Junior High School (6th-8th)

This week, PJHS students & staff showed their school spirit by dressing up for our spirit week. Great job PJHS!

Student Council members participated in a leadership event last Friday evening, hosted by St. Mary's & the Illinois Association of Junior High Student Council. Students participat...

Book Club met for the first time this year! We plan on reading "The Undrowned" by KR Alexander. It's a perfect choice for this time of year with spooky season right around the c...

Students enjoyed our "Dirty Sodas" fundraising event last Friday put on by our Culture & Climate Committee. Special thanks to an anonymous donor for donating supplies! We greatly ...

Student Council members were busy last Friday getting ready for HOCO! These students won a contest by submitting their ideas for the windows. They were also busy adding a few more...

Pontiac Jr. High is looking for a Junior High Wrestling Coach! The season begins November 30th. If you are interested in joining our coaching staff, please contact Athletic Directo...

The Junior High Girls Basketball team got underway in Gridley on Saturday as they took on El Paso-Gridley. The 7th grade Warriors lost 41-11 with Nora Huncovsky scoring 7 points...

Sixth graders have been learning about lines of latitude and longitude. They have also been finding absolute location on maps using the latitude and longitude coordinates. Thei...

Students in Ms. DiNardi’s eighth-grade ELA classes reviewed figurative language by completing question trails. Working with partners, they moved around the room to analyze 15 exam...

The 6th Grade Language Arts classes wrote letters to Mr. Smith, Mrs. Pickett's Dad, to read on his mail call during the Honor Flight. Charleigh, a 6th grade student, attended the...

Last Saturday, the Warriors competed at the Parkside Invitational. All runners competed in the varsity races, which included some of the best runners in the state. In the girls’ ...

7th graders spent a few days studying 9/11/2001. We started by reading an article all about 9/11 from Jr. Scholastic. We also watched a short video called "Into the Smoke". It w...

Students in Mrs. Simmons' 6th grade social studies class have been discussing the events of 9/11. First, students watched the video, Boat Lift, about boat captains who came to the...

The Junior High baseball team played a double-header against St. Mary’s on Saturday, August 29th. The Warriors lost game 1 by a scored of 15-0. Niko Harris had the lone hit. In...

The Warriors Softball had a double-header with Metcalf on Saturday Aug. 29th at Champion Fields. The Wildcats won the first game 13-1. Nora Huncovsky and Kylie Newbury provided t...

Students in Mrs. Fenton's Language Arts class are encouraged to sign up for a library card through the Pontiac Public Library. Here we have 7th grader, Madison Keith, with her lib...

🎉 Homecoming Tailgate is coming! 🏈🧡💙 Join us Friday, October 2 from 5:00–6:30 PM in the PJHS parking lot for food, music, games, spirit activities, and plenty of Homecoming fun...

Students put themselves in the shoes of archaeologists. One day they had to excavate chocolate chips from a cookie. The chocolate chips represented the artifacts and the cookie re...

8th graders completed their first lab today in science. Students explored what happens to objects during a collision by dropping rigid objects on fragile but inexpensive targets...

Here we go!!! The Pontiac Junior High Softball team has its season well underway. Herscher Limestone defeated Pontiac 17-3. Sophia Forbes and Laykin Newbury were a one-two pun...