STATE OF THE DISTRICT | Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio delivered his seventh and final State of the District address today at The Olmsted.
Thanks to the generosity of many, the event helped raise more than $65,000 for the JCPS Community Scholarship Fund, which supports graduating JCPS seniors!
Watch Dr. Pollio's address and other speakers from today's event on the JCPS YouTube channel ➡️ https://youtube.com/watch?v=TrK6vCobECQ
Read more: https://jefferson.kyschools.us/article/2053088
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Attention 8th Grade Families: Lifetouch will be at TJ to take 8th grade promotion pictures on 3/12. Please dress accordingly. Order forms will be available on the day of the event! Looking forward to celebrating all our 8th graders have accomplished!

-Boys Soccer will be next week: Monday, 2/25 Wednesday, 2/26 Thursday 2/27 until 5 PM.
-Track tryouts have moved to 2/26 until 4:30. You must have a sports physical on file and be picked up at 4:30.

Track tryouts have been rescheduled. See the flyer for more info!

TJ will utilize day 5 for the NTI work today. Copies were sent home with students on Friday. If you need a copy of the packet or have questions please check out our NTI site at https://sites.google.com/jefferson.kyschools.us/tj-ntipackets/home.
❄️ NTI DAY | Due to forecasted snow during the morning commute, JCPS will utilize a Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) Day on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. All athletic and extracurricular activities are canceled for Wednesday.

🚨 JCPS UPDATE | All JCPS athletics and extracurricular activities are canceled for Tuesday, February 18, 2025, due to inclement weather.

🎉 CELEBRATING SSOs | Today marks School Security Officer (SSO) Appreciation Day! Thank you to all of our SSOs who help keep our schools safe! #WeAreJCPS




Due to unforeseen circumstances the Veteran's activity for tomorrow 2/15 has been cancelled. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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Track and field tryouts February 17th and 20th from 3:30 to 5 PM. Meet outside the red side doors @ 3:30.

We have reached the halfway point of the grading period. Progress reports were made available yesterday! Please check your students' grades in Parent Portal at https://jcpsky.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/jcps.jsp. If you need to setup your account you can do so at https://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/ParentPortalAccountSupport

Track and Field interest meeting tomorrow after school. You do no have to attend the meeting to tryout but information about the season will be provided. 3:30 in the library!

✅ MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD | The Jefferson County Board of Education wants your input as they search for a new superintendent. Join us at two upcoming Community Forums on Saturday, Feb. 15:
🌟 10 to 11 a.m. at the Academy @ Shawnee
🌟 12 to 1 p.m. at Ballard High School

✅ MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD | The Jefferson County Board of Education wants your input as they search for a new superintendent. Join us at two upcoming Community Forums this Saturday, Feb. 15:
🌟 10 to 11 a.m. at the Academy @ Shawnee
🌟 12 to 1 p.m. at Ballard High School
Learn more about the superintendent search process: https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/page/superintendent-search-2025
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NTI day 4 work is available in Google Classroom.

NTI Resource for NTI on 2/7 and 2/10. The link includes access to email if you need to reach a teacher or staff member.
https://sites.google.com/jefferson.kyschools.us/tj-ntipackets/home

🚨 NTI DAYS | Due to an increase in illness-related student and staff absences, JCPS will utilize Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) Days on Friday, February 7, 2025 and Monday, February 10, 2025. All athletic and extracurricular activities will continue as planned. Families and employees should see their email for additional information.

Thank you to all who waited for us to fix the bugs on our TJ Gear site! If you want to purchase an Explore Shirt for Explore Fridays the site is LIVE again! https://www.tjmiddleschoolgear.com/

TJ Middle School is hosting a Valentine Dance on Friday, February 14th. The dance will be from 3:30-5:00PM at school. Students must be picked up by 5:00PM at the latest. Please arrive at the back of the building for pick up.
The cost of entry to the dance is $5. Tickets will be sold February 4-February 13 from 8:00-8:40AM in the cafeteria. TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th. A parent or legal guardian must sign the permission slip below for a student to stay for the dance. No tickets will be sold the day of.
Concessions will be available for sale at the dance. Make sure to bring cash to be able to purchase these items.
In order to make this a positive event for our students, the APs/Principal reserves the right to deny any student entry to the dance due to behavior concerns. No refund will be given.
THE PERMISSION SLIP BELOW MUST BE SIGNED/TURNED IN WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR TICKET. NO REFUNDS (even for behavioral reasons).

