Madison Mcquillan a 2021 Graduate of Coloma High School presented to Junior High classes about her experiences at the Naval Academy.

This year Coloma Junior High will be working in tandem with Coloma Elementary and Intermediate schools to encourage and embrace a message of kindness and compassion throughout our campus, and among our student body and staff. As part of our ongoing efforts to teach and model empathy, we are consciously focusing on the message of kindness and compassion which equips students and adults to create and sustain a safe, caring, and supportive learning environment essential for academic achievement.

In order to promote kindness and compassion within the school and community, specifically this holiday season, we are encouraging participation in a collaborative KINDNESS and COMPASSION DRIVE from Monday, November 20th through Friday, December 1st. Items we will be collecting include:

• NEW unwrapped toys, gift cards, and cash donations

will benefit the Mosaic Wonderland Toy Store, providing parents in financial crisis a way to shop for their children for Christmas (see reverse side for a detailed shopping guide).

• Non-perishable food and personal care items

will be donated to Hope Resources (see reverse side for suggested donations).

We hope that you will join us and support our goal of 100% participation in any way that you are able. We hope that this will provide students with an opportunity to experience extending kindness and compassion through giving. Thank you so much!

SWCAC will be finishing lessons on personal safety in the upcoming week. The letter below has additional information. The lessons will be presented in Social Studies classes for 7th grade on 11/30. 8th grade will have lessons in Social Studies classes on 12/1. 6th graders will have opportunity to participate in lessons according to their Health schedule on either 12/5 and 12/6 or 12/18 and 12/19.

Order deadline: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (11:59 PM CST)

Order delivery: The week before Christmas break starts, tentatively, orders will be available for pick up 12/20 - 12/22

Monday

JH Boys Basketball Home at 5pm

Tuesday

Study Hall 3:05 - 4:05

Wednesday - Friday

Delayed Start - School starts at 10:00am

Study Hall 3:05 - 4:05

Thursday

JH Boys Basketball @ Fennville 5pm

Study Hall 3:05 - 4:05

Each week our students continue to work toward building a positive school culture through classroom discussions and activities focused on grade level specific topics. This week our grade levels will continue their discussions as listed below:

• 6th Grade - Students will discuss how to be able to:
  • explain how to use three upstander strategies
• 7th Grade - Students will discuss how to be able to:
  • Recognize gender-based harassment and the effects it can have on someone
  • Recognize how stereotypes about gender contribute to gender-based harassment
• 8th Grade - Students will discuss how to be able to:
• explain how to use strategies to disrupt factors that contribute to bullying and harassment.
  

December

13 - Delayed Start

21 - Half Day

22 - Half Day (End of First Semester)

Winter Break 12/25 - 1/5

January

8 - 2nd Semester Begins

10 - Delayed Start

15 - MLK Day - No School for Students

24 - Delayed Start

Email: wtremblay@ccs.coloma.org
Website: http://cjh.coloma.org/
Location: 302 West St. Joseph Street, Coloma, MI, USA
Phone: 269-468-2405
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colomajh
Twitter: @colomajhs