MJH e-News: Week of March 29 – April 5

Friday, March 29:  School Holiday

Monday, April 1:  PreAP 7th grade Math STAAR Test

Monday, April 1 (2:35pm):  Science STAAR Review

Tuesday, April 2: STAAR Testing- 8th Grade Math & 7th Grade Writing Day 1

Wednesday, April 3: STAAR Testing-8th Grade Reading & 7th Grade Writing Day 2

Wednesday, April 3 (6:45am): Student Council Meeting in P5

Wednesday, April 3 (2:35pm): Science STAAR Review

Thursday, April 4 (7am): FCA in W119

Thursday, April 4 (2:40pm): History STAAR Tutorials

Thursday, April 4 (3:00pm): Talent Show Auditions in Choir Room

Thursday, April 4 (4:00pm): Cheer Vendor Day in W109

Visit the MJH Activities Calendar for activities and events at MJH

STAAR Testing

PreAP 7th grade Math STAAR Test -  Monday, April 1

7th Grade Writing Day 1  STAAR Test  -  Tuesday, April 2

7th Grade Writing Day 2  STAAR Test -  Wednesday, April 3

8th Grade Math  STAAR Test -  Tuesday, April 2

8th Grade Reading  STAAR Test -  Wednesday, April 3

MJH Golf

In golf action, the Montgomery Lady Bears swept the competition in Brenham this week.  Individually Hailee Cooper won first with a one under par score of 35, Erica Bartee placed second, Cameron Newhouse brought home third.  Also playing well and top ten finishers were Iliana Stowers, Kaitlyn Rogers, Kelly Ann Kimball, and Reagan Deaton.  The 8th grade Bears also had a good night winning first place as a team.  Jacob Massengale placed first individually.  Ethan Cima, Jacob Kimberly and Ben Breckenridge finished in the top ten.  Your 7th grade Bears brought home second place team honors.  Kade Nicholson led the way, winning second place individually.  Trey Dawson also played well, finishing in the top ten.

8 ^th Grade Dance Preparations

Attention 8th grade parents:

We are beginning preparations for the 8th Grade Dance.   The end of year dance is scheduled for Friday, May 31. Please contact Traci Lemons via email at  cmtlemons@yahoo.com  if you would like to help and to let her know how you would like to be involved!  

Ways to be involved:  

• Planning
• Provide drinks or snacks for the dance
• Decorating or clean up

MJH Bookfair

MARK  Your Calendars... MJH will have  ONE MORE book fair this year.  The theme is Story Labratory:  READioactive Reading!  The book fair will be held in the library during the week of April 14-19, 2013. 

If we sell 550 books during the week of the fair, students will be entered into a drawing to win a chance to SLIME a science teacher or (librarian) during their lunch period. The sliming will take place on the stage on May 10th.  We have 5 teachers willing to be slimed and the librarian, too!  Science experiments will be going on all week during the fair.

Can't make it up to the school?  The online fair will be open from April 10-30th.  The link to the online fair ishttp://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/montgomeryjuniorhigh

Montgomery Junior Belle Tryouts

Montgomery Junior Belle tryouts will take place  April 29 – May 2 .  A mandatory parent/candidate tryouts meeting will take place on  Wednesday, April 17 at 5pm  in the MJH gym.  If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Bess at  sbess@misd.org

District Track Meet

Congratulations to our MJH Boys and Girls Track Teams at the District Meet this week.

7th Grade Boys

1st: Tomball 
2nd: Montgomery 
3rd: Bear Branch 
4th: Willow Wood 
5th: Magnolia 
6th: Schultz

7th: Waller

8th Grade Boys

1st: Willow Wood 
2nd: Magnolia 
3rd: Bear Branch 
4th: Tomball 
5th: Waller 
6th: Montgomery

7th: Schultz

7th Grade Girls

1st: Tomball 
2nd: Bear Branch 
3rd: Magnolia 
4th: Schultz 
5th: Montgomery 
6th: Waller  &  Willow Wood

8th Grade Girls

1st: Tomball 
2nd: Bear Branch 
3rd: Magnolia  &  Willow Wood 
4th: Schultz 
5th: Waller 
6th: Montgomery

MJH Tennis

Tuesday, April 9 (4pm) : Montgomery vs. Magnolia Junior High @ Magnolia West High School

Tuesday, April 16 (4pm) : Magnolia Bear Branch vs. Montgomery @ Montgomery High School

Tuesday, April 30 (4pm) : Montgomery vs. Waller Junior High @ Waller High School

Welcome back from Spring Break!

