Principal's Coffee

Be sure to join me this Friday, April 15, for coffee and talk about all thing PG. We will begin at 9AM in room 904 here at the Junior High. I hope to see you there!

Junior High Technology

Please join me in welcoming Ms. Jenni Carlson to the Prairie Grove Jr. High learning community. Jenni is joining us, following very successful experiences in North Chicago and Gurnee. Jenni is a recent graduate of Illinois State University, and she is going to be filling in for Mr. Scott Martin, who has been promoted to a new role at the district level. I am very excited to have found such a highly qualified candidate to take on Scott's vacated instructional role for the rest of the year.

Principal's Coffee

Please make time to join me for coffee and school talk on Friday, March 18 at 9AM, in the Junior High Conference Room. We will be talking about all things PG!!

Track

Thanks to Mrs. Stevens, Mr. Kremer, Mrs. Olson and Mr. Schmidt we will be having our scheduled track season. We are very thankful that this group of teachers and parents has stepped up and volunteered to keep a great program running. We are planning to have practices begin during the week that precedes Spring Break. If your child is interested in joining track, they will need to attend a short informational meeting in the Jr. High Gym, after school, on March 9th. Practices are scheduled to begin on March 21st.

Faculty Student Game

The Faculty will be taking on the Boys and Girls Basketball teams in an exhibition game next Tuesday, March 15th. Game time is 4:00pm. Admission is $1.00. The half time show will be put on by the faculty and is titled "Minute To Win It". All of the PGJH community is invited to attend this annual event. So, be there!

ISAT 2011

Next week marks the beginning of 2011 ISAT tests. All students in the state of Illinois will be participating in Grades 3-8. Students in grade 6 and 8 will be taking Reading and Math tests, while students in 7th grade will be taking Reading, Math, and Science tests. We are very proud of the performance of PG students on these tests in the past, and we look forward to seeing them shine once again this year. Please be sure that your students get a good night of sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, and get to school up-beat and on time all next week. If you have any questions about the tests, please don't hesitate to call.

8th Grade Info Night

The Parent Information Night regarding 8th grade graduation and end of year activities will be Wednesday, February 23, 2011. The meeting will be held in the junior high gym starting at 7:00 p.m. Please make every effort to be here since important forms and information will be distributed, questions can be answered and payments can be collected. The Activity fee is $12.00 and the Great America fee is $38.50 or $4.00 if a season pass is being used. There will also be a representative from the dinner dance committee to answer questions and collect payments.