Friday, November 8, 2013

MJH e-News: Week of Oct 25 – Nov 1

“Paws for a Cause” 

On Fridays during October, MJH students and staff were encouraged to PINK OUT and wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.   The PTO sold pink “PAWS FOR A CAUSE” t-shirts and a portion of the proceeds is being donated to the Susan G Komen Foundation.  The shirts were a big hit and the MJH PTO is now able to donate more than $1,000 to the Susan G Komen Foundation! Also, this month at MHS, a video was created to pay tribute to the cancer fighters and survivors in our Bear community.   Click here to watch the video.
Scholastic Book Fair: Wrap Yourself in a Good Book 
If you missed your chance to shop the book fair during the week of Oct. 21st, you can still shop online and support your MJH library.  Please click on the link to access the online fair: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/montgomeryjuniorhigh
Duck Dynasty meets MJH Fall Dance
Friday, November 1st / 7-9pm ~ MJH Cafe'
Tickets are $3 presale and $5 at the door.  Tickets went on sale today during lunches.  
MJH PTO Drink Drive: Please consider donating canned sodas and gallon drinking water for the Fall Dance. Donations will be taken during the car rider line on Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 30th.
Decorations: Decorations are needed for our Fall MJH Duck Dynasty Dance. Click the link below to see how you can help contribute by sending in items to help decorate for the dance.​  Signup to send decorations and drinks
Volunteer to Help: Also, click the link below to signup to help with ticket sales, collecting drinks in the car line, and/or volunteer at the dance. Click here to help out with the dance!
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Montgomery Intermediate School Shopping Extravaganza
Mark your calendar and plan to attend the Montgomery Intermediate School Shopping Extravaganza on Saturday, November 2 from 9am-4pm at the Lake Conroe KOA. Admission is $5 per person.  It's a fun day of shopping, just in time for the holiday season! There will be more than 50 unique vendor booths offering home accessories, jewelry, clothing, children’s accessories, food, and much more.  Visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/misshoppingextravaganza .  If you are interested in being a vendor at the show, becoming a sponsor, or advertising in the event program, please contact mis5pto@gmail.com .  
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities at MJH
Use our Sign-Up Genius on-line program to secure your volunteer day and time slot by clicking the Volunteer Opportunity links below.  
MJHS Veteran’s Day Celebration – Monday, November 11th
[Hidden image]PTO Members are needed to assist MJHS Staff & Teachers with this annual school event to honor and thank military veterans in the Montgomery community.  Volunteer assignments are day and time specific.  The celebration begins at 8:15am on Monday, Nov. 11, as students greet arriving Veterans who then proceed to cafeteria for breakfast catered by MJHS staff with food & beverage assistance from students and PTO volunteers.  After brief remarks, Veterans move to Gym and are greeted by MJHS student body seated on the bleachers.  Principal McFadden and staff organize and direct students in a program that includes music, speeches and theatrical performances.  The program ends around 10:30am and Veterans depart school and students return to class.  Please consider joining with PTO Veteran's Day Chairmen Jackie Kimball and Patti Chavez as a volunteer for this very special celebration at MJHS.   Volunteers will receive email updates and detailed information nearer to event date.  Click here to volunteer for the Veteran’s Day Celebration.
MJH Spelling Bee Registration
Study materials for students who registered will be distributed to the ELA teachers to hand out to the contestants the week of the 28th. The Spelling Bee will be held on November 20th at 3:15 pm in the cafeteria. Refreshments for all students and prizes for the top three places will be provided by local sponsors.  .
MJH Yearbooks
If you would like to purchase a yearbook, bring $50 cash or check (payable to MJH) to the front office.  We still have a few personal ad spots available.  Cost for a personal ad is $25.  If you would like to order a yearbook online, visit www.balfour.com.
Montgomery Bears Football
The next high school Montgomery Bears Varsity football game is away vs Bryan Rudder on Friday, November 1 (7:30pm).  Go Bears!!!  Click here for a copy of the high school football schedule. 
Junior Belles
Congratulations this week to:
Spirit Girls of the Week: Cassidy Stuber and Carlee Thomas
Dancers of the Week: Makayla Gurka and Niya Morgensteren
Jr. Belles of the Week: Brynn Lauterbach and Devin Fike
Cheerleaders
The Cheerleaders of the Week are Kaylee Burn and Olivia Overstreet.  Congratulations girls!
MJH Cross Country
The District Championship Track Meet will be held on Friday at Willow Wood Junior High in Tomball on Friday, October 25.  Good luck Bears from Coach Jones & Coach Wallace.
Lady Bears Basketball
Girls basketball tryouts will be held in school Oct 21-25.  On October 28th and 29th, tryouts will be after school (8th grade until 4pm and 7th grade until 5pm).  Final cuts will be made on Tuesday, October 29th.  The Girls Basketball parent meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct 30 at 4pm.
MJH Football
MJH Football Itinerary:  
  • Monday, Oct 28 (5pm/6:30pm): 7th Grade Football - Purple vs Waller Schultz (away)
  • Monday, Oct 28 (5pm/6:30pm): 7th Grade Football – Gold vs Willow Wood (home)
  • Tuesday, Oct 29 (5pm/6:30pm): 8th Grade Football - Purple vs Waller Schultz (home)
  • Tuesday, Oct 29 (5pm/6:30pm): 8th Grade Football - Gold vs Willow Wood (away)
  • Click here to download this week’s ​​​
  • Click here for the Alternate Student Travel Form
MJH Football Highlights:
  • 7th grade Gold B vs Magnolia (26-7 loss)
  • 7th grade Gold A vs Magnolia (23-0 win)
  • 7th grade Purple B vs Willow Wood (19-0 loss)
  • 7th grade Purple A vs Willow Wood (32-8 loss)
  • 8th grade Gold B vs Magnolia (19-6 win)
  • 8th grade Gold A vs Magnolia (31-6 win)
  • 8th grade Purple B vs Willow Wood (20-16 loss)
  • 8th grade Purple A vs Willow Wood (28-6 win)
7th Grade Gold
The 7th grade Gold B team played host to the Magnolia Bulldogs this week and came out on the short end of a 26-7 score.  The Bears fought hard, but fell victim to a physical Bulldog team.  Scoring the touchdown for the Bears was Dillon Smith.  Beaudie Dossett scored the PAT.  Great job from Coach Buss & Coach Dickson.
The 7th grade Gold A team played a home game this week against the Magnolia Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs came ready to play as they posted a 23-0 win.  The Bears offense could not put the ball in the end zone.  The defense played hard all night.  Coach Buss and Coach Dickson are proud of their effort.
7th Grade Purple
The Montgomery Bears 7th grade Purple football teams traveled to Willow Wood Junior High to face off against the Wolves.  The 7th grade Purple B team fought hard but couldn’t get anything going offensively.  The Bears ultimately lost 0-19.  The 7th grade Purple A team came out strong scoring on their first possession.  Montgomery played tough on defense by had a hard time stopping the big play, losing 8 to 32.  Keep working hard and good luck next week against Waller. 
8th Grade Gold
The Montgomery Gold team traveled to Magnolia this week to take on the Magnolia Bulldogs.  The 8th grade Gold B team got off to a fast start scoring on two of its first three drives and holding the Bulldogs scoreless in the first half.  The final outcome was 19-6 in favor of Montgomery.  Scoring for the Bears were Luke Stuart, Matthew Ramirez, and Larry Scott.  Top defenders last night were Nicholas Pittman, Drew Maler, and Brandon Eaglin.  Congratulations to the Gold B team from Coach Washington and Coach Bourgeois.

