Jefferson County North USD 339

Reminder! The K-5 music concert is at 6pm on December 15th!

KSHSAA Buffer Week will be in effect from Monday, November 10, through Sunday, November 16.

During this week, high school athletes are not permitted to access school facilities for workouts outside the school day, and coaches are prohibited from holding practices or conditioning sessions. Buffer Week serves as a break between the fall and winter sports seasons.

Winter sports practices may begin on Monday, November 17, following Buffer Week.

Please note that this rule does not apply to middle school athletes, who may continue with their regular practice and competition schedules.

This week in the elementary library we are making beautiful Christmas trees. Here are the preschool pictures...

Come out and support our JCNMS Girls' Basketball team as they play in the NEKL Tournament in Valley Falls. Go CHARGERS! 💚🤍🏀

A BIG Thank you to Mrs. Bolinger, Mrs. Noll, and Mrs. Mitchell for new Connect Four games. Classes are growing and students are having to wait in line to play our board games. The library isn't just for reading, games are very important for mental health too. Learning to take turns, handling winning and losing, and showing patience are life skills.

🏀 HS C-Team/JV/V Basketball
📅 Tuesday, December 9, 2025
⏰ 4:30 PM
Location:
HS Gym – 4:30 JV Boys, 6:00 Varsity Girls, 7:30 Varsity Boys
MS Gym – 4:30 JV Girls, Fr/C Boys
Livestream:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ks/meriden/organization/6130/jefferson-west-high-school
🆚 Jefferson West
📍Jefferson West Schools
HS Gym (JV Boys/Varsity G/B)
619 Condray St
Meriden, KS 66512

MS Gym (JV Girls/C-Team Boys)
210 N. Miller
Meriden, KS 66512

🏀 HS C-Team Boys
📅 Monday, December 8, 2025
⏰ 5:30 PM
🆚 Atchison Co. Community
📍Oskaloosa Junior High (404 Park St.
Oskaloosa, Kansas 66066)

Charger Notes 💚 December 8-12 ‼️ NOTE - Time for the MS Girls' game on Monday, December 8, is 5:15, NOT 5:45. ‼️

NEKL Girls Basketball Tournament begins today. Good luck Chargers! 💚🤍🏀

Mark your calendar! Mrs. Noll's middle school drama students have an upcoming performance that will take place at our high school on December 17th! In preparation for their performance, Mr. Tweed's third period Mass Production students built braces for the prop lockers! Shout out to Wyatt Silvers, Merrick Noll and Will Elias! Thank you, Mr. Tweed! #JCNexcellence

Sixth-grade students dove into vocabulary by using an interactive Frayer Model. Working in groups, each team became “experts” on one assigned vocabulary word and prepared to teach it to the class. Students collaborated to create a definition, identify examples, and list non-examples. Each group member had an assigned role that guided their part of the exploration and deepened their understanding of the word. Finally, using AI, students generated images that represented the concept and illustrated the best interpretation of their word.

Mr. Leakey's high school biology students began growing bacteria cultures before Thanksgiving. This week, student dyed the bacteria in order to view it using a microscope. #JCNexcellence

Charger Shout Out! Our JCNHS Charger Student Handbook expresses the importance of the following character traits: Trustworthiness Respect Responsibility Fairness Caring Citizenship High school staff is working with intentionality to recognize Charger students who demonstrate any one of these traits! #JCNexcellence

While studying the writers and literature of the American Revolution, the Junior English students memorized lines from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." Even though the poem was written and published approximately 80 years after the Revolutionary War, the poet, whose mother was the daughter of a Revolutionary War hero, encourages us to remember "that famous day and year" and that "hour of darkness and peril and need," when the people awakened to hear "the hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, and the midnight message of Paul Revere." Some students chose to dress in costumes and use props to enhance their recitation and their grade. #JCNexcellence

THANK YOU to Hensleigh Tree Farm for providing JCN with beautiful wreaths this holiday season! What a wonderful surprise when we arrived to school on the first of December!

Book Fair starts TOMORROW! Classes will visit the book fair to. make wish lists and purchases. Cash, card or eWallets are accepted. You can create an eWallet here: bit.ly/4oVIDQ7 (if you do not want to send in cash or cards)
Santa will be at the Book Fair on Saturday during Holiday Open House from 9am-2:00pm. Come visit us!

Come out and support the JCNMS Girls' Basketball team as they play their last home game of the season. Go Chargers! 💚🤍🏀

Breakfast & Lunch Menu Changes

🏀 HS C-Team/JV/V Basketball
📅 Tuesday, December 2, 2025
⏰ 4:30 PM
Location:
PLHS Gym – 4:30 JV Girls, 6:00 Varsity Girls, 7:30 Varsity Boys
PLMS Gym – 4:30 JV Boys, Fr/C Boys, Fr/C Girls (2 Q’s)
Livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/@USD343Media/streams
There will be a livestream run from both gyms.
🆚 Perry Lecompton
📍Perry (404 Lecompton Rd, Perry, KS 66073)