Clinton Junior High School

Classroom Spotlight: 8th Grade Forensics Class First semester forensics students had a blast at Escape Decatur on Tuesday! Jailbreak escaped with 6:53 left, Wonderland escaped with 20 seconds left, and Parallel Universe was one lock away from escaping. #MaroonPride

CJHS Classroom Spotlight: 5/17: 101 Dalmatians Reading/Movie Exercise Activity Finished! Students in Adaptive P.E. Participated in a 101 Dalmatians Exercise Activity over the months April-May. The APE class first read the 101 Dalmatians book and performed physical exercises when they heard specific characters names for example, “Pongo” = 1 sit-up. After completing the book, during the past three Maroon Days students participated in the 101 Dalmatians activity along with the animated movie. The class enjoyed popcorn last Thursday and finished successfully today. The final exercise they performed was shoulder taps when they heard the word “Dalmatians.” Feel free to try the activity at home and do not forget, safety first.

Good Luck CJHS Wrestlers in Mt. Zion tonight at 6 pm. #MaroonPride

CJHS students and staff enjoyed a special visit from New York Times bestselling author, Margaret Peterson Haddix! We were able to host a socially-distant meet and greet for 60 lucky students and listen to her share some of her creative ideas for her books including The Strangers, Found, and Running Out of Time. Thank you for visiting with us, Mrs. Haddix!

Classroom Spotlight: Mr. McMath’s 8th grade students traveled to Woodlawn Cemetery to conduct preliminary research for their Good Cemeterian Project. Students are researching a Civil War Veteran and creating a project based on their life. Students noted the condition of the gravestones, the information provided on them and used a GPS to mark the location of each of their graves. Students will travel back to the cemetery next week to clean the gravestones. #MaroonPride

Reminder to CJHS 8th Graders, your $20.00 gown money for promotion is due by Friday, May 14th. Please make sure you turn it in to Mrs. Wilson in the office!

Good Luck CJHS Wrestlers in Gibson City against Gibson City and Pontiac tonight. Meet starts at 5:30, bus leaves at 3:30. #MaroonPride

Good Luck CJHS Wrestling Team at your meet today, May 8th! Meet starts at 10 AM in Shelbyville. Bus leaves at 7:45 AM. #MaroonPride

Good Luck CJHS Track Team at your meet today, May 8th here at home at the high school track! Meet starts at 9 AM! #MaroonPride

CJHS Classroom Spotlight: Students in 8th grade Social Studies learned how to use GPS receivers by plotting waypoints around CJHS. Students will use the receivers to mark the location of Civil War graves at Woodlawn Cemetery and create an online map. The project allows the information on the stones to be preserved and accessible online. The receivers were purchased with a grant from the Clinton Community Educational Foundation. Thank you for making this project possible CCEF! #MaroonPride

Attention 8th grade parents! If you would like to order a yard sign from C&P Printing, here is the direct link! Orders are due by this Monday, May 10th and will be delivered next Friday, May 14th to CJHS after school. https://www.cpcustomprinting.com/product-page/8th-grade-sign?fbclid=IwAR2ofoZAzmc7Esz4xVJblMTx6zfXq9SaZTUo5H53wwjTf49WssksJUY30OY

CJHS 8th Grade promotion has been set for Wednesday, May 26th. Mr. Peck has sent information home to 8th grade students and parents through Skyward. Please check your email and/or Skyward messages for more details! #MaroonPride

Check out the upcoming events at the Vault for Jr High Students

Good Luck CJHS Wrestlers at your meet tonight, Wednesday, May 5th against Warrensburg Latham! Meet starts at 6 pm, bus leaves at 4:30. #MaroonPride

Good Luck CJHS Track teams tonight, Wednesday, May 5th in Heyworth! Meet starts at 3:30, bus leaves at 2:15! #MaroonPride

Mrs. McMath's seventh grade accelerated English class is participating in a Margaret Peterson Haddix book club to prepare for her visit! Students were able to choose between the following titles: Children of Exile The Strangers The Deceivers Found We can't wait for her to come to CJHS next week! #MaroonPride

As we have hit May and looking towards the end of the school year, it will be time soon to turn in iPads, charging cords, and charging blocks. Students will need to be turning in those items on May 21st. If your student has lost their charging cord or block, they will need to pay for a replacement. The replacement cost is $10 for the lightening cable and $15 for the iPad power charging block. Please start looking for these items and making arrangements with CJHS if those items cannot be found.

CJHS Classroom Spotlight: Mrs. Cooper and Ms. Voegel’s advisory class held a mini STEM challenge. They had to use 50 popsicle sticks and hot glue to build the strongest bridge. It had to be at least 12 inches long. One bridge held 19 science textbooks! #MaroonPride

CJHS Classroom Spotlight: Mrs. Beck and Mrs. McMath's seventh-grade English classes are reading Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix as they prepare for her visit to CJHS in just a few weeks! #MaroonPride

Mrs. Turney’s 6th grade English classes are preparing for next month’s author visit by reading, writing about, and collaboratively discussing a variety of Margaret Peterson Haddix’s novels. A CCEF grant helped purchase the books needed to operate these book clubs, and we are putting them to good use!