Looking for an easy way to support your young reader? ✨ Create a Book Fair eWallet NOW so you or your child can shop cash-free, worry-free, and independently! 🛍️📚 Perfect for family & friends to add funds — the ideal gift: a new book 🎁❤️
Set it up in minutes: Book Fair Homepage
🚨 WE’RE ASKING FOR A BIG FAVOR, CARDINAL NATION! ❤️🖤
Our Meridian Junior High Fall Sports Fundraiser has only 4 DAYS LEFT, and we have a LONG way to go to reach our goal.
Our athletes are putting in the work — now we need our community behind them!🏐🏀
💥 HERE’S WHAT YOUR DONATION WILL HELP PROVIDE:
🏐 NEW VOLLEYBALL NET & VOLLEYBALLS
🏀 NEW BASKETBALLS
🖤 NEW BALL RACKS
👕 NEW UNIFORMS
These are items our student-athletes use every day, and reaching our fundraising goal will allow us to invest directly back into our MJHS athletic programs and the students who participate in them.
💰 HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP:
❤️ Make a donation — ANY amount helps!
🖤 Share this post with your friends & family
❤️ Tag someone who might be willing to help
🖤 Encourage a local business or organization to get involved
Even a $10 or $20 donation can make a difference when our community comes together!
⏰ ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT!
👉 HELP US CLOSE THE GAP & REACH OUR GOAL:
Donate To MJHS Fall Sports Fundraiser
We know our Cardinal community is incredibly supportive. Let’s show our athletes what we can do in these final four days!❤️🖤
DONATE. SHARE. TAG A FRIEND. LET’S FINISH STRONG!💪
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Highland Elementary! This can’t-miss event gets kids excited about reading and earns funds for our school.
SAVE THE DATE:
In-person Shopping: October 21 & 22, 3:15 - 6:00 pm
Online Shopping: October 19-23, and start exploring together: Book Fair Homepage
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Highland Elementary! This can’t-miss event gets kids excited about reading and earns funds for our school. SAVE THE DATE for October 21st & 22nd, 3:15 pm - 6:00 pm, and start exploring together. Create your child’s Book Fair eWallet so they can shop cash-free, worry-free, and independently! It’s easy to set up and easy for others to contribute funds! Start here: Highland Book Fair Homepage.
We’ve launched a monthly student-driven staff recognition program where kids nominate the staff members making a difference in their lives—and share the "why" behind their choices. (And let me tell you… the "why" is my favorite part!) From making them laugh to believing in them when things get tough, our students’ words are a powerful reminder of the incredible impact our staff makes every single day. Student Council representatives present these awards to the staff monthly.
To our staff: thank you for caring, inspiring, and being the adults our students can count on. To our students: thank you for sharing your voices. We are listening!
It’s pretty great to be a Cardinal!
Join us October 17th for the best afternoon! Trunk or treating, of course, but also games, prizes, costume contests, food trucks & more ❤️🖤
We’d love to see your trunks all decorated! To provide candy for the trunks as well, we’re asking for candy donations!
To sign up, please click the link below or scan the QR code on the flyer that came home with your student! We’re looking forward to another great year and hope to see you all there 🎃🛻✨
Click to sign up —-> https://forms.gle/i8DBRgru1vgmQpBq9
Big congratulations to the MJHS September Students of the Month! We are very proud of your hard work and achievements. Keep up the great work! Special thank you to Stillman Bank for partnering with MJHS to help reconginze our students!
6th:
Brycen Legue
Tatum Alderks
7th:
Austin Grugel
Milania Rowe
8th:
George Edwards
Avery Chance
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! This can’t-miss event gets kids excited about reading and earns funds for our school library.
¡Ya llega la Feria del Libro de Scholastic! Este evento imperdible entusiasma a los niños con la lectura y recauda fondos para la biblioteca de nuestra escuela.
SAVE THE DATE:
Online shopping: October 19-23
In-person shopping: October 21st & 22nd, 3:15 pm- 6:00 pm
Start exploring together: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/highlandelementaryschool3
Roman, Korbyn, Case, Graham, Adam, Austin, Nolan and Svea did a great job on Unit 1 earning a little treat.
Football Frenzy Winners for Week 1 and Week 2: Aniyah, Rosa, Brantley, Hudson and Archie and got to celebrate with some pizza.
Our 8th graders began science class yesterday by putting Newton’s First Law of Motion to the test with the classic Inertia Egg Drop challenge. By quickly slapping the pie tin out of the way, they proved that an object at rest wants to stay at rest—allowing gravity to pull the egg straight down for a safe splashdown! 🥚💥
Inertia Demonstration
Congressman Darin LaHood stopped by MJHS to speak with Mrs. Salo’s 7th-grade Social Studies class in which he spoke about his role in government and touched on a few of the processes he is a part of. Representative LaHood also observed Mrs. Barton’s Science class doing a lab activity in which students were learning about dependent and independent variables and testing the pH of various liquids.
