Jefferson County North USD 339

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! 💚🤍🏀

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

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)

Due to hazardous road conditions across Jefferson County, JCN will be closed on Tuesday, December 2, due to inclement weather. This includes Washburn Tech, Highland, and JDLA students. We will determine activities tomorrow afternoon.

JCN EMS December Newsletter!!

December Updates!

HS Girls Basketball Apparel!
Orders Due: Friday, Dec. 5th 2025

https://forms.gle/Q4mCzji1sAGoYSF39

Both the JCN boys' and girls' basketball teams will be practicing at the high school this afternoon. Practice will conclude by 5:15. There will be no high school afterschool van (ASAP) or activity bus this evening. Don't hesitate to contact the coaches if you have any concerns.