Joppa-Maple Grove Unit School District #38‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

We are excited to celebrate our wonderful grandparents and special guests at our Grandparents Day Breakfast! 💛

📅 Monday, September 14th
⏰ Breakfast begins at 8:00 AM
🍳 Enjoy a delicious breakfast from the Gary Miller Cafe — including donuts!

Come enjoy breakfast, make sweet memories, and spend a special morning with your student. We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 💚💛

#Elevate38 #GrandparentsDay

Joppa Jr./Sr. High students participated in House challenges today, with the Lions coming out on top to begin the year! Students played dodgeball and then formed teams for a quick game of basketball. Congratulations to our Lions, both big and small, for winning the challenge today!

Joppa-Maple Grove will dismiss at 1:45 PM today. Please make arrangements for your student’s early dismissal.

🍎 September 2026 Breakfast & Lunch Menu 🍽️

Check out what’s cooking this month at Joppa-Maple Grove! 💚💛 Please remember that menus are subject to change.

🥣 Cereal option available daily at breakfast
🥗 Jr./Sr. High salad bar available daily
🥪 Uncrustable option available daily at lunch

Fueling our Rangers for a great day of learning!
💚 Grit • Growth • Grace 💛
#Elevate38 #JoppaMapleGrove #RangerWay

The Junior Ag Entrepreneur class has been working through types of businesses, the last two days they've been playing a scenario game (similar to monopoly) to better understand investing shares into other businesses. They've had a blast with this.

🥎 SOFTBALL UPDATE 🥎

Today’s softball game has been CANCELLED.

Please help us spread the word!

💚💛 #Elevate38

📚 IAR TEST RESULTS

IAR State Testing results are available!

📄 Student IDs will be sent home tomorrow, Friday, September 4th. You will need your child’s Student ID to access their results.

🔗 View Results:
https://familyportal.pearson.com/IL

🔗 Family Guide:
https://www.isbe.net/Documents/Right-Sizing-Benchmarks-for-Families.pdf

💚💛 #Elevate38

⚾ JR. HIGH BASEBALL UPDATE ⚾

🔥 GAME CANCELLED 🔥

Today’s Jr. High Boys Baseball Game has been CANCELLED due to the heat.

Please help us spread the word! 💚💛

#Elevate38 #RangerPride

Mr. May's English IV students made clay representations of the battle with Grendel from the epic poem "Beowulf". The class located textual evidence for support and explained the reasoning for their 3-Dimensional creations. Afterwards, they read about Beowulf's battle with Grendel's mother and were able to describe elements of an epic.

⏰ REMINDER: EARLY DISMISSAL! ⏰

Joppa-Maple Grove families, please remember that Friday, September 4th will be a 1:45 PM dismissal.

Please make arrangements for your student’s early dismissal. 💚💛

#Elevate38 #RangerPride

🥎 SOFTBALL PRACTICE CANCELLED 🥎

Due to the extreme heat, softball practice for tonight has been cancelled.

Please stay cool and hydrated! ☀️💧

💚💛 #Elevate38 #RangerPride

💦☀️ COOLING OFF AT JOPPA! ☀️💦

A HUGE THANK YOU to Gary Miller for purchasing a brand-new misting tent for our school! 💚💛

Our students will definitely appreciate having a fun way to cool down on those hot days! 😎💦

Thank you, Gary, for always supporting our students and helping make Joppa-MG an even better place to be!

💚💛 We appreciate you! 💛💚

#Elevate38 #RangerPride

🍕 August Student Elevate Award 🍕

Congratulations to Kobe Waddy, our August Student Elevate Award recipient!

Kobe earned this recognition for having an outstanding month and demonstrating what it means to be a Joppa-MG Ranger!

A huge thank you to Pizza di Shane in Metropolis for sponsoring our Student Elevate Award and providing Kobe with a FREE 12" cheese pizza! 🍕💚💛

Keep up the great work, Kobe!

Grit. Growth. Grace.
#Elevate38

Mrs. Forthan’s 4th graders put their thinking and teamwork skills to work while learning about Building Simple Systems! 💡🧠

Hands-on learning makes every lesson a little more exciting! 💚💛

#JoppaMapleGrove #Elevate38 #4thGrade #HandsOnLearning #RangerPrid

⚾ BASEBALL UPDATE – TONIGHT AT LICK CREEK ⚾

Tonight’s baseball game at Lick Creek will be delayed and begin at 5:30 PM.

🚌 The bus will leave the school at 4:00 PM.

Baseball players are welcome to stay after school until the bus leaves. If they choose to leave after school, they will need to return to the school in time for the 4:00 PM bus departure.

We will share the updated game start time as soon as it is confirmed.

It’s another busy week for our Ranger athletes! Check out this week’s schedule and come out to support our teams!

⚠️ REMINDER: Tonight’s JH Softball game at Lick Creek will begin at 5:30 PM.

Good luck to all of our Rangers competing this week! 💚💛

#Elevate38 #JoppaRangers #RangerPride #GoRangers

🏃‍♀️ CROSS COUNTRY UPDATE 🏃

Cross Country practice has been CANCELLED for today, Monday, August 31.

📅 Practice Schedule This Week:
Tuesday through Thursday

Please help us spread the word! 💚💛

#JoppaRangers #Elevate38

Join us for our next PTO Meeting!

📅 Tuesday, September 1
📍 School Cafeteria
⏰ Immediately After School

Parents • Guardians • Teachers • Staff • Community Members

We would love to have you join us, share ideas, and get involved!

ALL ARE WELCOME!

🚨💚💛 TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT, RANGERS! 💛💚🚨

WE’RE MAKING HISTORY TONIGHT! 🏐🔥

For the VERY FIRST TIME, our Lady Rangers will take the court for a game on our BRAND-NEW GYM FLOOR!

🏐 Lady Rangers vs. Hardin County
⏰ 6:00 PM TONIGHT!
💚 GREEN OUT — WEAR YOUR GREEN!

We want to see a PACKED HOUSE for this one! Bring your family, bring your friends, bring the ENERGY, and help us make the first game on our new floor one to remember! 📣💥

🍔 Grab some food from the concession stand
📸 Stay after the game and get pictures on the new floor!

DON’T MISS THIS ONE, RANGER NATION!
💚 Wear green.
📣 Get loud.
🏐 Pack the stands.
⭐ LET’S MAKE HISTORY TOGETHER!

SEE YOU AT 6:00! GO LADY RANGERS! 💚💛

#GreenOut #PackTheHouse #RangerPride #GoLadyRangers #Elevate38