The Scoop Volume 4:

December Edition

“Where Every Child Counts”

What’s Up, Dude?

MJH’s Ugly

Sweater

Christmas Jingle

Come Get Your

Christmas Jingle

On! December 14th

*MJH Competition Gym @ 3:30-5:30

*$3.00 admission *Concessions

*An Ugly Sweater Contest with Prizes

*Festive Activities with Prizes

Become More Responsible As your child gets older, they need to take responsibility

for more areas of their life. Managing their own schedule,

schoolwork, and activities now will help them feel capable

and give them practice for the future. Here are some

strategies to try:

Hand over tasks. Pick routine jobs that your tween can

take full responsibility for. They could pack their lunch, change and wash their

sheets and towels, and replace light bulbs when they burn out, for instance.

You might need to remind them of the new duties at first, but gradually they

should be able to do them without being asked. Tip: For more ideas talk to

parents of older children about tasks they gave out at different ages.

Encourage planning. Thinking ahead will help your middle schooler stay on

top of his/her responsibilities. Talk about how they can do this. For example, if

she’s going to a sleepover on Saturday, she’ll need to pack her overnight bag,

return her library books that are due that day, and arrange to come home on

time on Sunday to finish homework and get ready for school the next day.

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

Conrad’s Corner

Dec. 1st

*Oct./Nov. Kids of Character

Luncheon

Dec. 2nd

WOW! Saturday School

Dec. 4th

UIL Writing @ Mabank

Dec. 5th

*UIL @ Brownsboro

*Tutorial Bus

Dec. 6th

*UIL Speaking @ Van

*Progress Reports

Dec. 7th

*Christmas Choir Concert

*Tutorial Bus

Dec. 9th

UIL One Act Play @ Van

Dec. 11th-15th

Pennies for Presents

Dec. 12th

Advanced Academic

Showcase Parent Night-6:00

*Tutorial Bus

Dec. 14th-20th

Fall Summatives

Dec. 14th

*Selfies with Santa @ lunch

*Ugly Sweater Christmas

Jingle Dance @ 3:30-5:30

Dec. 15th

*Cookie Dough Delivery

Dec. 20th

*End of 2nd 9 Weeks

*Basketball Pep Rally @ 12:30

*Early Release @ 1:00

Dec. 21st-Jan. 5th

Holiday Break

Jan. 8th

Resume School

STUDENTS

7th Grade

Savannah Wagner & Rickey Blaylock

8th Grade

Dahlia Shaw & Christian Morales

A grand total of 3,015 items were collected at

MJH for our annual Fill the Bus donation. This sur-

passed last year’s total of 1, 197 items. In fact, a record

breaking number was collected!!! Thank you all from

the bottom of our hearts for your participation in helping

those in need in our community. It means the world to

us...THANK YOU!

STAFF MEMBERS

Teacher

Sarah Meurin-7th Writing

Paraprofessional

Raelee Trull-BAU

Winner’s

Circle

Most items collected:

Spencer’s 6th period class

with 1, 020 items

Display winners:

1st: Dunn

2nd: Spencer

3rd: Coach Ewing

12/6/17

Send your friends, teachers, administrators, classroom helpers, etc. a special Christmas

greeting. Student Council members will be selling Santa Grams from Monday, December 12th until Monday the 18th. They are a $1.00 each. These

Christmas greetings (goody bags) will be delivered, at lunch, on Tuesday, December 19th!

FOLLOW US!

@MabankJrHigh

#everychildcountsMJH

Good Luck to

all of our UIL

participants and

coaches!!

FCA meets on

Mondays @ 7:00 a.m.

Come join us!

COOKIE DOUGH

DELIVERY DATE:

Caring Being considerate, courteous, helpful and under-

standing of others. Showing care, compassion,

friendship, and generosity. Treating others as you

would like to be treated. *Treat people with kindness

and generosity *Help people in need *Be sensitive to

people’s feelings *Never be

mean or hurtful *Think

about how your actions will

affect others

MPSN “Mabank Panther Sports Network”

Girl’s Basketball: Dec. 4th Van (home)- Nov. 11th Brownsboro (away) - Nov. 18th Wills Point (away) Boy’s Basketball: Dec. 4th Van (away)-

Nov. 11th Brownsboro (home) - Nov. 18th Wills Point (home)

Girl’s Athletics will be going to watch a Lady Cardinals Basketball Game at TVCC on Saturday, December 2nd!

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 night’s

sleep. GOOD LUCK...YOU GOT THIS!

