It is Homecoming Week at Jasper High School. The student council and Mrs. Ferguson did an outstanding job with the activities this week. The week will culminate with the King and Queen crowning at halftime of the football game tonight. Good luck to the wildcats as they battle with Mater Dei. Reagan Book was recognized as a National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist. She is one of 16,000 students nationwide being recognized with this honor. Wern Mehringer and Mrs. Amanda Schipp were selected as JHS's Student and Staff Members of the Week. The JHS JAG program spent some time today at our local nursing homes spreading cheer. Congratulations to all of our outstanding young people.

Last night was a great night for our athletic teams as Volleyball, boys and girls soccer, tennis and freshmen football all won their contests. We are hoping for a sweep tonight and on Saturday. The Marching Wildcats compete at Floyd Central after a great performance where they won Best Music, Best General Effect, Best Visual, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion, Best Drum Major, Overall Grand Champion. Saturday evening at the Calumet the JHS athletic department will be inducting the third class of honorees into the JHS Athletic Hall of Fame.

The United States National MIA/POW Recognition Day is held the third Friday of September each year. The Jasper/Dubois VFW Post 673 annually remembers those who are/were MIA’s and POWs with a county wide recognition service at the Jasper, IN VFW Post 673. The date for this year’s local

recognition service will be held on Friday, September 20th, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the post. Please take a moment to recognize these service members.

I would like to thank everyone for obeying the traffic flow patterns in the morning and after school. Please remember that no students should be picked up or dropped off in the front of the school or by the athletic doors. We have also received a request from Health Pointe and Dr. Norris, Blessinger and Woebkenberg that parents refrain from picking students up in their parking lot. It is unsafe for students to cross the north drive while students are driving down the lane. Parents picking up students at JHS should park in the southeast lot and wait for your students to meet you at your car.

Hope to see you all at the homecoming game. Have a fantastic weekend and go cats.

“Someday is not a day of the week.” — Janet Dailey

This week's Student of the Week is Ms. Wren Mehringer

This week's Staff of the Week is Mrs. Amanda Schipp

Thank you for making Jasper High School Great.

JHS Senior Reagan Book was recognized as one of 16,000 students in the nation who qualified as a National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist. As a semi-finalist Reagan will continue on in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Reagan was one of just a few hundred semi-finalist in the state of Indiana. Congratulations to Reagan for all of her hard work.

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September 21st Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner

October 8th Picture Retakes

October 9th School SAT Day (voluntary)

October 9th Tour of Opportunity (Freshmen)

October 11th End of First Quarter (Athletic Verification)

October 14-18th No School (Fall Break)

November 11th Veteran's Day Program

November 14-17th Guys and Dolls Musical

November 18th JCA Artist Presentation 9th & 10th grades

November 27-29th Thanksgiving Break (No School)

December 18th-20th Finals

September 20th, 2024

The United States National MIA/POW Recognition Day is held the third Friday of September each year. The Jasper/Dubois VFW Post 673 annually remembers those who are/were MIA’s and POWs with a county wide recognition service at the Jasper, IN VFW Post 673. The date for this year’s local

recognition service will be held on Friday, September 20 th , beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the post. POW/MIA Chairman for VFW Post 673 Mr. Ed Oser, will be focusing this years’ service on Air Force Captain Kurt Weisman, who was a 1964 graduate of Jasper High School. Captain Weisman was an Air Force Pilot who was shot down over An Loc, South Vietnam, during the Eastertide Offensive in April of 1972. We encourage all Veterans, Post Members, other Veterans Organizations, Scouting Organizations, and the County-wide Citizens/ Local Public, to attend this event/Remembrance Ceremony in Honor of all of this Countries MIA’s and POWs as a way to convey the message associated with the recognition of this event “NEVER FORGOTTEN”

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***2024 Moratorium Weeks***

June 30th – July 6th

July 28th – August 3rd

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Athletic Events – Week of: September 23rd to September 28th

