On Friday, October 13th our Student Council will be hosting a dance in the Commons Area from dismissal at 3:10pm until 5:00pm. Tickets to dance are being sold during lunch this week and the cost is $3 to attend. Student Council is also selling raffle tickets for giveaways at the dance. Students can buy up to two (2) raffle tickets for $2 each and if students participate in the dress up theme with "Decades" they will also get a free raffle ticket. At the dance Student Council will have a DJ and concessions for sale. Here is a Cool Tool that our Student Council created and shared in Advisory classes this week: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zl2CAxRJepZ_Bc-PZgN3qFQRhVJmL8vzTXz2k0OVk6I/edit?usp=sharing
Congratulations to Brooklyn Stafford (7th Grade) in qualify for the Girls 2A IESA Cross Country State Meet on Saturday, October 14th at Maxwell Park in Normal, IL. The 2A Girls Race will start at 10:45am. Brooklyn ran a time of 14:01 at sectionals to qualify for the IESA Cross Country State Meet.
Here are the PBL Junior High School students of the week for 10/2-10/6. Great job, Panthers!
Mrs. Reber and Mrs. Coplea's advisory classes had a blast making apple cider today!
Stock the Lounge: We'd like to say thank you to our PBL JH teachers and staff for all their hard work! To show our appreciation, we need your help to stock the lounge with snacks, drinks, or any other treats you would like to donate! To ensure we don't duplicate efforts, here is a link to the SignUpGenius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4FAEAE28A5F85-44619570-stock#/. Any donation is appreciated and participation is completely optional. Donations may be dropped off at the school's office by Tuesday, October 10th. Contact Julie Foster at (618) 304-4092 with any questions. Thank you!
Here are your PBL Junior High Students of the Week for the week of 9.25-9.29. Great job, Panthers!
On Tuesday, October 3rd the Class of 2028 is having a Monical’s Community Day where each order will donate 20% back to the Class of 2028. This is for Carry Out or Dine-In purchases only and not delivery. All proceeds will go to the Class of 2028 and their fundraising efforts for this year and more.
On Tuesday, September 26th from 3:30pm-7:00pm in the PBL JH Library we held our Family Book Fair Night and our 8th Annual Edible Books Festival. The winners for the Edible Books Festival were 1st Place - Azriel Fitzpatrick and in a 2nd and 3rd Place tie - Shelby Sample and Anna Reber. Here is a link for pictures from the Edible Books Festival: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9uAPJVhLTNGWAD6P9
It is time for PBL Junior High Parent Teacher Conferences! The purpose of Parent Teacher conferences is to partner with families to help our children be the most successful they can be. Please call the PBL Junior High main office and ask for Mrs. Johnson to schedule your conference. Phone Number: 217-379-9202
Here are the PBL Junior High School Students of the Week for 9.18-9.22. Great job, Panthers!
Our school picture day is on Thursday, September 28th. You can go to the following link and enter the code 80860F to do the process online: https://inter-state.com/Shop. We do have order forms at school and students can pick those up in the main office to take home. All school pictures will be taken in the Art Room.
On Thursday, September 21st the 8th grade students and staff visited The Hollocaust Exhibit - Courage to Remember in Gibson City, IL. Courage to Remember has traveled to more than 50 countries and been seen by more than 20 million visitors. The exhibit brought the past alive with large, illustrated panels that enable students and staff to read about the events of the Holocaust, as well as excerpts from first-person accounts of persecution and survival.
Congratulations to our Students of the Week for 9.11-9.15. Great job, Panthers!
Due to a transportation issue, we will not be attending the JH cross country meet at Lake of the Woods tonight. (9/14) The team will practice at their normally scheduled time after school.
Here are the PBL Junior High School Students of the Week for the week of 9.4-9.8. Great job Panthers!
Art students at PBL Junior High are completing a unit in ceramics. Students are given an opportunity to schedule a time to stay after school to work on the potter’s wheel that was purchased from one of the many grants awarded by the PBL Education Foundation. 6th Grader, Lilly Mabry was the first student this year to take advantage of the opportunity to make a dish on the potter’s wheel. Her ceramic dish will be fired along with the projects made in class. Great job, Lilly!
Here are the PBL Junior High students of the week for August 28-September 1st. Great job Panthers!
Please see the graphic created by PBL Junior High Student Council in regards to homecoming dress up days for junior high students starting Monday, September 11th.
Here are the PBL Junior High Students of the Week for the week of August 21- August 25. Great job everyone!
The PBL JH LEGO League Team is preparing to start their season. Students interested in joining the team have to complete an application. LEGO League is a unique, cohesive group of students who are interested in applying their skills in an exciting competition while working within a team. In LEGO League, students will be working as a team to complete a series of challenges that include both designing and programming. This year’s challenge theme is looking at the incorporation of art into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Here is a link to the student application: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mCNfr3cr0hm5MBdcA4mPWzY0uK7Q3oDBHVqC-udiolo/edit.
