Friends and families of Roxana Junior High School,
RJHS's very own Elizabeth Schaab has been named one of Emerson's 2023 Excellence in Teaching Awards honorees! We are so proud of Ms. Schaab for her continued dedication to our students and for demonstrating true excellence in education. #ExcellenceInTeaching
Congratulations, Ms. Schaab!!!
Good evening, families. To show support for our varsity football team and its historic playoff run, we are encouraging all students and staff to wear red tomorrow to school. We wish the football team and coaching staff success Saturday against Mt. Carmel.
Dave Oestreich
RJHS Principal
HOUSE UPDATE:
Congratulations to our first quarter house winners:
6th grade- Jasiri
7th grade- Sakati
8th grade- Jasiri
The students in those grade level houses will be bringing home a permission slip today to attend a movie at the Roxana Nazarene Theater. All students will receive a soda and popcorn. The theater charges $5 per student. We are asking parents to send in $3 for their student to offset the cost, but no student will be excluded if they cannot pay. If anyone in the community would like to sponsor a student or two for these trips, donations can be made to Roxana Jr. High. 254-7561.
Here are the House Heroes for October! Congratulations to our students. ❤️💙💛
We found out yesterday that two of our RJHS choir students were selected by audition for ILMEA District Honor Choir! Willow Gross and Brooke Pauley will be participating in honor choir performances at Belleville West High School on November 18.
We had 11 junior high students try out! We are so proud of our students for being willing to take risks and working hard.
Happy Birthday to Aiden Moore, Karsen Price, Kayden Price, and Isaiah Walker.
Matthew Phillips will be celebrating a birthday on Saturday. Happy Early Birthday.
Next Tuesday's concession stand workers are: Autumn Sharp, Brooke Pauley, Andrew Heigert, Kaylee Bertoletti, Emily Oliver, and Isaiah Walker. Please report to the junior high concession stand at 3:30. If you are unable to go home before that time, you may bring something to work on in Mrs. Russell's room until then. Please make arrangements to be picked up at 6:00.
Staff and Students: Reminder that you need to be working on your Red Ribbon Door Decorating today. All door decorating must be completed by the end of the day on Friday, October 27th.
Boys basketball tryouts will be October 23rd. Open gym is from 6-7:30 and has started.
Students, as a reminder you are eligible for 1 free breakfast and 1 free lunch per day. If you want more than that, you will need to have money in your account to purchase additional items or meals. Thank you!
House Drawing-
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
Noah Blas Miller Phoenix Brady Leyton Smay
Elanor Hansberger Ayden Trail Danna Lesmes
Kenny Nguyen Noah Surtani Josie Janes
Lucas Skinner Conner Price Daphne Manacop
CONGRATULATIONS to our RJHS cross country state qualifiers Nova Shaw and Savannah Cline; they will run at our state meet this Saturday in Du Quoin, Illinois.
Nova ran an incredible 12:19 and Savannah ran a remarkable 12:40...Great Job girls!
The annual budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year for Roxana CUSD #1 is posted on the district website, and is available to view here: https://5il.co/25ls6
Mrs. Suhre's class has been reading about the NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission. NASA was able to obtain a sample from the asteroid Bennu and brought it back to earth, dropping it in a desert in Utah for scientists to retrieve and study. Last week, Mrs. Suhre's class made their own asteroids and created three versions of Landers. Their goal was to successfully drop the asteroids from space (the classroom window) to Utah (the ground) without hurting the asteroid. Everyone had fun, but only one person was successful in keeping their asteroid safe on the trip to earth!
Tuesday's House Day!
Tuesday's House Day!
Our gym was loud tonight! I love how these kids support each other. ❤️ Our girls worked hard! 🏀
Congratulations to our September House Heroes!
6th grade- Tayler Ford, Mazie Margruder, Sammi Knight, and Kameron Depew
7th grade- Phoenix Brady, Claire Wilkinson, Autumn Sharp, and Emmie Lewis
8th grade- Leyton Smay, Samantha Leach, Isabella Hardesty, and Conner Desherlia
Tomorrow is an early dismissal, SIP day. Wear your house shirt or house color! We will be spinning the wheel for more points and playing a game. Any House can be in the lead after tomorrow!
Last Friday Mr. Son taught our 6th-grade students about ratios by having them make pancakes during class. What an incredible way to unlock the understanding of ratios with our students. Great job, Mr. Son!
The only question I have about the lesson is why didn't Mrs. Brannon or I get any pancakes????
We can't hide our Shell pride! We are so proud of our fall athletes!
We L❤️VE Mondays! Congratulations to our students and teachers caught making a difference at RJHS.
Happy Labor Day, all! I am thankful for our amazing staff at RJHS that make this a great place for our students. All staff--teachers, aides, secretaries, librarians, custodians, maintenance, food service, transportation--focusing on serving the young folks that enter our doors daily. And we are off to a terrific start. Thank you, staff! You make me proud to work at Roxana Junior High School.
Enjoy your Labor Day, Roxana.
David Oestreich
Principal
