Lisle Community School District 202 - Junior High School|Headlines

Journey through World History and Discover

by Rich Marx

What should I read? I can’t find any good books! I’ve got to find a book for S.S.R.! Don’t panic. Grab a book brochure from the LRC counter to get the inside scoop about the newest titles in fiction, . . . read more

LJHS Challenge Day 2012

by Jack Royhl

The 2012 Challenge Day program was attended by one hundred 8 th grade students and twenty-five facilitators. There were a lot of fun activities and some serious moments. The program emphasized personal power . . . read more

Honoring Our Veterans

by Dennis Ghinazzi

Lisle Junior High School has always observed Veterans' Day with an in-school assembly and a music concert and observance for the community. This year, the seventh grade decided to add to that traditional . . . read more

LRC....the Knowledge Connection and Illinois School Library Grant

by Judy Bauman

The Lisle District #202 Library Resource Center Directors shared resources funded by the Illinois State Library Per Capita Grant with the School Board during the December 19 th meeting. Individual buildings used the moneys . . . read more

7th Graders Develop Team Building Skills

by Jan Renaud

Seventh-grade students traveled to Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center in Olympia Fields on October 27 th . Irons Oaks is an outdoor education center that offers team building activities for . . . read more

Reading, Writing, and ..... Creating!

This month we added sixty-seven new titles to our LRC collection. Keep up with the latest purchases with our “New Books” brochures found on the LRC counter. Along with our other book brochures you’re sure to . . . read more

Whew! The Writing Process

by Linda Mersky

Writing about a process may seem simpler than it really is! It involves explaining, relating, visualizing, defining, and clarifying. (Whew!) When the eighth grade language arts students were challenged with a Legos® . . . read more

Spotlighting the Egyptian News

Erica Pilon

Ancient Egyptian Newsletters After spending three weeks studying about ancient Egypt, 6th graders began work on an Egyptian newsletter project. . . . read more

Our 'Top Ten'Favorites...What Are Yours?...Graphing....and Young Authors

by Rich Marx

“I can’t find a good book!” “I don’t know what to read!” Sound familiar?....don’t forget the LRC’s book brochures are updated monthly offering you titles, authors, and summaries of a . . . read more

8th Grade Expository Writing

by Ms. Linda Mersky

Eighth Grade Expository Writing - Legos® Project Writing about a process may seem simpler than it really is! It involves explaining, relating, visualizing, defining, and clarifying. (Whew!) The eighth grade . . . read more

iPad

by Rich Marx | October 19, 2011

iPad Grant This year, Lisle Junior High Special Education department received a grant for Apple iPads to use with students with special needs. The iPads will contain educational apps that include tools for writing, ways to . . . read more

Math Technology

by Rob McLear

If you haven’t noticed, we live in an age of technology. Almost every student these days spends hours watching television, talking on the phone, texting on their cell phones, messaging on the computer or just plain spending time on . . . read more

Reading Suggestions Abound While Drum Beats Fill the Air

Sixty-six new titles were added to our collection in September bringing our total to 13,750...and more are on their way. If you have a favorite author or series we currently don’t have on our shelves stop . . . read more

Honor Flight Chicago

Fifty-five two-member teams participated in the LJHS Honor Flight Chicago Bags Tournament on Friday, September 30th. The fourteen courts, all seeing action simultaneously, were set up in the middle of the gym. . . . read more

Exploring Reading

by Natalie Oros

Exploring Reading is a small group reading intervention program that uses direct instruction to assist students in grades 6-8 accelerate their reading growth. The goal of the program is to have students learn to apply various . . . read more

A Welcome from the Choral Department

by Mrs. Kerback

Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year! CHOIR A new year brings new possibilities and it’s something I look forward to every August. I appreciate the opportunity to teach my students more about music . . . read more

Focus on Bullying

Lisle Junior High School is pleased to announce that we have arranged to have Doug Wilhelm visit our school on Friday, September 16 th . He will be at LJHS the entire . . . read more

LRC 2011 Kick-Off

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Ms. Jaime Hernandez to Lisle Junior High School as the new LRC Assistant. Ms. Hernandez is a graduate of Eastern Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and secondary . . . read more

New LJHS Lunch Procedures

by Rich Marx | August 23, 2011

Computerized Cafeteria Payment System Comes to All Lisle Schools Many of our students have yet to pay for school lunches. A reminder that there are now TWO ways to pay: As . . . read more

Explorations in Technology "Wraps Up"

by Pete Meyer

Explorations in Technology “Wraps Up” At the end of every quarter the students in our Explorations in Technology classes have the time of their lives. It is during the last week of the quarter that they . . . read more

Creating, Constructing, Writing with Legos