Bulldog Bytes - December 2019
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News briefs about the people, places, and events of the Carl Junction School District.
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ec 6: CJ Day - Show your school spirit by wearing RED & WHITE
Dec 6 - 13: 1/2 Price Scholastic Book Fair, K-6th Libraries
Dec 8: CJ Christmas Parade, downtown, 2 pm (if cancelled for weather, will not be rescheduled)
Dec 9: 3rd grade Christmas Program, 6 or 7 pm (see time listings on their
website homepage
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(Book fair in 2-3 library will be open from 5-8 pm for families)
Dec 10: 2nd grade Christmas Program, 6 or 7 pm (see time listings on their
website homepage
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(Book fair in 2-3 library will be open from 5-8 pm for families)
Dec 12: 1/2 Price Book Fair Family Library Night event @ K-1 & Int Libraries, 3:30-6:30 pm
Dec 12: Jr. High & High School Band/Jazz Band Concert, High School Gym, 7 pm
Dec 13: CJ Day - Show your school spirit by wearing RED & WHITE
Dec 13: Early Childhood & PAT Playdate - Breakfast with Santa, K-1 Cafeteria, 9 am
Dec 13: Talents for Toys Variety Show (details below). Stark Performing Arts Center, 7 pm
Dec 15: High School Choir Concert, Stark Performing Arts Center, 3 pm
Dec. 16: Board of Education Meeting, Instructional Services Center, Door C1, 6:30 pm
Dec 20: 6th Grade Band/Treblemakers Holiday Assembly, Intermediate Gym @ 8:45 am
Dec 20: Early Out @ 11:30 am
Dec 23 - Jan 3: Christmas Break
Jan 6: Classes resume
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For more information, check out your
student's building newsletter or daily announcements:
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The Cookie Chronicle: Focusing on the Future
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Welcome back to
The Cookie Chronicle, a video blog series by Dr. Phillip Cook, Superintendent of Carl Junction Schools.
This recurring series focuses on the great things that are happening in Carl Junction Schools and our community.
"In this installment, I join you from the Junior High Career Day to discuss our Comprehensive School Improvement Plan and our District's areas of focus for the future." Click on the video below to watch.
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Carl Junction Cares: Holiday Giving
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Our buildings are hosting charitable efforts this holiday season. Students families or interested community members are also welcome to donate, just submit to the school office. Thanks for your giving hearts Bulldogs!
Primary K-1:
- Students will design Holiday cards and gift them to residents at Carl Junction Residential Care and Wildwood Senior Living.
Primary 2-3: December 2-13
- Canned or boxed food drive, donations will go to Bright Futures & Helping Hands in Carl Junction. Pet food donations will go to the Humane Society.
- 3rd grade classrooms collected peanut butter for CJ Bright Futures (see details below)
Intermediate: December 3-13
- Food drive for Christmas baskets. Items will be made into baskets to be shared with school district families in need. Helpful items include canned goods, flour, sugar, oil or shortening, cake mixes, and potatoes.
Junior High: December 1 - 13
- Canned Food drive
- NJHS collected toys for a project known as "Birthday-in-a-Bag" and Fostering Hope (see details below)
High School:
- Talents for Toys Variety Show, Friday December 13. See details below.
- FFA Barnwarming candidates raised money to donate to the Carl Junction Police Department's Shop with a Cop event for district children in need.
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1/2 Price Scholastic Book Fair:
Next Week!
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Cross some gifts off your list and find amazing half-price bargains on popular brand-new books and accessories! Don't miss it!
K-6th Libraries:
- Friday, Dec 6: 8 am - 2 pm
- Monday, Dec 9 through Wednesday, Dec 11: 8 am - 4 pm
- (Mon & Tues 2-3 building book fair open from 5-8 pm during Holiday programs)
- Thursday, Dec 12: 8 am - 6:30 pm (K-1 & Intermediate Family Night, 2-3 only open until 4 pm)
- Friday, Dec 13: 8 am - noon
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Toys collected for students in need
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The Carl Junction Junior High National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) have begun a service project called “Birthday-in-a-Bag”. This initiative will provide children from the district’s K-1 building, who are on both the Free and Reduced Lunch program and the Food Pack program through Carl Junction’s Bright Futures, with a decorated bag for their birthday. In the bag will be small toys and a fresh cupcake donated by Walmart in Webb City.
When the toy drive for this program was initiated at the Junior High, the number of toys donated surpassed expectations with 174 total items collected. This amount was more than enough "Birthday" gifts to fulfill the project. NJHS then agreed to donate the excess items collected to the local organization Fostering Hope, to help restock their Caring Closet.
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Photo from (L to R): Back row - Emma Minard, Hailey Merwin, Brennan Carey, Kaelyn Feagan, Hannah Cantrell / Front row - Isabel Read, Brooklyn Meyer, Anna Burch, Emily Rice
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3rd Graders collect 746 jars of peanut butter
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Bright Futures Carl Junction prepares and sends home 105 food packs each week for students in need of food on the weekend. The packs are made up of healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner items that students can prepare on their own.
To assist this program, the 232 members of the 3rd grade class participated in a peanut butter drive. Mrs. Reed's class collected the most peanut butter (235 jars) and were rewarded with a pizza party. In total, the 3rd graders collected 746 jars of peanut butter! Thank you so much to the students, parents, and friends of these students.
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Winter weather has arrived in Southwest Missouri. When deciding whether to close schools, several factors are taken into consideration, including the amount of snowfall, condition of residential and thoroughfare roads, temperature, and the ability to clear parking lots and sidewalks. We closely monitor local forecasts at the first announcement of severe weather. From there, our team travels the roads in various areas of the district.
If school is canceled or the arrival/dismissal time is affected, an announcement will be made through our automated communication system using phone, text, and email; postings on social media and the district website; and our local television stations. Verify that your parent information is up to date here:
https://sis.cj.k12.mo.us/CJ360x3/login
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- Junior Salma Lewis was named to the Class 4 Volleyball All-State team.
- Senior Garret Taylor has been selected to play in the ESPN Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in Atlanta, GA on January 13 at 6 pm. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN 3.
- The Carl Junction Girls Basketball team plays Nevada tonight (Thursday, Dec. 5) for the Championship of the CJ Classic, game time is 8:30 in the high school gym. The game is also live-streamed at the City Link TV link below.
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Carl Junction Girls Varsity Basketball Team
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Carl Junction Bulldog Athletics
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Bulldog Broadcast Network
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