Art students learned about Notan Art, a Japanese-style where they explored both positive and negative space, balance, contrast, symmetry, and composition by arranging their designs into a reflection of itself.
🏐💙💛 EPIC TOURNAMENT RECAP 💛💙🏐
What a weekend for our Joseph City Wildcats Varsity Volleyball team!
Our girls had the opportunity to compete at the EPIC Tournament at ASU, an incredible event withover 100 teams in attendance!
🔥 1st PLACE in our pool!
🔥 Made it all the way to the SEMIFINAL ROUND!
We are so proud of the way these girls represented Joseph City. They competed hard, battled through every match, supported one another, and showed exactly what WE ARE ONE is all about. 💙💛
We came home with more experience, more confidence, and plenty of great memories!
Way to represent, Wildcats! 🏐
What a weekend for our Joseph City Wildcats Varsity Volleyball team!
Our girls had the opportunity to compete at the EPIC Tournament at ASU, an incredible event withover 100 teams in attendance!
🔥 1st PLACE in our pool!
🔥 Made it all the way to the SEMIFINAL ROUND!
We are so proud of the way these girls represented Joseph City. They competed hard, battled through every match, supported one another, and showed exactly what WE ARE ONE is all about. 💙💛
We came home with more experience, more confidence, and plenty of great memories!
Way to represent, Wildcats! 🏐
Extreme weather alert in effect several days this week. Please watch for texts, especially Monday and Tuesday.
01 Normal Dismissal Procedures
Parents: Be in place by 3:25 pm north of the solar panels on Bushman, on the south side of 4th N,
or facing south on Westover. Keep all red-line areas clear.
Staff and students: Begin walking the perimeter of the fence at 3:29 pm. Staff release students as
they confirm how each student is going home.
Walkers and bikers: Released at the crosswalks in front of the school by 3:39 pm most days.
02 Inclement Weather Dismissal
Parents line up as normal. Students line up by family in the gym.
Radio check: At the front of the line, near the north end of the red-lined fire zone, one staff
member with a radio checks each car and radios the names to the gym, where students are
waiting.
Family pickup: Staff escort the family to the garden gate/north school door. A second staff
member there confirms that every student is inside the vehicle.
All student pickup will take place in an orderly line at the front of the building. Please join the
back of the line and wait patiently to move forward.
Walkers and bikers will not be released during inclement weather. Families of walkers will be
called to arrange safe pickup for their students.
03 Extreme Weather Dismissal
For lightning or local thunderstorms with flash flood warnings in effect.
Before 3:10 pm: Students may be picked up at the office.
At 3:30 pm during an active thunderstorm: Remaining students wait in the gym for in-person
parent pickup.
Walkers and bikers will not be released during active thunderstorms. Families of walkers will
be called to arrange safe pickup for their students.
At 3:30 pm with no rain or active thunderstorm: Students walk as normal around the fence
perimeter.
Buses always leave at 3:35 pm.
Preschool always dismisses via the preschool parking lot.
01 Normal Dismissal Procedures
Parents: Be in place by 3:25 pm north of the solar panels on Bushman, on the south side of 4th N,
or facing south on Westover. Keep all red-line areas clear.
Staff and students: Begin walking the perimeter of the fence at 3:29 pm. Staff release students as
they confirm how each student is going home.
Walkers and bikers: Released at the crosswalks in front of the school by 3:39 pm most days.
02 Inclement Weather Dismissal
Parents line up as normal. Students line up by family in the gym.
Radio check: At the front of the line, near the north end of the red-lined fire zone, one staff
member with a radio checks each car and radios the names to the gym, where students are
waiting.
Family pickup: Staff escort the family to the garden gate/north school door. A second staff
member there confirms that every student is inside the vehicle.
All student pickup will take place in an orderly line at the front of the building. Please join the
back of the line and wait patiently to move forward.
