🏆 Our Kiowa Quillen is a World Champion 🏆
The JCHS Junior placed 2nd top in the world within the Women's Super Heavy weight class at the 2025 IBJJF PAN Jiu-Jitsu competition. This takes place every year in Kissimmee, Florida, and is part of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) line-up that attracts top Jiu-Jitsu athletes worldwide.
This year, the competition hosted 5,000 athletes vying for top three medals in their brackets. Kiowa competed in the adult women portion of the competition as an experienced white belt. Kiowa's first match put her against the 2024 PAN Woman's Super Heavy weight champion. She dominated the match, winning 8-0. 💪💪
This advanced Kiowa to the championship round, facing her previous opponent. She came out strong with a 4-3 lead and two advantage points . Kiowa says she missed gold by moments due to an opportunity her opponent was able to secure, ranking Kiowa 2nd! 🥈
Kiowa recently recovered from a broken rib and one dislocated rib, missing four weeks of training between the end of wrestling season and the PAN competition, "Coming into the competition with only one week back to training lightly, my placing is nothing short of an outstanding achievement that I share with the team of people who helped me reach this level of world-class athletics."
🎨 Youth Art Month with our JCHS Art Club! 🎨
Today, we’re highlighting the incredible talent and creativity of our amazing students for Youth Art Month! 🖌️ From face painting at football games to art lessons, our Art Club members have been working hard to express themselves and showcase their skills.
We're also taking the time to invite you to our district-wide art show "Welcome to the Jungle," Friday, April 11th from 4 to 6 p.m. We’re so proud of all the pieces that will be on display, and hope you'll stop by to support our students and their artwork!
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More donations are coming in for our Spring Open House tomorrow. We're so thankful for those who have helped by donating items and raffle baskets like the ones you see below.
The Spring Open House includes free entry and plenty of games for an evening of friendly competition. For purchase, there will be tasty concessions including hot dogs and chips and salsa. You can also buy tickets for several raffles including baskets full of goodies, a 50/50 drawing, a PS5 and a $100 gift card.
Not only is this a night of family fun, but it's also a fundraiser to support Lincoln Elementary and our students.
Friendly reminder that all schools have early dismissal tomorrow, March 28th.
Our elementary schools and middle school will let out at 1:50 p.m. and our high school will dismiss at 2 p.m.
📢 Johnston City Sports Hall of Fame - Nominations Now Open! 🏅
The Johnston City Sports Hall of Fame is currently accepting applications for 2025 inductions! If you know an outstanding athlete, team, coach, or friend of JC Sports who deserves recognition, now is the time to nominate them!
🏆 Categories for Nomination:
▪️ Athlete/Team – 2020 Graduates or earlier, who have demonstrated excellence in their sport.
▪️Coach – Individuals who have had a lasting impact on our athletes and community.
▪️ Friend of JC Sports – Anyone who has shown exceptional support and dedication to our local sports programs.
⏰ Deadline: April 1, 2025: Don’t miss out on the opportunity to honor those who have contributed to the spirit of sports in Johnston City. Submit your nominations now!
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Let’s celebrate the champions of our community! 🎉
WOW! These are just some of the raffle baskets for Lincoln Elementary's Spring Open House on Friday. There's a little something for everyone from candles to candy and cute home decor.
Remember our BIG raffles are a PS5 and a $100 gift card. Raffle tickets are just $1 in advance with profits going back to support Lincoln Elementary and our students.
Please join us March 28th from 5-7 p.m. for a night of family fun!
Lincoln Elementary celebrated students who went detention-free during the school year's 3rd quarter!
Our 3rd and 4th grade students had a wonderful time at Herrin Bowl on Friday from trying to get a strike to playing in the arcade and chatting over some snacks!
The school's Spring Open House and raffles this Friday, March 28th support events and activities like this one!
Washington Middle School students had an absolute blast on Friday celebrating their 3rd Quarter PBIS Reward Day with inflatables! From obstacle courses to bounce houses, laughter and excitement filled the air as students enjoyed a well-earned break for demonstrating positive behavior.
We are so proud of our students for their hard work and commitment to Respect, Responsibility, and Safety throughout the quarter. Keep up the great work, WMS! 🙌
Parents and Guardians,
The deadline for the 5 Essentials Survey is this Friday, March 28th. Please take this short survey to give your input on school improvements.
https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent&p=1
For those who have taken the survey, thank you!
