West Jefferson

Seniors and Parents - Please see the attached flyer about a FAFSA Night on 2/26/24 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Representatives from CEI will be here to help fill out the form. Please remember that you need to have a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID created BEFORE filling out the FAFSA . It can take between 3 - 5 days for them to verify your FSA ID so please create one soon. Most deadlines for scholarships are March 1st and this is a key component to complete. Please let me know if you have any questions. Mr. Gemar

Weekly Athletic Schedule for Feb. 5-10, 2024 Notice the updated start times for Tuesday's JH Boys' Basketball Game and Wednesday's HS Boys' Basketball Game.

Our Lady Panthers are still clawing their way through the district tournament. After a big win at Firth last night, our girls advance to Game 7 against Ririe in a loser-out game. Ririe always has a big crowd! Let's show them how supportive our Panther Fans are!

February 2024 School Lunch Menu

Our Head Girls' Basketball Coach, Jalena Dixon (aka Coach Jo), recently reached a milestone in her coaching career. 100 WINS as Head Coach! Coach Jo first coached basketball during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons under the direction of Jessica Shanafelt. For those two years, the Lady Panthers earned back-to-back State Championships. Coach Jo then moved out of the area and took a short break from coaching. In 2013, she returned to West Jefferson as an assistant girls' basketball coach under the direction of Gary Skidmore. After Coach Skidmore retired from coaching, Jalena was named the Head Girls' Basketball Coach for the 2016-17 season and has held that position for 8 seasons. Coach Jo would like to thank all of the coaches she has worked with over the years. She has learned valuable things from each of them. She wants to especially thank her current assistant coaches, Sharee Perkins, Kami Hirschi, and Greg Williams, for their dedication to the girls' basketball program. She would like to thank Coach Dave Hadley, who she says has always given her much-needed guidance and support. He has taught her a lot about strategies and the rules of basketball and has been an invaluable mentor to her. Coach Jo says she is so very thankful for all the girls she has coached and this accomplishment certainly wouldn't be possible without them. They have become lifelong friends to her and one of her greatest joys is getting to see the awesome things they do in their lives after high school. Last, but definitely not least, she would like to tell her family how much she loves and appreciates them. They have supported her through the ups and downs of coaching, and she is very grateful for them! Congrats, Coach Jo, on 100 wins!

During the Girls District Basketball Tournament, our Lady Panthers beat Salmon 61-30. They went on to play North Fremont and lost 47-60. They will now play Firth in Game 5 on Thursday, Feb. 1 at Firth High School. This is a loser-out game. Go cheer on our girls, and be sure to get there early since Firth bleachers fill up quick!!

SENIOR NIGHT! We will be honoring our Senior Boys Basketball Players on Wednesday, January 31st at our HOME Game vs. Ririe. Senior night events will take place following the JV Game. *Seniors* Cooper Hall Nic Leonardsen LJ Pancheri Jaren Rojas ***A big THANK YOU to Rachel Burtenshaw for taking photos of our boys basketball players.***

EDITED TO ADD: Thursday's JH Game has now been changed to be IN Teton. *************************************************************** Weekly Athletic Schedule for Jan. 29- Feb. 3, 2024 MONDAY our Girls Basketball team will play their first district game at HOME. Just a reminder for District Games, student activity cards and local athletic passes/discounts do not apply for "free" admission. Admission Prices: Seniors 65+ ~ $5 Adults & Students 7-12th Grades w/o Activity Card ~ $7 7-12th Students with Activity Card ~ $6 K-6 Students ~ $6 Ages 4 & Under ~ Free TUESDAY - Following our Wrestling Team's dual with Firth, we will have an Alumni Night with Blacklight Wrestling. This event was very entertaining last year and I'm sure this year will be just as entertaining! WEDNESDAY - Our Boys Basketball Team has Senior Night before the Varsity Game. We will be honoring our 4 Seniors.

