Jag News

Good afternoon Jags!

This is week 6 of school and we have started our first week of Phase 2 with more students returning to campus! For the rest of our Jags, we are hoping to see more of you soon. All of this depends on everyone doing their part to stay safe and well during this time. We emailed a survey regarding Phase 3 & 4 this afternoon.

At the end of this week, there is an eligibility report for all students involved in an extra-curricular group/activity/event. All work for this first eligibility check must be turned in by midnight this Friday, 9/25.

Progress reports for the second three weeks will be viewable on the Student/Family Access portals next Wednesday, 9/30. Please continue to work hard and keep up with your work and attendance. When you have a question, please reach out to your teacher first as they can help you directly.

Sincerely,

Gary Comalander - Principal

Social Media connection to CTJ! Most of the Johnson groups have their own Twitter handles but CTJ as a campus has a Twitter and Facebook account where you can stay connected with all the wonderful things happening at Johnson high school!

Twitter: @CTJohnsonHigh

Facebook: Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School North East ISD @JohnsonNEISD

Johnson Counseling Social Media info

Here is a great place to go where we will be advertising lots of scholarship information. Our Twitter account is: @CTJcounseling

We would like to congratulate our September Teachers of the Month, Mrs. Kim Moon and Mr. Ed Heim! Mrs. Moon is in our Math dept and has worked many hours to improve our online content for Algebra I. Mr. Heim, new to Johnson HS, has hit the ground running helping out in Special Education and Math classrooms. Thank you both!

We have started Phase 2 as of today. During Phase 2, students will be in a single classroom, no more than 10 students per room, with 1 teacher. The following are requirements for each student.

1. You must bring your own device to work virtually in a synchronous time with each of your classes.
2. You must bring the power cord to keep your device charged.
3. Student must have earbuds or headphones to listen to their classes.
4. While sitting in the classroom, students will be expected to wear their mask except while eating in a socially distance atmosphere in the cafeteria or courtyard.
5. Students will go to the cafeteria for their lunchtime. Students may bring their own lunch or buy their lunch in the cafeteria from a limited menu. Seating will be socially distanced.
6. Students will be in one specific classroom all day on M-W-F and another specific classroom all day on Tu-Th. It is based on having the same lunchtime as their teacher.
7. Students will be allowed to go to PE and some Elective classes during that class period they have it.

Please understand that changes can be made as deemed necessary.

After five weeks, the number one battle is with missing work and attendance when a student is not working in the live online classroom. The majority of failing grades are due to a student being 'absent' during the live session and either not logging in through Launchpad to get attendance credit before midnight.

Attendance: please help remind your son/daughter that they must login through Launchpad (especially during asynchronous time) and do the attendance check before midnight each day to gain attendance credit for each class. Going straight to the Zoom link because it is faster will cause attendance issues.

Grades: missing work is increasing each week. Please encourage your son/daughter to get work turned in on time.

We know this is a tough time as kids are often on their own to get up and be online live with the teacher. Please encourage and check with your son/daughter that they are online live as much as possible. Skyward Family Access portal is a great place to check on their progress.

We have finished 5 weeks of the first 9 week grading period. With 4 weeks to go, now is the time to catch up and keep up with work.

We appreciate everything you are doing in these tough times and tough learning situations. Please don't hesitate to contact your child's teacher, counselor, or administrator when needing help or when you have questions.

Please look for the Phase 3, Phase 4, or Virtual survey emailed to all parents this afternoon.

Thank you!

Please open the flyer if interested in joining the CTJ UIL Academic team! Join with the Remind and Insta links to get more information.

If your child has not already registered to take the SAT during the school day on Oct. 14th (for Seniors only), please have them fill out this link: https://forms.gle/d6s4EneACnXkB4KBA

The deadline to register for Seniors is Sept 30.

The date of the ASVAB test has changed-we will now be testing students on Nov. 17th. Please fill out the following survey if you would like your child to take the ASVAB on November 17th.

https://forms.gle/ZUffAXCUWJLuQpiR7

If you have questions, please contact Ms. Tenley Barrow, our CCMR specialist in the counseling dept. tbarro@neisd.net

Junior parents, please fill out the attached reservation form if you would like your child to take the free PSAT exam on October 29th on campus. This exam is only open to Juniors at this time-please only fill out the form if you are an interested Junior parent.

https://forms.gle/yhkWAj3jMRJaNYZo7

The attachment is a copy of the email sent to parents and students regarding attendance and grading.

