Bear Bulletin

Bear Branch Family,

I hope everyone enjoys this week with family and friends. We have so many things to be thankful for this holiday season! There are a lot of activities and events listed below. Be sure to scroll all the way down. Big thank you to parents who wrote thankful notes to our staff. They were a big hit!! Heartfelt and appreciated.

Is your student missing a jacket, lunch box, or water bottle? Our lost and found is over flowing! Please encourage students to come look for lost items. Any items not claimed at the end of the semester will be donated.

Proud to be your student's principal,

Julia

Thanksgiving Break

Week of December 2nd

Thursday

Bear Basketball @ Creekside Park (Away)

Lady Bear Basketball vs Creekside Park (Home)

Are you seeking ways you can help out at BBJH? Our Parent Volunteers could use your help! Next month we will host an event for the wonderful staff at The Branch. Click the link below to see how you can help!

BBJH Staff Holiday Treats

BBJH will host the Winter Dance January 17th. They will need donations and volunteers. Clock the link below to see how you can help!

BBJH Winter Dance

Bear Robotics finished their semi annual Sumo Bot Competition. They are learning all about the physics of sumo and how to code their robots to dominate in the ring! Congrats to each of the class champions!"

1st Period

Ariel Diaz Quinones

Brian Barrera Rodriquez

2nd Period

Emmanuel Montano

Mateo Tello

3rd Period

Brennan St. John

Aidan Moore

4th Period

Samuel Gieseke

Sebastian Quiroz Arteaga

6th Period

Jay Aqualera

Andrew Roman

7th Period

Christian Domingo

Emanuel Gonzalez

The Boys Basketball Team participated in The Keefer Crossing Basketball Tournament last weekend.

• 7A lost their first game 17-49 against Dayton, then won the next game against Keefer Crossing 30-28 to get Third Place.

• 7B won their first game 46-15 vs Dayton, but lost their second game against Huffman 18-27 to get Second Place.
• 8A won their first game against Dayton 32-31 and also won the second game against Huffman 37-28 to get First Place!
• 8B lost their first game 21-38 vs Dayton, then won the next game 29-17 vs Keefer Crossing to get Third Place.

These were great games to watch after only having 3 days of practice!

Boys Basketball hosted Oak Hills Junior High the week here at THE BRANCH.

• 7B lost 20-31 to the lions while Jesse James led the Bears attack with 8 points.
• 7A beat Oak Hills 50-32. Leading scorers were Kenneth Johnson with 13 points and Johnny Fontyn with 12 points.
• 8B won 37-24 with Kason Hatfield scoring 8 points and Evan Davis scoring 7 points.
• 8A caged the Lions 52-35 as the offense was led by Zachary Solomon with 15 points and Juellz Pierce-Lewis with 11 points.

Congratulations to the Lady Bears 7th Grade B team who triumphed over the OakHills Lions in their first district game of the season! The team secured a fantastic victory on the road with a final score of 22-12. Leading the scoring was Ryanne Saldana with 8 points, followed by Mallory Tolbert and Emma Bettanazzi, each contributing 4 points. Catalina Cooper, Alexis Mote, and Preslea Gentry each added 2 points to the score. It was an all-around great display of teamwork and skill by every player. Keep pushing strong on the court! Coach Bendele-Williams and Coach Menchaca are incredibly proud of your hard work and for improving each and every day. Let's continue this momentum into the next game against Creekside when we return from the Fall Break! Go Lady Bears!

The Lady Bears 7th Grade A Team played a very competitive game against Oak Hills last night. Our girls played hard and gave it their all. Unfortunately, the girls ended the game with a score of 25-31. Top scorers included Violet Browne with six points, and Katherine Gibson and Taylor Muse, who each scored four points. Coach Menchaca is still proud of how hard they worked. We know what we need to improve on when we get back from the break to do even better in our next game! Go Bears!!

The Lady Bears 8th Grade A and B Team fell short to Oak Hills in their season opener. B team score was 15-23. Top scores were Allie Johnson and Zoey Perkins! Isla Nicholson, Violet Kaiser and Evelyn Anderson all helped contribute to the score. All out defensive player was Allie Johnson. A team score was 17-32. Top scorers were Morgan Taylor with 7 points and Abigail Ricker with 4 points. All around team effort just couldn't get basketball to fall in. Enjoy the Thanksgiving Break and come back ready to play!

The district will begin making automated phone calls for students who are marked absent. If you feel your child has been mistakenly counted absent, please email his/her teacher for that specific period.

Be sure to turn in absence notes when your child is out. Here's how:

• Students can bring parent/doctor note to the front office
• Parents can email notes to bbjhattendance@magnoliaisd.org

Email: jvenghaus@magnoliaisd.org
Website: bbjh.magnoliaisd.org
Location: Bear Branch Junior High School, Farm to Market Road 2978, Magnolia, TX, USA
Phone: 281-356-6088