Next week is finals week and the students and staff are gearing up for the final week of the semester. We had some big winners this week. Isabella Harmon was awarded the Lilly Endowment Scholarship for Dubois County. Isabella earned a fully paid tuition at the Indiana college of her choice. She was selected from over 150 students throughout the county. Lylianah Cowan was awarded the Susanna Ave Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a student, nominated by a staff member, who exhibits tremendous, determination, grit, positivity and leadership. Congratulations to both young ladies on their hard work. Mr. Land's We The People class competed in their state competition and Unit 1 earned first place while the whole team finished 6th which is our best showing ever. Nice work by our class and Mr. Land. Evan Wilson and Mr. Dan Otto were selected as the JHS Student and Staff of the Week. Joseph Ruiz has been selected as the Optimist Student of the Month. Great job Joseph. The Jobs for Americas Graduates (JAG) collected 98 gifts to be donated to the Mentors for Youth program. Our Educators Rising club is warping Christmas gifts as a fundraiser if you have the need. Head over to Precious Blood Church on Saturday from 9-1 and donate a winter coat to Koatz4Kidz event.

Dr. Nalley celebrated school safety week with a Christmas theme. We watched Twister and had popcorn during homeroom for Severe Weather Day. There was an Earthquake scavenger hunt for candy canes placed in safety areas of the school. Fire Safety day had a homeroom safety quiz competition with breakfast going to the winning homeroom. Finally, Dr. Nalley had gift cards to raffle off during lunch to students who listed their favorite holiday activities or acts of kindness. The kids had fun with the dress up days and the activities. The Sister Cities Program is looking for hosts for an exchange student. Niklas is an 11th grade boy who will turn 17 shortly after his arrival. He lives near Jasper's sister city of Pfaffenweiler. Please contact Mr. Otto (dotto@gjcs.k12.in.us) if you are interested in hosting Niklas from January to May."

Next week will be finals week with altered schedules starting Wednesday. All students are expected to take their finals during the assigned testing days and times. Vocational students will attend school for tests, review sessions and any period for which they would normally be in the building. Those students do not have to attend class during periods where they would not have been in the building. Please communicate your schedules with employers and internships. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid site is now open for Students and Parents to complete their applications for next year. Any student considering attending college should complete the FAFSA to be eligible for financial assistance. I would encourage all families to fill out a application regardless of need as many colleges require FAFSA completion for all types of assistance.

Our community has asked that I share some information with our school stakeholders. Parents Supporting Education is pleased to present a Writing and Coloring Contest Event celebrating MLK Day and Black History Month. The event is focused on encouraging arts and literature throughout the Dubois County community as we celebrate MLK Day and move into the month of February to celebrate Black History Month. There will be two contests for students throughout the Dubois County community in grades K-12th grade to participate in. Please see the attached Media Release for more information. The event flyer, coloring sheet and submission form are attached as well. Crisis Connect and the Jasper Rotary Club have secured Officer Gomez to speak at JHS on Social media at 9:30 am on January 27th. There will be a public performance that evening. Officer Gomez will discuss the dangers of talking with strangers online, issues with sending nude photos (Sextortion), online scams & what to do if you are caught in an online scam and bullying. Crane is offering a STEM Internship to local students. There is more information below. I have also included The Miss Shamrock Pageant information and registration forms. Take some time to help celebrate Ireland's Irish heritage. JHS is very thankful for all of our community partners and the support we receive.

Have a great weekend and Go Cats!

":Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." —Vincent van Gogh

This week's Student of the Week is Mr. Evan Wilson

This week's Staff of the Week is Mr. Dan Otto

Thank you for making Jasper High School Great.

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December 18th-20th Finals

January 6th- School Resumes

January 27th David Gomez Presentation

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid site is now open for Students and Parents to complete their applications for next year. Any student considering attending college should complete the FAFSA to be eligible for financial assistance. I would encourage all families to fill out a application regardless of need as many colleges require FAFSA completion for all types of assistance. Many schools require submission for competitive non-need based scholarships or grants. The application is much easier than in the past. Click on the link for more information and to complete your application.

