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Upcoming Wilson Sports Camps (for middle schoolers)

Wilson Boys Basketball

Summer league tryouts for incoming 9th Graders, May 8, 9am-12. Summer league practices and games are in June, TBA
Contact: Scott Aker at saker@pps.net

Boys Basketball Camp, June 13-17
Incoming Grades 4-6, 8-10am, $95
Incoming Grades 7-9, 10am-noon, $95
Register through wilsonyouthbasketball.com

Boys Basketball Camp, June 20-24
Incoming Grades 4-6, 2-4pm, $95
Incoming Grades 7-9, 4-6pm, $95
Register through wilsonyouthbasketball.com

Wilson Girls Basketball

Girls Basketball Camp, incoming Grades 3-9, June 13-17, 1-5pm, $100
To sign up or for more info contact Coach Mike Nolan at mnolan@pps.net
Summer league tryouts for incoming Grades 9-12, June 1-2, 5:30-7:30pm. Summer league practices and games are in June, TBA

Wilson Girls Soccer

“Kickarounds” for incoming players Grades 9-12–Sundays and Wednesdays 7-9pm, June 1-July 20, $75
Wilson Girls Soccer Camp for incoming Grades 8-12, Aug 8-11, 8-10am, $75 (highly recommended for those wanting to play HS soccer). Mandatory fall practice/tryouts Aug 15-19, times TBA.
To sign up or for more info contact Coach Shawn Bundy at bundyshawn@gmail.com

Wilson Boys Soccer

“Kickarounds” for incoming players Grades 9-12, starting May 23-thru July 21, $50.
Wilson Boys Soccer Camp for incoming Grades 8-12, Aug 8-11, 10-12:30, $75 (highly recommended for those wanting to play HS soccer). Mandatory fall practice/tryouts Aug 15-19, times TBA.
To sign up or for more info contact Coach Frank Mathews at fmathews@pps.net

Wilson Youth Coed Soccer Camp

Coed Soccer Camp for incoming Grades 1-7, Aug 1-4, 9-11am, $75 (coaches will form groups based on age and ability). To sign up or for more info contact Coach Shawn Bundy at bundyshawn@gmail.com

Wilson Volleyball

Wilson Volleyball Camp , June 20-23–incoming Grades 6-8, 8:30-10:30, $75
June 20-23–incoming Grades 9-12, 11am-2pm, $90
Summer training sessions Mon and Wed 9-11am, June 27-Aug 11 (not on July 4, 6, 25 & 27), $100
Varsity Team Camp, July 6th-8th, details TBA. To register go to http://www.trojanvolleyball.com. For more info contact Coach Peter Fukuchi at coachpeterf@gmail.com.
Mandatory fall practice/tryouts Aug 15-19, times TBA (info on signing up for a Wilson fall sport will be coming out soon).

Wilson Cross Country

Summer training for incoming Grades 9-12 Tuesdays 6-7:30, Tryon Creek Nature Center. Thursdays 6-7:30, Wilson High Courtyard July 5-Aug 4 (except July 26 & 28)

Wilson XC Camp—for incoming Grades 7-12, Aug 8-10, 8:30-10:30, $25.
For more info go to www.wilsonxc.org

Wilson Girls Lacrosse Camp

June 20-23, 7-9pm. For incoming Grades 2-9, $60 Register at www.wilsonlax.com

Wilson Football

Spring Football Practice May 31st through June 3rd at Wilson Stadium (Tuesday through Friday)
Varsity and JV – 3:30pm to 6pm
Incoming Freshmen – 4:30pm to 6pm
Summer Lifting and Conditioning For incoming Grades 9-12 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 1pm-2:30pm. Starts Monday, June 13th, Meet in the Wilson HS Weight Room. Bring cleats for field work after lifting workouts.
Tuesday Linemen Workouts (6 Tuesdays) For incoming Grades 9-12, for all Linemen Meet on the Wilson Turf field, 7pm-8pm. June 14, 21, 25, 28, July 5, 12. We will be working on linemen fundamentals and techniques as well as working on our core run plays (same for every level).
Thursdays Skill Player Workouts – 5pm to 7pm For incoming Grades 9-12 Varsity- JV will be on one half of the field and Freshmen will be on other half. This will be skill player development and working on our passing system. June 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14 @ Wilson Stadium
Conditioning Week for Grades 9-12: Aug 8-Aug 12–1pm to 3pm @ Wilson Stadium Wilson Youth Football Camp, Grades 3-8, Aug 11-13, 10am-noon, $60

New PTA Board Members

We are pleased to announce the following board members for the Jackson PTA for the upcoming school year. Please take a moment and thank our outgoing board members for everything they have done this past year. Jackson wouldn’t be the same place without our PTA.

Drum Roll Please…

President
Debora Cox

Vice-President
Jessica Christiansen

Treasurer
Kelly Christopherson

Secretary
Kara Murray

Volunteer Coordinator
Marci Forbes

Membership
Robin Atkinson

End of Year Band and 6th Grade Choir Concert tomorrow night!

Come out to the Jackson auditorium on Thursday, May 26th at 7:00pm for the Jackson Band and 6th Grade Choir end-of-year concert. The Cadet, Concert, Symphonic and Marching bands have been studying all year and would love the opportunity to play for you. Admission is free!

 

May Concert DVDs

Digital Elf will be recording a professional DVD of our concert, so you don’t have to!  Pre-orders will be taken at the concession table at the concert.

Volunteer needs

We had a wonderful, quick response from so many parents signing up for volunteer jobs.  Thank you!  We still have a few important roles to fill.  If interested, you can sign up at:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d48aaaa23a1fd0-121

Message from the Principal: RAT Race = Chromebooks

Walk into any learning pod, classroom, or even down the main hallway and you are likely to see students working with chromebooks. Over the past three years, chromebook devices have been integrated into every classroom at JMS. With the help of the PTA, we are able to send four to six teachers to formal Google training each year, further developing teacher–and thus student–skills. This year, funds raised from the RAT Race will support culture and arts day and help to fund the Full Chrome Jackson initiative. The focus is to get a full set of chromebooks into every LA/SS classroom with an additional five mobile carts for math, science, and electives classrooms to share.

Every penny counts.

$35 pays for a keyboard; $76 for the screen; $12 is the power supply; and $222 is the cost of the whole chromebook. Remind your students to gather sponsors for the RAT Race by this Thursday!

Participate in Attendance Research

The Jackson community has the opportunity to participate in important research on attendance practices within PPS. Annie Scott, Concordia Graduate Student of Community Psychology, PPS parent, and former PPS employee, will be conducting a survey on the function of school refusal behavior.

Annie will administer the survey this Thursday and Friday, March 31 and April 1, during lunch; no class time will be affected. Parent consent forms were distributed to the students, but if you no longer have the form and would like to participate, please click here to print one, or you may get a new form from the main office.

Let’s see how our students feel about going to school and staying at school. Please encourage your students to take the survey, and turn in the consent form.