Our season opener was a huge success!

Varsity girls kicked us off Saturday morning. Freshman, Riley Surratt, led the team placing 7th overall with a 21:02. Anissa Mata was second on our team running a 21:49 and Erin Daniel came in third on our team placing 16th. Varsity girls ended up placing third overall; each team member played an important role to help lead our team to second place.

The Varsity boys’ race was a FAST one. Some of the best teams in San Antonio competed in this race! Our varsity boys ended up taking first overall. Senior Taj Lee led our team placing 2nd overall running a 16:08. Sophomore Tate Underwood placed fourth overall running a 16:32. After this weekend Tate became the number one sophomore in Texas! Max Palacios placed sixth overall running at 16:46. Each member played a key role to help lead our team to victory!

Leading our JV girls’ team was Ingrid Paredes placing 12th overall. Aubrey Warmke placed 17th overall and Lexie Lucero placed 18th. JV girls took 3rd place overall. Leading our JV boys was freshman, Walker Bryson, coming in fourth place. Grant Packard placed 13th, and Mason Benedict placed 17th overall. JV boys placed second overall. I am so proud of the JV teams!

We each learned a lot from this race, including myself. I am proud of each and every athlete that ran this weekend. We have a lot to work on moving forward, but I know we won’t back away from this challenge!

Good luck to our cross country teams this week as they run in the Schertz Meet at Lehnhoff Stadium on Saturday morning! Good luck Jags!

Congrats to the Jaguar Boys 1 team that got off to a good start in the Fall Match Play season with a 6-0 victory over LEE this past week. The Jag Boys 2 team and both of the girls teams are in action this week. Go Jags!

Good luck to the CTJ Team Tennis! They will be playing Brandeis HS at the Northside Tennis Center on Wednesday starting at 4:30 PM and playing Roosevelt on Saturday, 8 AM at the Blossom Tennis Center. Go Jags!

Good luck to our volleyball teams as they play Clark and Brandeis this week! Varsity will play Clark on Tuesday at Littleton Gym at 7 PM. The Varsity will play Brandeis on Friday at 5:30 PM in the Northside Gym on 1604. Go Lady Jags!

The Jaguars will have a scrimmage against Stevens HS this Friday, 9/25. The Varsity football team scrimmage will start at 7 PM at Farris Stadium on 1604. Go Jags!

Johnson Jaguar Football has officially kicked off. Show some school spirit with Johnson Spirit Club by coming out to Chipotle THIS Saturday, Sep 26th between 4-8 PM. Dinner plans....DONE! Bring this flyer, show it on your smartphone, OR let cashier know you're there for Johnson Spirit Club. BUT WAIT....you can also order online and use code TDFN46X before checkout in the "promo" field through the Chipotle app or Chipotle.com

Thank you Jags,

Johnson Jaguar Spirit Club

Time is running out – get counted now! Only 62 percent of San Antonio households have responded to the 2020 Census. The deadline to complete the census is Sep. 30, 2020. If you have not already responded, please visit www.my2020Census.gov to complete the Census questionnaire online or call (844) 330-2020 – English / (844) 468-2020 -- Spanish to speak with a live Census employee who can help you complete the questionnaire by phone. There are only nine questions, and responding is easy, safe and secure. As you know, the Census impacts school funding, transportation, federal representation, and many other areas of our local, state and federal governments.

Buy Online: johnson-hs-orchestra-assoc.square.site

The JHS Orchestra thanks you!

Jag community, here is an updated football schedule based on our returning to school after Labor Day.

Please enjoy the September 2020 issue of the Johnson PTSA Newsletter, the JagWire, As always, we appreciate the support received by all parents, teachers, and staff at Johnson HS. We couldn’t do what we do without you!

http://bit.ly/JagwireSept2020

Johnson PTSA

www.johnsonptsa.com

Please go to the Johnson calendar to see all activities. Soon we are hoping that there will be many games, concerts, and events happening every week. There is always valuable information on our calendar for events and deadlines. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=isa.neisd.net_1b1jb7tbikidnid7amtotnjk0o%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FChicago

Let’s have a great week and Go Jaguars!

Sincerely,

Gary Comalander