The seventh grade students had cozy reading time today. With a good book to read, and snacks and blankets brought from home, they spent time in class reading while listening to calming music. Students have been looking forward to this day!
Nine weeks down. The first quarter closed Wednesday. Our students worked hard for nine weeks, and so did the teachers, aides, bus drivers, cooks, custodians and office staff behind them. Thank you, families, for getting your kids here and staying with us. The second quarter starts Monday, October 12.
Tonight’s football game is cancelled. Sedona Red Rock could not field enough players for tonight’s varsity game, and the word came too late to find another opponent. We know a lot of you had your Friday night planned around it.
So come to volleyball instead. The Joseph City Volleyball Invite is in our gym all weekend. Our girls are hosting teams from around the state and a full gym makes a difference.
Homeschool and ESA families, our doors are open. Students on an Empowerment Scholarship Account can take individual classes with us in any grade, K through 12, and join Wildcat athletics, clubs and activities. A new quarter is a good time to start. Classes are $1,000 per course. Athletics, clubs and activities are $500 per season, or $250 per season for students taking two or more courses. You pay directly through ClassWallet, so there is no reimbursement paperwork. Call the Jr/Sr High at 928-288-3361 or the Elementary at 928-288-3329.
Also, we are still enrolling, in every grade. If your family is new to the area, or thinking about a change, there is room for your child at Joseph City, kindergarten through 12th grade. Call either school office and we will walk you through it.
If you ever want to talk to me, you do not need to call the office and play phone tag. Pick a time on my calendar directly: https://calendar.app.google/5RoPUy3PjYR7f2NX6
Go Wildcats.
Shannon Harvilla
Superintendent
She brought back one of their kits for her Environmental Science class and will be working with their education program to create new curriculum!
She was also able to spend some time with their cats that are found in AZ - did you know that Arizona has jaguars?!?!
These types of partnerships for continuing education allow our educators to provide more hands-on experiences for our students.
Everyone's favorite is Colored Flame Day.
Students were given the molecular formulas of different chemicals. They then had to identify whether the chemical was an Ionic Bond or a Covalent Bond and then, using proper nomenclature, identify the name.
Then the best part: they were able to test to see what color flame the chemical produced.
Some even sparked. Some combined to get more than one color.
Then we burned pure Magnesium.
Really?!?!? Chemistry is fun? . . . .. Yes it is!!!
My welding students have officially upgraded from paper quizzes and safety gear lectures to burning rod in the shop! They spent weeks learning how not to set things on fire, and now they’re turning up the heat and throwing real sparks.
They’re striking arcs, laying down their first beads, and learning that welding is equal parts science, art, and wearing heavy leather in a warm room.
#WeldingLife #ShopClass #FutureWelders #HandsOnLearning #TradeSkills #TeacherLife
Check out the crew getting hands-on with tire service this week! They’ve been reading sidewall codes like a second language, mastering the mount and dismount, and double-checking every single lug nut with the torque wrench.
No loose wheels leaving this shop—just solid skills, great teamwork, and a whole lot of elbow grease. Scroll through to see them in action!
#AutoTech #ShopClass #FutureMechanics #HandsOnLearning #TeacherLife #TireService
So proud of the creativity and problem-solving happening in this room. Scroll through to see their awesome work!
#CAD #Fusion #3DDesign #FutureEngineers #StudentWork
Hey Wildcat Family!
The JH/HS will be hosting Money in Motion by Junior Achievement of Arizona again this year on October 27th. This is a great opportunity for our students to learn financial literacy. We are also very excited this year to expand the program to include a diploma seal from the Arizona Department of Education for Personal Finance! Not only will the students get a seal put on their diploma but this event will also allow our school to earn some state recognition. We are looking for some volunteers to come in and help walk the students through the event. You do not need to be an expert and we will train you the morning of on what needs to be done. If you are available to come help all day or even part of the day please sign up through the flyer. You can also contact Dan Bushman at danb@jcusd.org or 928-288-3361 and let him know that you're interested or to ask any questions.
Check out this video from Junior Achievement
Thank you so much for your support!
GO WILDCATS!!
The Joseph City Wildcats are back at home tonight and ready to take on the Seligman Antelopes! Come pack the gym, bring the energy, and cheer on our girls! 💙💛
📅 Thursday, October 1st
📍 Joseph City High School
🏐 JV A — 5:00 PM
🏐 Varsity — 6:00 PM
Let’s make some noise for our Wildcats!
It has been too long but I wanted to update you all on some of the great things our students have been doing. Our Cross country team has been enjoying the sport and competing well. There is a fun picture of our night-time competition at Desert Twilight.
Our math students have been hard at work and are always willing to go along with my silly plans.
7th grade has been learning about percent and about integers. They used oreos to model moon phases and discuss percent increase and decrease between phases. They have also been studying how football and money and many other well known ideas can help us to understand integers.
The Geometry students have been learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes and using them to start basic drafting skills (3-d modeling used in 3-d printing and engineering) using Onshape which has free use for students. They also built 3-D creations out of blocks and drew their front views, top views and side views with specified accuracy. The students are just starting to get into logic and conditional statements. They used a fun marble track game called Turing Tumble to model how computers process logic .
The Algebra 2 students have been into statistics and have been learning about how knowledge of data patterns and standardization can help you determine the probability of data occuring. The students did an activity where they measured their pinkies and compared their data to the whole class using Z-score and percentiles. There is a fun picture showing the students in order of pinky size holding up their calculated percentiles.
Recently, we have experienced water erosion from all of the rain from Hurricanes Polo and Odalys.
But we don't see chemical erosion (also known as chemical weathering).
Earth & Space students first saw the effects that chemical weathering can have on different types of rocks by using hydrochloric acid.
We are celebrating a wonderful milestone in our school community as Mrs. Hanson retires today!
For years, Mrs. Hanson has poured her heart into our elementary school as our reading coach, making a lasting impact on our students, teachers, and families. While we will greatly miss her daily presence, we are incredibly grateful for her dedication and want to send her into retirement with all our love and appreciation.
Please join us in wishing Mrs. Hanson the absolute best in her next chapter. Thank you, Mrs. Hanson, for your years of exceptional service to our school!
Bus and preschool will be normal dismissal.
Parents are welcome to pick up their children at the front office before 3:10. Please use the parking spaces across the street.
All student pickup will take place in an orderly line at the front of the building. Please join the
back of the line along Westover, 4th N, and Bushman, and wait patiently to move forward.
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.
Staff walks students one car at a time to the garden gate/north school door. A second staff
member there confirms that every student is inside the vehicle.
Walkers and bikers will not be released during inclement weather. Families of walkers will be
called to arrange safe pickup for their students.
