News briefs about the people, places, and events of the Carl Junction School District. |
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Jan. 12: Family Library Night in elementary buildings, 3:30-6:30 pm.
Jan. 16: Teacher In-service - NO SCHOOL for students
Jan. 24: Wrestling Homecoming, Junior High Gym, 6 pm
Feb. 3: Blood Drive at the High School
Feb. 10: Basketball Homecoming
Feb. 20: No School- Students/Staff
March 8: End of 3rd Quarter
March 20-24: Spring Break
April 7: No School - Good Friday
May 17: Baccalaureate & Senior Awards
May 19: Class of 2023 Graduation, MSSU Leggett & Platt Center, 7 pm.
May 25: Last day of School - Early out, 11:30
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For more information, check out your
student's building newsletter, social media, or daily announcements:
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Wrestling Homecoming - Jan. 24 |
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Congratulations to this year's Wrestling Homecoming Court! 🤼 Make sure to come out and support the Bulldogs on January 24 for the Homecoming Festivities!!
Back Row: 9th – Mallory Colburn, 10th - Jocelyn Wengert, and 11th - Bryanna McCabe
Front Row: 12th – Sarah Tyler, Constance Graham, and Lexie Carpenter
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Basketball Homecoming - Feb. 10 |
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Congratulations to this year's Basketball Homecoming Court. 🏀 Make sure to come out and support the Bulldogs on February 10 for the Homecoming Festivities.
Back Row: 9th – Olivia Battagler, 10th - Karissa Chase, and 11th - Mia Kim
Front Row: 12th – Akashya Mitchell, Skyler Sunday, and Sloan Uebinger
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Our CJ teachers are fantastic and always go above and beyond for their students. This is your chance to recognize your favorite teacher. Your nominations will help us choose one teacher per building that will vie for our District Teacher Impact Award. Nominate an extraordinarily inventive, engaging, and caring CJ teacher.
Our District Teacher Impact Award winner may also be chosen to go on to compete at the regional and state level before the National Teacher of the Year.
Fellow teachers, parents, alums, administrators, or students may submit a nomination. Do it today; the deadline for submission is February 1!
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Inclement Weather procedures and what you need to know |
Winter weather will soon be upon us. When deciding whether to close schools, several factors are considered, including the amount of snowfall, the condition of residential and thoroughfare roads, temperature, and the ability to clear parking lots and sidewalks. We work closely with the weather service, and our team members personally travel the roads before making a final decision.
If school is canceled or the arrival/dismissal time is affected, an announcement will be made through our communication system using phone, text, and email; postings on social media and cjr1.org, and our local television stations. To ensure that you will receive notification, verify that your parent information is up to date in Parent Portal.
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Holiday Season Wrap-Up
☝ Above, you will see photos from this year's 2nd and 3rd-grade classes as they delivered canned goods to the Carl Junction Fire Department. This food went out to help families during the holiday season. Thank you to all who gave so generously to help support this great community!
🎄 The Christmas parade was a great success, as many local businesses, community members, and CJ students participated.
🥫 The Intermediate students brought in over 2,400 food items that helped twelve Intermediate families during the holiday season!
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Be sure to check out the CJ Treblemakers Christmas performance as they performed for the 2-3 students!! |
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JH names Students of the Month |
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Pictured Left to Right: Zane Gunnett, Cole Messer, Liberty Robinson, and Kylee Sheward. Please help us congratulate these good citizens.
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Students plant daffodils on campus |
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Campus beautification was Mrs. Brummett's Floral & Landscape Design class assignment. Students planted 150 daffodil bulbs near the marquee at the corner of Pennell and Roney Streets. One of our school partners, The Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO), donated the bulbs in honor of their 50-year anniversary.
❤ Thank you to our hard-working agriculture students and CFO for this project that will bloom for many years to come.
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Engineering Design and Development students shared their Senior Capstone projects with staff and students in December. These designs represent the culmination of what they have learned over the past four years as engineering students at Carl Junction.
Each team identified problems that needed more realistic solutions, and their prototypes represented what they feel is a viable solution.
Students and staff asked questions and gave feedback on their solutions and prototypes.
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The latest news and information from the Carl Junction School District is now available on smartphones, and mobile devices with a new mobile app launched this school year. We are expanding our communications outreach with a mobile app now available for free in the online Apple Store and Google Play® app stores.
