High school students visited 8th grade students during advisory yesterday for High School Connections. The high school students shared information about the high school with the 8th graders and answered questions. They also shared their own personal experiences with transitioning from 8th to 9th grade. The high schoolers offered a lot of great information and advice.
📣 PBL Junior High would like to honor, recognize, and thank our amazing officials that we've had the pleasure of hosting over our winter seasons. The week of January 13 through January 18 is Officials Appreciation Week. Officials are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, and friends. These unique individuals officiate because they love the activity and have found a way to give back to the activity and the youth who play it. They spend many nights away from their families each week to provide our students the
opportunity to participate. They have no stake in a contest other than their love
of the game. They are not going to get every call right; they are human, but
without them, games cannot be played. Please show respect and appreciation to
all officials, not just during officials’ appreciation week, but every game. Go Panthers!
🐾 Scholastic Bowl is another great way to get involved at PBL Junior High. If you have questions about our Scholastic Bowl team please reach out to Coach Hillary Sawyer @ hsawyer@pblpanthers.org
Welcome back, PBL Junior High School students and staff! We hope you had a wonderful winter break and are ready to dive back into learning. To celebrate the start of the new year, we collected some "Welcome Back Snapshots" from our first day back on January 7th. Check out the following link for pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/RVXcPizHLWYbQtaC6
Join us for 8th Grade Parent Night on February 5th! Learn all about the high school experience.
The JH Mini Band brought holiday cheer to the community with performances at local nursing homes and Clara Peterson Elementary School! On Tuesday, December 17th, the JH Mini Band, under the direction of Mrs. Breen, shared their musical talents with residents and students. The students enjoyed the opportunity to spread some holiday spirit and showcase their hard work.
Congratulations to our PBL Junior High School Students of the Week for the week of December 16 - December 20.
Our Junior High staff's Cookie Swap yesterday was a huge success! We had so many amazing cookies, like Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Cookies, Scotcharoos, Russian Tea Cakes, and tons more. A big thank you to all our teachers for the delicious treats and for everything you do! Happy Holidays!
You're invited to 8th Grade Parent Night! Please join us on February 5th in the Junior High Commons. We encourage all 8th grade students to attend with their parents/guardians. Come prepared with any questions you may have.
Congratulations to our PBL Junior High School Students of the Week for the week of December 9nd - December 13th.
📣There is also a new, better way to watch PBL JH athletics! Check out the link below. If watching from a phone, tablet or smart tv, download the Hudl fan app. Games will no longer stream on YouTube.
🔗https://fan.hudl.com/usa/il/paxton/organization/12071/paxton-buckley-loda-high-school/schedule?date=2024-12-15T06%3A00%3A00.000Z&range=Week&s=U2NoZWR1bGVFbnRyeVB1YmxpY1N1bW1hcnk2NzQ1Y2VkMjFmNjkwNDVjY2I1YTYwYTM%3D
The PBL JH Panther School Store is now open! Every Tuesday morning, our students run and manage a school store in the Commons Area during student arrival. Students sell a variety of items, including pens, pencils, erasers, mazes, pop-its, fidgets, and more. Items range in price from $0.25 to $2.00.
PBL Junior High Student Council invites all junior high students to participate in our holiday dress up days for the final week before break! Please make sure the attire follows the school dress code. We hope to see everyone have fun in the week leading up to break!
Good luck to our 8th Grade Boys Basketball Team tonight! They're playing Iroquois West Middle School for 3rd place in the Twin City Conference Tournament at Watseka Glenn Raymond. Tip-off is at 5:00 PM.
GCMS is hosting a fundraising event during our game against them on December 17th. Let's show our support, have some fun, and contribute to a worthy cause.
As we enter the winter months, be prepared for inclement weather and do your best to stay healthy. Attendance is still very important at this time of year!
Today in Mrs. Knoll's ELA class, Mrs. Ager discussed with students how illustrations help to enhance the meaning of stories. Students discussed art specific vocabulary in regards to images from their books and began to sketch a hero of their own to begin brainstorming their original monomyth.
Dear PBL JH Families:
The PBL Junior High School, in partnership with the Paxton Church of Christ, is hosting a Holiday Shopping Event for students to select gifts for their loved ones. Donations of new or gently used items are being collected until Friday, December 13th at the Junior High School. The event will take place on Tuesday, December 17th from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Paxton Church of Christ Basement.
Click the link for more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D8_K0OTLsdX_t245JIu_3ZNC9NTsGY8q/view
Click on the following link to signup for the event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSet_LmEx1CA5i3dBkMy5vNTt1IqXPzV6dEdku5gXklf57MDfA/viewform
PBL Junior High School Student Council presents their holiday themed dress up days for the week of December 9th - December 13th. Each day the student council members have picked holiday themed dress up days to add some excitement to our weeks leading up to winter break. There will be more dress up days for the week of December 16th - December 20th that we will post on Friday. Let's have a fun week, Panthers!
Congratulations to our PBL Junior High School Students of the Week for the week of December 2nd - December 6th.