FAFSA

Final Exam Schedule – Semester 1

2024-2025 School Year

Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024

Period 1 8:00 – 8:30

Period 2 8:35 – 9:05

Period 3 9:10 – 9:40

Period 5 9:45 – 10:10

Period 1 FINAL 10:15 – 11:50

Lunch (HR) A Lunch 11:50 – 12:30 (ALL 9th HRs and 11th HRs)

B Lunch 12:35 – 1:20 (All 10th HRs and 12th HRs)

Period 5 FINAL 1:30 – 3:00

Thursday Dec. 19, 2024

Period 2 FINAL 8:00 – 9:30

Period 3 FINAL 9:40 – 11:10

Period 6 11:15 – 11:50

Lunch (HR) A Lunch 11:50 – 12:30 (ALL 9th HRs and 11th HRs)

B Lunch 12:35 – 1:20 (All 10th HRs and 12th HRs)

Period 6 FINAL 1:30 – 3:00

Friday, Dec. 20, 2024

Period 4 8:00 – 8:45

Period 7 8:50 – 9:35

Period 4 FINAL 9:45 – 11:15

Homeroom 11:20 – 11:50

Lunch (HR) A Lunch 11:50 – 12:30 (ALL 9th HRs and 11th HRs)

B Lunch 12:35 – 1:20 (All 10th HRs and 12th HRs)

Period 7 FINAL 1:30 – 3:00

ICE/CTE Students: if your CTE class is meeting during a final you need to attend the CTE class and make arrangements with your JHS teacher for a time to make up the final. As a rule, if you are not at JHS during a normal school day schedule you do not need to attend that period during the finals schedule. If you are at JHS during the normal school day for a period you must attend all classes and review sessions for which you are scheduled. This would not include homerooms or lunch preceding a final where you are not normally scheduled to attend school.

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***20245Moratorium Weeks***

June 30th – July 6th

July 28th – August 3rd

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Athletic Events – Week of: December 16th to December 21st

Monday – December 16th

No Events Scheduled

Tuesday – December 17th

Boys Freshman Basketball HOME vs Paoli 6:00PM

Girls JV/Varsity Basketball at Washington 6:00PM

BG Swimming HOME vs Corydon Central 6:00PM

Wednesday – December 18th

Boys Wrestling HOME vs Tell City 6:30PM

Thursday – December 19th

Girls JV/V Basketball HOME vs NE Dubois 6:00PM

Friday – December 20th

Boys Wrestling at Ev Harrison 10Way Invite 6:00PM

Girls Varsity Basketball HOME vs Southridge 6:30PM

Boys Varsity Basketball HOME vs Southridge 8:00PM

Saturday – December 21st

BG Swimming HOME – Wildcat Invite 9:00AM

Boys Wrestling at Ev Harrison 10Way Invite 9:00AM

Boys JV Basketball HOME vs Southridge Noon

Girls JV Basketball HOME vs Southridge 1:30PM

Boys JV/Varsity Basketball HOME vs Corydon Central 6:00PM

Several scholarships have been emailed to seniors. It is important that seniors check their email daily for new scholarships.

College Goal Sunday will be held at Vincennes University Jasper Campus on February 23, 2025 at 2pm. This is an excellent opportunity for families to get help completing the FAFSA.

https://www.vinu.edu/financial-services/welcome.html

Academic Counselors will be meeting with seniors immediately after Christmas break to distribute the local scholarship packet. All of this information will be available on January 6, 2025, and will be posted on the JHS Student Services website.

For your planning purposes. All Juniors will be taking an SAT test during the school day on March 5th. This is a state requirement.

There will be a class change period 1 week before and 1 week after the semester break. All class changes require a class change request form with a parent/guardian signature. The class change request form can be found on the JHS Student Services website.

Credit Recovery- Any student who fails a core class(math, English, science, or social studies) can make this class up with an online credit recovery course. There is a $50 fee for these courses. See your academic counselor for more information.

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

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

The JHS Student Council loaded up a van with hundreds of pounds of canned food for our local food banks. Thank you to everyone for their generosity.