MJH e-News:  Week of March 18 - 22

Monday, March 18:  Golf vs. Navasota @ Pecan Lakes CC

Monday, March 18:  Tennis Practice Starts

Tuesday, March 19 (3:15pm):  Pre-Contest Band Concert on Stage

March 19 - 21 (3:30pm): Cheer Tryout Practice

Wednesday, March 20 (6:45am): Student Council Meeting in P5

Thursday, March 21 (7am): FCA in W119

Thursday, March 21: Blinn Band Contest-Times TBA

Thursday, March 21: Spring Pictures

Thursday, March 21(8:45am): PTO Meeting

Thursday, March 21(12pm): Blinn Band Contest

Friday, March 22:  Cheer Tryouts

Visit the MJH Activities Calendar for activities and events at MJH

MJH PTO Meeting

PTO Meeting:  Don't forget about our March PTO meeting this Thursday, 3/21/13, at 8:45 am!  We will discuss remaining events for the Spring as well as recruiting for the 2013-2014 PTO Board to be elected in May.

Spring Pictures

On Thursday, March 21, Spring Pictures will be taken of the students at MJH.  We need 1-2 parent volunteers throughout the day to help the school with the kids during pictures. Please contact Stephanie Hood at mjhptobox@gmail.com if you are able to help any on that day.

MJH UIL Choir

The Montgomery Junior High Choir Department recently competed at the 2013 UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest and brought home 2 First Division plaques and 1 “Sweepstakes” trophy.  Under the direction of Alice Lothman, both the Non-Varsity Men and Women’s Choirs competed and received a First Division rating for their work on stage.  The Varsity Women also competed and they received perfect “1” ratings from all judges to earn a "Sweepstakes" trophy.  The “Sweepstakes” trophy is the highest award given to a choir at UIL and it is not easily attained.  All of the MJH Choir students worked extremely hard in preparing for this event and it showed at contest.  The MJH Choir Department is proud to bring back these awards for Montgomery.

  

UIL Speaking Events

MJH UIL Speaking EVENTS Results 2013:

These students did a super job against very tough competition last week.

Your UIL coaches say Thank You!

Bridget Tindal: 3rd place - Oral Reading Poetry 8th

Taylor Tadlock: 6th place - Impromptu Speaking 8th

Jessica Baker: 2nd place - Impromptu Speaking 8th

Sally Johnson: 3rd place - Modern Oratory 8th

Rachel Paddock:  5th place - Modern Oratory 7th

Bella Ling: 1st place - Modern Oratory 7th

Katherine Smith: 4th place - Oral Reading Poetry 7th

Allison Rodriguez: 2nd place - Impromptu Speaking 7th

Reagan Swearingen: 2nd place - Prose 7th

Alexa Orr: 6th place - Impromptu Speaking 7 ^th

MJH Track & Field

Good luck Bears at the District Track Meet at Montgomery High School on March 25th & 26 ^th .

MJH Tennis

Tuesday, April 9 (4pm): Montgomery vs. Magnolia Junior High @ Magnolia West High School

Tuesday, April 16 (4pm): Magnolia Bear Branch vs. Montgomery @ Montgomery High School

