Joppa-Maple Grove Unit School District #38‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

🎓🏀 8th Grade Sports Night
📅 January 15 | ⏰ 5:45 PM
Let’s celebrate our 8th-grade athletes! 💪💚

🐰✨Details Coming Soon 🐰✨
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
+ Spring Extravaganza

We want to give a major shoutout to our very own Louella Lumbley for being selected as a 2026-2027 State Scholar, one of “the best and the brightest” of Illinois high school seniors in the Class of 2026. The combination of her exemplary college assessment examination scores and record of high school achievement indicates she has a high potential for success in college. This recognition is a prestigious honor and show how our Joppa students ELEVATE38!!!

📣 Elementary Girls Cheerleading Practice 📣
🗓 Friday
⏰ After school until 5:00 PM

We’re excited to get started—see everyone there! 💚💛

Jr. High Boys ✔️ Practice will be held after school tomorrow until 5:00 p.m. ❌ The Cobden game Thursday has been cancelled.

🏀 Elementary Boys Basketball Practice
Our first practice will be this Friday from 5–6 PM
📍 Baptist Church Gym

SOAR will begin again next Tuesday, January 13th. Thank you for your patience—we’re ready for a great start! 🌟

Jr. High Boys Basketball practice tonight has been cancelled.

We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow! 💚💛
Welcome back, Rangers—let’s kick off an amazing new year together!

The Jr. High Girls basketball game scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

The Jr. High Boys basketball game scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

✅ The Jr. High Girls will still play as scheduled.

There will be no PTO meeting in January. We look forward to seeing everyone at our February meeting!

#Elevate38

Sketching, painting, sculpting, designing, and coloring all took the day off. The Art studio had a new type of art, Culinary Art! Kindergarten, first and second grade turned heavy cream or milk into whipped cream and then BUTTER! The students were amazed at how easy and quick the process was! They made enough butter for the entire elementary school to enjoy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 💚🎄💛
#Elevate38

📢 Today, We Have a 1:45 dismissal.
Students will dismiss at 1:45 PM.
Please plan accordingly for afternoon pickup. 💚💛🤍

🎄✨ TODAY is the last day before Christmas Break! ✨🎄
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday filled with rest, family time, and festive cheer 🎅❄️

This year, Joppa Maple Grove had a total of seven students participate in the 2025-26 school Google challenge. There were six third graders and one fourth grader. Congratulate them all on a job well done. Look for details about the winners in May. Five finalists will win a $10,000 college scholarship. In addition to the five finalists, the national winner's prize is a $45,000 college scholarship, and one school tech package in the amount of $50,000. Wish our students the best.