Tonight on Thursday, October 28th we are holding our Fall Band & Chorus Concert in the PBL JH Gym at 6:00pm. Band & Chorus members can arrive at 5:30pm to their locations and we will open the North Entrance Doors by the gym at 5:30pm for parents and families to enter the gym.
Next week at PBL Junior High School our Student Council is sponsoring Red Ribbon Week. Our Student Council has created some themed dress up days for October 25th-October 29th. Check out the image attached to see the different themes for each day next week.
A big thank you to the PBL JH Student Council for preparing and serving our staff on Tuesday & Wednesday this week with their Goodie Cart. Members of our Student Council made their way around PBL JH to serve each and every adult.
Congratulations to Hunter Brandon (6th Grade) for running a time of 12 minutes & 44 seconds at the IESA Cross Country State Meet on Saturday at Maxwell Park in Normal, IL. Overall, Hunter placed 125 out of 234 runners in the Boys 2A Class.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Oct. 19th & 20th from 3:30pm-7:00pm. We will also be dismissing early on both these days at 2:17pm at PBL JH. If you would like to sign up for a conference please click on the link below and fill in the needed information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gtjW98K0B1e4C10R71eK7rdvohVafkYo5aZz9PDY5uE/edit?usp=sharing
Check out the following link to read about the PBL Education Foundation Annual Impact Report. The junior high is proud to be partners with the PBL Education Foundation for their continued support of our Project Lead The Way courses at the junior high & much more. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kw_F7eapM-V_EJv4tmYH8L_-W7nvvfgJ/view?usp=sharing
The PBL Junior High School Book Fair is up and running this week. Families can shop online through this Saturday, September 25th. Here is the website address for our book fair: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/paxtonbuckleylodajrhs
The PBL JH Book Fair will be open from September 17th - September 24th. Our Book Fair will be in the JH Library and purchases can be made in person or online. Online shopping is open at the following link: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/paxtonbuckleylodajrhs
Parents can also create ewallets for their students to make shopping the fair easier. We would like to thank the PBL Education Foundation for their generous donation that gives each of our students $7 to purchase a book from the Book Fair.
The start time of tonight’s baseball game vs. Rantoul Eater has been moved to 4:00.
At PBL JH this week we have Homecoming Week Student Council Dress Up Days. See the attached picture for the different theme days our Student Council has set up for the week ahead.
School pictures for the junior high are today. You can go to the following link & enter the code 60330TB to do the process online: https://inter-state.com/Shop. If students would like a paper copy of the picture packet ordering form one can be picked up in the main office.
Congrats to 7th grader Maddison DeOrnellas! She placed 15th overall yesterday at the Champaign Jefferson Invite. The junior high cross country team will race again at home on Tuesday 9/14 at 4:30 PM. Go Panthers!
Below is an update for PBL Junior High School for the week ahead and more. Our School Picture Date is this Friday, September 10th and ordering information can be found on the link below also. https://sites.google.com/a/pblpanthers.org/pbljh-announcements/principals-update
Bus 5 will be picking up Bus 3 Route students and they are running 20 minutes behind this morning for Tuesday, September 7th.
The junior high softball game @ Fairbury is CANCELED for tonight. There will be no softball practice.
Early Dismissal Tuesday Reminder: Starting today on Tuesday, August 24th the junior high will be dismissing at 2:17pm for each and every Tuesday.
We are ready & excited for school to start tomorrow at PBL JH. Doors open at 7:40am & students can enter in their grade level wing doors. Schedules will be handed out to students when they arrive & they will go to their 1st Period Classes to begin & put supplies away.
Below is a link for the PBL JH Welcome Back Letter. Have a great weekend and if you have questions please contact us at the JH. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CGoTDB6njAvZgw1VLeke3xbGHIX9nkvm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105227370486502725760&rtpof=true&sd=true
The PBL JH softball games vs. Mahomet-Seymour have been canceled for tonight.
All 6th grade and new junior high students can contact the PBL Junior High School Main Office to arrange a building tour at 217-379-9202. We are arranging 30 minute tours for Thursday, August 5th from 1pm-4pm, Friday, August 6th from 1pm-4pm & Friday, August 13th from 8am-4pm.