Tonight's Basketball games against McLouth have changed. Varisty girls will begin at 4:30pm followed by boys varsity. There will be NO JV games tonight. Please let others know.
VARSITY GIRLS BEGIN AT 4:30PM AGAINST MCLOUTH FOLLOWED BY BOYS.
First graders learned about Kansas and ended the week celebrating Kansas’ birthday with a sunflower cake. 🌻🌻
First grade enjoyed celebrating the 101st day of school with a Dalmatian day of fun. Children shared 101 Day Posters, dressed as Dalmatians, enjoyed 101 snacks, and finished the day watching the Disney classic, “101 Dalmatians”.
4th graders as notable Kansans to celebrate Kansas Day!
Press Release to Announce Superintendent Selection
Jefferson County North USD 339 Names New Superintendent
The USD 339 Board of Education has announced the selection of Dr. Brad Kempf, as the new superintendent. Dr. Brad Kempf will take the reins on July 1, 2022 after the retirement of Mrs. Denise Jennings at the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
Dr. Brad Kempf was born and raised in Louisville, KY, and have been a Kansas resident since 2008. Since living in Kansas, he has enjoyed living in both Kansas rural and city settings and working with great communities. He is passionate about advocating for all Kansas students and public schools' needs at the State level.
Dr. Kempf has been in education for seventeen years and currently serves as the Interim Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources in Emporia USD 253. Prior to this, he served as West Middle School Principal in Lawrence USD 497 for five years, Emporia Middle School Associate Principal/Assistant District Athletic Director for four years. He also served as a PK-12 principal in White City in the Rural Vista District USD 481. His teaching experience includes roles as a high school teacher and coach in Tonganoxie, KS and Ft. Knox, KY. Prior to his career in education, he proudly served in the U.S. Army.
Dr. Kempf holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education, History from Missouri State University, a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Missouri, another Master’s Degree in School Leadership from Baker University, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Baker University.
Updated Girls Tournament Bracket 2021-22
Slight change to tonight"s HS boys basketball games at home against ACCHS. We will be playing 2 quarters of JV boys starting at 6:00 followed by Varsity boys. The games will be streamed on our live-feed. Go to our JCN Youtube channel.
Kindergarten celebrated 100th days of school today. They had fun doing 100 exercises with Jack Hartman, wearing 100 day crowns, stringing 100 Fruit Loop necklaces, and making their own snacks with 10 pieces of 10 different items.
The JCN Varsity Scholars Bowl Team heads to MH-MA for the NEKL Meet Wednesday. Good Luck team.
Night one of the JCN Girls Tournament is over with a win from Rossville and Valley Falls. Tonight NE Kansas plays Perry (6:00) and JCN plays Oskaloosa (7:30).
Congratulations to Ryan Feldcamp and Karson Worthington on being selected to the Oskaloosa Boys Tournament "All Tournament" Team. Good Job Boys.
The JCN Girls Mid-Season Tournament begins tonight. Games are on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Your JCN Girls will play on Tuesday (7:30), Friday (7:30) and Saturday (TBA). Good luck girls.
The boys will have a home game against ACCHS on Thursday; JV-6:00 and Varsity @7:00.
All games will be live-streamed on our Jefferson County North YouTube Channel.
The Boys Oskaloosa Tournament will finish today. JCN boys will play the 2nd game against Rossville @2:30pm. The games will be livestreamed again. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1cT7rKPBZ5XXOaJIF3GAlQ
The JCNHS Scholars Bowl team placed 2nd at the Perry-Lecompton meet on January 19th. After some difficult pool play our team was placed at the bottom of the bracket only to win round after round until the final round earning the second place win. Congrats all that participated!
Our first book reading was today, 13 seniors came and listened to Mrs. Courtney read Pretend She’s Here by Luanne Rice. We had hot chocolate, brownies, and snack mix and a great discussion afterward. We are meeting again tomorrow during first seminar for another chapter!
On January 13th the JCNHS Scholars Bowl team took home 3rd place at the Pleasant Ridge meet. We are definitely proud of what they accomplished! Good job everyone.
🏀Jefferson County North Girls Tournament Bracket 🏀
Congratulations to Clara Johnson for making the 1234A All-State Band! This group will perform at the KMEA Conference in Wichita on Saturday, February 26th at 5:00pm. Way to go, Clara!
Tonight the HS Girls will play ACCHS at home starting at 6:00pm. This is a change from the paper calendar. 1/2 game JV followed by Varsity. It will be live streamed on our YouTube site. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdlSacSe7cAuutSSIfoEsg
Update on Superintendent's Search.
The special meetings for January 20 and 21 have been cancelled. The special meetings (executive session) for interviews will be held Monday, January 24 and Tuesday, January 25. The community meet and greet will be held each of these two days from 3:45 - 4:30 p.m.