Holbrook Junior High School - Helping Unique Students Develop

The Holbrook Public Library is hosting "Native American Animal Songs and Dances-A Program for All Ages" tomorrow, Thursday, November 30th @ 6:00pm. This is a free program and everyone is welcome to attend.

HJHS Wrestlers traveled to Ganado to compete in a tournament today! Congratulations to the team on their 5th place finish! 🌟 HJHS top finishers... 💪Congratulations to: Roman Candaleria 1st place at 93lbs; Gideon Pack 3rd place at 98lbs; Hayden Eisele 4th place at 104lbs; Jack Carbboneau 3rd place at 111lbs; Eli Natoni 2nd place at 118lbs; and Victor Bazan 3rd place at 167lbs. Way to Go Roadrunners!

Roadrunners- a reminder that HUSD 3 will be on Thanksgiving break November 20th-24th with school resuming on November 27th! We are thankful for every HUSD 3 Roadrunner! Enjoy a safe and healthy holiday!

At HJHS we are Thankful for our Teachers, Staff, Students, and Families. Reminder: No school next week, November 20th-24th. Thanksgiving Break! We hope you all enjoy your family time.

HJHS! How cool is this? Roadrunner 2.0...Next Level Fitness Opportunities! We have been planning and preparing for this...The HJHS outdoor fitness area is being installed. The students are excited to see the equipment going in and are looking forward to being able to increase their physical fitness capacity through outdoor workouts or simply through targeted stretches. Beginner or more advanced, it will not matter. All of our students will be able to make use of and benefit from our new equipment if they so choose. We can't wait to see the students enjoying this addition to HJHS!

HJHS! Bently Gardner, Sampson James, McKenzie Baker, Aaliyah Quintana, Alex Dawson, Mya Morris, Dallas Hayes, Tia Gillespie, London Gardner, Jack Carbonneau, Jayson Hatch, Blaine Hubbard, Willow Guttery, Anthony Moyte, and Donoyn James...Roadrunner 2.0...Next Level! These students participated in the White Mountain Junior High Regional Honors Music Festival. They spent the day with several other junior high students practicing, learning, growing and then came together for a night of magnificent musical performances in band and choir. WOW! These Roadrunners shined brightly. HJHS is so proud of them for their hard work and commitment to their musical growth. A big thank you to Mrs. Chantelle Taylor for encouraging and leading all of the HJHS choir and band students. Way to go Roadrunners!

Congratulations to Holbrook Junior High School for begin featured in the November AVID Community Newsletter! Great work is being done at HJHS through AVID- Advancement Via Individual Determination! Next Level Success HJHS- Roadrunner 2.0! Check out the article and video at this link: https://info.avid.org/november-2023?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=281144913&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Zjz5eYKTHATxpxgxPUuudd4eqCcbfi5TbzM7pHLnfOkrV_Z-xbA6drA4Hbh7BnMA0XE5Df7n5MzhmdZB1ag9JSvDhzA&utm_content=281144913&utm_source=hs_email#Spotlight-Story-1

Congratulations to HJHS Students and Staff of the Month for October! ~These Roadrunners are being recognized for being Next level-Roadrunner 2.0 as they are Respectful, Responsible, Reliably Safe and Give No Less Than Their Best! ~Thanks for being Roadrunner 2.0: Aubree Williams, Jayden Peterson, Trevor Williams, Kacyanna Casamero, Mariah Haskie, Dakota Ohlson, and Ms. Caroline Begay (not pictured).

Just a Reminder: No School Tomorrow...Friday, Nov. 10th in Honor of Veterans' Day!

Just a reminder! Today is our first home games/matches for Volleyball and Wrestling! HJHS will compete against Show Low! Volleyball at HJHS: 6th/7th Starts at 4:00pm 8th Starts at 5:00pm Wrestling will be held in the HHS Wrestling Room: Matches start at 4:00pm Go Roadrunners!! 🌟🌟

Congratulations to Ariel Begay as she placed 10th out of 120 runners during the State Cross Country Championships over the weekend. Ariel ran her best time coming in at 10:55 for 2 miles. Great job, Ariel! Good work throughout the season by all of the HJHS runners and a special thank you to Coach Baloo for training with and leading our junior high runners to Next Level Success as they continued to improve their personal best times!

Just a reminder, starting tomorrow, Monday, Nov.6th! Please join HJHS in honoring and celebrating Native American History, Culture and Traditions throughout National Native American Heritage Month!

It was a great day to be an HJHS Roadrunner! 🌟 We kicked off the day celebrating our Roadrunner Success "B" 🎉🥳🎉, followed by a school-wide scavenger hunt 🧐, then cheered on the HHS football team as they headed out for round one of state playoffs 🏈 and lastly the students enjoyed a high energy dance party in the gym-with guest DJ, Mr. Kyle Gardner! 🤩 Thank you to all of our HJHS Families for your never-ending support! 🌟

Holbrook Junior High School celebrated Roadrunner 2.0 success this morning! HJHS increased their school letter grade from a "D" just a few years ago to a "B" this year (just a point away from an A)! Congrats to our HJHS students, Ms. Cheri, the great teachers & staff at HJHS, Roadrunner parents, and everyone that impacts the success of each of our Roadrunners! Let's get that "A" next year HJHS- Next Level success!

HJHS is Committed to Celebrating Humanity as we Embrace Diversity...Respecting others similarities and differences and treating each other with kindness. November is National Native American Heritage Month. Please join HJHS in honoring and celebrating Native American History, Culture and Traditions.

Student Council will be sponsoring the HJHS Fall Festival for students this Friday, November 3rd. Students will be enjoying a morning of music, dancing, games and more. Let's get festive with 6th grade wearing green, 7th grade wearing orange and 8th grade wearing purple.

HJHS Student Council is Sponsoring a Canned Food Drive from November 1st-November 15th. Cans will be collected during first hour. The first hour class with the most cans will win a prize. *Let's support our Community*

Great Way to End a Great Week at HJHS! Students participated in Student Council Sponsored Halloween Class Games! Students cheered on their classmates and followed this month's Be Kind Trait to Be Positive. Great Job by all of our HJHS Roadrunners but 7th grade walked away the winners today!

Thank you to HJHS community members, along with AZ Healh Zone-UofA Cooperative Education Extension, WIHCC, HJHS families and students for "Loving Our School". HJHS celebrated "Love Our School" by kicking off "Be Kind to Your Mind & Body" with a school gardening educational session which included everyone starting their own garden plant. In addition, parents have been volunteering to help with lunchtime supervision sometime during the remainder of the school year and many students created notes/cards for someone that makes a difference in their school. HJHS looks forward to continuing to strengthen our Community and Family Engagement Partnerships throughout the school year.

HJHS! Just a reminder: TOMORROW (Friday, Oct. 27th) will be Student Council Sponsored Halloween Class Games and Costume Day (NO Masks, NO Weaponry)! Looking Forward to a Great Day of "Being Kind to Our Mind" with some fun while "Loving Our School" by "Making Positive Connections".