March
14, 2023
CLASS
OF 2024 FAMILIES - JUNIOR MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD NOW Planning for senior year is
underway! If your student is taking
college classes, due to the timing of FRCC registration, Ms. LeValley has begun
to meet with students to work on their senior schedules. She will schedule meetings with juniors not
taking college classes in the upcoming weeks.
In addition to talking about their schedules, she will be having general
conversations about post-secondary plans.
Parents, you are welcome to attend the meetings if you desire. Please check with your student for their
meeting time since they will be the ones to schedule it.
CLASS
OF 2024 FAMILIES - SENIOR SEMINAR INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED Senior Seminar is a graduation
requirement course that all seniors will complete during their 1st quarter of
next year. A packet of information
containing the summer career shadow assignment and other pertinent course
considerations was provided to each junior last week. Please review the information now so that you
can be proactive. Please direct any
questions you have about Senior Seminar and the information provided to Mr.
Thimsen and Ms. DeFiore.
CLASS
OF 2023 - SAVE THE DATE FOR THE MANDATORY SENIOR MEETING 4/13 All graduating seniors who want to participate in the Commencement
ceremony are required to attend the mandatory meeting with their parent or
guardian on April 13, 2023 at 6:30pm in the auditorium. At this meeting, you will receive information
about the graduation ceremony, sign and return your graduation contract, and have
the opportunity to pay outstanding fees…and receive your graduation
tickets.
MARCH
15, 16, AND 17 ARE REMOTE LEARNING DAYS During the remote learning days, parents will
continue to be notified of absences based on the student’s completion of their
attendance assignment which should be completed by noon. Additionally, students will be expected to
submit progress checks or other assignments which will be counted toward their
grade. Please check Infinite Campus for
their attendance and Canvas for their academic assignments. All teachers will be available to respond to
students via their jajags.com email addresses.
HONOR
ROLL CERTIFICATES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE If you were not able to attend the Honor Roll
ceremony, please stop by the office to pick up your student’s Honor Roll certificate. The office will be open on Wednesday and
Thursday this week during regular school hours.
Certificates will also be available next week.
MISSING
A WATER BOTTLE, A SHOE, OR TWO? Our lost and found pile has grown into a
table! Please stop by the table to find
your lost soles. We will re-home any
lost items at the end of Spring Break.
If you are looking for something to do tomorrow or Thursday, please stop
by the school to check out the lost and found.
Who knows? That missing earbud
just might be there!
DUDE,
WHERE’S MY CAR? (I hope it’s not in the MKS lot) For those who are too young to understand,
this was the name of a movie released in 2000, 23 years ago. This is how long I feel like I’ve been giving
this reminder, but I will do it again for those who may have missed it. Please do NOT use MKS as a pick up spot for
your students. There is plenty of
off-street parking and plenty of space in our parking lot. Let’s be a good neighbor, show them that we
are considerate of their private space, and use our own property. Our next step is to send our students out to
shame those who disregard the rules and post your image on the Instagram page,
@JA_Bad_Parking. :)
A IS
FOR ASSESSMENT MONTH IN APRIL During the month of April, our students will
be engaged in state assessments. Student
participation in these assessments is vital to our ability to demonstrate our
effectiveness. Not only that, but their
achievement helps to illustrate how well they are keeping pace with their
learning and their counterparts across the state and country. Please read below for the testing schedule.
For all students in Grades 7 and 8:
CMAS English/Language Arts - April 3, 4, and 6
during their English and Social Studies classes
CMAS Mathematics - April 10, 11, and 13 during
their Math or elective classes
CMAS Science - April 12 from 8:00am to 1:15pm
(Bring a sack lunch)
For all students in Grades 9, 10, and 11:
PSAT 9 for 9th Grade students - April 12 from
8:00am to 12:30pm
PSAT 10 for 10th Grade students - April 12
from 8:00am to 12:30pm
SAT for 11th grade students - April 12 from
8:00am to 12:30pm
CMAS Science for 11th grade - April 29 during
A and B block
On April
12, there is no school for 7th grade and 12th grade students.
NOT
PLANNING ON RETURNING TO JA NEXT YEAR? PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE If your student will not be
returning to JA Secondary next year, please let Mrs. Leoni at [email protected]
know your plans as soon as possible. If
your student will be staying at JA, then you do not need to do anything.
THOUGHT
OF THE WEEK: THANK YOU TO ALL HONOR ROLL
RECIPIENTS!
If you missed it, last Thursday was an awesome night. Not only because we had families conferencing
with our teachers about their students, but we also came together to honor the
Fall 2022 Honor Roll recipients. I was
absolutely blown away by the turnout. We
were able to recognize and personally congratulate over 180 students in front
of their families and friends. We even
had a small student section cheering! It
is another example of what an honor it is to serve this community that values
academic excellence and supporting the success of others. Students, thank you for your hard work and
thank you, families, for supporting them!
Have a great week, Jags!
Heather M. Grantham