Congratulations to Quinton Puckett who placed 1st in the Jackson Invitational Wrestling Meet competing against 19 teams. 

Attention 7th and 8th grade boys who are not currently playing basketball… You are welcome to come to baseball hitting practice beginning this week. Hitting will be after school in the Elementary Gym every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 
 
Box tops for Education should be turned in this Wednesday. Make sure to include your name 

Cheerleading try-outs for Jr. High and High School for the 2019-20 school year will be Saturday March 2nd from 10:00-2:00. Clinics prior to try-outs will be Monday Feb. 25th, Tuesday Feb. 26th and Thursday Feb. 28th from 4:306:30.  

It’s time for the 2019 Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library’s Poetry Contest. Any student from Kindergarten through 12th grade are eligible to participate. The contest begins Feb. 1st and the deadline for the final entry is Friday March 1. Catagories and grades are K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8 and High School. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners and Honorable Mentions in each category will be notified and given an invitation to attend a reception held in their honor on April 10th at 6:00. They will receive a certificate, a copy of this year’s book and an opportunity to read their poems at the reception. Any form (Piku, Haiku, Free Verse, Limericks etc.) is accepted. 
 
Students: If you need a coat, hat or winter clothes, we have some to choose from in the Middle School office. 
 
Notice from the Huntsmen Student-Run Credit Union: Be sure to enter your name into the drawing each week you make a transaction during the month of February and you could win a $20 Visa Gift Card. If you are not a member, you can sign-up on line or see the representative in the cafeteria every Wednesday. 
 
Calendar: 
 
Jan. 30: Jr. High Basketball vs. Southeastern (Girls @ home and Boys @ Southeastern) 5:00 
 
Feb. 1: Interims 
 
Feb. 2: Jr. High Wrestling @ Wellston 
 
Feb. 6: Jr. High Wrestling @ Wellston Waverly 
 
Feb. 9: 7th Grade Girls Basketball Tournament (H.S. Gym) 10:00, 11:30, 1:00 and 2:30) 
 
Feb. 11: 7th Grade Girls Basketball Tournament (H.S. Gym) 6:00 and 7:30 
 
Feb. 13: 7th Grade Girls Basketball Tournament (H.S. Gym) 6:00 and 7:30 
 
Feb. 13: Parent/Teacher Conferences (4:30-7:30 p.m.) 
 
Feb. 14: No school for students- Parent/Teacher Conferences (8:00-11:30) 
 
Feb. 16: Jr. High Wrestling S.V.C. Tournament @ Paint Valley 
 
Feb. 18: No school (Presidents Day) 
 
March 8: End of 3rd Grading Period 
 
March 12:  School Spring Pictures 
 
March 13, 14, 15:   No School (Spring Break)