🏆 Lincoln Elementary is the 4th Grade Brain Games Champions. 🏆
We're so proud of our team team, who went to competition at Rend Lake College today 🧠📚 They dressed in clothing inspired by the 30s and 40s since that's the content of their testing.
Brain Games is a friendly competition that provides a structured academic atmosphere filled with creative thinking and problem solving exercises.
Student teams navigate an array of hands-on activities, questions, and challenges across the curriculum of Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, and the Arts.
Ms. Moore's Class at Jefferson Elementary is learning all about insects.
These 2nd graders are working on a report about any insect of their choice. After finishing their report, they'll create a poster showcasing all of the information they learned about their insect like:
🦋 Where the insect lives
🦋 Its diet
🦋 Life stages
🦋 Harmful or helpful to humans
🦋 Interesting facts
The Johnston City Middle School and High School Student Council participated in this year's Polar Plunge.
The Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge is a unique opportunity to support Special Olympics athletes by taking icy dips into a pool full of water.
Our students raised more than $2000 for the Special Olympics. We want to say thank you to everyone who donated and to the Student Council for taking the plunge!
We're SO excited for Lincoln Elementary's Spring Open House. This event is the perfect opportunity for some family fun, and for parents to connect with school staff!
It's free entry and there will be plenty of games. For purchase, there will be tasty concessions, and $1 tickets for raffles including some BIG prizes like a $100 gift card and FortNight PS5!
All proceeds from these raffles go right back to the school and supporting our students through:
🌼 Buying prizes for our PBIS parties
🌼 Assemblies
🌼 Field trips
🌼 Quarterly parties
Ms. Moore's Class at Jefferson Elementary is learning all about insects.
These 2nd graders are working on a report about any insect of their choice. After finishing their report, they'll create a poster showcasing all of the information they learned about their insect like:
🦋 Where the insect lives
🦋 Its diet
🦋 Life stages
🦋 Harmful or helpful to humans
🦋 Interesting facts
Members of the JCHS Student Council took part in the first ever Polar Plunge Frosty Face Off yesterday at Mtn Dew Park. ❄️🐻❄️ This fundraiser helps to support Special Olympics Illinois -- Region K.
We love that our students want to be involved in the community and help support local, non-profit organizations.
Check out these rides for Drive Your Tractor to School Day.
A handful of our JCHS students traded in their cars or trucks for a tractor to help celebrate National Ag Week! From left to right, those students are:
▪ Kace Grant
▪ Ty Clark
▪ Daxton Borders
▪ Wyatt Custinger
▪ Jordan Norris
▪ Marcus Smith
▪ Grady Barker
The event raises awareness about the importance of agriculture and farming, and to showcase the machinery and equipment used in the industry.
Jefferson Elementary School's Mr. Kee is giving a shout out to his 2nd grade students.
Every Friday, his class unloads 140 Gum Drops bags. Then, distributes them to students in classrooms throughout the school. Gum Drops are bags of child-friendly foods that go home with kids during the weekend.
Mr. Kee says his students do this in the rain, snow, cold, or heat. We appreciate your hard work and helping heart. ❤️🖤
Washington Middle School students put their engineering skills to the test in an exciting STEM challenge—building the tallest freestanding paper tower! 📄🔧 With nothing but paper and tape, teams worked together to design and construct their way to new heights.
This hands-on activity encouraged critical thinking, teamwork, and creativity, showing that even the simplest materials can be used to build something incredible!
National Ag Week is coming to a close, and we really enjoyed celebrating!
This week, our high school hosted Ag Awareness Night for FFA chapters in the surrounding area. We had around 74 students show up. Section 24 FFA officers organized five speakers in the agriculture industry to come out and talk with FFA members and Ag students:
▪️ Nicole Cressey
▪️ Nathan Schatte
▪️ Brad Price
▪️ Neitzel Family Farm
▪️ Jeremiah Bright
Also, 1st year FFA members competed in the Greenhand Quizbowl. Those five students put a lot of time into studying for the competition including making flash cards!
We hope to make next year's National Ag Week even BIGGER and BETTER!
One last reminder -- all schools have early dismissal today at 11:30 a.m.
