SENIOR NIGHT for our Girls Basketball Team is Wednesday, Jan. 29th!
Our Seniors will be honored immediately after the JV game ends.
JV game starts at 6:00pm, Varsity game starts at 7:30pm
Rue Sauer is finally coming home!
Rue is the daughter of Ryan & Kinzie Sauer of Monteview. For months, she has had to stay in Utah in and out of Primary Children's Hospital battling heart issues.
We are excited to welcome her and her family back home and invite everyone to tie red ribbons on all of the power poles on their route home.
Athletic Performance Training
Coach Higgs welcomes West Jefferson High School students to come work with him in the West J Legacy Gym/Weightroom this week on the days listed on the image. You do not currently have to be playing sports to participate.
(This is currently only for High School Students. We will announce when we're ready for Junior High students.)
Weekly Athletic Schedule - Jan. 25 - Feb. 1, 2025
NOTES:
HS Boys Basketball - a C-Team game has been added on Tue. Jan. 28th.
HS Girls Basketball - SENIOR NIGHT on Wed. Jan. 29th! Seniors will be recognized right after the JV game before Varsity warms up.
JH Boys Basketball - the games in Firth on Wed. Jan. 29th have been changed to an hour earlier.
Our West Jefferson School Board met last Thursday to discuss their regular meeting schedule for 2025. It was proposed and approved to change their regular meetings to the second Wednesday of each month. The posted image reflects the new schedule beginning in February.
If you would like to stay informed of what is happening in our school board meetings, you can access the board meeting schedule, agenda, and minutes on our website. If you would like to have notifications sent to you about board meetings, you can click on the following link and subscribe:
https://wjsd.diligent.community/Portal/default.aspx
Click on the "Subscribe" envelope and then follow the prompts to sign up.
Weekly Athletic Schedule - Jan. 20-25, 2025
Delay Start - Mon. Jan. 20, 2025
If temperatures do not rise, this delay start may be upgraded to a closure.
EDITED TO ADD: A.M. Preschool is cancelled. A.M. Kindergarten will still be held for 1 1/2 hours. If A.M. Kindergarten parents choose to keep their student home instead of them coming in for the shortened day, that is fine. Mrs. Erickson just wants those kids to have the opportunity to come in if they can.
If you did not receive the notification of this delay on your cell phone text and/or email, please contact IT Supervisor Jon Reyna to make sure you get signed up for school notifications. reynaj@wjsd.org
To follow your child's Bus Route, please contact Transportation Supervisor, Nyla Hicks, to get signed up with the BusRight App. All West Jefferson buses are now equipped to let you know where your child's bus is so you know when they are getting close to your house. hicksn@wjsd.org
Due to extreme windchill forcast, West Jefferson will have a 2-hour delayed start - Monday, January 20, 2025. Bus times and school start times are 2 hours delayed for all schools.
Regular Board Meeting Agenda
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Executive Session will begin at 11:30am followed by Regular Session beginning at approximately 12:30pm.
Weekly Athletic Schedule for Jan. 13-18, 2025
EDITED TO ADD: The HOME Wrestling match vs. Challis on 1/16 has changed to a 5:00PM start time (not 6.)
A few notes:
~ Three of our games this week will only have 2 quarters for the C-Team game. Please note their start times.
~ Our HS Wrestling Team only has 2 HOME events this year. The first one is this Thursday, so come support our team! (Challis has not confirmed yet if they are bringing their girls wrestling team to wrestle our West J girls.)
~ The JH games on Saturday will be the following schedule:
PANTHER DEN - 8th Grade Teams
9:00am WJ vs. NF
10:30am Salmon vs. NF
12:00pm WJ vs. Salmon
LEGACY GYM - 7th Grade Teams
9:00am Salmon vs. NF
10:30am WJ vs. Salmon
12:00pm WJ vs. NF
West Jefferson School District is seeking bids for our Football Field and Track project.
Please click the link for more information:
https://5il.co/34xp0
Our Junior High Boys Basketball Season is underway!
With only four 8th grade basketball players, in order for them to be able to compete, our coaches selected five 7th graders to play on the 8th grade team this year. We are also excited for the handful of 7th grade players that are giving basketball a try for the first time this year!