Tuesday, April 30 (4pm): Montgomery vs. Waller Junior High @ Waller High School

Tuesday, May 7 (4pm):  Montgomery vs. Brenham @ Brenham High School

Tuesday, May 14 (4pm): Waller Schulz vs. Montgomery @ Montgomery High School 

MJH e-News: Week of March 1 - 8

Friday, March 1:  End of 4th Six Weeks Grading Period

Saturday, March 2(8am): Honor Band Solo/Ensemble Contest

Saturday, March 2 (5&7pm): One Act Play in Black Box Theater

Monday, March 4 (3pm): Boys Tennis Tryouts @ Walden

Tuesday, March 5 (3pm): Girls Tennis Tryouts @ Walden

Wednesday, March 6 (6:45am): Student Council Meeting in P5

Wednesday, March 6 (8:30am):  Boys Choir Compete at CCUM

Thursday, March 7 (7am): FCA in W119

Thursday, March 7 (8:15am): Treble and Intermediate Girls’ Choir compete at CCUM

Thursday, March 7 (2pm): Concert Women compete at CCUM

Thursday, March 7 (3pm): UIL Speaking & Writing Event @ Waller JH

Thursday, March 7:  Track Meet at Conroe High School

Looking Ahead…

March 11 – 15: Spring Break

Monday, March 18:  Golf vs. Navasota @ Pecan Lakes CC

Monday, March 18:  Tennis Practice Starts

Tuesday, March 19 (3:15pm):  Pre-Contest Band Concert on Stage

March 19 - 21 (3:30pm): Cheer Tryout Practice

Thursday, March 21: Blinn Band Contest-Times TBA

Thursday, March 21: Spring Pictures

Thursday, March 21(8:45am): PTO Meeting

Thursday, March 21(12pm): Blinn Band Contest

Friday, March 22:  Cheer Tryouts

Visit the MJH Activities Calendar for activities and events at MJH

MJH Track & Field

Montgomery Junior High hosted our track meet this week at MHS.  The 7th grade team won Team Champion and the 8th grade team received third place.  Good job Bears from all the coaches.

• March 7                                 Peet JH Meet (Conroe HS)
• March 25th & 26th             District Track Meet @ Montgomery

UIL One Act Play - The Diary of Anne Frank

The UIL One Act Play, The Diary of Anne Frank,  advanced this week to the District Level.

Best Actress: Kailey Axmaker - Anne Frank

All Star Cast Awards:  Sally Johnson and Jack Russell - Mr. and Mrs. Frank

Honorable Mention:  Sam Tucker and Kailey Johnson - Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan

Best Tech: Isabel Chapa

They competed Thursday, Feb 28th at Magnolia High School along with three other schools. They will also be performing on Saturday, March 2nd here in the Black Box 5:00 and 7:00 shows.  Tickets are $5.

MJH Tennis

Monday, March 4: Boys Tennis tryouts @ Walden (3-5pm)

Tuesday, March 5: Girls Tennis tryouts @ Walden from (3-5pm).

Wednesday, March 6:  Rain date for tryouts if necessary @ Walden (3-5pm)

Friday, March 8: Cuts made and Teams posted in the gym before "A" lunch 

Tuesday, April 9 (4pm): Montgomery vs. Magnolia Junior High @ Magnolia West High School

Tuesday, April 16 (4pm):Magnolia Bear Branch vs. Montgomery @ Montgomery High School

Tuesday, April 30 (4pm): Montgomery vs. Waller Junior High @ Waller High School

Tuesday, May 7 (4pm):  Montgomery vs. Brenham @ Brenham High School

Tuesday, May 14 (4pm): Waller Schulz vs. Montgomery @ Montgomery High School

7 on 7 Football Schedule

Saturday, March 2nd @ Lynn Lucas Middle School (behind baseball field)

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Montgomery 7th (Kranz) vs. BBJH 7th

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Montgomery 7th (Johnson) vs. Montgomery 7th (Anderson)

Montgomery 8^th (Knowlton) vs. BBJH 8th

Montgomery 8^th (Mascheri) vs. Brabham 8th

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Montgomery 7th (Johnson) vs. Montgomery 7th (Kranz)

Montgomery 7th (Anderson) vs. vs. Lynn Lucas 7th

Montgomery 8^th (Kindred) vs. Lynn Lucas 8th 

Montgomery 8^th (Knowlton) vs. Magnolia 8th

11:30 - 12:30 a.m.

Montgomery 8^th (Kindred) vs. Montgomery 8^th (Mascheri)

Saturday, March 23:  City Tournament @ Lynn Lucas MS (brackets provided by March 13)

