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December 3rd

Fundraiser Incentive Trip-Urban Air

December 4th

*Progress Reports

*UIL Speaking Events @ Van

December 6th GT Testing

December 10th

*Santa Grams go on Sale

*Christmas Choir Concert-7:00pm

December 11th

*UIL Writing Events @ Mabank

*MJH’s Fundraiser Delivery

December 12th-19th

Fall Summatives

December 12th

*Selfies with Santa @ lunch

*Christmas Band Concert –6:00pm

December 13th

Groovy Ugly Sweater Christmas Dance

December 14th

*UIL One Act Play @ Van

December 17th

Polar Express Party 3:30-5:30 (Welch)

December 18th

*Santa Grams Delivery

*UIL BOOST After School Practice

December 19th

*End of 2nd Nine Weeks

*STUCO Christmas Cookies

*Life Skills Christmas Party

*Basketball Pep Rally 12:30-1:00

*EARLY RELEASE AT 1:00!!!!!!!!!!!!

December 20th-January 6th

*Holiday Break

January 7th Back to School!

December

Edition

“Where Every Child Counts”

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Picture your junior high child as a responsible young adult. How do you help them get there? Consider these ideas for planting the seeds of responsibility now so they’ll grow into the dependable person

you’re trying to raise.

Promote consistency Sticking to routines makes handling responsibilities a

natural part of your tween’s day. For instance, if he/she needs a tablet for school, they might charge it on the kitchen counter every night. Or suggest that they get everything ready for school every night before going to bed.

Pass the “baton” Imagine you’re in a relay race and you are passing the

“responsibility baton” to your child. Make the handoff by switching from giving instructions to asking questions. Let’s say they are getting ready for their choir concert. Instead of telling them to put on their dress shoes and find their sheet music, try saying, “What do you need to do to get ready?”

Discuss accountability Experience is an excellent teacher and it can make

your junior high student more responsible. Share an example from your own life (“I forgot about my doctor’s appointment, so now I have to pay a no-show fee”). Then explain what you learned (“I need to put appointments on my calendar right away”).

Conrad’s Corner

Avoid rescuing This can be extremely hard! I know!! But...let your tween experience the consequences of being responsible from time to time. If they forget their project and they send a text message on the way to school, don’t deliver the assignment to them right away. They can bring it in the next day. Or if they can’t find their sports equipment because they didn't put it away, they will have to tell their coach. Turning the project in late or sitting out from practice may help them remember next time. –Middle Years

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Tutorial buses will begin running

on 12/10/19. After school

transportation is provided for

students every Tuesday and

Thursday! Perm ission slips w ill

be passed out by your child’s teacher.

Thanks for your continuous support!

7th Grade: Lovely Lumacang & Jacob Steele

8th Grade: Callie Moorhead & David Deathridge

Teacher: Mary Ann McDowell -8th Math

Para: Angela Moore -Nurse

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11th

Let’s Groove On Down!

*3:30-5:30 –Cafeteria *Admission: $5.00 OR bring a new and unwrapped toy *DJ DeGarmo *Concessions *An Ugly Sweater Contest with Prizes *MJH students ONLY

December 13th

Sweater

MJH’s Groovy Ugly

Christmas Dance

Santa and his Hippie Helpers are coming to town…..MJH Student Council will sponsor a toy

drive the month of December.

We’re accepting donations of new and unwrapped toys for all ages. The toys collected will be donated to the Toys for Tots campaign to benefit children in need. If you bring a toy, that can count as your admission into the Christmas Dance. Please turn it into Mrs. Manning or Mrs. Pennie so that they can put you on the “nice list” to get into the dance. We will except either your $5.00 or a new unwrapped toy at the door when

entering the cafeteria. If you do not plan on coming to the dance but you still want to donate, we will gladly accept! Great items to bring would be puzzles, games, dolls,

coloring books, colors, balls, toy trucks, stuffed animals, etc.

December 19th MJH’s Fall Fundraiser

Delivery Date: Dec. 11th

Pickup from 3:30-5:30

It’s groovy to donate to those in need this Christmas Season. Any help would be far out!

Students at MJH are recognized and rewarded

for doing honorable deeds! Every other month,

students will be recognized for good character.

Students will have a catered luncheon consisting

of pizza and desserts in The Social House.

A group picture of these “Kids of Character”

will be taken and displayed in our showcase and on

our webpage. I am very proud of each and every one

of these students for doing the right thing by

portraying good character traits. These students

are making Mabank Junior High a better place to be!

Thank you!

