Welcome to the Snyder Junior High Website. My name is John Rush and I am the Principal of SJH. I began my career in education shortly after graduating from Angelo State University in 1993. During that time, I coached and taught math for the first twenty-one years of my career at Killeen Ellison, Highland Park, Richardson Westwood, Wylie, Dallas Molina, Paris, Union Hill, Fruitvale, Daingerfield, and Big Sandy Harmony. After graduating in 2010 from the University of Texas at Tyler I began my administrative career as an assistant principal in Marshall, Texas and in 2016 moved to Snyder as the SJH Associate Principal. In 2018 I served SISD as the RtI Behavior Coordinator before transferring to my current position in 2021 of SJH Principal.

This year our theme is "BE TIGERS!''. A TIGER emulates many traits that we wish to instill in our students such as - they do the WORK, they take on big challenges to achieve greatness, they put the needs of others first, and Tigers don’t give up.

The vision of Snyder Junior High is as follows: a place committed to getting better everyday and empowering staff to develop the next generation of leaders. 

Therefore, by working together we can build a community that is dedicated to developing students into well-rounded, self-confident, lifelong learners.

I am honored to serve the students, staff, and families of Snyder Junior as we build strong futures for our students.

BE the EXCEPTION - BE TIGERS!

K.J. Rush