Mr. David Gemar has been awarded the VFW Junior High Educator of the Year. Mr. Gemar has worked in our school district for 12 years. He has had many different positions at West Jefferson, including ESL Teacher, Guidance Counselor, and Federal Programs Director.
Mr. Shadrack Gore has been awarded the VFW High School Educator of the Year.
Mr. Gore has worked at West Jefferson for 10 years. He has been a Special Ed Teacher and a high school Social Studies Teacher.
Congratulations!
Veteran's Day at West Jefferson High School was awesome. The high school leadership team served lunch to the veterans and were able to sit and visit with them and learn more about their stories. The high school sang the national anthem, followed by the first and third graders singing a beautiful song about heroes. Then we were lucky enough to hear from our veterans. Lester Reiss, the commander of the local Verle Skidmore Post, led the assembly. He asked Libby Sarbaum and Ted Goodier to speak to the high school students.
We appreciate the service and sacrifice of these men and women
Our local VFW recently awarded their 2023 Elementary Educator of the Year Award to Jalena Dixon. Mrs. Dixon has worked in the West Jefferson School District as a Special Education Teacher for 8 years. She has been the District Special Ed. Coordinator for 4 years. Among her many duties, she is responsible for organizing the schedules of all of our Paraprofessionals.
Our elementary principal, Kyle Johnson, nominated Mrs. Dixon by writing an essay that he submitted to the VFW. He read this essay during the West Jefferson Veteran's Day Assembly. Mrs. Dixon was awarded a certificate, a bouquet of flowers, and a cash prize. The essay will now move to the district level. We appreciate Mrs. Dixon and the work that she does within our schools to help our students.
Our 2023 Veteran's Day Program was amazing! Thank you to the Veterans for coming to our schools and teaching us more about America, our flag, and our freedoms. Thank you to our K-6 Students, Mrs. Annie Dalling, and Mrs. Kaylene Young for putting together a great program!
Congratulations to our VFW Patriot Pen Winners for this year:
1st Place - Blade Capell (7th Grade)
2nd Place - Lola Robison (8th Grade)
3rd Place - Aidan Williams (8th Grade)
They were each awarded a certificate and a cash prize from the VFW.
WJ Senior, Heidi Lou Van Wagner, is doing a Mini-Cheer Clinic for her Senior Project for 4th-7th graders. Sign-up at the Terreton Elementary Office. Practice begins Monday, Nov. 27th.
Congratulations to our West Jefferson Panthers!
The 2A District VI Nuclear Conference has released their All-Conference selections for the 2023-24 football season. These selections were made and voted upon by the head coaches of each respective team in the conference.
(Note: Salmon was not included in the conference voting this year as they played a JV-only schedule.)
To view the list in its entirety, please click on the link below:
https://www.wjsd.org/o/wjhs/page/football
American Heritage Meeting - Monday, Nov. 20th @ 6:00pm in the HS Auditorium for all those going on the trip. If you cannot attend this meeting, you will need to contact Mr. Gore to get the important information that you missed.
Second payments are also due this week.
Our JH Wrestlers ended their season with the district tournament on Friday. Here are the results!
Great Job!
Thank you to our JH Coaches, Peter Fisher and Triston Rogers, as well as volunteer coach Kendell Goodier, for all of the time dedicated to these kids! We appreciate you!
Regular Board Meeting - Tuesday, November 21st. Executive Session begins at 12:30pm, followed by Regular Session beginning at approximately 1:30pm.
Regular Sessions are open to the public and are also broadcast live on our School District YouTube Page:
https://www.youtube.com/@westjefferson253/streams
Weekly Athletic Schedule - Nov. 20-25
West Jefferson High School Boys Basketball Team will begin their season with a Jamboree and a couple of non-conference away games.
Be watching for more information about an awesome first home game where our "Legacy Team" of 1974 will be honored on Dec. 2nd.
Board of Trustees Member, Willy Schmitt, has served on our School Board for 10 years and decided not to run again in the November 7th Election. No one submitted the required paperwork to run in Zone 2 before the election deadline, therefore that zone is left with a vacancy beginning in January.
If anyone who resides in Zone 2 would like to serve on the West Jefferson Board of Trustees, please submit a letter of intent to the school board stating your desire to serve on the board. Letters can be emailed to Board Clerk, Carrie DeGraw, (degrawc@wjsd.org) or mailed to the West Jefferson School District Office; 1256 E 1500 N; Terreton, ID 83450.
WJSD Zone Map and Descriptions:
https://www.wjsd.org/o/wjsd/page/district-zone-map-and-descriptions
Fall Sports Photos taken by Josh Petersen Photography are ready!
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There have been some changes in the rules for school basketball. We just wanted to make our Panther fans aware of this before you wonder what in the world is going on when you are watching a ballgame.
Beginning the 2023-24 season, basketball teams will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus.” Teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five team fouls in each quarter. Team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. This change to Rule 4-8-1 eliminates the one-and-one scenario and sets new foul limits each quarter for awarding the bonus free throw.
Shot clocks are also in effect for high school basketball this season. To read more about the rules of the high school shot clock, click here: https://5il.co/291zs
Weekly Athletic Schedule - Nov. 13-18
Please Note that our HS Girls Basketball Game this week has been changed to Thursday.
Good luck to our JH Wrestlers at their District Tournament!
Our West Jefferson Lady Panthers will begin their basketball season on Saturday, Nov. 11th with a game at HOME!
These items were found at the ALC Building or brought inside by our maintenance staff after being picked up on the school grounds.
Please call or stop in and talk to Julie at the District Office to identify.
Nov. 7, 2023 Election Results
Election Day is Tuesday, November 7, 8:00am to 8:00pm.
West Jefferson School Board of Trustees Zone 3 is up for Election.
If you live in the Monteview section of Zone 3, you should have received a mail-in ballot. If you did not mail that in, in order to vote you will need to hand deliver it to the Jefferson County Election Office in Rigby before 8:00pm on Tuesday, Nov. 7th.
If you are in the Terreton Section of Zone 3, you will vote at the Mud Lake Senior Center. If you requested an Absentee Ballot and did not get it mailed in, you can vote in person at the Senior Center.
Monteview residents CANNOT vote or return their mail-in ballot in Terreton.
If you have any questions, please contact the Jefferson County Election Office 208-745-7756.
https://www.wjsd.org/o/wjsd/page/district-zone-map-and-descriptions