*Thursday, Dec. 14th 1st and 9th period Fall Summative

*Friday, Dec. 15th 2nd and 8th period Fall Summative

*Monday, Dec. 18th 3rd and 7th period Fall Summative

*Tuesday, Dec. 19th 4th and 6th period Fall Summative

*Wednesday, Dec. 20th 5th period Fall Summative

Pennies for Presents

MJH students will be participating

in a penny power or penny war to

collect money for those in need

this holiday season.

Tis’ the season for GIVING!

Bring the Change, Be the Change! Dec.

11

th-1

5th

Pep Rally Dec. 20th 12:30-1:00

Thank you for participating in our MJH Fundraiser and

for supporting Mabank Junior High. It’s greatly appreci-

ated! The selling of cookie dough was a HUGE success!

We even beat last year’s profit!! We had TONS of

students reach the school wide goal of selling 15 items

or more. These students are eligible to participate in

our VIP field trip to the AT&T Stadium...home of the

Dallas Cowboys in January (still trying to nail down a

date). The tour includes:

-Eating lunch while watching the Jumbo Tron

-Seeing Jerry Jones’s Perch and a Luxury Suite

-Visit the Cowboy Cheerleader’s Locker Room

-Visit the Cowboy’s Locker Room

-Run and play on the football field

-Group photo taken on the star!

Additional prizes

will be given

VERY soon!!

December 14th

@ lunchtime

$1.00-You Take.

$2.00-We take

and print you a

copy. CHEESE!

- Worth Quoting- “The unselfish effort to

bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a

happier life for ourselves” -Helen Keller

After school tutorial buses are

now available on Tuesdays and

Thursdays. You can get a form

from the front office

or your child’s

teacher.

Another successful WOW! Day for the 2nd 9 weeks! Students that completed their work on time celebrated by watching our first ever, Students vs. Staff Dodgeball Tournament while munching on a bag of free chips. CONGRATS to the following students for win-ning the WOW! Drawing: Emma Barakat, Shyenne Collinsworth, Alex Gonza-lez, Wesly Harris, Madison Monzon, Christian Morales, Kaleb Marshall, Sophia Ruiz, Camyla Simmons, & Summer Woods. And of course, we had to put the Smack Down on em’! Just saying

The “Finer” Things

Choir: “Sing Joyfully!” Christmas Choir

Concert is on December 7th at 7:00pm at the

MHS Auditorium. It will be a fun-filled night

with Christmas classics and holiday cheer! You

don’t want to miss it!! The Advanced Treble

Choir will perform for the Woman’s Club of

Mabank on the 19th at 11:00am at the Cedar

Creek Country Club. What an honor! We are

so very proud of you!

Theatre Arts: UIL One Act play is on

Saturday, December 9th at Van High School.

A GREAT BIG GOOD LUCK goes out to all

participants and Ms. Zervakos. Break a Leg!!!!!

Band: The band directors would like to

congratulate all students who participated in

the All-Region Band auditions on November

30th at Ferris. There were many, many

schools in attendance for this event and MJH

had a strong representation of outstanding

students. It was a huge success! Thank

you for all of your support!

Maya Vega, Nina Jahnke, Madison Vanarsdall, Dezirae Galvan, Breydon Lassetter, Ty Reedy, Landon Smith, Victor Romero, Kolby Smith, Jason Howard, Evan Harper, Gavin Gould, Drake Pierce, Morgan Peebles, Brendan Williams, Skylar Smith, Anthony Lara, Haylee Greene, Skyler Lewis, Jose Garcia, Ethan Jarvis, Sofia Lentini, Braxton McCabe, Trevor Sullivan, Yahir Sosa, Kaizen Burrows, Dylan Stairs, Ebony Mathis, & Zachary Smith

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 with the

principal and counselor 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 por-

traying good character traits. These students are

making Mabank Junior High a better place to be!

12/20/17

@ 1:00

Resume Back

to School!

Christmas tree decorating contest in 8th period. Judging will be on December 15th. Pizza party will

be rewarded for the winner! “Oh, Christmas Tree! Oh, Christmas Tree!”

Mabank Junior High will host an “Advanced Academic Showcase”

Parent Night Tuesday, December 12th from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in

The Social House. Class projects and artwork created by students will

be on display. Fine Arts students will perform. Aaron Williams will

provide information regarding the MSI program. We encourage you to

attend the meeting so you will have a better understanding of the

opportunities available for your student at Mabank Junior High School.