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    •  February Employees of the Month

      February Employees of the Month

      Congratulations to our February Employees of the Month. This month's recipients are Mrs.Pat Narron (School Bookkeeper, and Mrs. Melissa Sevigny, Band & General Music Teacher. Congratulations to these amazing staff members. We are so proud to have them in the Jaguar family.        

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    •  February Artists of the Month

      February Artists of the Month

      Congratulations to 8th grader, Miguel Carballo, 7th grader, Mikayla Brown, and 6th grader, Brenna Phillips for being chosen as the Artists of the Month for the month of February. We are so proud of these talented Jaguars.       

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    •  February Character Trait Winners for Displaying Fairness

      February Character Trait Winners for Displaying Fairness

      Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the February Character Trait Winners for displaying FAIRNESS! Sixth Grade Winners: Sophia Zenobi, Dayne Graham, Aiden Ernst, & Fanny Mosso Seventh Grade Winners: Kaylee Pittman, Andrew Arias Zavala, Jacob Cole Lewis, Rachel Pacheco & Joseph Hughart  Eighth Grade Winners: Natalya Zavala, Amiyah Grimes, Jonathan Rojo-Pacheco, & Elijah Carvin 

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    •  JCPS Middle School Champions!

      JCPS Middle School Champions!

      On Friday, February 24th,  the NJMS Battle of the Books team matched their reading strength against all other JCPS middle schools in the annual district Battle of the Books competition. Using teamwork and precision, our Jaguar readers battled 13 middle schools from across the district, consistently leading the 12- round competition after the 5th round.  We are so proud of our students!  To prepare for  the virtual competition, the team read a list of 16 books selected by the North Carolina School Library Media Association. They independently read 43,270 pages and practiced together for over 45 hours, answering hundreds of questions about the books.  Competing for NJMS were 7th graders Yamilet Abarca-Hernandez, Madison Brock, Mikayla Brown, Savannah Creech, Bella Key, Dalton Langston, McKenna Swann, Jaycie Yarber, and 6th graders Avery Hinnant, Claire Kornegay and Zachary Stanley. Alternate players were 6th graders. Carolyn Carreno Rodriguez and Ella Williams.  Serving in valuable roles as our team's student managers were 8th graders  Nelly Carbajal Ochoa and Mya Pagan, and 6th grader Robby Woods. Mrs. Pettigrew would like to thank all of the parents and teachers for their support of the 2022-23 BOB team! A special shout out to Mrs. Hoy for assisting the team with practices and operating technology for the day, Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Langston for assisting  with coordination of Jag time practices, and the NJMS Admin team for their unwavering support.

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    •  January Artists of the Month

      January Artists of the Month

      Congratulations to 8th grader, Miguel Carballo, 7th grader,  Mariym Rivera Cruz, and 6th grader, Cesar Cruz for being chosen as the Artists of the Month for the month of January. We are so proud of these talented Jaguars.     

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    •  January Character Trait Winners for Displaying Dependability

      January Character Trait Winners for Displaying Dependability

      Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the January Character Trait Winners for displaying DEPENDABILITY! Sixth Grade Winners: Joniel Matamoros, Johnathan Price, Inez Hermenegildo Gonzalez, and Brenna Phillips  Seventh Grade Winners: Carlos Martinez Cuin, Kenza NaitSaidi, Bridget Stanley, Susana Cano-Campos and Wesley Daughtry  Eighth Grade Winners: Chloe Peedin, Valorie Salinas, Troy Williams, and Ingrid Martinez Franco 

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    •  Breakfast With The N.C. Agriculture Commissioner

      Breakfast With The N.C. Agriculture Commissioner

      Ms. Edwards, NJMS FFA Advisor, and four FFA members traveled to Raleigh on February 3rd to attend the 18th annual Breakfast with the Commissioner event, with North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler. This event was a fundraiser for the Tobacco Farm Life Museum, located in Kenly. These FFA members heard remarks from Steve Troxler, and met various agricultural leaders and organizations from across North Carolina. They also assisted with setting up and cleaning up the event, and selling merchandise for the museum. FFA members that attended were Peyton Ford, Kaylee Pittman, Colby Johnson, and Cameron Casey.

