Good morning everyone.  Here is the MSJH weekly bulletin for 5/22/17-5/27/17.  

Monday, May 22 

- Breakfast: sausage breakfast pizza, assorted breakfast bar flavors, assorted muffins with cinnamon toast or string cheese, assorted cereal with cinnamon toast or string cheese, fresh fruit, 100% juice, and milk variety

- Lunch: pancakes with syrup and sausage patty, chicken patty on a bun, cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza, Italian salad, ranch chicken wrap, tater tots, fresh broccoli, fresh apple, mixed fruit, bread and butter, and milk variety                                                                                                                                                                                                   Tuesday, May 23 

- Tuesday, May 23rd will be the last Art Club meeting for the year in the Art room 302 from 3:30-4:30. Only students that need to finish painting their bricks should plan to attend.

- Breakfast: pancake on a stick with syrup, assorted breakfast bar flavors, assorted muffins with cinnamon toast or string cheese, assorted cereal with cinnamon toast or string cheese, fresh fruit, 100% juice, and milk variety

- Lunch: corn dog on a stick, cheeseburger on a bun, cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza, turkey chef salad, ham sandwich, green beans, red peppers, fresh orange, diced peaches, bread and butter, and milk variety 

Wednesday, May 24 

- Last Day for MAYC

- Breakfast: sausage and cheese biscuit, assorted breakfast bar flavors, assorted muffins with cinnamon toast or string cheese, assorted cereal with cinnamon toast or string cheese, fresh fruit, 100% juice, and milk variety

- Lunch: meatball pizza sub, grilled cheese sandwich, cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza, ham chef salad, turkey and cheese sandwich, baked beans, cucumber slices, applesauce, diced pears, bread and butter, and milk variety 

Thursday, May 25

- 8th grade Parents: your 8th grade students will have an recognition assembly on May 25, 12:30 to 1:30. At 1:30 your students will be dismissed. Please discuss with your 8th grade student if they will need to sign up for early bus transportation or whether you are picking them up. Only bus students will get transportation on May 25, the sign up list is in the JH office.

- 8th Grade Recognition: 12:30 PM in the Orange Gym.  8th graders will be dismissed after the Recognition Ceremony. (LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 8TH GRADERS)

- 8th Grade Dance: 7:00-8:30 PM in the Orange Gym

- Breakfast: cinnamon sugar donut, assorted breakfast bar flavors, assorted muffins with cinnamon toast or string cheese, assorted cereal with cinnamon toast or string cheese, fresh fruit, 100% juice, and milk variety

- Lunch: Cook’s Choice 

Friday, May 26 

- ONE HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL: 8:20-2:17 P.M. (LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 6th and 7th GRADERS) (HAVE  GREAT SUMMER!)

- Breakfast: waffles with syrup, assorted breakfast bar flavors, assorted muffins with cinnamon toast or string cheese, assorted cereal with cinnamon toast or string cheese, fresh fruit, 100% juice, and milk variety

- Lunch: Cook’s Choice 

Saturday, May 27 

No Games or Events are scheduled. 

Reminders:  

Parents: we just wanted to remind all of you about upcoming tryouts/practice dates for athletics for the 2017-2018 school year.  We will provide the actual times at a later date.  A current physical must be on file in order to attend tryouts.  Here are the sports and dates: 

7th/8th Girls Softball: Tryouts will be held on Monday, July 24th and Tuesday, July 25th.  Tryouts will be from 5:00-6:30 PM on Monday and Tuesday.  We will meet at the HS Fieldhouse.  Please bring tennis shoes, helmet, bat and glove.  We will have a team meeting on Wednesday, July 26th at 3:30 to announce the players that made the team.  This meeting is for players only.  All players that made the team will stay for a team meeting, all others are free to leave after they hear the announcement.  Practices for the rest of the week will be on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Times will be announced at a later date.  Usually they will either be from 8-10am or 3:30-5:30pm.

