"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” — Hamilton Wright Mabie
Hello, Jefferson Middle School families and parents!
To all the family members of our school children, we extend our warm wishes during this holiday season, as it has certainly begun! In the midst of hustle and bustle, our wish is happiness, peace, and joy for you all! We have caught a spirit of celebration here at JMS this past week. We celebrated goal achievement across subjects, we celebrated our new students with donuts or pizza and a platform for feedback, and our staff celebrated success among departments and grade levels. We encourage our family members to find ways to celebrate each other and recognize "good things"! Research consistently shows that celebrating and recognizing success leads to greater productivity:
Our student Eagles continue to press, push, and excel as they are completing assessments and engaging in experiments, activities, and assignments. We are so excited for our upcoming holiday concerts, basketball games and cheerleading, and our club events.
We want to highlight our musical and vocal performances:
- Tuesday: 5th/6th Grade Chorus Holiday Concert JPAC 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 6th-8th Grade Orchestra Winter Concert JPAC 7:00
- Thursday: 5th & 6th Grade Chorus Performance 8:15-2:30 The Island, Pigeon Forge
We appreciate and encourage all of our families to reach out with any needs, questions, or concerns.
Have a wonderful week!
Phil Cox, Principal, pcox@ortn.edu
Ben Fowler, Vice Principal, bjfowler@ortn.edu
Brian Tinker, Dean of Students, bjtinker@ortn.edu
Elizabeth Leavitt, Instructional Technology Coach, ealeavitt@ortn.edu
Week of: December 12-16 , 2022
Monday, December 12, B Day
- Winter Benchmark-Math/Social Studies
- PTO Meeting Zoom 7:45
- Japanese Video Pen Pal Club
- Chess Club Library 2:45-3:45
- Atomic Eagles Meeting Science Wing 2:45-4:30
- RadioActive Brix Meeting Rm 223 2:45-4:30
- Master Builders Meeting Rm 102 2:45-4:30
- Basketball Game vs. Norris at JMS BJV – 5:00, GV – 6:00, BV – 7:00
Tuesday, December 13, A Day
- Winter Benchmark-Math/Social Studies
- Girl Scouts Meeting Rm 208 3:00-5:00
- Atomic Eagles Meeting Science Wing 2:45-4:30
- RadioActive Brix Meeting Rm 223 2:45-4:30
- Master Builders Meeting Rm 102 2:45-4:30
- Girls Basketball Team Christmas Party Cafeteria 4:30-5:30
- Girls Basketball Practice Gym 3:00-5:00
- Boys Basketball Practice Gym 5:00-7:00
- 5th/6th Grade Chorus Holiday Concert JPAC 7:00 PM
Wednesday, December 14, B Day
- Garden Club 1:00-2:00
- Ski Club Meeting 1:00
- Girls Basketball Practice Gym 1:00-3:00
- Boys Basketball Practice Gym 3:00-5:00
- NO Wednesday Homework Help!
Thursday, December 15, A Day
- 5th & 6th Grade Chorus Performance 8:15-2:30 The Island, Pigeon Forge
- Girls Basketball Practice Gym 3:00-5:00
- Boys Basketball Practice Gym 5:00-7:00
- 6th-8th Grade Orchestra Winter Concert JPAC 7:00
Friday, December 16, B Day
- Early Dismissal 12:45
- Youth for Christ Band Room 7:10 AM
- Student Council Winter Party Cafeteria 6th period
- Basketball Christmas Tournament at Coalfield Varsity ONLY Girls vs Glen Martin 8:30 PM
Saturday, December 10
- Basketball Christmas Tournament at Coalfield Varsity ONLY Boys vs winner of Berean vs Wartburg 3:30
Weekly Update
The Eagles continue regular season play as they host Norris on Monday evening for their last home game of 2022. The boys JV game will tip at 5pm, followed by girls varsity at 6pm and boys varsity at 7pm. On Friday, the Eagles and Lady Eagles will begin competing in a Christmas Tournament at Coalfield. The Lady Eagles first game of the Tournament will be on Friday at 8:30pm against Glen Martin. The Eagles first game of the Tournament will be on Saturday at 3:30pm. The JMS basketball teams will continue competing in the tournament through Tuesday.
The week following Winter Break will be Spirit Week! The dress up themes are as follows:
Wednesday, January 4th: Snow Day (White Out!)
Thursday, January 5th: Throw Back Thursday
Friday, January 6th: Blue/Gold Day
Dress code applies and face paint and hair dye cannot be brought to school!
Go Eagles!
Coach Katie Bolling
4 Cs: Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity: ALL TOGETHER NOW!
December Focus: All the 4 Cs working together!!
As we peer into classrooms all across the building, we see, hands on, the reward of our 4 Cs rubric elements working all together! Students critically think, communicate, collaborate, and create!
This week, we wanted to share this happening in Ms. Easterday's 6th Grade Science.
Students rose to the challenge as "teachers"! They are teaching their peers about weather. Students were presenting, explaining, directing, questioning, and allowing their "classmate students" to learn from them. Students even provided checks for understanding, objectives, and formative assessment!
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STUDENTS of the WEEK
We want to congratulate our Student of the Week winners, nominated by their teachers. We are so proud!
- 6th grade: Theo Christian
Bryson Brewer
- 7th grade:Gage Pellegrin
Danylo Smolkin
Hunter Miller
Destiny Estremera
- 8th grade:Emmett O'Meara
Dahlia Maples
Brennon Rosario Lee
Leadership is how we influence others. It’s a powerful way to positively impact the world around us. This month we will help students build their leadership skills while practicing Perseverance. One way to think about Perseverance is “pushing yourself through challenges and obstacles.” We all experience challenges in our lives. We all have moments when we feel like we can’t do it or that we want to give up on a big task. It is important to develop tools that help us work through those challenges in order to grow in those moments instead of giving up. How might you practice Perseverance as a family this month?
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