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    •  NJMS Band Students Selected For All County

      NJMS Band Students Selected For All County

      North Johnston Middle School band students auditioned for positions in the all-county band at Smithfield Middle School on January 10th. Students had to prepare an audition of scales and a solo that they performed in front of a judge. Five students from NJMS were selected to join and perform with the all-county band. These students were Justin Carrillo, Juliette Kerr, Audrey Postell, Ingrid Martinez Franco, and Sebastian Wheeler. These students will have the opportunity this week to practice and perform with the other selected students from all over the county. The all All-County Band will perform this Friday, February 10th at 6 o'clock at Corinth Holders High School. We are very proud of these 5 students and we wish them the best of luck. 

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    •  January Employees of the Month

      January Employees of the Month

      Congratulations to our January Employees of the Month. This month's recipients are Mrs. Lori Tillotson (School Psychologist) and Mrs. Tammy Massengill (School Nutrition Assistant). Congratulations to these amazing staff members. We are so proud to have them in the Jaguar family.      

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      MATHCOUNTS Team Competes in District Competition

      Eleven students from NJMS competed in the district's MATHCOUNTS competition on Friday, January 20th.  The students were coached by Kim Cuddington, who serves as a sixth grade math teacher. Mike Mourer also served as volunteer coach for the team. Eighth grade student, Angelina May, competed in the Countdown Round of the competition with the seventh highest score of all the participating students in the district. Two other eighth grade students placed in the top ten, including Colby Johnson and Chloe Howell, placing ninth and tenth, respectively. The following students represented NJMS at the MATHCOUNTS competition. [Front Row L to R: Justin Carrillo, Grayden Foster, Aiden Ernst, Claire Kornegay, Sophia Zenobi, and Angelina May; Back Row L to R: JT Davis, Cooper Gillett, Colby Johnson, Peyton Ford, Chloe Howell, and Coach Kim Cuddington] One of the two competing NJMS teams placed second in the district competition. The second place team includes eighth grade students Justin Carrillo and Angelina May and sixth grade students Aiden Ernst and Sophia Zenobi.

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      NJMS Speller Going to The County Spelling Bee

      Please join us in congratulating 6th grader, Joseph Lindsey, who is this year's North Johnston Middle School Spelling Bee winner. Jospeh went against 5 other finalists from grade levels 6th-8th in the school wide spelling bee held on January 10th. He will represent NJMS at the county level spelling bee on February 9th. We wish him the best of luck!

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      School Spelling Bee Finalists

      Congratulations to the the NJMS Spelling Bee Finalists. These finalists competed on January 10th in the School Wide Spelling Bee to see who will represent our school in the county wide bee. We are so proud of each of them. The Finalists were: From 6th Grade: Joseph Lindsey and Ruby Gil Ortiz. From 7th Grade: Devan Higgins and Brisa Lozano-Velasquez. And from 8th Grade: Camden Lindsey. 

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    •  NJMS Toy Drive Helps Give Christmas to Locals

      NJMS Toy Drive Helps Give Christmas to Locals

      The North Johnston Middle School Athletics hosted a toy drive on December 14th, at the home basketball game versus Selma Middle. Spectators who brought in an unwrapped, new toy were granted free admission to the game. All toys that were brought in during the game were collected and donated to the Kenly Area Ministries and then distributed to help provide Christmas presents for families in the local areas. The school was able to donate almost 200 toys to the cause. We are so proud of our Jaguar athletes. 

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    •  December Employees of the Month

      December Employees of the Month

      Congratulations to our December Employees of the Month. This month's recipients are Mrs. Cindi Pettigrew (Media Coordinator) and Ms. Gay Hiks (School Social Worker). Congratulations to these amazing staff members. We are so proud to have them in the Jaguar family.    

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    •  NJMS FFA Livestock Judging Team

      Hard Work Pays Off For The NJMS FFA Livestock Judging Teams

      On December 1st, 8 of our FFA members traveled to Raleigh to compete in the North Carolina FFA State Livestock Judging Contest. Participating students were Caylee Johnson, Tenley Barbour, Lexi Barbour, Kaylee Pittman, Sebastian Wheeler, Peyton Ford, Cameron Casey and Colby Johnson. The team consisting of Kaylee Pittman, Peyton Ford, Tenley Barbour and Lexi Barbour placed 6th in the state and was the highest scoring middle school team. Peyton Ford was the highest scoring individual, as she placed 9th out of 329 students. Ms. Edwards and the whole Jaguar family is super proud of the hard work of all 8 of these students!

