Mrs. Tomm's Life Skills class is testing to see which Bubble Brand is the best. Go Ducks!
HJH students in the Christmas spirit and came together briefly for a pic for the Ashton Fernetti Scholarship fundraiser with Christmas sweaters and crazy socks! We are ending the day with our drawing for names to win 1 of 5 baskets of Ashton's favorite items. Stay tuned Go Ducks!
HJH staff getting in the Christmas mood with ugly/funny/neat Christmas sweaters today!! Go Ducks!
HJH staff getting in the Christmas mood with ugly/funny/neat Christmas sweaters today!! Go Ducks!
7th Grader Bryce Hiller took the time to make a homemade ornament for his classroom tree. He made it to honor Ashton Fernetti...
"Spread confetti like Fernetti"
Great Job Bryce...Go Ducks!
Congrats to our 2019-20 high school girls basketball team for receiving the IBCA All-State 2nd Place Academic Award in Division 6 out of the many schools throughout the state! We received the award yesterday. A fantastic achievement for our student-athletes! Go Ducks!
One of the many activities we are missing during the COVID crisis is small group, leveled reading time that is shared across different classrooms. 3rd grade students, however, adapt and overcome by getting together to buddy read virtually!
Baskets are filling up with names for the Ashton Fernetti Memorial Scholarship fundraiser drawing. Donations will be taken until Wednesday!!
The war is on in Mrs. Pratt’s math class!Students are reinforcing their concepts of integers with the classic card game “War”.
A big shout out to our JH daytime custodian Cathy Wilcoxen and her Christmas-themed mask and antlers! Cathy and all of our custodians are doing a fantastic job this year and stepping up lately while we are short staffed. Go Ducks!!
Mrs. Tomm's class is working with mystery UV beads and UV light to see how it works with different colors and pigments in the beads. After going outside using sunlight, the beads absorbed the light and changed colors, then they look at them under UV blacklight to see the fluorescent activate and respond to light. Cool Science stuff! Go Ducks!
Yesterday, the IHSA met to discuss the timeline of winter sports, as well as other topics involving extracurricular activities in the state of Illinois. At this time, the IHSA stated that they have "no expectation to begin any winter sports seasons until 2021, but will remain agile in their preparation and willingness to adapt should a window present itself sooner." With this announcement, any games currently scheduled for the two high school winter sports of boys and girls basketball will be cancelled through the month of December. A full summary of the IHSA announcement can be found at the following link:
https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-board-discussion-update-from-december-2
Anyone with questions can contact Havana School District Athletic Director, Tyler Southwood, by email at tsouthwood2@havana126.net or by phone at the Havana Junior High School office.
Students in Mrs. Emme's class followed directions to build and play our new Turing Tumble marble-powered computers.
What a treat to find this morning! Thank you to Snedecker Risk Management from all of us at the junior high!
December menus have been added to the district's website at https://www.havana126.net/browse/7102.
Officer Weseloh teaching the 5th graders about verbal and nonverbal communication in Mrs. French's class today. Thanks Chief Weseloh! Go Ducks!
Mrs. Heye's Class: Turkey Trouble STEM Challenge. Tom the Turkey keeps running away. The students have been asked to build a cage out of toothpicks and mini marshmallows to save Thanksgiving dinner. Students worked spaced out as a team and came together briefly for a few pics, fun stuff...Go Ducks!
Mrs. Pratt’s class is learning about cornucopias and designing their own table setting for Thanksgiving. Please vote for your favorite setting. Voting ends at 8:00am tomorrow.
Yesterday, the IHSA held a board meeting to discuss participation in winter sports/activities and the start of the winter sports seasons . After the meeting, the IHSA issued a statement that "starting today all IHSA sports and activities will cease by Friday, November 20, for what we hope is only a short-term pause." The IHSA will revisit the topic of winter sports at a December board meeting to reevaluate the subject at that time. For now, open gyms, practices, conditioning, and trainings will be put on pause. A full list of the IHSA statement from yesterday's announcement can be found at the link below.
https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-temporarily-pauses-sports-activities-under-new-state-mitigations
Any questions about yesterday's announcement can be directed to district athletic director, Tyler Southwood, at tsouthwood2@havana126.net or by calling the Havana Junior High School office at 309-543-6677.
It had to be a little different this year, but Mrs. Brady's class still had a Thanksgiving experience in class today...Go Ducks!!