8th Grade Coach - Blake Skidmore
7th Grade Coach - Shane Williams
Great job to West Jefferson BPA members ! They had a great showing at the Business Professionals of America Regionals Competition in Idaho Falls and the individuals listed below will be moving on to compete at the state level!
Yazmin Robles - 3rd place - Legal Office Procedures and 3rd place - Python Programming
Daniel Robles - 1st place - Computer Network Tech
Keoni Horikami - 1st place - Intermediate Word Processing and 3rd place - Personal Finance Management
Gracee Kimbro - 4th place - Business Law & Ethics and 4th place - Medical Coding
Chayse Van Eps - 4th place - Legal Office Procedures
Kaitlin Price - 2nd Place - Health Insurance and Medical Billing
Also pictured is Aubrey Sharp
Way to go students! We are proud of your hard work and glad it paid off! Good luck at state!
We are thrilled to welcome Brian Higginson, also known as Coach Higgs, as our new Performance Coach at West Jefferson. Brian is a proud husband to Elaine Fullmer Higginson, a dedicated dad and grandfather, and a passionate coach who has positively impacted the lives of hundreds of athletes.
As the co-owner of Atomic Strength gym in Arco, Idaho, with his wife Elaine, Coach Higgs has spent the last six years coaching athletes in Butte County, helping them achieve remarkable success, including District championships and state titles in football, volleyball, basketball, and track. His commitment to excellence, hard work, and his ability to foster a supportive and driven community have led to these incredible achievements.
Before his time in Butte County, Coach Higgs also coached Jr. High Football in Blackfoot and Butte County, and has taught tennis, personal training, and fitness. As a former Powerlifting Amateur National and State record holder in squat, deadlift, and bench press, Coach Higgs understands the importance of strength, discipline, and perseverance. He is currently training athletes from surrounding areas, including Pocatello, Blackfoot, Mackay, Butte, Carey, and now, West Jefferson.
Coach Higgs is passionate about motivating, teaching, and developing youth athletes to be their best—both on and off the field. His proven system, which includes fast-twitch muscle recruitment, mass-specific force, and progressive ground strike mechanics, is designed to enhance athletic performance for all types of athletes. His methods integrate plyometrics, speed development, strength training, and agility drills, creating a solid athletic foundation for athletes across various sports. Coach Higgs is also certified in Universal Speed Rating (USAR).
We are excited for the positive impact Coach Higgs will have on our student-athletes at West Jefferson High School & Junior High. His dedication to helping them reach their full potential is sure to elevate our sports programs, and we look forward to the journey ahead!
Once again, welcome to our Panther team, Coach Higgs!
Each week, we will be posting Coach Higgs' Training Schedule when he will be available for our West Jefferson HS & JHl athletes to come to our gym and train with him.
Weekly Athletic Calender for Jan. 6th - 11th, 2025
EDITED TO ADD: The Girls C-Team game vs. Leadore on Jan. 11th has been cancelled. Games that night vs. Dietrich will start at 6:00pm with JV followed by Varsity.
EDITED TO ADD: A C-Team game has been added on Wed. Jan. 8th in Arco @ 4:00pm vs. Carey.
January 2025 School Lunch Menu
Regular School Board Meeting - Thursday, December 19th
Executive Session Begins at 11:30am, followed by Regular Session at approximately 1:30pm.
Weekly Athletic Schedule for Dec. 16th-21st.
Santa and Mrs. Claus will be coming to the Panther Den during the game on Wednesday, Dec. 18th!!
Jr. High Boys Basketball (7th & 8th grades)
Dec 16 Mon. - open gym - ALC 4:00-5:30
Dec 17 Tue. - open gym - ALC 4:00-5:30
Dec 18 Wed. - tryouts- ALC 4:00-6:00
Dec 19 Thurs. - practice- HS Legacy Gym 4:00-5:00
Mark your calendars for Thursday, December 19th!
Mrs. Parker's music students have a fundraiser dinner coming up at 6:00pm in the ALC Building followed by a concert at 7:00pm in the HS Auditorium.
The public is invited!
See the flyer for more details!
