We are the champions . . .

Thought I would throw a little Queen "We are the Champions" your way. If you stayed Friday afternoon and watched our 8th grade girls play, you know what I'm talking about. Yes, we beat Northwest and won the county championship. This is a special group of girls. They only lost 1 game in two years. There is no doubt that many of these girls will go on to play high school basketball. Mark Schnably did a great job with these girls. Thanks for his efforts along with Dave Jenkins.

This atmosphere was great. I estimate that we had 300+ students in attendance. They were wearing blue/gold and extremely enthusiastic! We have worked hard to employ our students to display positive comments. I'm very proud of how our students represented TJMS. I also want to recognize our cheerleaders. Mrs. Peverall and Mrs. Schmidt have prepared our squad of cheerleaders to be the best in the county also. Our girls look and cheer as well as any JV high school team.

We have now finished the winter sports season and will proceed to the final Spring season of girls soccer and boys/girls track. We have won county championships in boys soccer, girls and boys volleyball, and now girls basketball. 4 out of 5 championships so far . . . not bad! We are definitely "The Champions"!

Four weeks left in the 3rd quarter. Thanks for your hard work with your students! We ARE THE CHAMPIONS . . .

Go Patriots!

Doing service for the community . . .

With such a tough economy, you would think people would NOT be so willing to give . . . but they are! So far this year, Student Council & National Jr. Honor Society(sponsored by Mrs. Vannoy and Mrs. MacDonald) have helped to raise money for children of Africa - over $3,500, money for people of Haiti - $900, and canned food for local shelters. Ms. Francis sponsored a toy drive before Christmas and Ms. Barfield ran a coat drive. Now, Ms. Loflin (plus the efforts of the Surfer students) are running a campaign to raise money to send Veterans to Washington to see the WWII memorial. Over $500 has been raised so far!!

These activities can be extremely meaning for our students and staff. I'm very proud to tell others about all the caring things our teachers and students do for others. We also have several staff members that have experienced unfortunate events. You all are the first to take up money, make dinners, and send special notes.

Thanks for doing your best each day to teach these youngsters the curriculum but more importantly teaching them that doing something nice for others is a good thing to do!

It is supposed to be in the 50's this weekend . . . will feel like summertime:) Enjoy the sunshine.

Go Patriots!!

Have some fun . . .

Now that we have been in school for a FULL WEEK (well . .. almost - 2 hr. delay Wed.) today was a good day to just have "some fun"! The student/staff basketball game was just that. With all the serious "stuff" that we do, it is important sometimes to just release and laugh!

I thought the band, cheerleaders, players, and staff were great! Mrs. Fox and her band students added some "game atmosphere" to the event - thank you! Mrs. Peverall and Mrs. Schmidt prepared their cheerleaders wonderfully and their half-time routine was "high school like"! And . . . the "he-shes" were really . . . . not sure of the adjective - would "pretty" be fitting? I'll let you be the judge . . .

Students will not remember your "curriculum" that was taught in a few years (maybe days for some) but they will always remember the "fun" activities that they were involved with in school. You definitely made today a FUN day at TJMS!

Enjoy the weekend and dare I say they are calling for more . . . snow!

Go Patriots!!