Jonathan Alder Junior High

February 10th - JAJHS Winter Wonderland Dance

February 16th - Professional Development - NO SCHOOL

February 19th - Presidents Day - NO SCHOOL

March 15th - End of 3rd Quarter

March 19th - Professional Development - NO SCHOOL

March 25th - April 1st - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

Our Winter Wonderland Dance is tomorrow, Saturday, February 10th, from 7-9 PM.

The cost of admission is $5 per person (Jonathan Alder JH students only, please). Drinks, snacks, and a slice of pizza will be provided with the admission cost, but additional concession snacks will also be available for a small charge. If you are able to donate your time or resources, here is a link for your review!

Reminders:

When dropping off for the dance on Saturday evening, please enter at the driveway closest to the football field and follow the morning drop-off pattern.

The dance will end promptly at 9:00 PM. Following the dance, please be patient as all of our student head to their cars. We appreciate everyone’s effort in making sure it is a safe evening for all of our students.

Next Wednesday, February 14th, is group photo day for the JAJHS yearbook. Please plan accordingly!

The Edgewater Retirement Center has invited 7th grade student council members to make crafts and pass out candy bags and dream catchers with their residents on Thursday, February 15th. Students who have turned in permission slips should stay after school to assemble our bags and then take a bus to Edgewater. Parents are to pick up their students at 4:15 PM from Edgewater.

We held an informational track meeting at the JAJHS this week. Coach Lieberth handed out a form to all interested students on the upcoming season, so if your child is interested in participating, please review it with them. We are working on hiring additional coaching staff and hope to have decisions finalized by next week with practices likely to begin in March. Please reach out to Coach Lieberth if you have any questions.

The 7th and 8th grade Math Club is starting in a couple of weeks. Meetings will be held once a week during lunch. Students should look for updates on the announcements. It is open to any student interested in competing in the Madison County Math Contest that will be held on April 25th.

Over the next month, 8th grade students will begin the process of high school scheduling. This process will involve meeting the administration and school counselors from the high school and hearing about course structure and program offerings. Our students will visit both the high school and Tolles and learn about their future opportunities. We will share additional details as we have information available.

We are holding a special event the morning of Wednesday, March 20th, for our 8th graders. While half of our students visit Tolles Technical Center to learn about options available at Tolles, the other half of our 8th graders will be meeting with local members of our community to learn about various careers. The two groups will then switch!

We need YOUR help to make this event possible! If you are available to speak at this event on March 20th, or want more information, please fill out the following survey so that we can get in touch with you with more details. The approximate hours we would need your help would be from 8:15 AM - 11:15 AM. We anticipate speakers will be at individual tables with small groups of students rotating through each station. Please click this link to sign up: https://forms.gle/Mzs1c1y2AY3KCt9p8

Our high school musical, Into The Woods, will be on our high school stage from Thursday, March 14th, through Sunday, March 17th. Tickets are NOW available!! Tiers are identified on the website this year! Go to our website. www.Jamb-arts.org and click on the link to be taken to the online ticket site. If you have any ticket questions, contact Tiffany Eudaily at tiffanyeudaily@gmail.com or text only please at 614-432-1381.

Our next music booster meeting will be held Monday, February 26th at 7:00 PM at the JAHS Choir room.

For completely free tax preparations, call 937-617-4217

MADISON COUNTY

Friday 4-7pm

UNION COUNTY
WED 4-7pm

Ohio's State Tests

Each spring, Ohio students are administered the Ohio State Tests. To assist families with planning for any appointments or trips, here are the dates we anticipate testing:

7TH GRADE OST'S

April 23rd: Language Arts Part 1

April 24th: Language Arts Part 2

April 30th: Math Parts 1 and 2

8TH GRADE OST'S

April 23rd: Language Arts Part 1

April 24th: Language Arts Part 2

April 30th: Math and Algebra Parts 1 and 2

May 2nd: Science Parts 1 and 2

GEOMETRY OST'S (at High School)

TBD

Sometimes parents ask that school personnel administer medication to their child during the school day. When this is necessary, we require written permission and instructions from the parent and in some instances from the doctor. The required form must be completed and turned in to the junior high office with the medication to be administered.

Email: cazareje@japioneers.org
Website: http://www.alder.k12.oh.us/
Location: Jonathan Alder Junior High School, Killbury-Huber Road, Plain City, OH, USA
Phone: 614-873-4635
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanalderjrhigh/?ref=bookmarks
Twitter: @AlderJHS