Holbrook Junior High School - Helping Unique Students Develop

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!

HJHS! Happy Friday :) Just a reminder that it is Early Release Friday! HJHS students will be dismissed at 12:05pm today and every Friday. Thanks for allowing us the privilege of working with your child(ren). It's been a great start to the 2023-2024 SY.

HJHS Families: Our phone lines are still down. Our technology department is working with Sparklight to resolve the issue as soon as possible. If you need to reach the Holbrook Junior High please email Jamie Justman in the front office at jjustman@holbrook.k12.az.us or Sandra Padilla at spadilla@holbrook.k12.az.us and they will respond to right away. We will let you know as soon as they are back up and operational. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

HJHS! Phones lines are currently down. We are working to get them restored as quickly as possible. Please contact Jamie in our office through email at jjustman@holbrook.k12.az.us to cummincate as needed. If you need immediate assistance you may contact the district office at 928-414-1847 and they will get a message to us. We will send notice as soon as the phones have been restored at the school level. Thank you for your patience during this outage.

The HJHS Jr. Roost is Open! The students love getting snacks throughout the day, especially the fresh fruit smoothies. Did you know you can add money to your students account? You can even set spending limits. Click the link for all the information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1exMouwF7z8cQv_9JLDRg548mX2-x4_79/view?usp=sharing

Football practice and Softball tryouts kicked off today! Lots of kids out there working hard as Roadrunners 2.0...Next Level! 🏈🥎🏈🥎 Way to Go Roadrunners!! 🌟🌟 Running Club starts tomorrow!!

Fall Sports are Starting at HJHS! ~Football Practice & Softball Tryouts Begin tomorrow, Monday-August 7th ~Running Club Begins Tuesday, August 8th. Running Club will be Tuesdays/Thursdays ~Studets must have a completed athletic packet turned in and a physical on file in order to participate. **A Refillable Water Bottle is Highly Recommended**