MJSHS Principal, Terry Moeckel
email: tmoeckel@usd239.org
MJSHS AD/AP, Ryan Mortimer
email: rmortimer@usd239.org
Apply for Free or Reduced-Price School Meals
Families are encouraged to use the following link to apply for free or reduced-price meals. Families can complete the application anytime before or during the school year. Completing the application process not only helps with determining meal eligibility, but qualifying also brings other benefits such as free or reduced price curriculum fees, fee waivers for college applications, the ACT test, and funding for the school district to support our local educational programs. Additional information about the application process and eligibility is linked below.
8th & 10th Grade Students Participate in Reality U
A special thank you to our community volunteers for helping make Reality U an excellent learning opportunity for our 8th—and 10th-grade students!
Reality U helps students gain crucial financial literacy knowledge in order for them to recognize the importance of education for their financial future. Students learn that their performance in school today can affect their financial future. Students participate in a 75-minute interactive and engaging personal finance simulation by imagining their life as a 26-year-old. Students are assigned a scenario that includes the student's monthly income, credit card debt, student loan information, as well as marital and family status. Students are given a checkbook register to track their monthly purchases from the 12 booths representing services and/or products that adults typically must purchase or consider each month. Sometimes, they must return a "purchase" and make a different decision. The checkbook register can't fall below zero!
This event actively engages students to help them understand the importance of how their performance in school today impacts their future. It also allows the community to share in local students' learning and develop an understanding of the world of work.
