8th grade Rube Goldberg Open House is Thursday, March 5th. 5:30-7 PM. See you there!
Attached are some pictures from various activities in 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies. Students researched and presented information on significant historical figures and cultural icons in honor of Black History Month.
This Friday our Show Choir will be heading to Glenwood High School in Chatham, IL for their second competition of the year. Students will be departing the JH at 1:45pm and they will perform at 6:30pm. Attached is a picture from part of their performance with Inside Out.
Our JH Band on Monday, March 2nd hosted an IESA Solo Contest for students in the JH Band & Chorus Rooms. There were performance hours at 5:30pm, 6:30pm, & 7:30pm. A big thank you to our solo performers, parents & families attending, and the judges that helped score performers.
7/8 VB Matches at Watseka are canceled tonight. There will be NO vb practice.
All PBL activities are cancelled tonight (2/12/20) In addition, there will be NO morning practices on Thursday (2/13) and Friday (2/14) due to the forecasted weather conditions.
Panther Volleyball teams both won against Milford tonight! Great matches, Panthers!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾
Both teams play in Clifton tomorrow night.
The Career Day at PBL JH for our 8th grade students was a huge success. Thank you to all the local career professionals that made our Career Day a memorable experience. Attached is a thank you and what our students had to say about the experience.
On Tuesday, February 4th our 8th Grade Students will experience a Career Day at PBL JH. In the morning we will have a key note speaker and local area career professionals for breakout sessions. In the afternoon the 8th grade students will also tour PBL HS.
6th Grade Students from Mrs. Coplea's Study Hall did a good deed this week on Wednesday packing backpacks at Clara Peterson Elementary School. Way to go Panthers-
The PBL HS FFA visited 8th Grade Advisory Classes today to share about our HS FFA program and do some team building activities.
Students this week at PBL JH took the 5Essential Survey and also an Initial School Climate Survey. Both of these surveys give our students a chance to provide valuable feedback on how our school is doing.
Our volleyball teams host Cissna Park tonight! Exhibition match begins at 4:45 with the 7th grade match slated to begin at 5:30. 8th grade match will follow 7th grade. Go, Panthers!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Our 7th grade boys’ basketball team travels to Hoopeston Area Middle School for a Regional Championship match-up with St. Joseph tonight at 6:00! Good Luck, PBL Panthers!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Congratulations to Coach Palmer and the 7th grade boys’ basketball team on advancing to Thursday night’s Regional Championship at Hoopeston Area Middle School. Game time is 6:00. Go, Panthers!! 🐾
Last night on January 24th the PBL JH Student Council hosted a Winter Dance from 5:30-7:30pm in the JH Commons. Students had a great time and a wonderful start to their weekend.
8th Grade Students in ELA with Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Grice were working on Peer Editing. The students were reviewing literary essays on Chromebooks and reviewing their peers paper on rubric to provide student feedback.
7th Grade Students in our Speech Enrichment with Mrs. Mauck put on a practice performance with short comedy skits. There were performances about the first day of school, the movie, and more.
No Morning Practice on Friday the 24th - Due to inclement weather. Be safe Panthers-
In 8th Grade ELA students are sharing book talks. In our ELA classes this year we are using a Balanced Literacy Approach with different workshops that consist of reading, writing, & language. See the attached pictures from two book talks with Leah Eyre and Cadien Riecks.
