Joseph Charter School

Interested in Aviation? Joseph Charter New Heights Aviation program is available to students in grades 7-12 with Mrs. Rindfleisch.

School Pictures September 6th, 2023 Packets will be sent home today.

Joseph Football Home Game Friday, Sep. 1st 2023 Start Time: 7pm

Joseph Charter After School Clubs with Mr. Fulfer When: Every day (Starting Sep. 11th) from 3:30 – 4:45 Mondays: Strategic Game Club Focus: Each Monday, Kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to Strategic Game Club. Our primary focus will be strategy games that help develop cognitive, social, and problem solving skills. We will play a diverse range of games such as Chess, Checkers, Risk, Settlers of Catan, trivia games and encourage students to bring their own games to share with the club. We will play both long form and short form games and even enter chess tournaments. Tuesdays: Book Club Focus: Each Tuesday, 7th grade through 12th grade are invited to Book Club. We will all read a book together with targeted goals of completion, discuss along the way, and if a film exists we will follow up with the film after we complete the book. Book clubs are a great way to motivate students to read and have them share their ideas and perspective with their peers. Reading books help foster curiosity and a habit of learning. Wednesdays: History Club Focus: Each Tuesday, 5th grade through 12th grade are invited to History Club. Those students who have a passion for history and want the opportunity to delve more into specific topics that there isn’t often time to cover in class. We will brainstorm topics we want to cover over the year and utilize various formats between texts, film, speak with local community members to learn and discuss a wide range of historical topics. We will engage in competition style debates and do full mock trials where we will put historical figures on trial. Students will either defend or prosecute these historical figures. The goal will be to bring history into to the daily lives of our students rather than just solely in a textbook or lecture. Thursday: Kindness Club Focus: Each Thursday, 5th grade through 12th grade are invited to Kindness Club. We will work as a group to identify those in our community or throughout the world who could use a little help. We will pick up litter, rake leaves, do food drives, or fundraise for charities. I have partnered with charities in Africa and the Middle East who the students will be able to connect with personally and help raise money for orphan’s education and homeless refugees. Volunteering to help others helps students grow from new experiences, improves their communication skills, connects you to your community and world around you, and makes a real difference in the lives of others. Helping others develops confidence, empathy, and leadership skills. This club will also help students learn about issues that others face in their community and around the world and how even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference.

Joseph Charter School is looking for a head boys’ basketball coach for the upcoming 2023-2024 basketball season. If interested please contact Jason Crenshaw at 541-432-7311. Please fill out an application that can be found on our website at https://www.josephcharter.org/page/employment or call Miranda Micka at 541-432-7311 for directions. Materials needed: Cover Letter, Application, and 2 Letters of Recommendations minimum.

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August 23rd, 2023 We are excited and ready for the 2023-2024 school year. Staff is excited to welcome your child(ren) back to school. Big shout out to our summer maintenance and custodial crew who have done a great job of preparing the school and school grounds for our students and staff. Things to be aware of: We began the process of replacing the stairs from the main building to the lower parking lot. Unfortunately the stairs are in the fabricating stage and are not in place. We have been told to expect a two to three week installation setback. As a result, we have created a walking path for students to safely walk from the lower parking lot to the main building. The walking path is clearly marked with saw horses, painting on portions, and flagging. We will have adults out at specific locations to assist with the safe walking of our students and staff. We ask that anyone driving up to the school be extra cautious when dropping off, or picking up students throughout the day. Pre-school students will be greeted with a new playground for their use. The district is currently looking at bids to install a fence around the preschool playground and expect that to be completed well before the snow flies. Pre-school will be operating on the same schedule as Joseph Charter this year. (8-3:30pm) Contact Mrs. McWaters with any questions. Kayla.Harvey@imesd.k12.or.us K-6th grade students can expect a new playground. The school board approved a playground structure and we are patiently waiting in line for installation. Our hope is the playground will be installed before the snow flies. Our new H-Vac and Seismic retrofit project is under way. We have a design team, structural engineers, architects, and a CMGC working collaboratively on the project. The goal of the school and team is to not interfere with any learning during the school year. Completion date is the end of August 2024 before the start of the 2024-2025 school year. We are very excited about the project and really feel our district is in good hands. Safety is at the forefront of all staff and we continue to make upgrades to our buildings and systems. Again this year at 8 am all exterior doors will be locked and the only entrance into the school is the main door by the office. Please remember to sign in and pick up a visitor’s pass when you enter the building. School lunch and breakfast prices: o Breakfast: § K-4th Grade – Free § 5th – 12th Grade - $2.20 o Lunch: § K-8th Grade - $3.50 § 9th -12th Grade - $3.60 § Adults - $4.25 § Seconds - $1.25 § Milk Only - $0.50 Please fill out the free/reduced application if you think you may qualify. We can mail forms, or send them home with your child(ren). Contact Miranda Micka @ Miranda.micka@josephcharter.org or 541-432-7311. Fall sports for jr. high and high school football, volleyball, and cross country have started, however, it is not too late to join. Please contact our athletic director, Jason Crenshaw at jason.crenshaw@josephcharter.org or 541-432-7311 for more information. We look forward to working with you and your child(ren). Please reach out with any questions or concerns. Respectfully, Lance Homan Joseph School District Superintendent lance.homan@josephcharter.org

Junior High Volleyball Practice Today 3-4pm Parent Meeting 4pm in the practice gym.

Volleyball & Football Updated Schedule https://www.osaa.org/schools/67

Junior High Football First Practice: Monday, August 21st @4pm

JCS Volleyball - Taco Night Dinner available during Back to School Night! $6 for 1 $10 for 2

Junior High Volleyball Coach: Emma Hite First Practice: August 21st @ 3-4:30pm

2023 Junior High Rookie Tackle Football Schedule Coach: TBD First Practice: August 21st @ TBD **Check back for more updates** Interested in coaching? 541-432-7311

JCS Families, 7TH grade Informative Meeting: AUG 22ND 5:30PM 9TH grade Informative Meeting: AUG 22ND 6:30PM PK-6TH Back to School Night: AUG 23RD 5:30-7PM First day of schooL: AUG 24TH Friday school day: AUG 25TH

- Joseph Football - Practice Schedule

ATTN JOSEPH CHARTER FOOTBALL: August 13th 5:00PM - Player and Parent Team Dinner at Wallowa Lake State Park August 14th 6:00PM - First Practice!

BACK TO SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: PK-6th Grade August 23rd 5:30-7pm The Elementary staff is very excited to welcome back our students this fall. They have been back in the classrooms gearing up for a great year with your students! Pre-K: Kayla Harvey Kindergarten: Alyse Shetler 1st Grade: Shilo Blankenship 2nd Grade: Courtney Lyman 3rd Grade: Hannah Schmidtke 4th Grade: Kalah Grover 5th Grade: Jacob Micka 6th Grade: Jill Hite Title I: Michelle Keffer STEM: Susan Koehn

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ATTN JOSEPH CHARTER FOOTBALL: August 13th 5:00PM - Player and Parent Team Dinner at Wallowa Lake State Park August 14th 6:00PM - First Practice!

Don't miss the 15th Annual Eagle 4 Person Scramble August 12th.