Holbrook Junior High School - Helping Unique Students Develop

Greetings Roadrunners- a quick reminder that HUSD will not be in session on Monday, September 4th for Labor Day! Also, parent-teacher conferences are next week! Have a great weekend and thanks for your partnership in Helping our Unique Students Develop!

8th Grade Did It! The 8th graders were the first grade level to get 100% of their Handbook pages signed and turned in! Way to be Next Level Responsible, 8th Grade...Roadrunners 2.0!

HJHS Families....ROOMS is almost here!! ~It will be easier than ever to stay up-to-date with the district, schools, AND with your student’s teachers and classes.~ ~We are excited to deepen the school-to-home connection with this new communication feature and the best part is you will be able to access all things HUSD#3 and HJHS all in one place (even if you have children in multiple schools.~ ~Parents and guardians, you will be receiving an invite and instructions via email to create your login to access "Rooms". Watch for the invite to come on Thursday, August 31st.~

HJHS 6th/7th Softball is CANCELLED for today (Aug. 29th). Winslow JUST notified us that they do not have enough eligible players to play. 8th Grade WILL be playing at 3:00 today in Winslow. 🥎🥎 Thank you for your patience and understanding! Good luck to our 8th grade team!! 🥎🥎

HJHS Chess Club!! Just a reminder that the HJHS after school Chess Club starts this week, Wednesday, August 30th! Students interested in participating need to sign up with Ms. Manning!

HJHS Softball and Football for this week!! 🥎🏈🥎🏈

Update: Holbrook for the Win!! 38-0 🌟🏈🌟 Way to go Roadrunners !! HJHS Football! End of Quarter 1... HJHS Roadrunners up 16-0 against Winslow!! 🌟 Go Roadrunners!! 🏈🌟🏈

HJHS 7th Grade PASS Class teams had their first of many class challenges today. Student teams worked together and made positive connections. Ms. Baloo's class earned the coveted "Spirit Stick". Way to Go 7th Grade...Showing off their Roadrunner 2.0 School Spirit!

HJHS is excited to introduce you to Mrs. Katy Brown. Mrs. Brown will be joinging HJHS to complete a Northern Arizona University internship in Social Work. Here is how Mrs. Brown describes herself: ~Katy is in her final year at NAU studying Social Work and is very excited to join the staff and students as an intern at Holbrook Junior High for the 2023-24 school year. Since moving to Holbrook in 2021 with her husband and two kiddos, Katy has enjoyed getting to know the community and exploring the beautiful surroundings. Adventure is never far away in Northern Arizona! Katy is inquisitive and loves learning about new people and cultures. In her down time, Katy loves sunset walks, singing/songwriting, and dreaming about being a hot air balloon pilot one day. Katy believes that every person has something uniquely special inside of them, and she loves watching people discover their gifts and come into their power. She is excited to learn alongside the students, families, and amazing teachers who call Holbrook home.~ ~We are confident that the work Mrs. Brown will assist/engage in will be positive, productive and highly beneficial for the students of HJHS.~ ~Welcome to HJHS Mrs. Brown!

HJHS!! Kindness Matters! 🌟 ~It was a great morning as the "Be Kind Crew" provided an interactive, high energy school-wide assembly teaching and emphasizing "Be Kind Traits and Skills"!~ ~The crew reinforced Kindness Skills through dance, skits and discussion to empower students to take the pledge to Be Kind!~ ~The Be Kind Crew jump started our initiative... "Kindness Matters at HJHS".~ ~HJHS will cultivate Next Level Kindness as Roadrunners 2.0! 🌟🌟

HJHS Softball kicked off their first games off the season this afternoon against Canyon Day! 8th grade team came away with a 13-3 win! 🌟🥎 6th/7th grade team playing now and are up 7-3! 🌟🥎 Way to take it Next Level... Roadrunners 2.0!! Goooo Roadrunners!! 🌟🥎

HJHS Chess Club Starting Soon! ~HJHS Chess Club will be held on Wednesdays after-school starting August 30th. If interested, students will need to sign up with Ms. Manning.~

HJHS Football and Softball this week...Updated based on cancelled and rescheduled games from last week.

HJHS Students Have Spoken...the Votes Are In! ~Congratulations to the HJHS 2023-2024 Student Council Members:~ ~President: Rigden Fish ~Vice President: Niah Cook ~Secretary: Emily Sanchez ~Treasurer: Kea Pizarro ~6th Grade Representatives: Kashlie Bieldfelt, Bentley Gardner, Dallas Hayes ~7th Grade Representatives: McKenzie Baker, Jaken Begay, London Gardner, Lorilee Kishbaugh, Rylie Patterson, Brooklynn Quiroz ~8th Grade Representatives: Triesun Brewer, Ziva Johnson, Tia Gilespie, Salma Parcell, Brianna Ross ~These members are ready to lead the HJHS students to the "Next Level" of being Respectful, Responsible, Reliably Safe, of Being Kind, of Making Good Choices and in Giving No Less Than Their Best as Roadrunners 2.0!~

HJHS Student Council Election Day! ~After two weeks of campaigning, HJHS students running for student council delivered their speeches to their fellow peers. The speeches were full of promises, Next Level ideas, and how they will serve the HJHS community. ~In their speeches they reminded their peers to be Respectful, Responsible, Reliably Safe...to be Kind...to make good choices and to Give No Less Than Their Best! ~Way to Go to all of our HJHS Roadrunner Candidates. ~We ended the assembly in true HJHS fashion with their class chants....today definately goes to the Class of 2028! ~Student voting is now underway....winners to be announced soon!

HJHS Softball! Due to flooded fields in Winslow, today's HJHS Softball games have been cancelled. They will be rescheduled for another time. Softball players WILL have practice today, Thursday, August 17th.

HJHS! Did you know today is "World Greatness Day"? World Greatness Day is celebrated yearly on August 15. Professor Patrick Businge established this festival to honor all things great in life. This day draws our attention to the individuals who have had a significant impact on our lives. At HJHS we believe all of our students have greatness in them and we are excited to help cultivate that greatness throughout the 2023-2024 SY.

August 14 is a day to remember the once top-secret group, the Navajo Code Talkers. Navajo Code Talkers Day was established by a proclamation made by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. Navajo Code Talkers Day is a day that holds great importance in the history of the U.S. This is the day to recognize and celebrate the contributions of the Navajo marines during World War II. Navajo marines encoded and transmitted messages using complex Navajo language-based code during a time when secret communication was essential to win a war. The code was never broken by Japanese forces in the Pacific and proved to be of great assistance to the U.S. Marines. The Navajo Code Talkers successfully transmitted more than 800 messages without error and helped the U.S win the war. On this day, August 14th we honor the great American heroes and their service to the nation.

Did you know that the HJHS handbook is combined in the same spiral as the student planner? All of our students are given this resource/tool to keep in their AVID binders for reference and use. ~The handbook acknowledgement page can be found in the front of the planner and needs to be signed by a parent and student and then turned in. ~The grade level to reach 100% turned in first will earn a special treat! Right now it's 7th grade in the lead with 56% turned in followed by 6th grade at 49% and then 8th grade at 46%. ~Which grade level will it be to reach 100% first? 🌟🌟🌟 ~Let's get those pages turned in ASAP!

Greetings Families! The HJHS Front Office will be closing at 2:30pm today, Friday, August 11th for training. Thank you for your understanding. We are wishing all of our HJHS families a great weekend!