Middle School - A Tradition of Excellence with a Vision for Tomorrow.

918 Day! We had a special visitor at Jenks Middle School today! 👋📚 Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols stopped by to help us celebrate 918 Day and took time to tour several classrooms, meet students, and see the incredible learning happening within our halls! 🏫✨ Thank you, Mayor Nichols, for spending part of your 918 Day with us and for inspiring the next generation of leaders! Special shout out to our band, StuCo officers, Ms. Spivey, Mr.Ratliff, and Ms. Suggs for helping facilitate this amazing opportunity. Go Trojans!

👏🏼This morning, Mary Gerlach, Site Admin Assistant, and Noel Suggs, AVID teacher, were honored as our Classified and Certified staff members of the month. Congratulations to these two deserving ladies! 👏🏼

From our PTAG!

StuCo - First order of business - Spread positivity through hallway bulletin boards! ✔️✔️✔️

🎮 Join the Jenks Middle School eSports Team!

Game: Super Smash Brothers
League: OESL (Oklahoma Esports League)
Practices: Mondays, 4:15–5:30 PM
Location: Room 2502

👉 Tryouts may be required depending on interest.
👉 Apply here: https://forms.gle/yhozFPzFkLA61UZL7

Bring your skills, your strategy, and your school spirit—let’s smash the competition!

JMS families-
Tonight is our BACK to SCHOOL night. We welcome parents and guardians to come and follow your student's schedule and hear from his/her teachers. This is a time to get general information about each subject, teacher, and even ways to help your kiddo be successful. First period starts at 6:30! Don't be tardy!😉

Tech Engineering 1 students practiced the engineering design process by designing and constructing Ping-Pong ball runs.

🫧 Science is more fun with bubbles! Mrs. Baker's 7th graders had a blast experimenting with different dish soaps to see which one makes the biggest bubbles!

Check out our September newsletter!

https://engage-newsletter.edurooms.com/engage/jenks-middle-school/newsletters/jms-september-news

On Friday in Mrs. Swift’s 7th Grade Science class, students became physicists for the day! Using a physics ramp, toy car, and weighted marbles, they experimented to see how mass affects the speed and kinetic energy of a moving object. Today, students will take their data and graph their results. What do you predict happens to speed and KE as mass increases?

Math took flight today! ✈️Mrs. Davis's 7th grade math students put their problem-solving skills to the test in a paper airplane contest. From calculating angles to testing aerodynamics, they discovered just how far math can go when you fold it into fun! Each class also had a celebrity challenger: Mr. Ratliff first hour, Mr. Rose second hour, and Mr. Weis fifth hour. Mr. Weis was the only successful competitor. 💪🏻

♟Is chess your "thing?" Come play a match with other students every Monday morning.♟

We are ready to welcome all of our 25-26 StuCo members tomorrow! See you bright and early!

Today at our JPS rally the Jenks Foundation honored 2 of our finest with the Vision of Excellence Award. Congratulations to Mr Porter, science teacher, and Mrs. Cook, counselor. They were recognized for demonstrating outstanding qualities of leadership, continuous improvement, customer focus, and teamwork. JMS is proud of you! Congratulations!

🌈Ms. Baker's class had a blast doing a Rainbow Lab today! Students practiced using lab equipment safely, learned the importance of following directions carefully, and got hands-on experience with lab safety. Great work, scientists! 🧪👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

From our fabulous PTAG:
Make sure to purchase your students Freckles Pass through PowerSchool!!
Last day to purchase a pass is Wednesday, 9/3!!

'Day of' purchase will cost $3.00 (please note the price change!!)

Follow their Facebook page for more school related posts. Jenks Middle School PTAG

It's a new year and clubs are forming at JMS. Here are a few:

Student Store workers--applications due 8/28. 8th grade works before school and during lunch. 7th grade works during lunch. Contact Melanie.woolridge@jenksps.org after reading through the application for more info
StuCo--sign up online by 8/28. First meeting 9/3 at 8:15 in the library. Contact emily.johnson@jenksps.org for more info
TSA--more info coming in September
Academic Bowl--practice Tuesdays and Thursday 4:15-5:15 in room 2107. Contact noel.runyan@jenkps.org for more info
MathCounts--begins Oct. 21st 4-5:30 pm in room 2102. Contact rasha.eliwa@jenksps.org for more info

“From Hypothesis to Harvest!” Last year in Ms. Baker’s Science class, students germinated seeds as part of their hands-on learning. Those same students, now 8th graders, have created a thriving garden! 🌱🐛

Join StuCo by August 28th!

Go to Powerschool Parent Portal
-Purchases and Payments
-Items at Jenks Middle School
-Course Fees
-MS Student Council Fee $15

This fee covers your StuCo shirt and admission into the Basketball Battle 2nd semester!

FIRST MEETING:
Wednesday, September 3rd 8:15 AM

Today in Mrs. Swift’s science class, students took on the Marshmallow Challenge! Using just 20 spaghetti noodles, 1 marshmallow, 1 meter of yarn, and 1 meter of tape, they had 20 minutes to build the tallest freestanding tower with the marshmallow on top. 🌟 Students quickly discovered it was trickier than it looked, but they had a blast working together, getting creative, and practicing lab teamwork. What a fun way to kick off the year and get to know classmates! Congratulations to our winning teams! 🏆✨