Dust Devil Weekly

7 more wakeups!

Excitement is building all around JMMS as the upcoming winter break continues to creep up, but we’ve been as busy as ever at JMMS. Last week the 7th graders attended JMMS’ first Finance Park field trip. Our annual skating night at Viejas was held last Thursday. JMMS actors and actresses are in their final rehearsals for next week’s winter theater performance.

We are still buzzing over yet another victory, last Sunday, for the JMMS robotics team, the Dumpster Diver Candy Eaters.

As we approach our much anticipated, and well deserved break, I hope everyone takes a little time to recharge and refocus. When we return we will be almost mid way through the 2nd trimester. It is the perfect time to reflect on your past year, and your personal growth and academic goals. Take time to recharge so we are all ready to tackle the new year successfully.

Enjoy this latest edition of the Dust Devil Weekly.

- Teachers working to unwrap gifts while wearing oven mitts in a spirit activity at our latest Leadership Assembly!

- Liberty Charter High School visiting our 8th graders to share some of the awesome highlights of their school and its programs!

- Students in Mr. Walker's class learning about the rock cycle by creating rocks with candy!

- The 7th graders visiting Finance Park on a field trip where they learned all about earning money and how to budget it! Many of them discovered how much things really cost in the real world and were shocked!

- Students in Mr. Herrera's class working on Bridges math Number Corners!

- Dust Devils at Viejas enjoying the ASB sponsored Ice Skating Night! Smiles and skates all around!

We are excited to announce that the JMMS Performing Arts Program is back and will present it's Winter Production "North Pole's Got Talent" on Thursday, December 14th at 7pm in the JMMS Gym. The students have been rehearsing for months and cannot wait to perform for families and friends. Tickets are $5 at the door (suggested donation) and light refreshments will also be sold. Please come out and support this wonderful program, the students and the arts!

I believe it was Major Frank Burns, on the old TV show M*A*S*H, who said, “It’s nice to be nice.”

At Joan MacQueen we get to witness acts of kindness every day. At the recent dodgeball tournament we saw teammates cheering one another after successes and failures. We saw amazing kindness as teams encouraged one another despite their competition. We see students assisting Mr. Larry at lunch by cleaning up trash around the cafeteria. We see students carrying one another’s belongings when needed.

As we turn into the holiday season, no matter what your traditions are, surely, kindness is an important part of them. The upcoming break will be the perfect time to perform acts of kindness, and reflect on how we can bring even more kindness to our school. After all, I don’t think there is such a thing as too much kindness.

As we return to school in the new year, let us all do our part to bring more kindness to JMMS. We could always use it.

Dear Parents of 8th Grade students at Joan MacQueen Middle School,

I’d like to introduce myself to you and extend an invitation to our December 12th Shadow Day.

My name is John Luzzi, and along with Daniel Sanchez, we are excited to serve the community of Alpine as Assistant Principals at Liberty Charter High School. Both Mr. Sanchez and I have been with LCHS for 15 years and are pleased to be here in Alpine.

We think that your students would love our school, and we’d like them to come check out LCHS for a day!

Please call our office at 619-659-5131 to RSVP.

See the attached flyer below for more info!

During the week of December 11 - 15, ASB will be sponsoring the final Spirit Week of 2023! Each day will have a fun holiday theme and we hope all Dust Devils will participate in the fun. Spirit Days are an easy way to show your school spirit and to make the school day feel exciting! The theme of each day is highlighted below!

JMMS is excited to offer Spirit wear for our Dust Devils! You can find offers and options here:

https://macqueenmiddlespiritwear.com/

If you want to wish your Dust Devil a Happy Birthday either on the marquee or in our morning announcements (or both!) you can fill out this form and turn it in to Miss Lindsay in the front office. Please give us 48 hours notice before the day you would like the message to appear. You can get the form from the front office as well, or print one out from this newsletter.

The JMMS Yearbook is available for purchase online for a pre-order price online. Soft cover books will be $35 and hard cover books will be $45. You can purchase books online at http://www.yearbookordercenter.com. You will use the code 8280 to access the JMMS page to place your order. This price is only good while yearbooks are sold online so be sure to order to guarantee that your child has a yearbook in June!

Monday 12/11 - Christmas Socks Day

Tuesday 12/12 - Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

Wednesday 12/13 - Late Start Morning (8:30am)

Wednesday 12/13 - Christmas Colors Day

Thursday 12/14 - Santa Hat Day

Thursday 12/14 - Winter Performance "North Pole's Got Talent" JMMS GYM at 7pm

Friday 12/15 - Coffee with the Principals 8:15 am

Friday 12/15 - Christmas Pajamas Day

Wednesday 12/20 - Monday January 8 - Winter Break

Tuesday 1/9 - Students Return to School