Walkers and bikers will not be released during inclement weather. Families of walkers will be
called to arrange safe pickup for their students.
03 Extreme Weather Dismissal
For lightning or local thunderstorms with flash flood warnings in effect.
Before 3:10 pm: Students may be picked up at the office.
At 3:30 pm during an active thunderstorm: Remaining students wait in the gym for in-person
parent pickup.
Walkers and bikers will not be released during active thunderstorms. Families of walkers will
be called to arrange safe pickup for their students.
At 3:30 pm with no rain or active thunderstorm: Students walk as normal around the fence
perimeter.
Buses always leave at 3:35 pm.
Preschool always dismisses via the preschool parking lot.
Junior High seventh grade students have been studying plants cells and plant structures as well as behaviors. As part of their studies they propagated plants using a combination of several methods, commercial root stimulator, as well as a homemade version using boiled willow branches, and even a combination of both! They also tried two methods, either direct soil, or water rooting. We will keep you posted.
We also got a few class pets!
For science, kindergarten learned the parts of a flower. To review, we built diagrams using miscellaneous material to show each piece of the flower.
We decided string made good roots. For a stem, some of us used straws, to demonstrate how the roots absorb water and the stem helps carry that to other places of the flower.
We used feathers and popsicle sticks to represent leaves.
And feathers and ribbons made good petals too.
To finish it off, we put a big round bead in the middle of the petals to demonstrate a seed that would drop to begin the flower's life cycle again.
High School Culinary Arts class made Cinnamon rolls this week! We had fun making dough, rolling and baking these giant rolls. We learned about yeast and how it works in our baking.
Elvis has left the building! Agriscience was gifted this cute little guy...Elvis...and we are loving him! This week we finished his outdoor run and he is so happy. He is going to be a very spoiled rabbit!
Environmental Science was about understanding "the bottleneck" effect of endangered species and genetics.
Following the Phoenix Zoo's PAW program (Protect Arizona Wildlife), students used colored beads to understand how genetics become limited when species are endangered, and when species are brought back from being endangered, not all genetic traits remain in the population.
Following the Phoenix Zoo's PAW program (Protect Arizona Wildlife), students used colored beads to understand how genetics become limited when species are endangered, and when species are brought back from being endangered, not all genetic traits remain in the population.
Joseph City Schools and Northland Pioneer College are looking at offering evening and Friday classes for adults right here in town, starting spring 2027. Classes are run by NPC and paid for by a registration fee; the district provides the space. Nothing is decided yet, and not everything listed will run. Please fill out the survey and tell us what you'd actually show up for. Takes about two minutes. No name required. https://forms.gle/DoeNgmJgrwnLb54w8
The 7th graders are in the middle of reading The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. A few days ago, both classes were in an uproar over some unexpected events that occurred in the story. The students come to class excited to read so they can find out what happens next.
💙💛 WILDCATS GIVING BACK! 💛💙
Last Friday, our Joseph City High School Volleyball team had the opportunity to step off the court and serve our community by helping our elementary school with the Wildcat Soccer Spectacular! ⚽
We love seeing our girls represent what being a Wildcat is all about—not just through volleyball, but through service, leadership, and supporting the younger Wildcats in our community.
We’re proud of these girls for giving their time, jumping in wherever they were needed, and being great examples for the next generation. 💙💛
WE ARE ONE — on the court, in our schools, and in our community! 🏐⚽
Last Friday, our Joseph City High School Volleyball team had the opportunity to step off the court and serve our community by helping our elementary school with the Wildcat Soccer Spectacular! ⚽
We love seeing our girls represent what being a Wildcat is all about—not just through volleyball, but through service, leadership, and supporting the younger Wildcats in our community.
We’re proud of these girls for giving their time, jumping in wherever they were needed, and being great examples for the next generation. 💙💛
WE ARE ONE — on the court, in our schools, and in our community! 🏐⚽
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:
https://jcusd-talent.web.app/careers
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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.
