J. William Leary Junior High School

Hello everyone,

We had another awesome week here at JW Leary!

Important upcoming dates include

Monday 5/17 Lunch Pack Pick Up 11 am - 12 pm

Tuesday 5/18 School Budget Vote, Massena Community Center Beach Street, 12 pm-8 pm

Friday 5/21 5 week Progress Reports

Tuesday 5/25 Return to school for 4 day children (note-an email was sent on Friday 5/14; if you submitted the survey and are wondering please call the office 315-764-3720).

Friday 5/28 No School-Give Back Day

Monday 5/31 No School-Memorial Day

Happy School Nurses Day!

May 12 was school nurses day!! I know during this unique year we are all grateful for our fantastic Nurse Gilman.

She helps children/staff out with medical needs, has facilitated our daily health screening process and calls home to every family where we are expecting to see their children in school but we do not.

Thank you for everything Nurse Gilman!!

Tuesday to Friday the Junior High School Schedule is:

Normal Class Schedule (links to a printable version)

Homeroom/Advisory 7:20 - 7:40

Period 1 7:40 - 8:22

Period 2 8:27 - 9:09

Period 3 9:14 - 9:56

Period 4 10:01 - 10:43

Period 5 10:48 - 11:30

Period 6A 12:10 - 12:52

Period 6B 11:35 - 12:17

Period 7 12:57 - 1:39

Period 8 1:44 - 2:28

Children at home need to login to their meets at the scheduled class time. Remember-cameras are at the teachers discretion.


8th grade science researching aspects of water.	Cold War conversation in 8th grade Social Studies.	Mr. Ellingsworth, vocal student teacher, leads a lesson group.

8th grade science researching aspects of water.

Cold War conversation in 8th grade Social Studies.

Mr. Ellingsworth, vocal student teacher, leads a lesson group.


Building cars in technology class.	How many drops of water can you get on a penny??	Reading and reflecting on poetry in 7th grade ELA.

Building cars in technology class.

How many drops of water can you get on a penny??

Reading and reflecting on poetry in 7th grade ELA.

Only a few spots left!!!! MCSD Jr. High students of My Brothers Keeper can earn their wings at the JW Leary Jr High Summer Flight Camp

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of flight while working with a STEM/STEAM based curriculum and using real flight simulators to build skills.

The camp will take place at the Jr. High in room 405.

As social distancing will be enforced, space will be limited. Masks will be required.

Registration is in the Mohawk Club Google Classroom or by emailing breed@mcs.k12.ny.us or here.

Call Mr. Reed with questions at 315-764-3720 ext.3246

All students attending in person must complete the health screening app.

Just a reminder that each student needs to have a “Daily screening form” filled out BEFORE coming into the school.

We have three options:

Download + fill out the app-->,
This is also a link to an online version of the app http://bit.ly/JWLScreen,
Children can get the pink forms from the nurse to bring in each day.

If there are any questions regarding this procedure please call the office 315-764-3720 or the nurse (Nurse Gilman) at 315-764-3720 ext. 3203.

Lunch Pick Up

Did you know that on Mondays you can pick up 7-day meal packs for all students you have enrolled at the Massena Central School Districts? You can pick the packs up at any school in the Massena Central School District, including here at JW Leary on Mondays after 11!

The packs are at no cost to you and you do not need to call ahead. Pull into the parent loop and let us know how many students you have!