Friday, January 11, 2013

MJH e-News: Week of January 11 - 19

Saturday, Jan 12: Region Choir Workshop
Tuesday, Jan 15: St. Isaac's Inertialand in Library
Wednesday, Jan 16: St. Isaac's Inertialand in Library
Wednesday, Jan 16 (6:45am): Student Council Meeting in P5
Wednesday, Jan 16 (6:00pm): Golf Parent Meeting in Cafeteria
Thursday, Jan 17 (7am): FCA in W119
Thursday, Jan 17: End of 3rd Six Weeks Grading Period
Thursday, Jan 17 (5pm): Boys Basketball vs. Willow Wood @ MJH
Thursday, Jan 17 (5pm): Girls Basketball @ Willow Wood
Friday, Jan 18 & 19 (times TBA): Boys Basketball A-Team Tournament @ A&M Consolidated
Friday, Jan 18 & 19 (times TBA): Boys Basketball B-Team Tournament @ Huntsville (Mance Park MS)
Friday, Jan 18 & 19 (times TBA): Girls Basketball B-Team Tournament @ McCullough JH
Friday, Jan 18: Student Holiday
Monday, Jan 21: Staff & Student Holiday
Friday, Jan 25: Early Release @ 11:30am
Thursday, Jan 31: Pep Rally – Theme: Neon Out!

Golf Tryouts

Attention all golfers: Next Wednesday, Jan 16th, we will have our mandatory parent meeting in the cafeteria to prepare for golf tryouts. If you are interested in trying out, please join us at 6:00 pm. -- Coach Liston rliston@misd.org

Spring Semester Schedules

The Spring Semester begins on Tuesday, January 22. All students will receive a new copy of their class schedule on that day (even if there are no changes to their schedule for the spring semester). Volunteers will be needed for distributing student schedules on Tuesday, Jan 22 from 6:45 – 7:30am. If you are available to volunteer, please contact Stephanie Hood at mailto:mjhptomailbox@gmail.com. Your help is greatly appreciated at MJH!

8th Grade Parent Meeting (current 8th graders)

The 2013-2014 Freshman Parent Meeting (for current 8th grade students) for Course Selection has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 23rd at 6:00pm. The Parent Meeting will be held at the Montgomery High School Auditorium.

What’s Your Reading Catch Phrase?

Put a new spin on a popular slogan, catch phrase, or saying that applies to reading. Create a poster with your Catch Phrase. Be creative! Submit your poster to Mrs. LaBruyere at the MJH Library by Monday, January 28th. All posters will be put on display and the student body will cast their votes for their favorite posters. The Top 5 entries will be submitted to Poll Everywhere where the final vote will be cast. The winner will receive a $25 gift card to a business of their choice and their slogan will be used as the theme in the MJH Library for the 2013-2014 school year. Examples (these are just examples… create one of your own): “Keep Calm and Read On” “Peace, Love, and READ!” Please use a regular poster board (any color). No tri-fold presentation boards or the thick foam poster boards will be accepted. Click here to download the information sheet.

MJH Basketball

Good luck this season to our MJH Basketball Teams!!!

MJH Bears Boys Basketball

This week the 7th & 8th grade boys played basketball in Tomball. Results will be reported next week. Next week the boys will host Willow Wood at MJH on Thursday. The A-team will travel on Friday and Saturday to A&M Consolidated for a tournament and the B-team will travel to Huntsville for a tournament. Good luck Bears!

MJH Lady Bears Girls Basketball

7th grade Lady Bears: Lady Bears 7th grade A-team played with heart last night. We trailed Tomball until the 4th quarter. When push came to shove, Lady Bears shoved ahead to win the game! Great job Lady Bears! Last night, our Lady Bear 7th grade B-team took on the Tomball Lady Cougars. The girls came out strong, scoring 10 points in the first quarter. During the second half, the lady bears turned up the heat on defense and gave up only 3 points. Our Lady Bears played very well as a team and each girl contributed to the final score 21-10! Way to go Lady Bears!!! Keep up the great work! The 7th grade C-team had a great game. Good job Lady Bears!8th grade Lady Bears: The 8th grade Lady Bears Basketball A-team took the court last night against Tomball excited for their first game back after Christmas break. Taking the lead from the beginning and keeping for a final score of 38-17. We had great defense from Bethany Persons, Maggie Page, and Kyndall Linscomb. Awesome team work from Dani St Pe, Narissa Collier, and Marli Lemons. Great ball handling from Logan Szymczack and Megan Tschumperlin. And some great rebounding from Kaci Polk. It was fun to watch you girls play last night! Keep working hard and have a great weekend! The 8th grade Lady Bear B-team fell in a heart breaker last night, 16-17. The game literally went down to the final second. Not once did the girls lay down, and they fought hard until the final buzzer sounded. Good job girls. Good luck next week against Willow Wood. The 8th grade C-team had a great game. Good job Lady Bears!