During our Regular School Board Meeting yesterday, our board approved the following changes to this year's school calendar. These changes were necessary for us to make up the hours that dropped below the state-requirement when we had more weather closures than what was scheduled into our previously approved calendar.
April 14, 2023 is now:
- Full School Day for Hamer 4th Grade
- Full School Day for High School 9th-12th Grades
- Regular Tutoring for All Other Grades (8:05am - 11:00am)
May 12, 2023 is now:
- Full School Day for Hamer 4th Grade
- Full School Day for High School 9th-12th Grades
- Regular Tutoring for All Other Grades (8:05am - 11:00am)
Faculty members from all four of our schools went to Idaho Falls for the Annual “Scratch for Schools” event sponsored by the Idaho Lottery.
This is a timed event and they only have a few minutes each round to scratch lotto tickets to earn money for our schools.
Hamer Elementary - $265
Terreton Elementary - $265
WJ Junior High - $300
WJ High School - $300
High School Track & Field begins this week with a meet at Kimberly on Friday, March 17.
We hope this schedule stays as is, but no promises! There may be changes due to field conditions/weather.
Keep track of all meet results on www.athletic.net.
Our high school leadership students planned a fun night of Glow in the Dark volleyball!
Thanks to their advisor, Chet Packer, for all of his help in planning this fun activity.
Thank you to our community for voting and showing your support for our school district!
The Supplemental Levy Renewal has passed.
Our BPA members recently competed in the Regional Competition. We had several Regional Winners who qualified for the State Competition.
Congratulations to:
~ Katelynn Johnson: Interview Skills and Health Administration
~ Haidy Mendoza: Payroll Accounting and Computer Security
~ Jordynn Palmer: Medical Diagnostic Coding and Health Adm. Procedures
~ Chayse Van Eps: Legal Office Procedures
At the State Competition, Alexia Ashcraft received her Statesman Torch Award.
While in Boise, our BPA group was able to tour the State Capital and go into Governor Little's office.
A big thank you goes to our BPA Advisor, Angela Horikami!
Regular School Board Meeting Agenda - Thursday, March 16. Executive session begins at 12:00pm with regular session to follow at approximately 1:30pm.
Meeting will be open to the public as well as streamed live on our YouTube channel.
HS Football Meeting, Wed. Mar. 15 during lunch
Supplemental Levy Renewal
Jr. High Track & Field Meeting - Friday, March 17 during lunch break for all 6th-8th Graders who are interested in being on the track team.
Great news! Our High School Scholastic Team finished in First Place at the district meet in Mackay on March 8! We are the District Champions! The team members are Mayli Allen, Lili Allen, Darren Grover, Anna Parker, and Emma Sauer.
Our team was unable to attend Regionals on Friday, March 10, because of the weather.
A big thanks goes to Cara Shuldberg, our Scholastic Team Advisor!
Today, Friday, March 10th, with the new snow and predicted wind warnings, out of extreme caution, Hamer will be released at 12:20pm & Terreton at 1:20pm. Each student will come home with an assignment. No PM Kindergarten in Terreton. - Mr. Williams
Leading up to our week long Spring Break, the next two Fridays are Regular School Days for everyone. March 10th & March 17th, 2023.
Our softball season begins with a weekend tournament March 10 & 11.
If any games need to be changed because of weather/field conditions, we will try to keep any game changes posted on our weekly athletics post, on our app events calendar, and on our website.
All of our softball games this year will be live broadcasted through The GameChanger App! If you’d like to follow along and watch our games this season go onto GameChanger and follow our team as either a fan or a family member of one of the players!
https://gc.com/teammanager/team/0b2d79a1-60fb-446c-b8ef-81a5432ebfc0
Nuclear Conference 2022-23 All- Conference Boys Basketball Teams have been released.
Congratulations to our West Jefferson athletes Blake Briggs and Bo Petersen.
Nuclear Conference 2022-23 All- Conference Girls Basketball Teams have been released.
Congratulations to our West Jefferson athletes Jordyn Torgerson and Maggie Barrientos.
Recently, our West Jefferson FCCLA students participated in the Region 6 STAR Event competitions. Each one of them presented a project they've been working on to a panel of judges! They all did a FANTASTIC job, and they all qualified for the State competitions which will be the first week of April in Boise.
CONGRATULATIONS to:
Briseidad Aguilar - Teach & Train
Javier Martinez - Interpersonal Communications
Michell Aguiar - Job Interview
Sonnet Scott - Repurpose & Redesign
Alexia Tafoya - National Programs in Action
Ellie Carpenter & Elizabeth Tafoya - Hospitality Tourism & Recreation
Anahi Figueroa & Jaren Rojas - Promote and Publicize
Glow-in-the-Dark Volleyball event - Wednesday, March 15th at 7:00pm in the Panther Den. The community is invited to come watch this fun event!
Our DYW participants are working on a service project that they are hoping the community can help them with.
Please read through the flyer to see if there is any way you can help.
This year's DYW participants are: Kirra Falter, Bryndi Johnson, Hailey Moss, Jordynn Palmer, Lilly Sauer, Ethnie Shaffer, and Abby Wilcox
P.A.W. Meetings to go over our upcoming Supplemental Levy Renewal will be held Tuesday, March 7th at 10am and 6pm. Other topics covered in this meeting are: 23-24 School Planning , District Calendar Input, and Parent Choice Options. There will be a round table discussion that allows anyone to ask questions and give input.
Everyone is welcome to come to either meeting. Hope to see you there!
Election Day is Tuesday, March 14 from 8am to 8pm.
