On Friday, March 3rd, our Panther Partners went to Old Orchard Lanes. Panther Partners is a mentoring program between the junior high and high school where high school students mentor one or two junior high students. The high school mentors build relationships with the junior high students and help them with homework, peer relationships, organizational skills, along with many other things. We would like to give a shoutout to all of the teachers and counselors that made this outing possible! Click the link for more pictures from this great day! 🐾
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In 7th grade social studies last week students participated in an Escape Room and cracked George Washington’s spy code. Students learned how Washington organized one of the largest and intricate spy rings in history. While studying the American Revolution the classes went in depth to solve clues left from the past to crack the revolutionary code.
This week 6th Grade Science had a special visitor with Captain Tim Rehg from Spirit Airlines. Captain Rehg shared about his career, answered questions for students, & brought the relevance of his career to our Flight & Space course. We are clear for takeoff & thanks Captain Rehg.
Good luck to the PBL JH 7th & 8th Grade Volleyball Teams on Thursday against Prairie Central Junior High. The matches will begin at 4:30pm in Forrest, IL. Attached is a picture of the 8th grade volleyball team from the final home match last night. Good luck Panthers-
PBL JH Band Students performed in the Band Solo & Ensemble Contest on Friday night & Saturday morning this past weekend. Mr. Breen, PBL JH Band Director, shared that all students did a great job preparing & performing the musical pieces for judges & families to view.
The mission in 6th grade science with Mrs. Pondel is to plan a manned trip to Mars. This week we studied what and how astronauts eat. We also learned that in space, astronauts need 25% more calories than we do on Earth! On Friday we made “astronaut food”! (adding water to dry milk and dry pudding mix). Thank you Mrs. Pondel for such an engaging unit for our students!
Here are the PBL Junior High Students of the Week for the week of 2.13-2.17. Panther proud!
Here the PBL Junior High Students of the Week for the week of 2.6-2.10. Great job to all!
8th Grade Families: Just a reminder that tonight on Monday, February 13th we will be holding an 8th Grade Dance meeting @6pm in the Commons Area. All 8th grade parents interested in assisting with planning & organizing the dance are encouraged to attend the meeting tonight.
We would like to invite families to provide feedback and assist us in driving our school improvement efforts. The survey is called the 5Essentials Survey and the survey is located at: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent
6th Grade Science students had visitors from the John Deere Technology Innovation Center in Champaign, IL. Eric Crawford (Engineering Lead), Amanda Spyropoulos (Technologist), Luciana Mueller (Technologist) & Zachary Thurm (EDP Engineer) were here to share their expertise.
Congratulations to our Junior High Students of the Week!
In advisory this week, the students talked about the importance of celebrating each other's differences. We are excited to launch our "Student Spotlight" next week, where we will be showcasing different students each week. It's a great day to be a Panther!
Congratulations to PBL Junior High Students of the Week!
The 8th Grade Orientation/Parent meeting will be held tonight on Wednesday evening, February 1st at 6:00 p.m. in the PBL commons area. All eighth grade students and their parents or guardians are invited to attend. Students and parents will receive information about courses offered at PBL, graduation requirements, required courses for college admissions, extra-curricular activities and general policies.
PBL Junior High 2nd Quarter Honor Roll.
6th grade students at PBL JH are taking a Project Lead The Way course called Flight & Space in science with Mrs. Pondel. Students design and test models to learn about the science of flight & what it takes to travel & live in space. The final space challenge is a mission to Mars.
Here are the junior high Students of the Week! Great job everyone!
This week in advisory the junior students focused on the importance of self care. Self-care is described as activities we do to take care of our mental, physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Yesterday in the Commons Area, 8th grade students demonstrated their hydraulic arms for our 6th and 7th grade students. These hydraulic arms were designed in Mr. Johnson's 8th grade science classes.