The last of the new books are out and available on the window table in the library. Included in these selections is Beckett Dodd’s first novel, “The Fight for Five Million”. Beckett is the son of our own Mr. Dodd. Visit the library to check it out -- would be a great read over break!!

Teacher favorites and some student favorites are displayed and available for checkout. If you would like to add your favorite to the display, just come to the circulation desk.

Miss Lilly welcomed the Little Wildcats to the library on Wednesday, reading “It’s Christmas, David” by David Shannon.

Bernadine Dure won the drawing for the design a bookmark event in November. Drawings will resume in January.

Finally, thank you to Mr. Otto’s German classes for providing displays of lanterns and posters celebrating St. Martin’s Day.

happy reading!!

The first Archery shooting session will be on Monday evening, November 18, in the Jasper High School Auxiliary Gym at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. This is for middle and high school students. Please feel free to attend whether you have done Archery here before or not, or whether you are an experienced archer or not. Enter the gym through door six. You do not have to stay the entire session. Please contact Mr. Polen (rpolen@gjcs.k12.in.us) with any questions.

HOSA

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.

The Miss Shamrock Pageant and the St. Patrick’s Celebration, here in Ireland are busy getting a head start on the 2025 March events. We will be holding the 2025 pageant a littler earlier next year, so we are starting to advertise sooner. Could you please share in your announcements, enewsletter and/or website for the months of Decemeber and January. I will reach out to you in Janurary with a few other fliers. I have attached a pdf form for you to use in your enewsletter/website, and the registration form. Please email me back, so I know this email went through.

The Miss/Teen/Little Miss/Mister Shamrock pageant is a great chance for them to work on there public speaking skills, confidence and earn scholarship money.

Thank you so much, we appreciate your support!

Lauri Olson
St. Patrick’s Celebration- Miss Shamrock Director

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 12/12 edition of Wildcat News Release via email!

School Wide News -

Guidance Information →

Several scholarships have been emailed to seniors. It is important that seniors check their email daily for new scholarships.

College Goal Sunday will be held at Vincennes University Jasper Campus on February 23, 2025 at 2pm. This is an excellent opportunity for families to get help completing the FAFSA.

https://www.vinu.edu/financial-services/welcome.html

Academic Counselors will be meeting with seniors immediately after Christmas break to distribute the local scholarship packet. All of this information will be available on January 6, 2025, and will be posted on the JHS Student Services website.

For your planning purposes. All Juniors will be taking an SAT test during the school day on March 5th. This is a state requirement.

There will be a class change period 1 week before and 1 week after the semester break. All class changes require a class change request form with a parent/guardian signature. The class change request form can be found on the JHS Student Services website.

Credit Recovery- Any student who fails a core class(math, English, science, or social studies) can make this class up with an online credit recovery course. There is a $50 fee for these courses. See your academic counselor for more information.

Toys for Tots Information →

Toys for Tots is an organization put on by the Marine Corps as a way to give kids a gift for Christmas. Interact Club asks that you bring in any toys that are new and properly packaged for kids from the ages 0-14. We also ask that you take the toys you bring in to your homeroom and you keep them there till we pick them up. Every Friday club members will come to pick up the toys and tally up point for each homeroom. The homeroom with the most points will receive donuts or lollipops.

Stuco Information →

JHS Student Council is sponsoring Dress Up Days for Finals Week. We will count Spirit Points this week!!

Optimist of the Month →

November Optimist Youth of the Month - Joseph Menjivar Ruiz

Yearbook →

Use the link below to order your yearbook!

https://yb360.walsworthyearbooks.com/login/webBannerRedirect.html?snap=&schoolstore=jasper_high_school_325638/wkAlZq2yY2wc0zpofG1oC3c0

If you have any photos that you would like to see in the yearbook send them in to yearbook snap! (password: JHSwildcats)

https://yb360.walsworthyearbooks.com/login/webBannerRedirect.html?snap=8w6w8u65v06CZC8HcZ6inVZ6&schoolstore=

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• Jasper High School Website
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Phone: (812)482-6050
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