Congratulations to Jefferson West High School!! We are the successful winners in the canned food drive vs. Holton. As a District, we collected 619 food items. Tiger Roar!!
#HeedtheRoar
Winter Break Schedule. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Early Dismissal - 12Noon
Jefferson West High School StuCo is hosting its annual food drive and making it a friendly competition with Holton High School. The winner will be announced at our home basketball game vs. Holton on Tuesday, December 19th. All items will be donated to God's Storehouse. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be delivered to any of the District buildings. #HeedtheRoar
If you can't make it to the High School Boys and Girls Basketball games tonight vs. Holton, you can watch them here! Tip-off is 4:30pm. The winner of the Jefferson West StuCo Annual Food Drive vs. Holton will be announced between games. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be delivered to any of the District buildings.
Game locations are as follows:
HS - JV Girls (2 1/4's); V Girls; V Boys
MS - JV Boys; FR/C-Team Boys We hope to see you there!
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/jefferson-west-high-school-meriden-ks
SOPHIE WATERS NAMED MSC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Sophomore Sophie Waters! Sophie remains undefeated this season in Girls Wrestling. She has been selected as the MSC Athlete of the Week. Coaches Dolezilek and Sheets say that Sophie is a great asset in the practice room and is blossoming into a leader. Tiger Roar!!!
https://www.mscsports.net/featuredAthlete/?aowk=892
The Lady Tigers placed 2nd at the ACCHS Tournament today. All twelve competitors assisted in the Tigers bringing home 2nd Place. Five of them qualified for the finals rounds taking the following places: MaKinley Shelman - 4th place; Mya Vetsch - 3rd place; Taryn Taylor - 2nd place; Payge Vetsch - 1st place; and Sophie Waters - 1st place. Way to go Tigers!!!!!
Upcoming HS events for the week of 12/17…
12/17-19 Finals
12/17 Band & Vocal Concert 7pm
12/19 BKB vs. Holton 4:30pm – Food Drive Ends
12/20 Early Dismissal - 12Noon
12/21-1/3 Winter Break
4 Speaker Debate Team - STATE BOUND!!!! Congratulations!
On Thursday, the Lakeside Singers shared their holiday spirit at the Elementary School. With everyone wearing their Santa and Elf hats and singing along, Christmas magic filled the air. Lakeside Singers and Mr. Dziewior for the win!
Monday, 12/18, is the start of finals at the High School. Here are a few study tips to survive finals week. Finish Strong!!
If you can't make it out to the High School Boys and Girls Basketball games tonight @ Sabetha, you can watch it here! Tip-off is 4:30pm.
http://www.citylinktv.com/channel/sabetha-knza/
#HeedtheRoar
Last night Quill and Scroll inducted 8 new members into the Journalism honor society. Congratulations to Rees Brown, Emma Herring, Izzy Higgins, Katelin Lohmann, Bryce Midgley, Ava Morrow, Joslynn Sutton, Madelyn Wuellner!
Jefferson West FFA has some Citrus Combos and some Oranges and Grapefruit. First come first serve. Deals will be made. Contact Mr. Buss at the High School, 785-484-3331 if you're interested.
Recently, some of our FFA members took a trip to the Valley Falls Humane Society. They played with the animals, took them for walks, and made paintings. There may have been a few accidents involved as well! Not sure who had more fun...the animals or Mr. Buss!
If you can't make it out to the High School Boys and Girls Basketball games tonight @ Perry-Lecompton, you can watch it here! Tip-off is 4:30pm. Teddy Bear Toss will be during half-time of the Boys' Varsity game. There will not be a FR/C-Team Girls game.
https://www.youtube.com/@USD343Media/streams
The senior art students traveled Thursday to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. What a way to experience 5000 years of art! It is known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art
Upcoming HS events for the week of 12/10…
12/11 JV/V Scholars’ Bowl @ Seaman 4pm
12/11 Board of Education Meeting 6:30pm
12/12 BKB @ Perry-Lecompton 4:30pm
12/13 WIT Last Day Fall Semester
12/14 Quill & Scroll Induction Ceremony 7pm
12/15 Boys WR @ Pleasant Ridge 4pm
12/15 BKB @ Sabetha 4:30pm
12/16 Girls WR @ ACCHS 9am
12/15-16 Debate Regionals
Regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting, Monday, December 11th, 6:30pm at the District Office.
Agenda Information:
https://usd340.diligent.community/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Id=85
What's this?? Our commons area has been transformed to reflect "Arabian Nights"! Mrs. Abbott and the FCCLA Chapter outdid themselves this year. Over 160 sewing hours in constructing the fabric ceiling and side panels alone. WOW! It looks amazing and the students had a great time. Congratulations to the FCCLA Royalty, Alexis Haase, Chase Holman, and Caroline Small! Well done, FCCLA, well done!