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    •  NJMS Holiday Helpers

      NJMS Holiday Helpers

      A few of our NJMS Junior National Honor Society members had the opportunity to give back to their community and volunteer at the Kenly Fire Department's pancake breakfast on Saturday, December 3rd. We are so proud of our JNHS members and all of their hard work. Pictured are  Nelly Carbajal Ochoa, Carleigh McLamb, and Peyton Ford. 

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    •  November Character Trait Winners for Displaying Responsibility

      November Character Trait Winners for Displaying Responsibility

      Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the November Character Trait Winners for displaying RESPONSIBILITY! Sixth Grade Winners: Grayden Foster, Claire Kornegay, Michael Ellis Jr., and Caylee Johnson  Seventh Grade Winners: Mckenna Swann, Dalton Langston, Blanca Barahona Carranza, and Dylan Oliva Mendoza  Eighth Grade Winners: Brayden Taylor, Sidney Stanley, Conita Thomas, and Annabell Garfi 

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    •  November Artists of the Month

      November Artists of the Month

      Congratulations to 8th grader, James Joyner, 7th grader, Allison House, and 6th grader, Kaden Pridgen (not pictured) for being chosen as the Artists of the Month for the month of November. We are so proud of these talented Jaguars.   

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    •  November Employees of the Month

      November Employees of the Month

      Congratulations to our November Employees of the Month. This month's recipients are Ms. Cary Quillian (Art Teacher) and Ms. Kathy Woodard (School Nurse). Congratulations to these amazing staff members. We are so proud to have them in the Jaguar family.  

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    •  NJMS Food Drive To Help Community

      NJMS Food Drive To Help Community

      The NJMS FFA and National Junior Honor Society hosted the school's annual food drive the week of November 14th-18th. The entire school came together and brought in a grand total of 2,104 food items. 8th grade, which brought in 1,372 items, was the winning grade level for bringing in the most food items. The 2 organizations will be donating all food items to the Kenly Area Ministries and the Hinnant Outreach Center. These donations will then be used to help those in need in the local communities. We are so proud of our Jaguars for giving back to their community this Thanksgiving season. 

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    •  October Character Trait Winners for Displaying Perseverance

      October Character Trait Winners for Displaying Perseverance

      Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the October Character Trait Winners for displaying PERSEVERANCE! Sixth Grade Winners: Trinity Dunston, Brandon Delcid Serrano, Deiby Andrade Zelaya, & Jhenelle Ebanks  Seventh Grade Winners: Olivia McCullum, Jayden Neal, Katy Gonzales Ortiz, Aiden Rogers, & Jon Gomez Ramirez  Eighth Grade Winners: Alejandro Aguilar Salas, Madison Barnes, Juan Martinez Pavon, & Audreauna Postell

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    •  October Employees of the Month

      October Employees of the Month

      Congratulations to our October Employees of the Month. This month's recipients are Ms. Amanda Chestnut (School Custodian) and Mrs. Robyn White (ELA & Math Teacher). Congratulations to these amazing staff members. We are so proud to have them in the Jaguar family. 

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    •  October Artists of the Month

      October Artists of the Month

      Congratulations to 6th grader, Brenna Phillips, 7th grader, Clara Alvarez (not pictured), and 8th grader, Allison Ramirez-Villa (not pictured) for being chosen as the Artists of the Month for the month of October. We are so proud of these talented Jaguars. 

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    • September Employees of the Month

      September Employees of the Month

      Congratulations to our September Employees of the Month. This month's recipients are Mrs. Sue Ann Creech (School Nutrition Manager) and Ms. Glenna Wozniak (ELA & Math Teacher). Congratulations to these amazing staff members. We are so proud to have them in the Jaguar family. 

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    •  NJMS Students Chosen for NC Honors Chorus

      NJMS Students Chosen for NC Honors Chorus

      Congratulations to three NJMS Jaguar Chorus students who have been selected to be a part of the 2022 North Carolina Honors Chorus. These students put in many hours of practice and had to go through a rigorous audition process. Congratulations to Talia Bethea, Skyla Hart, and Colby Johnson for being selected. We couldn't be prouder of these talented Jaguars. 

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    School Announcements

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      Yearbooks On Sale

      You can order online or purchase in person through Mrs. Brown.   School Order Number: 404 Link To Order: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/ Cost: $20 Each + $4 to have your name etched on the front cover. All orders must be placed by April 22nd. Yearbooks will be distributed during the last week of school. 

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      Eighth Grade Dance March 17th

      The 8th Grade Dance will be held on Friday, March 17th from 6:00-9:00 PM.

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