Monday – September 23rd

Girls Soccer at Washington – JV 5:30PM

Volleyball HOME vs Floyd Central – Fr/JV at same time 5:30PM

JV Football HOME vs Ev Mater Dei 6:30PM

Boys Soccer at Washington – JV 7:30PM

Tuesday – September 24th

Girls Soccer HOME vs Washington – Varsity 5:30PM

Boys Tennis at Ev North 5:30PM

Volleyball HOME vs Ev Mater Dei – Fr/JV at same time 6:30PM

Unified Flag Football at Floyd Central 6:30PM

Boys Soccer HOME vs Washington – Varsity 7:30PM

Wednesday – September 25th

No Events Scheduled

Thursday – September 26th

Boys Tennis HOME vs Jeffersonville 5:30PM

Volleyball HOME vs Southridge – Freshman 1st 5:30PM

Freshman Football at Ev Central 6:30PM

Unified Flag Football HOME vs Floyd Central 6:30PM

Friday – September 27th

Boys Tennis at Center Grove 5:30PM

Varsity Football HOME vs Ev Central 7:30PM

Saturday – September 28th

Boys Tennis at Center Grove 9:00AM

Volleyball at Martinsville Classic – Varsity 9:00AM

BG Cross Country HOME Jasper Invitational 10:00AM

Boys Soccer HOME vs Castle – JV 1st 11:00AM

Girls Golf REGIONAL at Country Oaks Noon

Girls Soccer HOME vs Castle – JV 1st 2:30PM

Up coming band competition dates:

September 14 - Paoli Invitational - 8:42pm Performance Time

September 21 - Floyd Central Invitational - 7:30pm Performance Time

September 28 - Floyd Central

October 5 - Jasper

October 12 - ISSMA Regionals at Center Grove

October 18 - BOA Indianapolis Super Regional

October 19 - Whiteland

October 26 - ISSMA Semi-State at Pike

November 2 - Community Performance at Jasper

November 9 - ISSMA State Finals

October 9

Seniors- SAT Testing or Community Service or College Visit or Job Shadow.

Juniors- SAT Testing or PSAT Testing or Community Service or College Visit or Job Shadow

Sophomores- All sophomores will be taking the PSAT (will be dismissed after PSAT with parent permission)

Freshmen- Tour of Opportunity

Several students have not turned in their permission slips for Oct 9. We MUST have a signed permission slip for each Sophomore, Junior, and Senior. Please encourage your student to get this turned into the guidance office as soon as possible.

There will be a College Fair at Southridge High School on September 24 from 1-3pm. Only students who have turned in a signed permission slip will be allowed to attend.

Guidance Office Evening office hours will begin on September 9 from 5-7pm (Monday evenings only). Email your counselor if you would like to set up an appointment.

Sean Jochum: sjochum@gjcs.k12.in.us

Brian Uebelhor: buebelhor@gjcs.k12.in.us

A big thank you to the Student Council and Mrs. Julie Ferguson for all the homecoming activities. This years theme was movies. The classes participated in a hall decorating contest, movie trivia, popcorn tasting contest, and a relay race all live streamed into the student's homerooms. The kids did an amazing job and had some fun. We are looking forward to the King and Queen crowning and recognition of all our court members.

BOOK BANTER

Thank you to Ms. Schuetter’s class for helping make flowers for Frida’s hair to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month. We also celebrated Pirate Day and Constitution Day! Going along with Constitution Day, you can find a postcard with a qr code in the library to help register to vote. Mrs. Ferguson also has some postcards. Thank you to Mrs. Eckman for providing the postcards.

See the table near the center window for our newest books. If you want to see a selection in our library not currently available, see SJB to add it to our wishlist.

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/citizenship Thank you to Mrs. Luebbehusen for sharing this link to see if you can pass a citizenship test!

Soon Mrs. Keusch’s English 9 Honors famous Shakespearean Insult projects will be available for you to view in the library window!!

Java and Jargon book club meets Wednesday mornings at 7:30 a.m. in the library.

Submissions to the arts magazine, The Paws, will be accepted all during the school year this year. Bring in a hard copy to the library, or email a copy of your outstanding work to sburns@gjcs.k12.in.us.

The new collaborative poster is available at the circulation desk. There are also coloring sheets, a puzzle, word games, a checker/chess board, and loads of new bookmarks and books!

Just one more week to submit a blackout poetry page for September’s drawing. Book pages are available at the circulation desk.

Happy Reading!!

Join us this year for intramural volleyball! Games will be held on Wednesday evenings in September and October beginning at 6:00pm. You must have a team of at least 4 people to play. You can sign up outside of Mrs. Clark's room #411. Any questions, email Mrs. Clark aclark@gjcs.k12.in.us

Interact Club is a student-led service club for those who are passionate about making a difference while learning about the world and themselves. And having fun! We will do two service projects this school year for our school or community.

