Due to illness in our hot lunch director, we will not be having hot lunch tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1. This is not an April Fools joke!
Again, we will not be having a hot lunch for students tomorrow,.
Rick Nelson
Hi everyone! Just a quick reminder that if your student would like to participate in the lunch after the Walk-A-Thon, lunch slips are $10 per person and are due THIS Friday in the office. This helps us plan ahead and make sure we have enough food for everyone. Thank you for your support, we’re looking forward to a great event!

I sincerely apologize, I sent out to each of you a link for P/T conferences for you to meet with your students' teachers if you wanted or needed to, but it was all linked to my calendar! So only a few were able to sign up! That error is now fixed, so if you follow that link I sent you, you should be able to sign up now through that link!!
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out, happy Thursday!
It is that time of year where we have the April parent/teacher conferences this Tuesday, April 7!
If you would like to set up a meeting to meet with your child’s teacher, click the link below to make that appointment!
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call!
Happy Wednesday!
https://calendar.app.google/DFXA3nZdV3vfxFgM7
It is that time of year where we have the April parent/teacher conferences this Tuesday, April 7!
If you would like to set up a meeting to meet with your child’s teacher, click the link below to make that appointment!
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call!
Happy Wednesday!
https://calendar.app.google/YfphdLuAKNawPM5B7
It is that time of year where we have the April parent/teacher conferences this Tuesday, April 7!
If you would like to set up a meeting to meet with your child’s teacher, click the link below to make that appointment!
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call!
Happy Wednesday!
https://calendar.app.google/yHa7CktJWzA3PRpQ6
It is that time of year where we have the April parent/teacher conferences this Tuesday, April 7!
If you would like to set up a meeting to meet with your child’s teacher, click the link below to make that appointment!
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call!
Happy Wednesday!
https://calendar.app.google/3KZhirftpCmKLYVm6
It is that time of year where we have the April parent/teacher conferences this Tuesday, April 7!
If you would like to set up a meeting to meet with your child’s teacher, click the link below to make that appointment!
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call!
Happy Wednesday!
https://calendar.app.google/pNyK46GJDYY5WzHW9
It is that time of year where we have the April parent/teacher conferences this Tuesday, April 7!
If you would like to set up a meeting to meet with your child’s teacher, click the link below to make that appointment!
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call!
Happy Wednesday!
https://calendar.app.google/pNyK46GJDYY5WzHW9
It is that time of year where we have the April parent/teacher conferences!
If you would like to set up a meeting to meet with your child’s teacher, click the link below to make that appointment!
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call!
Happy Wednesday!
https://calendar.app.google/Mqh3Tdn4VaNskzjS7
See you all soon, and happy Friday!
Scholastic Book Fair is almost here!
WHAT: Bigger and Better Scholastic Book Fair
WHERE: UJA GYM
WHEN: March 16-20, next week!
Every day after school from 3:00 to 4:00 pm and during
Learning Fair
WHO: Anyone and Everyone is invited
WHY: Earn rewards for our school library and classrooms and
Find great new books for you and your family
SHOP ONLINE: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/ukiahjunioracademy

Hi 4th Grade Parents!
Our Rock-N-Water trip is around the corner coming up April 22-23! We are registered and I am hoping that each student can go on the trip. As a reminder the trip is $318 per family (student and parent). You can bring your payment to me or the office. If you would rather pay with a card please do so on the school account. Another note, if you do not pay beforehand Heidi Veness has set up the financial billing for us through your school account. The billing will go out in Facts on April 27 to all participants who went on Rock-N-Water. The Due Date will be May 27 this means if you have autopay set up, it will charge your card on May 27 with the full amount for the trip. If you and your child need financial assistance don't hesitate to reach out to me. I want every student to be able to come on this awesome trip! Please plan to come, as this is a class trip.
ALL overnight guests: parents, students, and chaperones have to register with the camp through the link provided below. I need each of you to sign up and fill out the release forms no later than April 13. I can keep an eye on who has completed this form and will be directly contacting those who haven’t as we get closer. It will probably take you 10-15 minutes to fill out that will give you prompts in order to give the camp important information in case of any emergencies.
The students and I have been talking about and looking forward to this trip! Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have. The trip we will be on is called The Mother Load through Rock-n-Water Camp.
CampHub.io Attendee Invite Link for Ukiah Junior Academy:
https://camphub.io/i?i=QSRKBAAAAAAAm65UJoeJCoP4c53x7gMO8KO1YMbDVqQ1nXWDtmm4irU=
Thank you,
Beth Kablanow
Saturday, March 7, is a special day for our school and our local Adventist Community. We call it Education Day (formerly Education Sabbath). Over $300,000 each year is contributed to UJA from members of our local Adventist church, which helps make UJA an excellent available Christian school option for our community. These funds keep tuition reasonable as well as help fund our tuition assistance program. Our members simply love to see the students up front singing. This year we intentionally planned for Education Day to come after local youth league basketball games are completed and before meaningful games have started in baseball/softball. It is our hope that as many of our families as possible could plan on attending this special event at our church. Mrs. Rice has asked for grades 5-10 student to arrive to warm up at 10:15, and K-4 students to arrive at 10:30. The program will begin at 11:00, be done by 12:00, and will include music by all our students and a short talk by me. Thank you so much for honoring us with your presence on March 7.
Rick Nelson
Parents, hopefully your child has been telling you about the experiment they want to perform for Learning Fair (March 19). Experiments should be completed by March 10 so we have time to finish our Science Boards.
We are doing the science boards in class but the experiments are done at home. Students will need to take photos of their experiment for the board. The should email them to their school account and we can print them here at school.
If I have equipment or materials that are needed for the experiments I am happy to lend them out but I know I do not have materials for every student.
The students brain stormed experiments for some real life issues that they might deal with so hopefully this has them interested in their science experiment.
Please reach out with any questions about Learning Fair. This is a school wide activity. Presenting the experiment to people that walk past is part of their grade. It is something that we can not easily duplicate in the classroom, so students need to make every effort to by there March 19 6:20-8pm.
Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding Learning Fair.
Thank you,
Mr. Kuntz
414-213-2228
Praise Group Leads Song Service for Chapel This Friday
Praise Group will be an 8pm Sound Check on Thursday, it should take 30-40 minutes.
Praise Group needs to be inside the gym with their instruments and microphones at 7:50, so please arrive on campus by 7:45 Friday morning.
This message is only for students in Praise Group.
Thank you and any questions please text or call Mr. Kuntz
414-213-2228
The UJA basketball season has drawn to a close. We were looking to line up one more game but with the ski trip and bugs going around the last two weeks it has been difficult to schedule practices.
Please hold on to the uniforms for another week or so until we can line up team photographs. At that point uniforms will be collected.
As tradition, the last day of school there will be a staff verses student basketball game in which all teams get to play.
Thank you so much for the support at home and away games.
Mr. Kuntz

As we prepare for the 2026-2027 school year, I want to make you aware of some changes in teacher roles and classroom configurations for next school year. Mrs. Kablanow is stepping away from teaching at the close of this school year. She is expecting her 2nd child in August and plans to stay home with her little ones. This changes some teacher assignments and a classroom configuration. Mr. Oliver will move to 3rd and 4th grade while Mrs. Nelson will have a combined classroom with grades 1-2. Mrs. Nelson will have an aide in that classroom. All other teacher assignments will remain the same. We will certainly miss Mrs. Kablanow’s dedication and commitment to loving and teaching her students, and we remain committed to providing a quality Christian education for all our students. We are honored with your trust in us as we continue to serve our community by providing a quality education for children here in the Ukiah valley.
God bless,
Rick Nelson
