Environmental Science collected samples of what is floating around in our air.
While this past week has been a little quieter due to less wind and rain, they were able to find dirt particles and even pollen.
I wonder how much pollen we can find when we do this again in the spring?
What kind of particles would we find hanging out in our indoor air?
Students hung their slides on fences, buildings, and in trees.
With all of that dirt and pollen floating around, no wonder we sneeze
While this past week has been a little quieter due to less wind and rain, they were able to find dirt particles and even pollen.
I wonder how much pollen we can find when we do this again in the spring?
What kind of particles would we find hanging out in our indoor air?
Students hung their slides on fences, buildings, and in trees.
With all of that dirt and pollen floating around, no wonder we sneeze
Our 6th and 8th grade have started the unit studies of Atoms to Forms of Matter, and Atoms to Elements/Compounds respectively. Students participated in an atom building and compound creation activity for both grades, and 8th grade students followed this up with chemistry designed to explore the interactions between elements.
💙💛 IT’S ALMOST GAME TIME, WILDCAT FANS! 💛💙
Tomorrow our Joseph City Wildcats are back on the court and ready to battle Ft. Thomas! 🏐🔥
📅 Saturday, September 19
🏐 JV A — 2:00 PM
🏐 Varsity — 3:00 PM
Come out, fill the stands, get LOUD, and help us bring the energy! These girls have been putting in the work, and they’re ready to compete together and defend our home court! 💪🐾
💙 WE ARE ONE 💛
Let’s go, Wildcats! 🩵🏐💛
What is MTSS? It stands for Multi-Tiered System of Supports. It’s our new school-wide approach to making sure every student in elementary gets the right academic, behavioral, and emotional support at the right time.
Keep an eye on your mailbox! If your child is ready for some extra targeted support, a letter is heading your way. This letter celebrates your child's unique strengths in math and/or ELA, maps out exactly how we plan to layer in extra support, and explains how we will track their growth. Note that not every student will receive a letter, but every student is receiving the supports they need to learn and grow this year.
Most importantly, it's an invitation for your valuable input—because when families and schools team up, our students truly thrive!
Keep an eye on your mailbox! If your child is ready for some extra targeted support, a letter is heading your way. This letter celebrates your child's unique strengths in math and/or ELA, maps out exactly how we plan to layer in extra support, and explains how we will track their growth. Note that not every student will receive a letter, but every student is receiving the supports they need to learn and grow this year.
Most importantly, it's an invitation for your valuable input—because when families and schools team up, our students truly thrive!
Nothing much going on in Chemistry -
just moving a few electrons around, creating charged atoms, and then they attract toward each other . . . .
Just run-of-the-mill Ionic Bonding.
just moving a few electrons around, creating charged atoms, and then they attract toward each other . . . .
Just run-of-the-mill Ionic Bonding.
While we are in our plant unit for science, kindergarten learned about George Washington Carver. Our vocabulary of the day was "botanist", a scientist who works with plants. While none of us thought that sounded like a fun job, we did appreciate how he overcame obstacles to become a scientist.
One kindergartener even remarked "If he can be a botanist, girls can do it too!"
We had fun creating a George Washington Carver puppet and feeding him peanuts.
If you or someone you know may be interested in coaching wrestling this year, please apply here:
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Environmental Science is working on the Phoenix Zoo's PAW Program (Protect Arizona Wildlife).
Today, they were each a different species that had threats cripple their biodiversity and thought of ways to help biodiversity in neighborhoods.
Today, they were each a different species that had threats cripple their biodiversity and thought of ways to help biodiversity in neighborhoods.
Earth & Space Science observed and predicted water movement, erosion, and deposition today with the sand table. There were droughts, there was normal river flow, there were storms, and there were floods.
Cities were flooded, rocks fell, and animals had their habitats flooded.
Students predicted what would happen before each phase happened, but no worries, the dinosaur on the hill was fine from the flood.
Cities were flooded, rocks fell, and animals had their habitats flooded.
Students predicted what would happen before each phase happened, but no worries, the dinosaur on the hill was fine from the flood.
Order your Senior Shirts now!!!! Show your support for you Senior Volleyball players. Orders are due by 9/28.
Wildcat Marketing has Volleyball shirts ready to purchase in the concessions stands. Get them on our next home game!!!!
How did the Environmental Science class do with their week of creating water filters?
Well, I don't think that they should quit their day jobs and invent the new LifeStraw, but there certainly was improvement. There was a consensus on what materials worked better than others.
Using natural items such as dirt and gravel helped --> very similar to how the earth naturally filters water.
Funny though, one water filter sprouted a little plant
Well, I don't think that they should quit their day jobs and invent the new LifeStraw, but there certainly was improvement. There was a consensus on what materials worked better than others.
Using natural items such as dirt and gravel helped --> very similar to how the earth naturally filters water.
Funny though, one water filter sprouted a little plant
Elementary Enrichment Day on Friday, September 18th! It's time for our Soccer Spectacular! And best of all...it's free this year!
This past week in kindergarten, we played a game called Knock it down. It teaches us more or less, up to 6. We rolled a dice and built a snap cube tower according to what we rolled. If our tower had more than our opponents, we got to knock their tower down. It is so fun to compare the size of our towers and use our math words more and less.
Governing Board Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 6:00 pm in the District Board Room
🇺🇸🏐 HOMECOMING GAME DAY! 🏐🇺🇸 Today, the Joseph City Wildcats take on the Round Valley Elks for our Homecoming matchup! 💙💛 As we gather together, we will also take time to honor and remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the heroes who answered the call, and the families forever impacted. 🇺🇸 Then it’s time to PACK THE GYM and bring the Wildcat energy! 🏐 JV B — 2:00 PM 🏐 JV A — 3:00 PM 🏐 VARSITY — 4:00 PM Come be loud, show your Wildcat pride, and help us defend our home court! 🇺🇸 WE REMEMBER. 💙💛 WE ARE ONE. 🏐 GO WILDCATS!
Our math students put their ratio skills to the test by scaling recipes and making their own cookie dough! From calculating ingredient ratios to measuring and mixing, students got to see how math works in the real world—and enjoy a sweet reward for their hard work. From the science lens, this was a great way to begin our unit on atoms and elements. They used this opportunity to turn the macroscopic, into edible chemical reactions. This helped them recognize how elements interact in the world we live in while deepening their understanding of ratios in math! Thank you Mrs. Isaacson for inviting us to have this team learning experience.
Meal Accounts: A Change For This Year
Every student's lunch balance was brought to zero last week thanks to 1GPA, so every family starts fresh.
Going forward, a student may charge up to 100 dollars in meals before the school offers an alternate meal. That is a change from prior years and it is written into our Free and Reduced Price Meal Policy, which the Arizona Department of Education has approved.
If your balance runs low, you can add funds through Campus Pay or send payment to either school office.
If your family's situation has changed, a free and reduced meal application can be filed at any time during the year.
Free and Reduced Lunch Application:
https://www.jcusd.org/page/parent-resources
Questions, call Selena Nells at the district office, 928.288.3307.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
What a fun time at the first Junior High dance yesterday! A big shoutout to our Student Council for their hard work behind the scenes and to all our students for showing great spirit and participation. Thanks for making the first dance of the year one to remember! 🙌🎶
