A special Thank You to our own Nurse Shelley for teaching and certifying our A&P class in CPR this week.
The Joseph City Elementary School will be hosting a site council meeting on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 3:45pm, in the Elementary School Learning Center. This is an open meeting and all are welcome to attend and offer any input on what our school can do to improve or what is going well. Parents, students, community members, and staff are invited. The official purpose of the site council is to discuss curricular and instructional issues that promote the school vision and the overall success of our students. This meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders to provide input on school decisions and to contribute in making improvements in our schools. Some Topics of Discussion: tardy policy, vandalism on the playground, KinderCamp
Both A&P and Biology had a chance to test food that they eat to see if those foods have sugars, lipids, vitamin C, starch, and proteins. Some foods were a little shocking!
A few students were able to go to the Mesa Community College Planetarium and the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
A fun time had by all and the Planetarium certainly did not disappoint.
To understand space, you have to understand light and its behavior. Some predictions are common sense, others surprise you - and some are fun to see how many mirrors you can set up to have the light bounce, watching light dance on the ceiling when reflecting through water, and seeing if light can bend?
Last night, our junior high and high school choirs hosted a fundraiser dinner/concert. All groups performed well and it was a great experience for all who participated.
Excellent show. I loved it. 7pm tonight is the last show.
Hello, Parents! JH/HS teachers will be available for Parent/Teacher Conferences from 1:00-4:30 and 5:00-7:00. We hope to see you there!
Please come out and support the JCARTS Children's Theatre production of Finding Nemo Kids on Thursday through Saturday at 7PM or a Saturday matinee at 2. These students have worked very hard to put on this musical and tickets are only $3. See you there!
The Joseph City Schools Governing Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday 3/11/25 has been POSTPONED to Tuesday 3/18/25 at 6:00 p.m.
For any parents or community members who wish to purchase a hug note in the JH/HS yearbook the deadline for pictures and payment is this Thursday, March 6. If you have any questions please reach out to Julie Randall (juliec@jcusd.org). Thanks!
What happens when the Basketball Girls win a State Championship?
The girls remember what the coach said 3 years prior and everyone gets purple hair!
Le Chatelier's Principle shows how reactions can go back-and-forth. One of the easiest ways to see this is with pH - going back-and-forth from an acid to a base.
And then there are times when something goes wrong with indicators and you get unexpected colors.
Learning about cells is never fun - you just can't see them, and its hard to understand what you can't see. But when you can see evidence of increased carbon dioxide production due to exercise, it makes it easier to understand cellular respiration.
Biology and Chemistry
2Al + 6HCl --> 2AlCl + 3H2
Hydrochloric Acid will eat through the aluminum of a can creating an exothermic reaction. This reaction produces Hydrogen gas (so it is done under the hood), but it does not eat through the plastic of the can (although it becomes brittle).
Our junior high band performed today for the junior high band festival and received and Excellent rating. Congratulations!
pH indicators are tons of fun and lots of pretty colors. But not all indicators indicate all pH's.
A big THANK YOU to Jennie Miller from the Joseph City Fire Department for coming to JCHS's Anatomy & Physiology class and teaching Stop the Bleed.
Tomorrow is the last day to donate items for the FUNDrive! Thank you so much for all of your support!
And then there are days when you you do a lab and it works perfectly and you get pretty colors.
