Joseph City School District

Merry Christmas from JCHS! Thanks to Jennifer Westover for setting up an incredible JCHS themed tree!

This morning, Mrs. Bushman was awarded an STEM grant from APS and the Phoenix Suns for the purchase of a Seismometer that can detect magnitude 3.5 earthquakes up to 150 km away and 6.5 + magnitude earthquakes anywhere in the world in her classroom. Mrs. Bushman would like to thank APS and the Phoenix Suns for this generous gift.

The High School Wrestling Meet Scheduled for 4 December 2024 at Monument Valley has been canceled.

8th graders can challenge Mrs. Miller to a game of Scrabble on Thursdays. So far, Mrs. Miller remains undefeated.

https://app.schoolfundr.org/fund/josephwrestling2024/GOMyF?utm_source=link&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=oneclick Shout out to Kayla Begay, Class of '24 and Joseph Thomas, Class of '23 for supporting the wrestling team's giving campaign. Thank you for continuing to build the program!

ONLINE AUCTION of Surplus School Property started Friday, November 22. Auction ends Friday, December 6 at 9:00 A.M. Auction site is at www.PublicSurplus.com. For more information go to www.jcusd.org/auction

This past weekend at the 1A state championship football game, the 1999 JCHS championship football team was recognized. It was the 25 anniversary of their championship. Pictured from left to right: Dan Bushman, TC Fish, Nolan Martineau, JC Click, Kevin Martineau, Bo Lee, Rodney States, Jerry Miller, Eldon Larsen- Coach

The National Honor Society inductions will be held on November 19, 2024, at 11:20 a.m.

Art students are in full swing of 3-D projects. Both sculpture and textile arts. 6th grade is working on 'letter sculptures' using paper maché. JH and HS art students are in the process of learning about and weaving one coil yarn baskets.

Today chemistry did a Le Chatelier's Principle Lab - using pH they could seesaw between an acid and a base with 2 different indicatory solutions.

Today A&P were able to dissect sheep brains to locate anatomical parts of the brain and to feel the texture and consistency of a brain. Comparisons of a sheep brain and a human brain were made and it was noticed that there is a difference in a bipedal mammal vs a quadruped mammal.

November Newsletter

Your World Geography students became travel agents and made posters on different areas. These are only a few of the vast amount of amazing work. Where would you like to go?

The Blue Bottle Lab is always a favorite of all the Chemistry Labs - the is the most classic oxidation-reduction lab.

Sometimes rocks aren't always the coolest - but sometimes history and science cross - at least we don't do out school work on Slates anymore.

Join us for Joseph City High School's "Goosebumps: The Phantom of the Auditorium" November 13/15/16 7PM and November 16 2PM. Tickets $5.

Voters approved the renewal of the Joseph City Schools budget override in the November 5, 2024, election. Thank you to everyone who took the time to stay informed and participate in the election process. View election results at www.jcusd.org/override.

Photography students are learning about natural lighting vs. studio lighting. Today was a great chance for them to take advantage of the overcast sky as they practiced some of their skills. The snow was a bonus and made for lots of fun and laughter... and maybe some frozen fingers too!

6th grade art spent October learning about two styles of art, Notan art - a Japanese style of art that balances light and dark and uses a mirror image to look at the shapes and patterns in an image. Batik art - an Indonesian style of art that uses a wax resist dying technique. Students used crayon as the wax resist and painted over with a black paint wash.

Joseph City Elementary School will be operating with normal hours for November 6th, 2024.