George Junior High School

Wrangler Families: NO After School Tutoring or Detention on Monday or Wednesday of this week due to Student Led Conferences. Thanks

Wrangler Families: Student Led Conferences begin today at 4:15. Students bring your parents and show off what you have been doing this year. Trying to reach 100% participation. Conferences are on Mon, Mar. 9 and Wed, Mar. 11. See you there!

We are equally excited to announce that Kim Bramall has also been selected to participate in the 2020-21 Arkansas Declaration of Learning Program. We are so proud of Mrs. Bramall for being selected for this prestigious honor. #THEChoice

Wrangler Families: Student Led Conferences begin at 4:15 today! Check with your student about your scheduled time and come see what they have been doing this year. See you tonight or Wednesday night. Go Wranglers!

We are so proud to announce that Amanda Ladish has been selected to participate in the 2020-21 Arkansas Declaration of Learning Program. This prestigious program is open to Arkansas school librarians and teachers of English language arts, arts, social studies, ELs, special education, and gifted and talented in grades 4-12. Selected participants will learn about historic art, objects, and resources from the Clinton Foundation, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms, and the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. At a five-day summer workshop in Little Rock from June 15-19, 2020, participants will work with representatives from these organizations and DESE to develop innovative units and lesson plans. Inspired by historic objects, artwork and special site visits, educators will develop a student-led, teacher directed civic engagement project that addresses an issue in their community, state, nation, or world. Throughout the following school year, participants will test and refine their unit and execute the civic engagement project. Participants will be mentored throughout the one-year program and receive a stipend as program goals are met. Finally, there will be a culminating celebration event in summer 2021. We are so proud of Mrs. Ladish for being selected for this prestigious honor. #THEChoice

SAVE THE DATE: March 11th at 10am Watch COUNT ME IN LIVE! Stories will focus on the importance of the Census, How Springdale is Preparing for the Census, How Funding will impact our city and much more. Plus don't miss the Springdale Influencers Commercial...shot by YOU!

Wranglers: Student Led Conferences be Monday, Mar. 9 and Wednesday, Mar. 11 from 4:15 - 7:15. Students, bring your parents! Parents, come see what your child has been doing this year. Parking is available in the North and South parking lots. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

A huge congratulations to Mr. Beard and his EAST students. Their VR for Phantom Limb Pains project has made top 20 for Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow competition which guarantees GJHS at least $50,000 in technology for our school. They now have the opportunity to send part of the team to New York City (paid for by Samsung) in a few weeks to present at the national pitch event where the top 5 projects will receive $100,000 for their school. You can see the video of their project here: https://www.samsung.com/us/solvefortomorrow/. The school who receives the most votes will win an additional $10,000 "Community Choice Award" so please go and vote for them! #THEChoice

This past week several of our FCCLA students traveled to Hot Springs for the state FCCLA STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) competition & conference. At this event, our FCCLA students scored an 86, which is only 4 points below a Gold medal! These students have now qualified to go to Nationals in Washington DC in July! We are so proud of these students and their accomplishments! #THEChoice #WeAreGeorge

Volunteer interpreters are needed for student-led conferences. Please sign up or call if you can help. https://forms.gle/e4J2xkUKYuQX7xpK7

Congrats to Kaci Smith, who recently won the Learning Disabilities Association of America's President's Award. The LDA President chooses a member who is an outstanding volunteer and displays leadership skills within their organization. She received the award for the planning and organization of LDA's 57th International Conference in Orlando. #THEChoice

Wranglers: A reminder to wear your badges! These are useful to you throughout your day and will be become even more needed as you continue with school. Happy Fat Tuesday!

Wrangler Families: New Students IDs. They are expected to wear them daily. Help them to remember. They are $3 to replace if lost. They will need them for lunch, the library and other things at school. They are useful for ACT testing and getting a driver's license too!

A group of EAST students went to George Elementary today and played the "Save the Turtles" board game that they created using laser engraving, 3D printing, and Microbit programming. After playing the game, they broke into groups and taught the students about how they designed the 3D printed turtles using Tinkercad and how they programmed the Microbit.

This past weekend, our GJHS Debate team competed in a tournament at Har-Ber High School. Several of our students received individual achievements: Melvin Marin, 1st in Informative Speech; Katie McCarty, 4th in Poetry; Kylee Laginess, 3rd in dramatic interpretation & 6th in Prose; Haley O'Neal, 3rd in Impromptu Speech; Brandon Mendez, 5th in IPDA. Also, out of all of the Junior High's that were there, GJHS was the 3rd Highest scoring team!

Some of our 9th grade Family and Consumer Science students volunteered at the George Elementary Heart Ball. These students helped with collecting money, setting up, and taking down for the event. They also interacted and played games with the George Elementary students. It looks like everyone had a blast!

Yesterday we held our ESL Exit Ceremony for students that are exiting the ESL program. These students exiting the program passed the ELPA 21 test last year with all 4s and/or 5s in the four domains on the test. They also passed two other major tests such as the ACT Aspire, MAPs, or their semester tests. We are so very proud of all of these students! Great job, Wranglers!

Our Creative Writing students took a trip to visit George Elementary earlier this week to read their original children's books to their students. Our Creative Writing students absolutely loved collaborating with George Elementary, and they look forward to doing something with them again in the future.

Scott West, Outdoor Adventure Coordinator for Sheep Dog Impact Assistance came and helped our team of EAST students working on the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow project to use Virtual Reality to help relieve Phantom Limb Pains by sharing his experiences and providing valuable feedback for their project. #SamsungSolve

Congrats to our own Marie Fowler for being announced by the Arkansas Department of Education as one of 35 Arkansas educators selected to receive a $2,000 Professional Development Sponsorship. The sponsorship will assist educators with expanding their knowledge of computer science and give them the opportunity to network with other educators from around the world at the Computer Science Teachers Association conference, which will be held in Arlington, Virginia July 11–15, 2020.