Ukiah Junior Academy

Congrats 8th grade graduating class of 2025! We are so excited for tonight!

UJA Grades 6-9 Parents, Tomorrow afternoon, our new Grades 7-8 Homeroom teacher will be on campus to meet with staff and students. Mrs. Krystalynn Westbrook-Martin will be available to chat briefly after school at pick-up if you would like to. Mrs. Westbrook Martin will take over English instruction and Yearbook class for Grades 9-10 next year.

UJA Parents, Welcome to the last week of school! Here is some information about this week. - Tuesday and Wednesday will be normal days (but not hot lunch on Wednesday).. - Thursday will be an early dismissal day (12:15) with after-school care available starting at 12:30. The 8th-grade graduation will take place in the school courtyard at 6:30. - Friday is the last day of school. We will have a chapel to start the day, followed by some staff vs. student basketball. The remainder of the day will take place outside on the playground and on the field with games, activities, and a water fight. We will again have Sugar Mama Hawaiian Shave Ice for everyone. Lunch will be served at 11:00 by our fantastic parent volunteers. Parents are welcome to join the fun and share a meal with us all. Dismissal will be at 12:15 with pick-up on the playground (I will not be calling rides down to the parking lot). There will be no after-school care on the last day of school. Thank you again for a wonderful year, and the honor and privilege we have had teaching your children. God bless, Rick Nelson

Good afternoon school family! I apologize, I did not get it posted in the Grapevine, but as many of you have mentioned and asked. This coming Monday, May 12, is a HALF DAY. Kids will be ready for pick up at 12:15! Our teachers will be in a class that afternoon. There will be after school care starting at 12:30 that day! If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call!

Praise Group Reminder 7:40 tomorrow morning they are leading songs for chapel. 7Pm tomorrow evening at Ukiah SDA Church for sound check. That should take about an hour. Thank you, Mr. Kuntz

UJA Parents, This is just a reminder that our students will be singing for the church service this Saturday at the Ukiah Seventh-day Adventist Church at 1390 Laurel Ave. K-4 students should wear school attire or better. 5-10 should wear performance attire (Girls in blue performance dresses, Boys in white shirts and black pants). 5-10 students should arrive at 10:15. K-4 students should arrive at 10:30. The church service is from 11:00-12:00.

Hello Parents! Many of you have been asking for more information on the Go West Spring Musical for Kinder-4th Grade. Please check the link provided below for what to wear, when, etc! Thank you and happy Thursday! See you all in a couple hours for Learning Fair! https://5il.co/3edhv

Hello School Family! This is just a reminder that our Learning Fair is this coming Thursday, April 24 @ 6:30 If you have a student in the Learning Fair, be sure to arrive early so that they are ready to start at 6:30. We are all going to meet in the gym to start! We look forward to seeing you all there! Happy Tuesday!

9th and 10th are part of the sermon time this week at church. They will be interviewed for our involvement in local community service and for the Kenya mission trip. They should be bringing a yellow flyer home today. If not, there is the link. Thanks in advance Mr. Kuntz https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bVj6B1_Uk6HR5qW2O66W01kdGvbTtmvI7P-IvGKpoyU/edit?usp=sharing

Just in case you are not sure, school will be in session tomorrow at UJA. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

https://www.sight-sound.com/ Something you might be interested in this Easter weekend. Streaming Jesus for free this weekend.

Hello school family! Tomorrow's chapel is going to be our quarterly awards chapel. Awards will be given for A honor roll, A/B honor roll, perfect attendance, excellent attendance, and each quarter a student from each homeroom is chosen for the "Code One" award for being a living example of the UJA Code of Conduct #1 “We will treat each other with Love, Respect, Dignity and Grace.” Happy Thursday!

9th and 10th Grade to lead worship service(sermon time) April 26. We will be sharing the community service our class has been performing locally and abroad(Kenya). Praise Group will be leading Songs for church on May 3! Any questions please contact me. -Mr. Kuntz

UJA Parents, A note is going home today with your children inviting your children to be a part of our church service this coming Saturday. They will be singing some numbers they have been practicing in Music Class. I apologize for the short notice, we should have informed you about this much earlier. We would love to have your children be a part of our worship service on Saturday, but understand that previous plans may prevent that. Thank you for your understanding. Rick Nelson

Hello school family, I apologize, I want to send out a correction on the grapevine for tomorrow's hot lunch. We are NOT having pizza, but we are having Mac & Cheese! I am not quite sure why my mind was on pizza when I was told Mac & Cheese! 😵

Learning Fair is around the corner :) Today students received their rubric for the Rube Goldberg Machines featuring Simple Machines. We will be building them at school during science class and showing them off April 24, 6:30-8pm in the gym. This is an all school event. You will even get to quiz the students on what they created! The link below is the grading rubric and it has links to YouTube videos on Rube Goldberg Machines. Any Questions please reach out, Mr. Kuntz https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cFLYItaGNi4zGrH268Oz_Ih-wZ6AHrO5VUzOkxlgYrw/edit?usp=sharing

Just a reminder, no hot lunch tomorrow.

Happy Friday everyone! Just want to send out a reminder that spring break starts this weekend! School will be out through Monday March 31, so we won't see any of you back here on campus until Tuesday April 1! Enjoy your time off and we will see you all then!

UJA Parents, This is a friendly reminder from your principal that tomorrow is an early dismissal day with school ending at 12:15. After school care will still be available beginning at 12:30. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Rick Nelson

The students did so well last Sabbath at Ukiah SDA Church. Saturday March 15 is the next time they will be leading out for church song service. Additionally during the service there will be a prayer of dedication for the students and families going on the Kenya mission trip. This Friday, February 28, they will also be leading the song service for school chapel. Please have them here at 7:40 so we can set up sound and instruments. The praise group is a huge success. The confidence of playing infant of kids and church is amazing. Thank you for all your support. -Mr. Kuntz