Mary Miller Junior High

Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Lewsader are having their students work on their phonics skills!

🚨 **PANTHERS—THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK!** 🚨

We are heading into the LAST WEEK of our **Show Up. Stand Out. WIN BIG! Attendance Challenge!** 🐾💜💛

If you’ve made it this far, **STAY STRONG!** 💪 You’re almost there!

Students who meet ALL of the requirements for the full three-week challenge will have their names entered into our drawing for a chance to win:

🎉 **ONE OF TWO $25 GIFT CARDS OF YOUR CHOICE!** 🎉

✅ Be here every day
✅ Be on time
✅ Finish strong through **Friday, October 2!**

Our winners will be drawn **Thursday, October 8 during our 1st Quarter House Challenge!** 🏆

You’ve worked hard to get this far—don’t let up now!

💜💛 **EVERY DAY COUNTS. BE HERE, PANTHERS!** 🐾

#MMJH #PantherPride #AttendanceMatters #ShowUpStandOutWinBig

🐾 Another busy week is ahead for our MMJH Panthers! Please review the schedule for September 28–October 2, 2026.

📸 Monday, September 28
• Picture Day
• Girls’ Basketball Practice: 3:30–5:30 p.m.

🦷 Tuesday, September 29
• Dental Clinic
• Cross Country 8th Grade Night: 4:15 p.m.
• Girls’ Basketball vs. Westville at home: 6:00 p.m.
• Cheer Practice: 3:30–5:30 p.m.

🏅 Wednesday, September 30
• Student of the Month Assembly
• Character Word: Responsibility
• Girls’ Basketball Practice: 3:30–5:30 p.m.

🏃 Thursday, October 1
• Cross Country at Chrisman: 4:15 p.m.
• Cross Country bus departs at 3:00 p.m.
• Girls’ Basketball at Hume Shiloh: 6:00 p.m.
• Girls’ Basketball bus leaves at 4:45 p.m.
• Cheer Practice: 3:30–5:30 p.m.

🏀 Friday, October 2
• Girls’ Basketball Practice: 3:30–5:30 p.m.

Let’s have a great week and continue showing our Panther Pride! 💜💛

#MMJHPanthers #PantherPride #MMJHWeeklyEvents

Spirit week day 5: school spirit

Spirit week day 4: soccer mom vs. BBQ dad

Thursday September 24th, there will be a MMJH Cheer/Parent meeting for any individual who is interested in participating in Cheerleading this year. The meeting will take place a 5:00 P.M. in the MMJH cafeteria. Hope to see you there!

Spirit week day 3: wear your house color

MMJH spirit week day 2: character day

MMJH spirit week day 1: pj day

🐾💜💛 MMJH WEEKLY EVENTS | SEPTEMBER 21–25 💛💜🐾

It’s Homecoming Spirit Week, Panthers, and we have a BUSY week ahead! 🎉 Be sure to check out everything happening at MMJH and show that Panther Pride all week long!

👕 SPIRIT WEEK
💤 Monday — Pajama Day
🎭 Tuesday — Character Day
🏠 Wednesday — House Color Day
⚽ Thursday — Soccer Mom vs. BBQ Dad
💜💛 Friday — School Spirit Day! Wear your Panther or Buffaloes gear!

🏃 CROSS COUNTRY
Friday — St. Joe Invite | 3:30 p.m. | Bus Departure TBD

🏀 GIRLS BASKETBALL
Practice: Sept. 21, 22, 24 & 25 | 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26 | 9:00–11:00 a.m.

🌲 FFA
Tuesday, Sept. 22 — Section Forestry at Forest Glen
Sept. 25–26 — State Forestry at SIU in Carbondale

🚌 6TH GRADE TRIP
Saturday, Sept. 26 — Civil War Days at Forest Glen | 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

There is a lot happening, so stay connected and don't miss out!

Same school. Same pride. Brighter together. 🐾
💜💛 PANTHER PRIDE LIVES HERE! 💛💜

#MMJHPanthers #PantherPride #HomecomingWeek #SpiritWeek #MMJH #GoPanthers

🏃‍♀️ Congratulations to Preslee Cox and Sophia Hancock on their outstanding performances at the Conference Track Meet!

🥇 Preslee Cox — 7th place with a time of 15:03
🏅 Sophia Hancock — 10th place with a time of 15:53

Way to go, girls! 💜💛🐾

The yearbook students are working hard on their personal pages for the yearbook. Today is the LAST day to order a yearbook for $10 off. Starting tomorrow yearbooks are $33, be sure to get them for $23 today!!

Miss Fellers class is advancing their typing skills using typing.com.

School Picture Day is Monday, September 28! Photos may be ordered online at Inter-State.com/order using Order Code: 0532JKB. Thank you!

6th grade social studies students made climographs and presented them in class.

🏈💜💛 **MMJH HOMECOMING SPIRIT WEEK!** 💛💜🏈

Get ready to show your Panther/Buffalo pride during Homecoming Week, September 21–25!

💤 **Monday:** Pajama Day
Pajamas must be school appropriate and follow all dress-code requirements. Please wear clean pajamas that were not worn to bed the previous evening.

🎭 **Tuesday:** Character Day

🖤❤️💚💙 **Wednesday:** House Color Day

⚽🍔 **Thursday:** Soccer Mom vs. BBQ Dad

🐾🦬 **Friday:** School Spirit Day
Wear your Panthers or Buffaloes gear!

We can’t wait to see everyone participate and celebrate Homecoming Week together!

**Show your Panther pride!**

#MMJHHomecoming #SpiritWeek #PantherPride #GoBuffaloes

🎲♟️ A huge thank-you to Miss Fletcher for working with Mrs. Davis to organize a game wish list for our MMJH students to enjoy during lunch!

We would also like to thank everyone who generously purchased games from the wish list. Your support is helping us provide more opportunities for students to put away the technology, enjoy meaningful conversations, have fun together, and build positive relationships.

Thank you for helping us bring more connection—and a little friendly competition—to lunchtime at MMJH! 💜💛

#MMJHPanthers #PantherPride

Mrs. Surowka's 6th & 7th grade advanced math class is working on integer rules.

The MMJH Boys Baseball Team takes on the Oakwood Comets in their first Regional game!

📅 Thursday, September 17th
⏰ 4:30 PM
📍 Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School

These boys have had a great season, and we hope to see it continue! If you’re free, come out, fill the stands, and cheer on our Panthers! 🐾⚾️

💜💛 LET’S GO, PANTHERS! 💛💜