Central Junior High School

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

Good Luck to the HS boys basketball team as they travel to DuQuoin today. Freshman are playing two quarters before JV starts . Start of Freshman quarters are 5:30. 2/6

Our CJHS January students of the month were 8th graders, Sophie Wilson and Ben McCord and 7th graders Chalize Bowman and Asher Forgatch.

Any High School Student interested in Bass Fishing there is a meeting today at 5pm in the HS cafeteria. 2/5

Good Luck to our HS Girls Basketball team as they travel to Century for a varsity only game tonight. 2/5

2/2 Good Luck to our HS boys basketball team tonight as they travel to Nashville. 2/3 Good Luck to our HS boys wrestling team at Regionals in Herrin on Saturday. Good Luck to our HS boys on Saturday as they take on Sesser at home. 2/2

Tomorrow CJHS students will be rewarded with a "Fizzy Fruity Friday" for meeting their 90% attendance goal this week! We are inviting students to wear fruit themed or bright colored clothes, and we will have ice cream floats and play fruity games at the end of the day. Stay tuned for progress on next week's goal!

Tonight begins the regional tournament at CJHS with a 5:30 game between our own Redbirds and the Mt. Vernon Rams. Tickets are $3 for grades 9 to adult and $2 for grade 8 and below. No passes will be honored at the game and no shakers, signs, banners, or noisemakers are allowed at the event. Come out and cheer on our Redbirds! Game 2 between Benton and Hamilton County will begin at approximately 6:45.

We're off to a good start for the season. 7th grade volleyball beats Sesser in two sets.

A message for Denning Elementary School and the District: a little after 10 a.m., an individual from the neighborhood was having a mental health episode and began banging on the exterior doors of Denning School. The building immediately went on lockdown and 911 was called. Officers arrived and apprehended the individual. There was no weapon involved. All faculty, staff, and students acted appropriately and orderly just like they practice in drills. All is back to normal now. We will now talk with all of our students and reassure them and go back to our normal day as we celebrate the 100th day of school today. We thank everyone for their assistance during these few stressful moments.

Congratulations to Taylan McCamish for being named All-Conference for Girls' Basketball. She is our Student Athlete of the week!