Bryce Holt, Sean Hair, Mason Wickersham, Cloeaonnah Brewer, Raymond Stealey, AJ Bonsal, Odalis Colon, Carissa Blackwell, Jaden Russell, Keith Grant & Samantha Sims

MPSN “Mabank Panther Sports Network”

Girl’s Basketball: Dec. 2nd Canton (away) - Dec. 7th Kaufman Tournament (away) - Dec. 9th Wills Point (home) - Dec. 16th Brownsboro (away) Boy’s Basketball: Dec. 2nd Canton (home) - Dec. 9th Wills Point (away) - Dec. 16th Brownsboro (home)

12/19/19

@ 1:00

Pep Rally December 19th

12:30-1:00

*Thursday, Dec. 12th 1st and 9th period Fall Summative

*Friday, Dec. 13th 2nd and 8th period Fall Summative

*Monday, Dec. 16th 3rd and 7th period Fall Summative

*Tuesday, Dec. 17th 4th and 6th period Fall Summative

*Wednesday, Dec. 18th 5th period Fall Summative

*Thursday, Dec. 19th Fall Summative Make-Ups

Fall Summatives are cumulative assessments. This means

students will be assessed over material they’ve learned since

the beginning of the school year. Please make sure your child

studies along with a good nights sleep.

GOOD LUCK…

YOU GOT THIS!

Show

what

you

know!

$1.00-You Take

$2.00-We take and

print you a copy

12th

@

Lunch

FCA meets on

Mondays @ 7:00 a.m.

Come join us! -student sponsored-

Send your elf friends, teachers, administrators, etc. a special Christmas greeting. STUCO will be selling Santa Grams from Tuesday, December 10th until Tuesday the 17th. They are a $2.00 each. These Christmas greetings will be delivered at

lunch on Wednesday, December 18th!

Trekker Tuesday for December is the 3rd. Polar Express Party on the 17th @ 3:30-5:30.

Please RSVP by the 13th. Ask Ms. Welch for more details!

Our fabulous JH color guard

will be in the Gun Barrel

Christmas Parade on Saturday

the 7th. Come support!

Choir: Our Christmas Choir Concert is on

the 10th at 7:00pm at the MHS Auditorium. It

will be a fun-filled night with Christmas classics

and holiday cheer! You won’t want to miss it!!

Students will practice at the high school on the same day during choir class. Practice makes perfect!

Band: All-Region Band Try-Outs are at Grand Saline

this year on December 5th. We want to wish all of

our very talented band students...GOOD LUCK! Also,

please join us for our Christmas Band Concert on

December 12th at 6:00 here at the JH in the

competition gym.

Theater Arts: One Act Play rehearsals have

been going and are still going STRONG! What

dedication! Rehearsal dates are:

Dec. 2nd 4:00-7:00pm at the high school

Dec. 4th 4:00-7:00pm at the high school

Dec. 7th Public Performance 5:00pm @ HS

Dec. 8th Public Performance 3:00pm @ HS

Dec. 9th 4:00-7:00pm at the high school

Dec. 11th 4:00-7:00pm at the high school

Dec. 13th Official Rehearsal @ Van (all day)

The “Finer” Things

A total of 2,262 items

were collected at MJH for our annual Fill the

Bus donation. Mrs. Wolfe’s 6th period class

donated the most overall with 1, 068 items!!

WOW! Congrats! And GREAT JOB! Thank

you from the bottom of our hearts to all of those that

were able to participate in helping those in need in our very

own community. Tis’ the Season to Give!

THANK YOU! Yep, they canned me in!!! Ha! Ha!

UIL One Act play is on Saturday, December 14th at

Van from 9:00am-5:00pm. A GREAT BIG GOOD

LUCK goes out to all participants and Mrs.

Morales. You’re a winner in our eyes!

Winter Archery

Invitational

5:15pm

Thank you to all that could participate in our Fall

Fundraiser and for supporting Mabank Junior High.

It’s greatly appreciated! It was a HUGE success! We

were able to raise enough funds that will benefit our

school greatly. We had MANY students reach the school

wide goal of selling 15 items or more. In fact, we

actually broke a record!! 75 STUDENTS SOLD 15 ITEMS

OR MORE!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! These students are

eligible to participate in the Urban Air Incentive

Celebration that will be held on December 3rd hosted by

me...Mrs. Conrad. Totally no cost, it’s all on me! A

small token of appreciation to say THANK YOU for

making our fundraiser top priority!!

The lucky winner of the $500.00

for selling one item will be

announced at the Pep Rally on

December 19th! Can’t wait!!

Additional prizes will be given VERY soon!!

Jr. Police Explorer

at 3:45 @ HS

December 5th

December 12th

A great BIG good luck to our December UIL participants and

coaches. Bring home the gold!!! We will have a UIL BOOST practice

after school on 12/18 from 3:30-5:30. Snacks will be provided!

MJH STUCO will be selling fresh baked

Christmas cookies at lunch on December

19th. Come ready to munch! YUMMY!