Strain-Japan R-XVI

Basketball season is in full swing! Let's go Leopards! 🐆 🏀

🏀📣 Attention Basketball & Cheer Parents! 📣🏀

This is a reminder that our mandatory parent meeting is happening tonight, November 6th at 6:00 PM. We’ll cover important information for the upcoming season, so your attendance is required.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Block.

Don’t miss it—see you there!

"Hands-on learning in action! Our students are diving into STEM projects during math class with Mrs. Kay — exploring, building, and problem-solving their way to deeper understanding. 💡🔢

Wow — our Book Blast is off to an amazing start! 🚀

Our quest to level up our readers has never been more fun! We’re blasting through our mission to earn as many books as possible for our students.

📚 Register now and invite 10+ contacts to be entered into the drawings for our Treasure Chests filled with epic rewards!

https://app.booksarefun.com/Strain-JapanSD63080

#BooksAreFun #BookRaiser #BookBlastAdventures #EpicTreasureChest #Treasure @go.booksarefun

📚💥 Book Blast Begins TODAY! 💥📚

Students can start earning awesome prizes and a chance to win one of our Treasure Chests just by inviting 10+ friends and family to join the fun!

💎 Visit https://app.booksarefun.com/Strain-JapanSD63080
and unlock your treasure — it only takes 7 minutes tonight!

Let’s blast off into reading! 🚀
#BookBlast #UnlockTheTreasure #SJSReads

Attention, Agents!

Our Book Blast event starts next week. We will set off on a mission to build our students' home libraries. Follow the steps on the Treasure Map coming home next week to embark on this operation to earn exciting prizes and books. 🗺️🌟 

@go.booksarefun #bookblastadventures #bookblast #booksarefun #literacy

🏀🤸‍♀️ Basketball & Cheer Parents--

We will have a mandatory parent meeting on Thursday, November 6th at 6pm to discuss important information for the upcoming season.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Block.

📣 Tonight at 6 p.m.!📣

Join us for the SJS Strategic Plan Meeting as we discuss the future of our school. Parents and community members are invited to share their input as we focus on updates to our school building and the exciting improvements ahead.

Your voice matters—come be part of the plan for SJS’s future!

A very big SJS thank you to Compass Health Dental for coming out to give our kiddos a free oral health review as part of the MoDHSS oral health program.

🎃Please join us this Wednesday, October 29th from 5–7 PM at Strain-Japan School for our annual Trunk or Treat event hosted by the 8th grade class!

Bring your family for a fun night of costumes, candy, and community fun!🍬👻

**NOTE** This event has been moved inside due to weather!

#BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays

Call 573-677-1815 now if you wish to get a Flu Vaccine tomorrow at Strain-Japan R-XVI School.

What a day! 🙌 Our students wrapped up the 1st quarter with an amazing reward trip to Heartland Farms this past Friday. 🎃🐴🐓🚜🌾 Pumpkins, fall activities, and lots of smiles — a well-deserved celebration of their hard work! 🥳

Red Ribbon Week was a huge success! 🙌 Our students showed off their spirit all week long with themed dress-up days and an awesome assembly coordinated by our amazing STUCO! 💪👏


A big shoutout to our 4th/5th grade class for winning the door decorating contest! 🚪🎉

Our 2nd and 3rd graders have been hard at work on their “Workers in the Community” project! They’ve researched, brainstormed, created, and decorated posters — putting so much effort and creativity into showcasing what they’ve learned.

🏐 That’s a wrap on volleyball season! 🏐

Our athletes and coaches finished the season with a fun practice full of teamwork, laughter, and celebration! We’re so proud of their hard work, dedication, and improvement throughout the season. 💪🖤

#Bestlittleschoolever # Happy days

Attention SJS Parents!

Today our 6th–8th grade students attended the 7th Annual Franklin County Drug Summit! 🧠🚫💊 The goal of the summit was to educate and empower local middle schoolers through a day filled with learning and awareness. Students participated in large group sessions, interactive breakout workshops, and wrapped up the day with a fun, engaging event! 🎤📚🎉 A huge thank you to all the organizers, speakers, and volunteers who made this impactful day possible! 🙌💪 #DrugFreeGeneration #FranklinCountyDrugSummit #HealthyChoices #Bestlittleschoolever

Yesterday, guest speaker Cindy Wyatt 🎤 , from Prevent Ed, visited our school 🏫 to give four powerful presentations about the dangers of drugs and addiction 🚫💊. A big thank you for spreading awareness and helping us make smart choices! 🙌💪 #StayDrugFree #HealthyChoices #Bestlittleschoolever

🏐✨ Strain Japan 8th Grade Volleyball Recognition Night ✨🏐 Tonight, we celebrated the hard work, growth, and determination of our incredible 8th grade volleyball athletes! 💪🔥 We’re so proud of everything they’ve accomplished on and off the court — and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for them in high school and beyond. 🎓🏐 #Happydays #Bestlittleschoolever

🎀 Attention SJS Families 🎀

STUCO has an exciting week planned to celebrate Red Ribbon Week, October 20th–24th! Join us in promoting healthy choices and school spirit by participating in our Spirit Week activities.

STUCO will pass out ribbons on Monday, October 20th. Students that wear their ribbons all week will be entered into a drawing to win a prize!

Check out the attached flyer for the full schedule and dress-up themes for each day — let’s make it a fun and meaningful week together!

#RedRibbonWeek #SJSPride #SpiritWeek #BestLittleSchoolEver #HappyDays