In 8th grade Gold A team news, our Bears played one of their best games all season.  Offensively, EVERYONE was able to make major contributions.  Nathan Danielson broke out the "stickem" to pick up a key first down early in the game. Jonathan Nath started off the scoring when he caught a pass from Caleb Campbell and took it to the house from 65 yards out.  Campbell capped off the following drive with a 1 yard touchdown run and Juwan Raglin scored from 20 and 35 yards out to lead the team with two touchdowns.  Luke Coleman converted 3 out of 3 point after attempts and Campbell connected with Nath for a 1 point conversion to round out the scoring at 31 points.  Not to be outdone, the defense gave up one score early but settled down and dominated the rest of the game.  Daymon Vargas was able to intercept two passes and Kenyura Hill added another takeaway when he recovered a Bulldog fumble.  The Bear defense front seven was in the backfield all night, racking up 12 sacks and 15 tackles for loss and our DB's smothered their receivers and amassed 7 pass breakups.  The final score was Montgomery 31, Magnolia 6.  Congratulations to the Gold A team from Coach Washington and Coach Bourgeois.
8th Grade Purple
The Montgomery Purple Team hosted the Willow Wood Wildcats at Jr. Bear Stadium. The 8th grade Purple B Team got it started with a nail biter. Both Teams played hard all night. The Bears found the end zone two times in the night, once through the air as the Bears quarterback Baylen Mills found Adam Cantu running down the sideline for the score from 45 yards out. Then Bears running back Dustin Thomas took it to the house from 65 yards out, with two point after attempts by Patrick Locke that where good, to make the score 16-14 in favor of the Bears. The Wildcats did not give up though as they got the ball back with 2 minutes to go in the game and took the ball down the field, and as the buzzer went off to end the game, the Wildcats running back took the ball across the goal line for the touchdown to beat yours Bears 20-16. This was a great game to have the chance to coach.  Great job from Coach Payne and Coach Schramm.   
The Montgomery 8th grade Purple A Team came into this game playing better than we have all year and this game would be no different. The Bears offense got the ball first and took the ball right down the field and scored. Their second possession on offense was much of the same as they would march it down the field and score again to bring it to 16-0 in the first quarter. The second half was just like the first as the offense would score two more times in the third quarter to make it 28-0. The story of the night would be the Bears defense, as they only gave up four first downs and held a very good offensive unit to no points on the night as the Bears beat the Wildcats 28-6. A few standouts in the game was the offensive line, Dalton Hall, Peyton Davis, Reid Swann, Dalton Niesner, Kyle Koss, the Bears BIG tight end Ryan Brock and the rest of the Bears Defense. Great game guys from Coach Payne and Coach Schramrn.