CJHS Indian Letter 2 4 9 1 7 W. S I O U X D R I V E C H A N N A H O N, I L 6 0 4 1 0 8 1 5 / 4 6 7-4314 F A X : 8 1 5 / 4 6 7-2188 A T T E N D A N C E : 8 1 5 / 5 2 1-3031 W W W. C S D 1 7. O R G September 22, 2016 IMPORTANT DATES Monday, 9/26 School Board Meeting - 7pm @ District Office Band Night @ MCHS - 7pm Wednesday, 9/28 Washington DC Parent Meeting - 5PM in the Multi-Purpose Room Trimester 1 - mid term Friday, 9/30 MCHS Homecoming Parade (Band) - 4pm Thursday, 10/6 Jr. High Choir @ MCHS Fall Fest - 6pm Friday, 10/7 NO SCHOOL - Teacher Institute Friday 10/7 - Sun. 10/9 Washington DC Trip Monday, 10/10 NOSCHOOL - Columbus Day Saturday, 10/15 Band Boosters - Forte 5K Monday, 10/24 School Board Meeting - 7pm @ District Office Monday, 10/31 School Improvement Day Early Dismissal - 11am Tuesday, 11/2 Picture retakes People who Represent Integrity Determination Empathy Week of September 26th Be Respectful Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. - Laurence Stern A Note from our Social Worker School staff will be administering the Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire. With the results of this questionnaire, we will better be able to determine which students may need additional support(s) while they are in school. Please contact me with any questions you might have! Thank you, Maura Krakowski
P A G E 2 Athletic/School Events Thursday, 9/22 Soccer @ Saratoga - 4:30pm Friday, 9/23 IESA STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT - 4:30PM ON CHAMPION FIELD IN NORMAL. THERE WILL BE A PEP- RALLY TO SEND ON OUR TEAM AT 11:40AM. XC @ Dunlap Invite (Detweiller Park, Peoria) - 4pm; Student Council - Back to School Bash 2:45-4:30pm. Saturday, 9/24 IESA State Softball tournament - games TBD determined by outcome of 9/23 game. Monday, 9/26 7/8 gbkb @ Richland - 4:30pm; Band night @MCHS - 7pm Tuesday, 9/27 XC @ Richland - 4:15; Soccer @ Richland - 4:15pm Wednesday, 9/28 7/8 gbkb @ Martino - 4:15pm Saturday, 10/1 Channahon XC Invite - 9am @ Community Park Sports Results CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADY INDIANS A SOFTBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE I.E.S.A. 2016 CLASS AA SECTIONAL TITLE! The Lady Indians defeated Brooks 9-4 to advance to the 2016 Class AA State quarterfinals which will take place on Friday at 4:30 on Champion Fields in Normal, Il. In Saturday's game, the Lady Indians got out to a 3-0 lead in the third adding 1 run in each of the innings. Brooks came back with a little push and scored 2. Our girls responded by scoring 5 runs in the 4th and 1 in the 5th to put the game out of reach. Another stellar performance by Allie Timm on the mound, kept Brooks off balance as they were only able to muster up 4 hits on the day. Allie walked 2 and struck out 4. The defense came up big behind her as they swallowed up 8 ground balls and snagged 2 line drives and 6 pop flies. At the plate, the Lady Indians were led by Abby Delaney who went 2 for 2, walked 3 times and scored 3 runs. Riley Hickey was 2 for 4 with a run scored, Allie Timm had a hit and a run scored, and Hailey Denton crushed a double in the left-center gap and scored a run. The girls took advantage of 7 walks and 3 hit batters to score 3 more runs. A well-played game by all and congratulations again. Good luck Friday at the state quarterfinals! The cross country team raced in the Troy invitational this past Saturday. The team as a whole raced very well. The 7th grade girls finished 6th overall. Kathryn Cichon medaled finishing 18th. The 8th grade boys finished 10th overall. Adam Shaw medaled finishing 24th. There were 59 teams and almost 2000 runners that competed. There will be a Washington DC Parent meeting on September 28, at 5pm in the Multi- Purpose Room. Homework Helpers Monday s through Thursday from 2:45-3:45pm in the library. A teacher will be available to help students with homework. Please pick up your student promptly at 3:45pm The next Athletic Boosters meeting will be on Tuesday, October 25th, at 6:30pm in the CJHS library. C J H S I N D I A N L E T T E R
Upcoming Events September 23, 2016 Back to School Bash Flashback Friday After school until 4:30pm CJHS Library Rick Riordan, New York Times best-selling author and creator of the amazing Lightening Thief series, has launched a new series: The Trials of Apollo. Book one has been so sought after, that the CJHS library has purchased two more copies of the first book, The Hidden Oracle. Encourage your student to be one of the first to begin this new series.
Channahon Music Booster News! This fall band and choir students have several performances for you to enjoy. Join us for the following: Monday, Sept. 26 th Band Night at MCHS 7:00pm(6-8) Friday, Sept. 30 th High School Homecoming Parade at 400pm(6-8) Thursday, Oct. 6 th at 6:00pm our Jr. High Choir will perform at MCHS in the Fall Choir Festivals. Don t forget to join us on October 15 th, 2016 for our 5 th annual Flint Hills Resources Forte 5K Run/ Walk. This is USATF certified course with chip timing. All proceeds go to support our music programs. Visit www.forte5k.com for more details. There are a couple items that we need from the parents to make the musical a success. We are also asking every parent to keep their newspaper and give it to Ms. Lister. Please contact Ms. Lister for the items that are needed. Save the Date November 18 th and 19 th The Fall Musical Performance for Aladdin Jr. Directed by Ms. Lister. More information follow in the coming weeks. Channahon School District 17 is offering the following items for a lottery drawing: 1) Wurlitzer Piano Model 2116 Serial # 1529716 approximate year: 1978 2) Rodgers C-100 electric piano/organ. Serial # ZB40762. It's in semi-decent condition with a couple broken keys and an electric issue that causes certain keys to be significantly louder than the others. Interested parties can inspect the piano and organ at Channahon Junior High School. The winners will be drawn at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 4th, Winners need not be present. To ask questions, to view the piano and organ, or to submit your name for the lottery, please email Mike Schroeder at: mschroeder@csd17.org They Learn From Watching Us When you were a kid, did your parents ever say to you, Do as I say, not as I do? Or have you ever said that to your own kids? We probably have all had moments when we did things we knew weren t the best choice, but we did them anyway. This can even hold true for the way we use technology. Parents are concerned about the amount of screen time their children have and worry about their children s safety and security while online. But it s also not uncommon for parents to use technology in exactly the ways we try to encourage our kids not to use it. Our kids learn so much from watching us -- parents, teachers, other adults. One component of keeping our kids digitally safe should be modeling the use of technology the best way possible for our kids. Read more about the impact that adults who are overly distracted by their devices can have on their kids: http://www.npr.org/ sections/alltechconsidered/2014/04/16/303749247/when-parentsare-the-ones-too-distracted-by-devices Renee Bogacz Instructional Technology Support