SENIOR NIGHT! We will be honoring our Senior Basketball Cheerleaders on Thursday, January 25th at our HOME Games vs. Salmon. *Seniors* Lilly Sauer Heidi Lou Van Wagner ***A big THANK YOU to Rachel Burtenshaw for taking photos of our cheerleaders.***

SENIOR NIGHT! We will be honoring our Senior Girls Basketball Players on Thursday, January 25th at our HOME Game vs. Salmon. Be there by 5:40pm for Senior Night. Girls Varsity Game starts at 6:00pm. *Seniors* Hailey Moss Ethnie Shaffer ***A big THANK YOU to Shelby Pancheri for taking photos of our athletes.***

SENIOR NIGHT! We will be honoring our Senior Wrestlers on Wednesday, January 24th at our HOME Wrestling Match vs. Ririe & Rigby. Be there by 4:45pm for Senior Night, wrestling starts at 5:00pm. *West Jefferson Seniors* Darren Grover Hilary Vargas *Clark County Senior* Skylar Crandall ***A big THANK YOU to Rachel Burtenshaw for the photos of the WJ Wrestlers and Michelle Ames for the photo of the Clark County Wrestler.***

Our 2nd Annual Backlight Mania/Alumni Night will be held on Tuesday, January 30th. We host Firth that night. Come and support our Wrestlers for their last home duel of the season and stay for some fun entertainment afterwards. Also, for all of you alumni from West Jefferson, come and be a part of the fun night as well! Contact Coach Rogers, Coach Fisher, or Coach Eliason to sign-up!

Due to illness, today's Boys Basketball Game at Soda Springs has been CANCELLED. Sorry for any inconvenience. As this is a non-conference game and is late in the season, it will not be rescheduled. No HS Boys Basketball practice today (Tue. Jan. 23.)

Weekly Athletic Schedule for Jan. 22-27, 2024 We have 2 Senior Nights this week. On our day full of basketball on Thursday, the Panther Den will be cleared after the 8th grade game and the regular admission table will be set up for entrance into the high school games. (All regular season passes, discounts, and activity cards will be honored as usual.)

Weekly Athletic Schedule - Jan. 15-20, 2024

Due to extreme windchill conditions, West Jefferson will have a 2-hour delayed start - Tuesday, January 16th. School will end at regular time. No AM Preschool or Kindergarten.

This conference GBB game is still scheduled to happen tonight!

THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Tonight's (Fri, Jan. 12th) WJ JH Mary Poppins Jr. Play will still be happening at 6:00pm. If you reserved tickets and will not be able to make it to tonight's show, you can move your ticket reservation to a different night. Send a message to media@wjsd.org to request any changes to your ticket reservation.

UPDATE (as of 2:00pm): *Tonight's (Fri, Jan. 12th) 6:00pm JH Mary Poppins Play is ON. If you reserved tickets and will not be able to make it to tonight's show, you can move your ticket reservation to a different night. Send a message to media@wjsd.org to request any changes to your ticket reservation. *Also, our HS Girls Basketball teams WILL be playing their games tonight at North Fremont. *Our Boys and Girls Wrestling Teams are planning to wrestle on Saturday (Jan. 13) at Madison ***************************************************************************************** More cancellations may come as the day progresses. Come back to this post for updates as more information comes throughout the day. Friday, January 12th. *Tutoring Day for today is canceled. *Ski School is canceled for today and rescheduled for Feb. 9th. *HS Girls Wrestling at Madison is canceled for Friday, still on for Saturday, Jan. 13th. *HS Boys Wrestling at Wendell is canceled. They plan to wrestle at Madison on Saturday, Jan. 13th. *Tonight's JH Mary Poppins Play will be showing at 6:00pm as originally scheduled. *Tonight's HS Girls Basketball Game is still on as scheduled.

Our West Jefferson Booster Club is holding their annual Blue & White Dinner on Monday, January 22nd at 6:30pm at the ALC Gym. Come enjoy dinner (free, but donations are welcome!), entertainment, and raffle. Raffle rickets can be purchase ahead of time and on the night of the drawing. See you there!