
6th Grade Students in Mrs. Pondel's Science class were able to pick the natural disaster they wanted to study. The students worked in groups, held discussions, and had a student lead the group in a roll called "The Big Cheese."


Today PBL JH visited Jefferson Middle School for the second part of the Student Exchange. Our students had a great experience, made some new connections, and brought back some new ideas. This was our 3rd year in partnering with Jefferson Middle School for a Student Exchange.

Mrs. Williams 8th Grade Advisory Class challenged Mrs. Grice's 8th Grade Advisory Class to see who could wear more red during Red Ribbon Week. Mrs. William's class won by a small margin, but in the end they are all winners.


PBL JH wanted to thank Jefferson Middle School from Champaign, IL for visiting our school on October 16th as part of our student exchange partnership with JMS. On October 30th PBL JH will be visiting JMS for the day.


On October 8th our Medical Detectives Enrichment in 8th Grade had a special visitor with Dr. Reese from the Paxton Clinic & Gibson Area Hospital. This year our Medical Detectives Enrichment is partnering with Gibson Area Hospital to enhance the relevance of our curriculum.


Congratulations to Josiah Deatick, Madison Freed & Isaiah Geerdes and Grace McCoy & Kara Deatrick who were selected for the ILMEA All District Honor Band. These students were selected through a competitive audition process with other schools throughout Central Illinois.

On Monday, October 21st PBL JH hosted the Fall Band & Chorus Concert at 6:00pm in the PBL JH Gym.

The 7th/8th grade girls’ basketball games vs. Watseka will be played in PAXTON on Tuesday, October 22nd. First game starts at 5:30.

Go, Panthers!


State XC! 🐾🐾


Go, Kenz!


So proud of these girls!


Go, Panthers!


State Cross Country!!


Good Luck to our Girls’ Cross Country Team and Nic V as they run at STATE at Maxwell Park in Normal tomorrow! The girls race at 11:00. Nic races at 11:45! Go, Panthers!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾

PBL JH is looking forward to our Student Exchange with Jefferson Middle School on Tuesday, October 16th. A new connection, a new idea, and a continued partnership.

PBLJH XC Invite begins at 4:00 tonight!
6th grade girls’ basketball begins at 5:30.
Go, Panthers!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

6th, 7th & 8th Grade Girls’ Basketball travels to Piper city tonight. Wear Pink as tonight is the “PINK” game to raise awareness for Breast cancer.

6th Grade Keyboarding Enrichment with Miss Kurtz did a "Tech Thursday" with a STEAM activity in the library. Students were given 6 pieces of paper & tape to make a sturdy structure. They needed to stack as many books on top of their structure as possible.





Junior High students are participating in an attendance competition. Each day of perfect attendance in 1st hour equals a puzzle piece & the first class to complete the puzzle wins. Congrats to Ms. Morse & her 1st hour 6th Grade ELA Class for the being the first to win.
