Well Thanksgiving snuck up on us pretty quickly. With only two days of school next week this will be the last newsletter for November. We will have 15 days of school left in the semester so please check your student's grades. Congratulations to Joseph Menjivar and Mr. Jarrod Land on their selection as JHS Student and Staff of the Week. Mr. Land was also recognized as the GJCS Staff Member of the Month. Congratulations to both individuals. Four JHS students cleaned up at the annual STEM challenge at VUJ on Wednesday; placing 3rd in 1 challenge, 2nd in 2, and winning 1- putting them As 1st place overall winners! They brought home 640 dollars in cash! Winners inlcuded Jon Green, Cale Beultel, Samuel Kelly, & Luke Dahmer. I have included the Semester 1 Finals Schedule so parents and students will know which tests will be given on which days. Students are expected to be at school for all scheduled finals and review sessions. Check those backpacks for school pictures. All of the pictures have been handed out to students so if you do not have your order check with your student. Mrs. Jochum is making a request of all our hunters for deer hearts. If you will not be processing or consuming your heart consider donating it to our science department. The JHS Choir is hosting a fundraising opportunity on December 7th in the JHS auditorium. Mary Beth Donahoe and a host of local talent will be performing for free will donations to fund the choir's trip to NYC and Carnegie Hall. Our Ed Professions club is hosting another Kid's Night Out. Information is included below. The Ireland Saint Patrick's committee provided info on the button art contest.

The best Student Council in the state was hard at work this week. We are in the middle of their canned food drive with just a few days left for donations. The new bulletin boards are ready for voting. We have photos of all the new members for each grade. Today StuCo treated the student body to Thanksgiving lunch. The cafeteria staff provided turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and roll while StuCo members served drinks and deserts and decorated the cafeteria. Thank you to all these students for a great afternoon. Finally Student Council will also host the Snowball Dance on December 6th. Information is included below.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and are able to spend time with family. Have a great weekend and Go Cats!

This week's Staff of the Week is Mr. Jarred Land

Thank you for making Jasper High School Great.

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November 27-29th Thanksgiving Break (No School)

December 6 Snowball Dance

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.

These students cleaned up at the annual STEM challenge at VUJ on Wednesday; placing 3rd in 1 challenge, 2nd in 2, and winning 1- putting them As 1st place overall winners!! Brought home $640cash!!!!

Jon Green, Cale Beultel, Samuel Kelly, & Luke Dahmer

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Athletic Events – Week of: November 25th to November 30th

Monday – November 25th

Girls Freshman Basketball at Gibson Southern 6:00PM

Tuesday – November 26th

Girls Wrestling at Southridge 6:00PM

Boys Freshman Basketball HOME vs Boonville – Aux Gym 6:30PM

Boys JV/Varsity Baseball HOME vs Boonville – Main Gym 6:30PM

Wednesday – November 27th

Boys Wrestling at Edgewood 9:00AM

Thursday – November 28th

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Friday – November 29th

No Events Scheduled

Saturday – November 30th

Boys & Girls Wrestling at Scott County 9:30AM

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

Thank you to all parents who attended the FAFSA/Financial Aid meeting. For those who were not able to attend the presentation can be found on the JHS Student Services website.

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 will 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

Sunday was service day for student council. Thank you to all the kids for their help. JHS StuCo is participating in the Dubois County School Canned Food Drive. Meet your StuCo Officers.

Thank you to all who, along with Student Council and Java and Jargon Book Club, helped to fill shoeboxes for kids around the world. Your time and generosity is greatly appreciated: there will be ten very happy children come Christmas!!

Miss Bernadine welcomed the Little Wildcats to the library on Wednesday, reading “We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt” by Steve Metzger.

Design a bookmark for the November drawing. Available at the circulation desk. Also available is November’s This or That slips.

Next week will begin our book sale. Hardback books are $1.00 and paperback books are $.50.

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.

There is a new collaborative coloring puzzle as well as a new jigsaw puzzle on the table!

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!

School Wide News -

Yearbook →

Use the link below to order your yearbook!

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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: JHSfall24)

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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. All non-JHS students must have a guest verification on file by DECEMBER 2 and pay $7.00. Forms can be picked up outside the attendance office window or in an email from Mrs. Ferguson. There is NO EXCEPTION to this policy or the due date. 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.

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