Thank you, Congressman LaHood, for taking time out of your schedule to invest in our future leaders and inspire our 7th graders!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QfwdbDnVvLw_-Q4A-85N8cDeHlrV9eDoVAbEnC9Vv6k/edit?usp=sharing
🏀 MJHS Sports Registration for Boys Basketball & Academic Team is NOW OPEN! 🧠
Get ready for the upcoming season! Here is everything you need to know to sign up:
🏀 Boys Basketball: Open to all grade levels
🧠 Academic Team: Open to 7th & 8th grade students
📲 How to Register:
1. Athletic and Activity Registration
2. Log in or create an account
3. Select Stillman Valley High School
4. Choose your junior high activity from the list
⚠️ Pro Tip: Don't wait—get those sports physicals scheduled before the season kicks off! Sports Physicals must be on file to practice and play.
If you have questions, contact Mrs. Jepsen at the junior high by email or phone.
Varsity Football hosts Genoa-Kingston, and we have a full night of Cardinal recognition planned!
🚪 Gates Open: 5:30 p.m.
Pre-Game Youth Recognition
📣 6:15 p.m. — Lil Warrior & Jr. Tackle Cheer Recognition
🏈 6:20 p.m. — Flag Football Recognition
🏈 6:30 p.m. — Jr. Tackle Recognition + varsity tunnel
⏱️ 6:40 p.m. — Varsity warm-ups
🏈 7:00 p.m. — Kickoff
During the Game
📣 Little Cheer Camp performance — between the 1st & 2nd quarters
💃 SVHS Dance Team — halftime
👏 Special recognition of Mr. Jim Miller — halftime following Dance
🎟️ Admission
Adults — $5
Students/Seniors — $3
SVHS Students — FREE
📺 Livestream:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/il/stillman-valley/organization/16027/stillman-valley-high-school
GAME DAY REMINDERS
• Football games are not a drop-off event. Students in 8th grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
• No outside play balls are permitted inside the stadium.
Come early — there’s a lot to celebrate Friday night!
#CardinalPRIDE
Dear Meridian Junior High School Families,
We are excited to announce our MJHS Fall Sports Fundraiser!
Athletics and activities at MJHS are funded in large part through spiritwear and concession stand sales. In an effort to generate additional revenue to help us update and replace volleyballs, basketballs, nets, and other athletic equipment, we will be hosting two SNAP fundraisers this school year.
Fall Sports Fundraiser
For our fall fundraiser, we are asking all students participating in the following activities to take part:
Volleyball
Cross Country
Boys Basketball
Cheerleading
Everyone is welcome to participate! Students do not have to be involved in one of these activities to take part in the fundraiser.
The great thing about the SNAP fundraiser is that there is nothing to sell and no products to deliver! This is a donation-based fundraiser. Your student simply creates an account and can provide email addresses and/or phone numbers for family members, friends, and others who may be willing to support MJHS athletics and activities.
We will hold an additional SNAP fundraiser in the spring for Girls Basketball, Academic Team, Wrestling, and Track.
Every donation, no matter the amount, will help us provide our students with quality equipment and opportunities to participate in athletics and activities. We greatly appreciate your support of our students and MJHS!
Please see the flyer below for instructions on how to sign up and for additional details:
MJHS Fall Sports Fundraiser Flyer
Thank you for supporting Meridian Junior High School Athletics and Activities!
Go Cardinals!
Tara Jepsen
Assistant Principal / Athletic Director
Meridian Junior High School
Cardinal Football opens the season at home!
📅 Friday, August 21
🆚 Winnebago HS
🚪 Gates Open: 6:00 p.m.
🏈 Kickoff: 7:00 p.m.
📍 Stillman Valley High School
📺 Watch LIVE on Hudl Fan:
https://fan.hudl.com/.../boys-varsity-football/watch...
GAME DAY REMINDERS
🔹 Students in 8th grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult — games are not a drop-off event.
🔹 No outside play balls are permitted inside the stadium.
Thank you for helping us keep Cardinal events safe and enjoyable for all spectators!
#CardinalPRIDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WMhM2GZ48
https://www.iesa.org/activities/tr/IESA-TR_Schedule.pdf
What a year it has been! Today, we took some well-deserved time out to celebrate the incredible hard work, dedication, and leadership of our Lighthouse team at MJHS. And what better place to let the good times roll than Uptown Lanes? 🍕🎳
Today was all about trading in our everyday responsibilities for bowling shoes, sharing laughs, eating pizza, and enjoying each other’s company. Whether it was a perfect strike or a gutter ball, the energy was electric! ⚡
To our amazing Lighthouse leaders, thank you! Here’s to celebrating this year's victories and looking forward to an even brighter year ahead!