The Carl Junction mobile app will offer a constantly updated feed of district news and events with photos and links to the district’s mobile-responsive website. The user can also customize the app by selecting the schools they are most interested in for news and updates.
Users may also choose to receive push notifications to get breaking news and updates about school closures, calendar changes, or even sports updates.
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If you are a parent, the best part is that you may log into the app to get your student information with a touch of a button. Use the Google, Facebook, or Apple Sign-in button to see your student's lunch account balance, daily schedule, library balance, and bus information.
Download the Carl Junction Schools App today!
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Bright Futures serving students |
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Bright Futures Carl Junction has been busy helping students be prepared for learning. Visit our website below to see how you can be a Community Champion and help students see a brighter future. Here is a report from December.
- 405 Weekend Food Packs distributed
- eight students helped with school supplies
- five pairs of shoes and socks for students in need
- four coats
- three students/families referred for community assistance
- seven families connected for Christmas help (26 students)
- five building needs met - supplies for classes and nurses
Without the community's time, talent, and treasure gifts, we couldn't do this vital work.
- Dawson Heritage Foundation ($1,000)
- First Assembly of God donated socks, shoes, and hand sanitizer
- CJ Fire Department/2-3 Building food donations
- High School weights classes - Christmas presents for families
- Pre-K classes food donations
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Thank you to our Boys Weights class for helping out Bright Futures!!
Jack Lawson, Braxton Dodds, and Ross Craig brought over some great donations that families were able to enjoy for Christmas presents this year!
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Buckmaster announces retirement |
Carl Junction's winningest head football coach, Doug Buckmaster, announced mid-December that he plans to retire at the end of the school year.
Buckmaster finishes his 10-year stint at Carl Junction with a 71-43 record and a 22-year career record of 150-86.
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Hafner returns to Carl Junction as Head Football Coach |
Todd Hafner is returning to Carl Junction to lead the high school football program and serve as the Carl Junction Junior High Athletic Director.
Hafner’s earlier stints at Carl Junction include Assistant Football Coach in 1994 and Head Football Coach for four seasons from 1997 to 2000.
“I’m so excited to be coming back to Carl Junction,” said Coach Hafner. “I plan to bring a renewed spirit and energy and continue building on the foundation at Carl Junction. We will work on building relationships that encourage kids to be a part of the team, to work hard, to get stronger, and get tougher.”
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Hafner replaces Doug Buckmaster who will retire at the end of this school year.
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Congratulations to the CJHS SWIM TEAM for placing third out of 33 teams from across the state at the Ozarks Invitational in Springfield, MO!!
The girls also celebrated their Senior Night. Check out some photos taken by Senior Sloan Uebinger.
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Lady Bulldogs topped Mac County 77-38 to start off the New Year.
The Dogs also started in on COC play taking on the Class 5 -#6 Ranked Republic Tigers. The Tigers tied the ball game up late before Kylie Scott had an amazing late game bucket to send the Bulldogs on to victory 50-48!
They Lady Dogs take on Nixa and Joplin before heading in the Border Classic.
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Big shoutout to Destiny Buerge who scored her 2000th point! |
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Boys Basketball took three tough losses at the Kaminsky Classic in Joplin. They lost their first COC matchup against Republic 68-48. The Bulldogs look to turn things around as they have Colgan, Nixa, and Monett coming up. |
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Larry Wilkey Jenks Invitational
- 150# - Marcus Lopez Durman 5th PL
- 157# - Dexter Merrell - 5th PL
- 165# - Tony Stewart - 4th PL
- 190# - Chance Benford - 4th PL
Seneca JV Tournament
113- Cole Beezley- 3rd place
113- Aiden Mercadante- 2nd
120- Drake Richardson- 2nd
126- Keaton Colburn- 2nd
150- Chris Zbranek- 2nd
215- Cody Berry- 2nd
215- Blake Starks- 1st
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Kinloch Holiday Tournament
Boys did great in a tough tournament with 24 teams from OK, KS, TX, MO, IL and blind draws for seeds.
CJ Wrestling takes 1st at the 55th Kinloch Holiday Tournament.
Sam Melton takes home the Outstanding Wrestler award.
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Carl Junction Bulldog Athletics |
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Bulldog Broadcast Network |
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Bulldog Bytes | Carl Junction Schools | 417-649-7026 | www.cjr1.org
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