West Jefferson Junior High

Junior High Track & Field practice will begin after Spring Break! Any interested 6th-8th graders will start track practice on Monday, April 1st right after school. A parent meeting will be held at 5:15pm. First meet is Wed. April 3rd, so it's important that athletes attend Monday and Tuesday practices. The JH Track schedule can be found on our district website: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3558/WJJH/4110657/2024_JH_Track_Schedule__Revised_.pdf Make sure your WJSD app is ready to go, as team communication will be taking place through the ROOMS section of this app. Contact our Technology Specialist, Jon Reyna, if you need help getting set up on the app. (reynaj@wjsd.org)

We’ve seen our amazing parents fill the gym for a game, the auditorium for a play, and stands for a football game!  The question is can we fill the auditorium for a meeting about some awesome academic things we have going on at the high school that trickles down to the junior high? We are excited to present “Destination Success!” The first of a few parent meetings we have coming up in our Destination to Success series!  Who is Invited: Parents of students grades 6-11, students grades 6-11, and anyone else who might benefit from this information!  When: Tuesday, March 19th @ 6:30pm!  Where: WJ High School Auditorium  What: Come learn more about advanced opportunities, our new math program pathways, and how those are connected to our CTE classes, and learn about our CTE pathways and clubs! There is a really cool connection between all of them!  How: We have arranged a fun night, so you won’t only learn, you will play a game throughout the night to win fun prizes, sample and see things from the different presenters, eat some fun food, and show your kids that learning at school can even happen for parents!  We are excited to try something we haven’t before.  Why: “For decades, researchers have point­ed to one key suc­cess fac­tor that tran­scends near­ly all oth­ers, such as socioe­co­nom­ic sta­tus, stu­dent back­ground or the kind of school a stu­dent attends: parental involve­ment.” “Parent involvement in education is crucial. Regardless of family income or background, students whose parents are involved in their schooling are more likely to have higher grades and test scores, attend school regularly, have better social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school.” “Parental involve­ment also more secure­ly sets these stu­dents up to devel­op a life­long love of learn­ing, which researchers say is key to long-term success.” “When parents are involved at school, the performance of all the children at school, not just their own, tends to improve. The more comprehensive and well planned the partnership between school and home, the higher the student achievement.” We would love your support! ❤️❤️

Here is the link for online ordering of winter sports photos http://joshpphoto.hhimagehost.com/WJSDWinterSports24 Enter your email first, then the last name of the athlete as the access code. (first letter capitalized) It is set up so it shows the individual athlete, and their associated team group photo so parents can see both. Contact Josh Petersen Photography if you have any questions. josh@joshpetersen.com www.joshpetersen.com 208-216-1980

District Champs! Our 8th Grade Boys Basketball team went into the District Championship today as the #1 Seed and clinched the top honor with big wins over North Fremont and Firth. Awesome job, boys!

Weekly Athletic Schedule for Feb. 12-17

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.

February 2024 School Lunch Menu

EDITED TO ADD: Thursday's JH Game has now been changed to be IN Teton. Weekly Athletic Schedule for Jan. 29- Feb. 3, 2024

EDITED TO ADD: Thursday's Home Basketball Games vs. Salmon have been changed to 12:30pm for 7th grade, 2:00 for 8th Grade, and 2 Quarters of C-team starting at 3:30pm. The rest of the games will be as scheduled. 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.)

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.

HS & JH Weekly Athletic Schedule - Jan. 8-13, 2024

Our band, orchestra, and choir students will be performing their end-of-semester concert. Please join us!

Our Junior High Boys' Basketball season is beginning this week with away games. With only four 7th graders showing interest in playing basketball this year, following the Junior High Conference rules, the tryouts were opened up to include 6th graders. We are grateful that we are now able to field two full teams with an 8th-grade team and a combined 6th/7th-grade team.

Only one week until show time! West Jefferson Junior High presents Mary Poppins Jr. January 12, 13, 15 & 17 at 6:00pm Reserve your tickets now before they sell out! To reserve tickets: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4kt9LdSecZ7Z_P6JM-3pU09xw7KnFEYct_9epDYwaAcODSg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1Sac0BGINuwqzv4XVYGdXNf8zmDjbtr48VGdZS5eX8OY2G2AYewVg3un8

West Jefferson High School and Junior High ~ Choir, Orchestra, and Band ~ Concert and Fundraiser Dinner Wednesday, December 20th @ 6:00pm at the ALC Building Come and enjoy some of your favorite Christmas music and dinner with our music students. Please RSVP using the QR code so they know how many people to expect for dinner.

JH Boys Basketball Open Gym and Tryout Schedule

Weekly Athletic Schedule - Nov. 27 - Dec. 2

West Jefferson Junior High presents Mary Poppins Jr. To reserve tickets: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4kt9LdSecZ7Z_P6JM-3pU09xw7KnFEYct_9epDYwaAcODSg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1Sac0BGINuwqzv4XVYGdXNf8zmDjbtr48VGdZS5eX8OY2G2AYewVg3un8

WJ Senior, Heidi Lou Van Wagner, is doing a Mini-Cheer Clinic for her Senior Project for 4th-7th graders. Sign-up at the Terreton Elementary Office. Practice begins Monday, Nov. 27th.