Mrs. Jill Cappa [email protected].
School Walk-In
Jefferson will be participating in the Unit 4 and
Nationwide school walk-in on October 6th. Parents/
guardians and students are encouraged to come and
show their support for public schools, teachers,
administrators, and staff. This could be in the form of
signs, t-shirts, buttons, or simply just by coming!
We will meet out front of Jefferson Middle School between 7:10 and 7:15. Parents and
guardians are encouraged then to come inside Jefferson with their student and enjoy coffee
and donuts compliments of the Jefferson PTA. This is a chance to interact with other parents
and show your support for public schools! Teachers, administrators, and staff will be going in
and out of the room as well, so this is a great time to meet and greet your students teachers if
you haven't yet!
We will kick off with a quick announcement from Mrs. Keene - President of the PTA, an
announcement from Mr. Guzman - Assistant Principal of Jefferson Middle School, and Jen
White - President of the CFT. After that, you are free to mingle with teachers, staff, and admin
present. We will end at 7:50 as classes start here at Jefferson.
***If you would like to spend some time in class with your student after the event to see how
they do or to see how school classes are ran, please feel free to do so. We ask that if you are
doing this you check in at the main office before walking to their class with them so we have
an accurate count of who is in the building. ***
Thank you very much for your participation and support and if you have any questions, please
direct them to Zachary Craven at [email protected].
Attention Parents—Search for a New Superintendent
On behalf of the Unit 4 Board of Education:
Champaign CUSD 4 Board of Education is conducting a search for a new
superintendent. The selection of a new superintendent is probably the
most important decision a board of education has to make; therefore, the
Board has hired the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) to assist in this process.
The Board of Education is seeking community input in the search process. The Board requests
that community members complete an online survey provided by the IASB, linked below. The
survey will stay open through October 19.
The results will be tallied and used by the Board and Screening Team to develop a brochure to
advertise the position.
Thank you for taking time to complete the survey.
English version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HG58V38
Spanish version: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/HG3NDMC
French version: https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/Z2LWJ98
Choir
For any student who likes to sing, Jefferson has two extra-curricular
choirs - a 6th Grade Choir for 6th graders and Varsity Choir for 7th & 8th
graders. 6th Grade rehearses on Tuesdays from 2:45-3:30 and Varsity
rehearses on Wednesdays from 2:45-4:00 in the Music Room (109).
Permission slips for Choir must be signed and returned to Ms. Martin,
and consistent weekly attendance is expected. Contact Ms. Martin
at [email protected] if you have any questions about Choir at JMS!
From the Library
October will be an exciting month at
Jefferson. Author Sharon Flake will be visiting our school
on Thursday, October 20 at 1:10 for an all school assembly as
part of the 2016 Youth Literature Festival. Ms. Flake has received
multiple awards for young adult literature including the Corretta
Scott King Award forThe Skin I'm In, Money Hungry and Who Am I Without Him. This is
Ms. Flake's second visit to Jefferson and we could not be happier to have her back. More
about the author can be found at <http://www.sharongflake.com/>.
Box Tops for Education
Box Tops for education has a new bonus app called
"Box Tops Bonus App - School Fundraising" By
using the app you can double the money we get
back. Please consider downloading and using this
app. Find out more information Click Here. Thank
you for your time and efforts for improving our
school.
Upcoming Athletic Events
Cross Country
October 1: Monticello—Lodge Park at 9:00am
October 4: Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 4:15pm
Girls Basketball
October 4: @ Danville North Ridge MS at 4:30pm
October 5: @ Franklin MS at 4:15pm
Intramurals
Intramurals are canceled until further notice.