Congratulations to our JAG students traveling to Washington DC to represent the state at the annual JAG National Student Leadership Academy. The Indiana Workforce Development sent Mrs. Jamie Ruxer, Linzi VanMeter, and Sarahi Rodriguez for leadership training, visits with members of Congress, and participation in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Among the highlights for the JAG Indiana students was a meeting with local officials and Governor-elect Mike Braun, who currently serves as U.S. Senator.

Reagan Book, Jack Britton, Wesley Eckman, Connor Fair, William Fallon, Nicole Fant, Melani Martinez, Ethan Robling, Brett Sollman, and Morgan Vonderheide will be competing in Indianapolis at the We the People State competition on December 11th. Good luck to all our students in their constitutional debate competition hosted by the Indiana Bar Foundation. Mrs. Kennedy participated in several Artificial Intelligence workshops and was able to bring a team including Dr. Kwon from IU to participate in her To Kill A Mockingbird lesson. Artificial Intelligence was used to improve the depth of knowledge on several themes in the book. Ms. Mundy is hosting a Choir concert featuring Mary Beth Donahue, Katie Stone, and recent JHS alumni. The concert begins at 7 and donations will be accepted at the door to support the choir trip to Carnegie Hall later this year. The JHS Band will have their Christmas Concert on Monday at 7 in the JHS Auditorium.

Tonight is the Snowball dance hosted by the JHS Student Council. Check out the pictures of the decorations. StuCo also raised a good haul of canned food for the local food bank. Thank you to all for their generosity. We do have a few other philanthropies going on. The Interact Club is sponsoring the Toys for Tots toy drive. Please bring in or drop off a new unwrapped toy for the donation bins. JHS is also participating in the Koatz4Kidz program. If you have a winter coat to donate please bring it to the front office. The Spanish Club is hosting a Spanish Club Movie Night December 9, in Room 216 JHS (Enter door 17) at 6:30pm. Join them for palomitas (popcorn), película (movie) y pastoras (poinsettias). Check out the new Library decorations for winter. Mrs. Burns does a wonderful job making our library and inviting environment for our students.

Congratulations to Jennifer Chacon and Mrs. Anna Grant our Student and Staff of the Week award winners. Dr. Nalley will have some fun next week with our School Safety Week. The students will be helping Santa and his elves by identifying school safety procedures. Finally, The December ParentGuidance.Org Newsletter focuses on the profound impact of parental kindness and how it shapes the lives of kids and teens. In this newsletter, you’ll find insights and strategies to help you practice kindness in your parenting, creating a positive ripple effect that strengthens your child’s emotional well-being and resilience. ParentGuidance.Org is a site designed to support you in addressing any mental health challenges your child may encounter. Whether you’re looking for expert advice, helpful tools, or a supportive community, they have the resources.

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Have a great weekend and Go Cats!

This week's Staff of the Week is Mrs. Anna Grant

Thank you for making Jasper High School Great.

In the September Newsletter, ParentGuidance.Org is focusing on an important issue every parent faces: peer pressure. In this newsletter, you’ll find practical advice and strategies to help your child confidently navigate peer pressure and make healthy, positive choices.

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Don't forget to check out ParentGuidance.Org, a site designed to support you in addressing any mental health challenges your child may encounter. Whether you’re looking for expert advice, helpful tools, or a supportive community, this site has you covered.

December 6 Snowball Dance

December 9th Band Christmas Concert 7

December 18th-20th Finals

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 9th to December 14th

Monday – December 9th

Girls Freshman Basketball HOME vs Southridge 6:00PM

Boys Freshman Basketball at Ev Mater Dei 6:30PM

Tuesday – December 10th

Boys Freshman Basketball HOME vs Washington 6:00PM

BG Swimming at Castle 6:00PM

Wednesday – December 11th

No Events Scheduled

Thursday – December 12th

Girls JV/V Basketball HOME vs Vincennes Lincoln 6:00PM

Boys Freshman Basketball at Ev North 6:00PM

BG Swimming at Tell City 6:30PM

BG Wrestling at Floyd Central 6:30PM

Friday – December 13th

Boys FR/JV/V Basketball at Ev Memorial 6:30PM

**Freshman and JV at the same time**

Saturday – December 14th

Dance at Greenfield Central TBA

BG Swimming HOME – Dubois County Invite 10:00AM

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

Check out the decorations for the Snowball Dance and the new batch of class bulletin boards. Best Student Council in Indiana.

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!!

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 St. Pats Committee of Ireland, IN is conducting the St. Pat’s Celebration button design contest. Children grades 4 through adults are eligible to complete. The entry form may be found at www.stpatsirelandin.com/button. We would appreciate if you could include in your weekly/monthly newsletters and/or website now through early December. Submissions must be received by December 13th!

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.

Canned Food Drive →

It is that time of year again for our Food Drive for our local Food Bank. We will again have a competition between homerooms. The last 3 years your generosity to this drive has been amazing. Our food drive will run until Dec 6. I am attaching what is needed most and how the points will work. You can donate money again for your homeroom and student council can buy cans and donate the funds directly to the

food bank. If every student and staff member just brought in 1 item we would donate over 1100 items. If you have any questions please see Mrs. Ferguson or any student council member.

Snowball Information →

The student council will host the Snowball Dance on Friday, Dec 6. The dance will be held in the cafeteria from 7:30 to 10:00. All JHS students are welcome and students may bring a date from another school. Non-JHS students must be at least high school age and not older than 20. Attire for the dance is semi-formal, which means NO JEANS. If you have any questions please email Mrs. Ferguson or any student council member.\

Toys for Tots Information →

Toys for Tots is an organization put on by the Marine Corps as a way to give kids from the age of 0-14 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.

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

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