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This week in 7-4 Science was all about energy! As part of our study of cellular respiration, students explored how exercise affects heart rate and how the body uses energy at the cellular level.

To make the learning hands-on (and high-energy!), students tested their own heart rates before and after physical activity. They jogged in place, did jumping jacks, and got their bodies moving to see how exercise impacts the cardiovascular system. It definitely increased their heart rates!

It was a fun and active way to connect what’s happening inside our cells to what we can feel happening in our bodies.

This week, students in Mrs. Swift’s Advanced Science class had the opportunity to participate in a special enrichment project by planting seeds of their choice. As part of the advanced curriculum, each student selected the type of plant they wanted to grow, giving them ownership over their learning and the growing process.

Students will nurture their plants from seed right here in the lab, carefully monitoring growth and development in the weeks ahead. In the spring, the plants will be transferred to the greenhouse, where they can continue to thrive in a larger space.

Our class planted an exciting variety of seeds — everything from watermelon and snap peas to bright sunflowers and even a pitcher plant! We’re looking forward to watching them sprout and grow as students apply what they’re learning about plant biology in a hands-on, meaningful way.

Instead of our normal 2, we have THREE amazing staff members of the month! These JMS employees are outstanding, dedicated, and true educators. Alex Bray, ELA teacher is our certified recipient this month. "The 2 Lily's" were named as co-classified staff members of the month. (One is not pictured) 👏🏼 Congratulations 🎉

🎻 7th grade orchestra students participated in district Solo and Ensemble on February 14th and all students received a superior rating! 🏆This is the first time that all groups and soloists earned the highest rating!

❤️February is American Hart month! ❤️Students in health and wellness classes with Mrs. Taylor, Ms. Powders, and Mrs. McClung learned about and practiced hands-only CPR!

Student Council pushed around the "treat trolleys" today to bring Valentine joy to staff in their yearly service project--StuCo Loves Staff. 💜 Students fundraised, bought drinks and snacks, wrote positive cards, and put together the bags to honor our JMS staff. Thank you, StuCo!

Both JMS Global classes have begun their journey to Thailand. 🇹🇭 These students and educators embark on an experience-based learning adventure after months of in-class study. We can't wait to follow along on their journey.

🎉 Congratulations, Jenks Middle School! 🎉
We are proud to announce that Jenks Middle School earned 1st place team at the Mathcounts Regional Competition!
Also a special congratulations to our Top 10 individual finishers:
Aaron Huang- 2nd place
Ponew- 3rd place
Reyansh Gupta - 4th place
Bipul Lamichhane- 6th Place
Samvruth Kanduri- 9th Place
We also celebrate our outstanding students who placed in the Top 25:
Ethan Forth, Donovan Wainright, Letian Zhang, Kai McDaniel, Sameep Kettel, and Elena ZhangWang.
Your hard work, dedication, and teamwork made this success possible. We are very proud of each of you and wish you all the best in the next round!

Nice day? Take the classroom outside!
Ms. Hash and her Team 7.4 students went outside each hour to write/work on their informational podcast scripts.

Team Meetings are a quarterly event at JMS!
Here Team 7.6 celebrates our Portrait of a Graduate award winners!

🏆 Congratulations! 🏆 We are proud to announce that Jenks Middle School Mathcounts Team earned 1st place team at the Mathcounts Regional Competition! ✖️➗➕➖🟰 Congratulations to Reyansh Gupta for winning All Star!🌟

Mrs. Wooldridge's 8th grade science classes were putting Newton to the test!

This lab was designed to test the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration found in Newton's second law. We were testing the effect of changing mass on acceleration. Students set up a cart on rollers with a rubber band suspended with a tied string. Inside the rubber band is a bottle of pennies. When the string is burned, the bottle is fired forward with the same force every time, while the cart rolls backward. Students tested the effects of different amounts of pennies on launch distance. 

Students in Mrs. Swift’s science class began an experiment last week to investigate how different colors of light affect plant growth. We planted 12 radish seeds in each light box using white, blue, green, red, and no light. Each Monday, students measure and record the growth of the plants. So far, all of the light boxes have successfully germinated, with some boxes sprouting 8 seeds and others up to 10. At this point, plant growth appears to be fairly similar across all groups. We’re excited to continue observing how the plants grow and develop over time under the different colored lights 🌱

Coach Foley and team 8.1 are geared up in support of our wrestling team! 🤼‍♂️ Good Luck Trojans!

February is a busy month at JMS!
Families-check your inbox for the February Newsletter from Dr. Brown.

Feb. 2 - Basketball - Away
Feb. 3 - Band Spirit Night at Main Event
Feb. 3 - Wrestling - Home
Feb. 5 - Spring Enrollment Conferences
Feb. 5-7 - State Wrestling Tournament
Feb. 6 - FCA
Feb. 6 - Freckles Friday
Feb. 9-14 - Basketball (Conference Tournament)
Feb. 9 - Spring Enrollment Conferences
Feb. 11 - StuCo Meeting
Feb. 11 and 12 - JMS Global to Thailand
Feb. 12 - Drama Performance
Feb. 13 - TSA Mini Conference
Feb. 16 - No School
Feb. 17 - 7th Grade Girls Track Tryouts
Feb. 18 - 7th Grade Boys Track Tryouts
Feb. 18 - 8th Grade Vocal Contest in Ada
Feb. 19 - PTAG Meeting
Feb. 20 - FCA
Feb. 25 - Career Fair (8th Grade)
Feb. 25 - TSA Regional Competition
Feb. 27 - Distance Learning Day
Feb. 28 - 7th Grade Vocal Contest in Claremore

S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G Bee✅ Team winners gathered today for the school-wide spelling bee. Everyone did an amazing job under pressure. Big congratulations to 7th grade runner-up Hayes Henson from team 7.2 and 8th grade winner Nyah Kurian from team 8.5. Next step, Nyah will represent JMS at the regional spelling bee! 🐝

🙌 🎉
Our 2 VERY deserving Employees of the Month are....
Jenny Keeton, 8th grade ELA teacher
Zach Knapp, Paraprofessional
JMS is lucky to have you both. Congratulations!!!

8th grade chamber orchestra got Kolar'd!🤣

If you haven't been following our socials, you've missed the delightful story of the cardboard cutout of Ms. Kate Kolar popping up in classrooms when teachers least expect it!

🤩 7th grade party is a hit! 😎 Thanks to the PTAG, students are enjoying pizza, snowcones, inflatables, and cornhole! Great way to end a full week of school!

🐝 It's Spelling BEE time at JMS. Each team's English teacher is holding a small spelling bee for their students who want to participate. This will determine each team's winner and runner up. School-wide Spelling BEE will happen Friday, Jan. 23rd.

Congrats to the 7-6 spellers from Mrs. Averitt!