MJH e-News: Week of Feb 22 – March 2

Monday, Feb 25 (6-6:30pm): Curriculum Fair/Parent Meeting in Gym

Feb 26 & 28 (2:45pm):  Girls Golf Tryouts at April Sound

Tuesday, Feb 26:  Track Meet at Montgomery High School

Tuesday, Feb 26 (6:30pm):  Pre UIL Choir Concert @ MHS

Wednesday, Feb 27 (6:45am): Student Council Meeting in P5

Wednesday, Feb 27: Course Selection Guides Due

Wednesday, Feb 27 (6pm):  Tennis Parent Meeting in cafeteria

Thursday, Feb 28 (7am): FCA in W119

Friday, March 1:  End of 4^th Six Weeks Grading Period

Saturday, March 2(8am): Honor Band Solo/Ensemble Contest

Saturday, March 2 (5&6:30pm): One Act Play in Black Box Theater

Looking Ahead…

Monday, March 4 (3pm): Boys Tennis Tryouts @ Walden

Tuesday, March 5 (3pm): Girls Tennis Tryouts @ Walden

Wednesday, March 6 (8:30am):  Boys Choir Compete at CCUM

Thursday, March 7 (8:15am): Treble and Intermediate Girls Choir compete at CCUM

Thursday, March 7 (2pm): Concert Women compete at CCUM

Thursday, March 7 (3pm): UIL Speaking & Writing Event @ Waller JH

Thursday, March 7:  Track Meet at Conroe High School

March 11 – 15: Spring Break

Visit the MJH Activities Calendar for activities and events at MJH

Curriculum Fair and Course Selection Guide Presentations

REMINDER:  CURRICULUM FAIR & PARENT INFO MEETING:  MONDAY, FEB 25^TH @ 6PM

The Curriculum Fair for current 6^th & 7^th graders, will be February 25th from 6:00-7:30 at Montgomery Junior High. There will be a Parent Information Meeting from 6:00-6:30 in the large gym that will be especially helpful to incoming 7th parents.  7th Grade students heard the Course Selection Presentations on Feb 20th during 1st period and received their Course Selection Guides & Forms that day.   Please read through the Guide carefully. Many questions can be answered by doing so. Below is a link to our Counselor's Corner website where you will find the Course Selection Presentations and the MJH 2013-2014 Course Selection Guide. Please review each prior to completing your student's form. These completed forms will be due to your student's ELA teacher by Wednesday, February 27th.

Counselors' Corner Website: https://sites.google.com/a/misd.org/mrs-larson/

Spirit Wear

MJH Spirit Items are still available for you to purchase.  We plan to sell Spirit Wear at the junior high during student lunches on Friday, March 1st, but NEED VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.  If you are interested at selling Spirit Wear on March 1st  from 10:30am – 12:30pm, we would greatly appreciate your help.  Please email us at mjhptomailbox@gmail.com if you would like to make a purchase or if you’d like to volunteer to sell items.  Spirit Wear will also be available during the Curriculum Fair on Monday night.  The following items available are:

• $25 Blankets
• $20 Zip-front hooded sweatshirts
• $10 T-Shirts

MJH Track & Field Schedule

• February 26                          Montgomery JH Meet
• March 7                                 JH Meet (Conroe HS)
• March 25th & 26th             District Track Meet @ Montgomery

MJH Tennis

Wednesday Feb 27th @ 6 p.m. in the MJH Cafeteria - Mandatory Parent Meeting !!!

Monday, March 4: Boys Tennis tryouts @ Walden (3-5pm)

Tuesday, March 5: Girls Tennis tryouts @ Walden from (3-5pm).

Wednesday, March 6:  Rain date for tryouts if necessary @ Walden (3-5pm)

Friday, March 8: Cuts made and Teams posted in the gym before "A" lunch 

Tuesday, April 9 (4pm): Montgomery vs. Magnolia Junior High @ Magnolia West High School

Tuesday, April 16 (4pm):Magnolia Bear Branch vs. Montgomery @ Montgomery High School

Tuesday, April 30 (4pm): Montgomery vs. Waller Junior High @ Waller High School

Tuesday, May 7 (4pm):  Montgomery vs. Brenham @ Brenham High School

Tuesday, May 14 (4pm): Waller Schulz vs. Montgomery @ Montgomery High School

7 on 7 Football Schedule

Saturday, March 2nd  @ Lynn Lucas Middle School (behind baseball field)

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Montgomery 7th (Kranz) vs. BBJH 7th

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Montgomery 7th (Johnson) vs. Montgomery 7th (Anderson)

Montgomery 8th (Knowlton) vs. BBJH 8th

Montgomery 8th (Mascheri) vs. Brabham 8th

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Montgomery 7th (Johnson) vs. Montgomery 7th (Kranz)

Montgomery 7th (Anderson) vs. vs. Lynn Lucas 7th

Montgomery 8th (Kindred) vs. Lynn Lucas 8th 

Montgomery 8th (Knowlton) vs. Magnolia 8th

11:30 - 12:30 a.m.

Montgomery 8th (Kindred) vs. Montgomery 8th (Mascheri)

Saturday, March 23:  City Tournament @ Lynn Lucas MS (brackets provided by March 13)

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!!!

Click here for a copy of the MJH Girls Basketball Schedule.

Click here for a copy of the MJH Boys Basketball Schedule.

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!