7th/8th Boys Baseball: Baseball tryouts will be Monday, July 31st, Tuesday, August 1st, and Wednesday, August 2nd from 3:00 PM-5:00 PM at the high school field.  Baseball players need to be there at min of 2 days, preferred all 3 days 

6th/7th/8th Cross Country: the first practice can be held on Tuesday, August 1 (NO TRYOUTS)

7th/8th Girls Basketball: 7th and 8th grade girls basketball tryouts are on 8/28/17 and 8/29/17 in the MSJH orange gym from 3:30-5:30 P.M.

7th/8th Boys Basketball: tryouts can begin on Monday, October 16, 2017.

6th/7th/8th Wrestling: the first practice can be held on Monday, November 27, 2017 (NO TRYOUTS)

7th/8th Girls Volleyball: tryouts can begin on Monday, November 27, 2017.

6th/7th/8th Boys and Girls Track and Field: the first practice can begin on Monday, February 26, 2018 (NO TRYOUTS).

7th/8th Cheerleading: TBD 

From the office:

All library books were due Friday, May 12.  Please ask your student if he/she has a fine.  FREE Summer Reading program sheets for Meatheads, Barnes & Noble, and the Mahomet Public Library are now available in the library!  

The last day for MAYC is on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. 

8th grade Parents: your 8th grade students will have an recognition assembly on May 25, 12:30 to 1:30. At 1:30 your students will be dismissed. Please discuss with your 8th grade student if they will need to sign up for early bus transportation or whether you are picking them up. Only bus students will get transportation on May 25, the sign up list is in the JH office.

17/18 Registration is available for incoming 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. Parents are asked to complete 17/18 JH Registration in Skywards Family Access. If you have difficulty getting into your Family Access account, please contact MSJH Registrar, Deborah Norris 217-586-8930 or dnorris@ms.k12.il.us. Registration for your Junior High Student is necessary for our completion of your student’s schedule that will be available prior to 17/18 school year beginning , 08/18/2017. Please share this information with any neighbor, friend or co-worker that does not currently use Family Access. The site will be made available to you by coming to the Junior High office May 1- August 16, 2017. Our JH office will be open M-F 7:30-12:30 during June, July and August. Documents can be dropped off ,faxed or scanned to the JH office, at dnorris@ms.k12.il.us or knevill@ms.k12.il.

Students who need a pass to leave early for any reason should stop by the office after the 8:10 bell in the morning. In addition, students who need a pass to ride the bus home with another student should stop by the office in the morning or at lunch/recess.  Bus passes cannot be issued at the end of the day. 

Absences and appointments may be entered through Skyward Family Access under the attendance tab. 

Ibuprofen and Tylenol can be purchased in the office for $.50. 

- Parents may now enter an absence or appointment for their student by logging in to Skyward.  Once you are in Skyward, click on "attendance",  "enter absence request", "add request", then you can enter date, time and reason and hit "save".  This will notify the office of the absence or appointment. 

- MSJH will start Catch-Up Club on Tuesday, September 6th.  Catch-Up Club is designed to offer time and help for students to get caught up on assignments, projects, etc.  We will now offer Catch-Up Club every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday after school from 3:25-4:30 P.M.  On Tuesday and Wednesday, Catch-Up Club will be located in Room 119.  On Thursday, Catch-Up Club will be located in Room 106.  If a student wants to attend Catch-Up Club after school, they will need to sign up for Catch-Up Club in the main office before 12:00 noon each day they are interested in attending.  At 4:30 P.M., students that do not need a bus will be able to walk home or be picked up at school.  For students attending Catch-Up Club that need a bus, they will be escorted to a bus at 4:30 PM and the bus driver will bring that student home.  Students riding the Catch-Up Club bus home after school may not be home until 4:45-5:45 P.M. depending on the number of students riding on this bus each evening. 

Thanks, 

Justin Franzen

Assistant Principal/Athletic Director

Mahomet Seymour Junior High School CUSD #3