Friday, October 6th will be our last home football game for this season. We will be honoring our 7 senior football players before the varsity football game. Be there by 6:30pm if you don't want to miss the Senior Night presentation!
A HUGE thank you to @rachelburtenshawphotography for sharing these awesome images with us!
Here is the WJ Athletic Schedule for the week of Oct. 2-7, 2023. There have been a few changes from the originally published schedules. Please see the current schedule here.
We will be honoring our Seniors at the last home football game this Friday night.
Students -
If you've previously signed up for the ACT, instructions were sent to your email with further information about testing day. For any other students still interested in taking the test, please send me an email. (davidgemar@wjsd.org)
Mini Cheer Clinic is this week! Performance during the Varsity Football Half-time.
West Jefferson's Distinguished Young Woman, Ethnie Shaffer, will be competing in the State DYW Program this weekend.
Good Luck Ethnie!
Dance Classes for ages 3 & up taught by Danielle Pancheri beginning October 2nd.
*This is not a school sponsored class, but we were asked to share the information for our students.
We have had some changes and additions for this week's athletics. This is the most current information we have.
Dance Classes for ages 4-10 taught by Jaylee Ball beginning October 6th.
*This is not a school sponsored class, but we were asked to share the information for our elementary students.
Junior High Girls Basketball Tryouts will be held during the first week of Harvest Break
Please spread the word to any 7th or 8th grade girl who might be interested.
Retake Day for West Jefferson High School - Oct. 11th
Sports Photos for WJ High School & Junior High - Oct. 11th
Retake Day for Terreton Elementary & Junior High - Oct. 17th
Here is the link for WJSD to order online for those who missed ordering and/or would like to order add-on items, such as magnets.
https://joshpphoto.hhimagehost.com/V2/Home/LoginConsumer?EK=247238
To login, enter your email address and in the access code box enter your child's student ID./lunch number.
If you have any questions, contact josh@joshpetersen.com
Tonight's Homecoming Bonfire has been CANCELED due to weather.
(Thurs. 9/21)
Our WJ FFA Soils and Range Teams had a great day competing in Districts.
Eight West Jefferson students traveled to the competition at the Ririe Church Farm.
On our Soils Team, Lucas Hillman took 4th place overall out of 40 kids.
Our Range Team took 4th place overall which qualified them to attend the State Judging Competition in Pocatello on October 10th. Team members are Kyla Seamons, Brynlee Bitter, CJ Day, Ryan Rigby, William Anhder, & Seth Brown.
Thank you to Mrs. Chandra Day and Mr. Jon Hogge for all you are doing for our FFA program.
Terreton PTO has you covered for dinner this Thursday, September 21st! Be sure to get your meals early because they sell out every year! Pick up your meals at the ALC Building or at the concession stand in the Panther Den while you are cheering for our Volleyball team!
WJ Staff gets half-price meals!
Regular School Board Meeting - Thursday, September 21. Executive Session will begin at 12:30pm followed by Regular Session at approximately 1:30pm.
Since this is our Regularly Scheduled Board Meeting, it will be open to the public and also broadcast on the WJ School District YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@westjefferson253/videos
Attached are a few events that are coming up and could easily be overlooked due to the Harvest Break. Please contact Mr. Gemar if you have any questions about any of them.
Our West Jefferson FFA Team participated in Livestock Judging at the Eastern Idaho State Fair. Here are the results.
Great Job!
2024 American Heritage Tour has been planned for March 22-30, 2024. Juniors and Seniors that want to go need to sign up with Mr. Gore and pay the first payment before Thursday, Oct 12th! (Mr Gore has moved the payment due dates slightly later than the payment schedule on the flyer so that the students are able to work during Harvest Break to earn money towards their trip.)
Parents, chaperones, and community members will be invited to sign up the week of October 16-19.
Here are our Athletics Events happening for Homecoming Week!
If you need help accessing our WJ App, please contact our Technology Supervisor, Jon Reyna at reynaj@wjsd.org.
Mini Cheer Clinic coming up! See the flyer for all the details!