These are the clubs offered at JHS:

Academic Teams, BPA, Dance Marathon, Earth Club, FFA, German Club, GSA, Interact, JAG, Key Club, National Honors Society, Octagon Club, Performing Arts, Obscure Sports, Robotics, SADD, SOFA, Spanish Club, Spell Bowl, MotorSports,, Archery, Speech and Debate, Young Latinos Unidos, FCA, ED Rising, FCCLA, Take 3, Yogioh Club

Here are a few community events of interest.

On behalf of the Purdue University Women in Engineering Program, I wanted to share information with you regarding a free college campus visit opportunity. The engineering-focused event is called Exploring Engineering at Purdue and is geared toward young women in their junior and/or senior year of high school.

Students who register will enjoy a comprehensive, full-day engineering experience on Monday, October 14, 2024. An optional ‘meet and greet’ on Sunday, October 13, will be offered with extended opportunities to speak directly with engineering clubs and majors. Parents or guardians are encouraged to attend on both dates.

Please view the flyer containing more information. Registration is required, at www.purdue.edu/wiep under the “Events” tab. I’ve added a QR code with the flyer for easy access to this webpage.

We hope you will announce and share this opportunity with your school and colleagues.

Thank you in advance for encouraging your students to explore engineering during this free, day-long event. We appreciate your consideration.

Southwestern Indiana Child Advocacy Center Coalition have been made aware of an app that is becoming increasingly popular with kids and teens called Avakin Life. It is a life simulation game similar to Sims, but allows for more private interaction between characters. It is being used by predators to lure kids into being in online “relationships”. Once a connection has been established, the adult will then encourage the child to use another app, such as discord, to share nude pictures and more personal information. While both of these apps have been around for awhile, their usage is growing among kids.

Mrs. Kunz has put together a jobs board slide show with all the jobs employers have notified us exist in the community. If you are looking for a job check out these opportunities, JHS Jobs Board.

Howdy Wildcats!! Here is your 09/19 edition of Wildcat News Release via email!

School Wide News -

Guidance Information →

October 9

Seniors- SAT Testing or Community Service or College Visit or Job Shadow.

Juniors- SAT Testing or PSAT Testing or Community Service or College Visit or Job Shadow

Sophomores- All sophomores will be taking the PSAT (will be dismissed after PSAT with parent permission)

Freshmen- Tour of Opportunity

Several students have not turned in their permission slips for Oct 9. We MUST have a signed permission slip for each Sophomore, Junior, and Senior. Please encourage your student to get this turned into the guidance office as soon as possible.

There will be a College Fair at Southridge High School on September 24 from 1-3pm. Any Junior or Senior is welcome to attend. They will be responsible for their own transportation and will need to turn in a signed permission slip.

Guidance Office Evening office hours will begin on September 9 from 5-7pm (Monday evenings only). Email your counselor if you would like to set up an appointment.

Spell Bowl and Key Club →

Spell Bowl- Our next Spell Bowl meeting will be Monday, Sept. 23rd during homeroom in room 204. Please bring your permission slips.

Key Club- Don’t forget to sign-up for Key Club before the deadline! If you would still like to join, fill out the online form and bring $20 to our next meeting or to room 204 at your convenience. Make sure the $20 is in an envelope with your name. All checks should be made out to Jasper High School Key Club.

Membership Form

We are using a Google Sheet this year to sign up for and keep up with Key Club-sponsored hours. Here is the link you will need to open to sign up for volunteering events:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JEIQqjfRwEHryKzY5UKwuVMctel39B1ldNeMCUeDj5o/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Please make sure this is accurate so we can record your service hours. The site coordinators will also be taking attendance at each event.

Interact Club →

Friday, 9/20 the Interact Club will meet during homeroom in the LGI.

This will be our first club-wide meeting, so please be sure to attend! Come ready to make a change in our community and world.

Picture Proofs and Retakes →

Make sure you turn in your proofs by october 6th retakes will be held October 8th.

Follow JHS activities via the following social media outlets:

• Jasper High School Website
• GJCS APP (download through the App Store or Play Store)
• Twitter (@JasperWildcats)
• Facebook
• Instagram on jasperhighschoo1

Email: gmauck@gjcs.K12.in.us
Website: https://jhs.gjcs.k12.in.us/
Location: 1600 Saint Charles Street, Jasper, IN, USA
Phone: (812)482-6050
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JasperHighSchool.Wildcats
Twitter: @JasperWildcats