Another basketball season has come and gone. We were lucky enough to host boys and girls regionals. I want to thank all of the volunteers that make everything run so smoothly. John Butler, Jon and Allison Adkins, and Paul Lawrence on the girls games. For the boys side I want to thank Roger Wilburn, Rick Conner, Matt Donkin, and Jim Johnson. These guys have been doing this for a long time. Thank you all for you dedication and work for our student athletes! I also want to thank Michelle Loeh for taking care of our attendance workers during the season as well.
CJHS parents please help us out by taking the 5 Essentials survey. We are only at 13% of parent completion and need at least 20% of parents to complete in order to see our results. Please follow the link below to take the survey and let us know what we can do to better serve our students.
http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
Today CJHS had the Outdoor Football League Super Bowl Championship complete with mvp, coach of the year, rookie of the year and other individual awards (organized and awarded by our 8th grade boys). Good recess fun!
CJHS Volleyball game for Thursday 2/22 has been moved up to a 4pm JV Start time. There will be no C game. Sorry for the last minute change and any inconvenience!
CJHS Volleyball game against Marion tonight has been cancelled due to winter weather advisory.
HS boys play their last regular season game tonight at Anna. 5:30 freshman start time!
2/15
CJHS Parent Group meeting is tonight, Thursday February 15 at 6pm in the school library. Please join us to plan or drop off some juice boxes or snack cakes for our fun day tomorrow!
This week's Fun February Friday goal for CJHS is for every student to complete a Random Act of Kindness. Here are a few of the examples our students have submitted.
Congratulations to our Papa John's Student Athlete of the Week, Ayden Price. Ayden was named Coal Belt All Conference for Boys' Basketball. Way to go Ayden, CJHS is proud of you!
Good Luck to our wrestlers going to state today!
Brandon Turner, Conner Henson, and Lucas Parker!!!
Good Luck to the coaches and parents as well.
Safe Travels and bring us home some hardware!!
Congrats to Zaiden Filkins on getting their SuperFan shirt today!
Senior Night tonight! Seniors for basketball, cheerleading, band, choir, and scholar bowl will be recognized!
We play Vienna!
We will play freshman halves tonight starting at 5:15
Any student who wears Red will get into the game free!
Also any student this year, who earned their SuperFan shirt will be able to run out with the varsity team tonight. So wear those SuperFan shirts tonight!
2/13
CJHS will be administering the Illinois Youth Survey (IYS) in March of 2024 to 8th grade students. Below is a link to an informational letter explaining what the survey consists of and giving you as the parent the option to prevent your child from participating. We will also be sending this letter home in a paper format for you to sign and return if you choose to opt your child out. The survey is anonymous, but helps us better understand the risk factors affecting our students, so we can adequately address them through education.
https://iys.cprd.illinois.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_178052/File/2024/2024%20IRB%20Approved%20Parent%20Notification%20Letter.pdf
This afternoon Central Junior High School conducted a soft lockdown and random drug search of lockers with police officers and a trained canine unit. All students were in classrooms and were not in direct contact with police or the canine unit. No drugs or drug paraphernalia were found in the search. All students have currently resumed their normal schedule. CJHS strives to maintain a drug free educational environment to keep our school safe for all students.
Good Luck to our HS boys basketball team tonight as they take on Benton at Max Morris tonight!
The little cheerleaders will be performing at halftime of the varsity game!
2/9
Good Luck to all of our Wrestlers that are going to Sectionals today and tomorrow!!!
Congrats to Aleah Russell on a great career!
We did it! CJHS students met the academic goal to reduce the # of Fs by 20%! Fabulous Football Friday will happen tomorrow! Don't forget to wear your jersey or team shirt!
Congrats to Our Papa John's Athletes of the Week!
Evyn Lemmon for girls basketball!
Conner Henson on getting first place in regionals in wrestling!
Brady Melvin for boys basketball!
Brandon Turner on getting the school record for pins in wrestling!
Lucas Parker for most wins as a freshman!
Way to go Redbirds!!!
We have senior night tonight for our HS Girls Basketball Team against Massac. JV game starts at 6:15!
Come out and support our athletes!
2/8/24