Payton Mooney represented JCHS Girls Golf today at the IHSA Regional hosted by Rantoul. Mooney shot a 107. Congrats on a good season, Payton. Jersey 100 is proud of you.
Spanish Classes Cook with Visitor from Central America
On September 27, Spanish classes at JCHS took a break from the books for a fully immersive experience with a visitor from El Salvador who taught them to make a traditional dish from El Salvador called a “pupusa”.
Las pupusas are a thick corn tortilla wrapped around a delicious ingredient of your choice that may include cheese, beans, pork, shrimp, squash or even flowers called loroco. It is served with a thin tomato sauce, pickled cabbage, or if you prefer a spicy medley of pickled peppers, cauliflower and onions. This tasty dish is thought to be over 2,000 years old, predating the colonization of the Americas, and today is eaten for breakfast or dinner throughout El Salvador, and wherever the Salvadoran diaspora is found today.
The master chef for the endeavor was Salvadoran native and U.S. resident Maria Ines Orellana Larios, who is visiting her grandchildren here in Jerseyville. She says, “It makes me happy to share one of our best dishes with these beautiful young people. I think making pupusas might be a bit like making friends with people from other cultures, you have to be open to learning new things, maybe step out of your comfort zone and be patient.”
Each student tried to make and eat a pupusa. JCHS freshman Maggie Alexander made a gorgeous golden pupusa. She commented “The pupusas were delicious, I wasn’t sure I would like them, but I enjoyed making them and eating them, and it was definitely a fun change from class.” JCHS senior, Lexi Trexler, also admits, "a mi me gustan las pupusas,” (I like pupusas!), and it was fun to learn to make this dish from a native Salvadoran. Maria Ines was great, and the experience was authentic and unique!. Several students went back for seconds, including senior, Sofia Hernandez-Lamer who has a special connection with the presenter. Sofia says, “My abuelita (grandmother) makes the best pupusas, we are so excited for her to visit!¨
JCHS Spanish teachers, Cara Rojas, Rachel Kallal and Andrea Lamer were excited to organize the day. “We are proud of our kids who are learning not only a new language, but developing better cultural awareness that will be critical for success in the future. It is important for our students to have positive immersive cultural experiences as they grow. We are planning many more to come! We would like to thank Maria Inez Orellana Larios for this amazing experience and Mrs. Galeana for helping us with supplies, support throughout the day and letting us use her kitchen classroom!”
Mrs. Gray's and Mrs. Lankford's 4th grade classes are learning about energy conversions in science. They built simple electrical systems to convert electrical energy to motion, sound, and light.
Color Wars was a huge success at Grafton Elementary! Congratulations to Kayden Hand, Hannah Kellerman, Nayomi Harris, Kendyl McHugh, Dulce Buchanan, and Elizabeth Slaughter for being nominated for showing empathy.
We invite you to join us for the live broadcast of the JCHS Homecoming Parade on NFHS! While we hope you'll have the opportunity to attend the parade in person, if you can't make it, you can still enjoy all the excitement by accessing the live link on NFHS. This event is free to watch, but you'll need an NFHS account to view it. The parade is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 29th. Don't miss out – be sure to tune in using the following link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/jersey-community-high-school-jerseyville-il/evt0dc916d5b9
Congratulations to Kennedy Berghoff, Tessa Crawford, Delaney Deist, Emma McCormick, Libby McCormick, and Elise Noble on their Girls Tennis Senior Night! These amazing young ladies played the last home match of their high school career against Chatham-Glenwood and helped bring the Panthers a 5-4 victory! Way to go, Ladies!!!!
The middle school girls basketball teams gave a great effort in their first home game of the season against Triad.
Kindergarten celebrated Johnny Appleseed's birthday this week. After reading his story they enjoyed making homemade applesauce, hats and sorted leaves into Fall colors.
It's "Game On" day at Grafton Elementary and several students wore their favorite sports team gear to show their school spirit! It's a wonderful day to be a Grafton Panther!
Students in Ms. Herkert's 5th grade class were thinkers and problem solvers as they collaborated with groups to solve multi-step word problems.
Grafton Elementary students had a blast with Spirit Week's "Blast from the Past" theme! From hippies to disco dancers, students showed their school spirit in creative outfits.
JCMS 7th grade Science is testing their lab skills.
“Every canvas is a journey all its own.” (Helen Frankenthaler) Mrs. Sharrow is spreading the joy of painting in her Acrylic Painting electives class at JCMS. Students began working on their first landscape masterpiece.
5th grade teachers attended the Water Festival Training for their upcoming field trip. They learned hands-on science activities that they can do with their students in the classroom.
There has been some Pawsitively awesome behavior going on at JCMS and our teachers have been working hard to recognize students. 🐾💙
JCMS Pawsitive Panthers for the last 2 weeks.
There has been some Pawsitively awesome behavior going on at JCMS and our teachers have been working hard to recognize students. 🐾💙
JCMS Pawsitive Panthers for the last 2 weeks.
Mrs. Margherio's and Miss Hansen's 4th grade math classes are using math groups at the beginning of every math class to create a thinking classroom. During group time, the students are given a problem they have to work together to solve. The students and teachers are loving this new addition to our math classes.
Intro to Photoshop students using the sublimation process to design, print, and press bookmarks for West Elementary students. Sophomore Shane Lamer, Freshman Rocho Roentz, Haylie Eilerman, Junior Leanna Wheeldon, and Senior Kady Capler.
JCMS Cooking Elective Class
5th, 6th, and 7th grade students made turkey and cheese pinwheels for a healthy after school snack. Some were even brave enough to try a spinach wrap!
🪩 JCHS "THAT 70s HOCO" Court 🪩
Anna Phillips & Ben Zimmerman, Freshmen Representatives
Madalyn Bodenbach & Brady Maxeiner, Sophomore Representatives
Karley Deist & Landon Jones, Senior Court Candidate
Delaney Deist & JR Wells, Senior Court Candidate
Kate Heitzig & Connor Chin, Senior Court Candidate
Kendal Lacy & Easton Hefner, Senior Court Candidate
Kennadi Bizaillion & Luke Swanson, Senior Court Candidate
Elle Short & Jaxon Brunaugh, Junior Representative
Homecoming Parade begins at 2 p.m. this Friday! 🥁🩵🐾