Jones High School

CONGRATULATIONS to Daniel Goddard, JHS senior who made All US Regional SWACDA Honor Choir.  Daniel competed against hundreds of high school students from around the country.  He is in Little Rock, Arkansas representing JHS and participating in 5 days of rehearsals preparing for a mass concert at the end of the week!  Good luck Daniel!  You’ve made us proud!   #singingiswhatwedo

JHS Seniors: The Tim Wallace Scholarship is now open. This is a $500 scholarship. Must have actively participated in a sport while a Senior at Jones HIgh School and Must enroll in college in the upcoming Fall Semester. Application deadline is April 30. See Mr. Moses for application

JHS Students and Parents: MARK YOUR CALENDERS! JHS is hosting a college fair on March 24 from 5:30 to 7pm in the High School Commons. See Flyer for more information. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/605681/CollegeFairFlyer.pdf

JHS Seniors: The Longhorn Football Team One is announcing their annual Scholarship. Scholarship amount is $1000 and Deadline for scholarship is April 1. See Mr. Moses for Application.

Students in 9th-10th grade: This is your opportunity to sign up for Oklahoma's Promise. If parents make less than 55,000, you take the right courses, make good grades, and stay out of trouble the state of Oklahoma will pay up to four years of your tuition at in state schools. You must fill out application at http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/

Students in 9th-10th grade: This is your opportunity to sign up for Oklahoma's Promise. If parents make less than 55,000, you take the right courses, make good grades, and stay out of trouble the state of Oklahoma will pay up to four years of your tuition at in state schools. You must fill out application at http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/

Registration deadline for APRIL 4 National ACT is today February 28. If you want to register, you can register at www.actstudent.org

JHS Seniors interested in Seminole State College: Reminder that their scholarship deadline is March 1 http://www.sscok.edu/FinAidOffice/Scholarship%20Application%2020191121.pdf

Black History Month Did You Know.... The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American military pilots who fought in World War II. They were the first African American military aviators in the United States Armed forces. The Tuskegee Airmen’s first Combat Assignment was in North Africa where it received a Distinguished Unit Citation. They were then assigned to mainland Italy. In Italy they escorted Heavy Bombers on Bombing Raids into Hungary, Austria, Czechloslavakia, Poland and Germany. The quickly won the admiration of the Bomber pilots who referred to them as Red Tails because of their distinctive plane markings The Tuskegee Airmen are credited with the following accomplishments and awards: • 1578 Combat Missions • 179 Bomber Escort missions , losing bombers only on 7 missions • 112 enemy aircraft destroyed in the air • 950 rail cars, trucks and other motor vehicles destroyed • One destroyer put out of action • 40 other boats and barges destroyed • Received the Distinguished Unit Citation on 3 separate occasions • One Silver Star • 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses • 14 Bronze stars • 744 Air Medals • And 8 purple hearts

JHS Students 16 and 17 y/o students: Children's Hospital has a summer volunteer opportunity. See flyer for more information https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/600919/Summer_Volunteer_Opportunity.pdf Application open from March 2- March 27 and be found online at www.volunteeratchildren's.org

My name is Isela Ortiz, I am the Outreach coordinator for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at Oklahoma State University (OSU). We would like to invite JHS students to our annual SHPE Discovery Day that is taking place Saturday, March 7th, 2020 from 9am-3:30pm. This event is an excellent opportunity for high school students to explore the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) at OSU. SHPE Discovery Day takes places on OSU's Stillwater campus and consists of a more personal OSU tour, a faculty and student panel, organization tabling, a STEM challenge, and more. If students are interested, please have them use the link below to register: https://forms.gle/FPsoWD9w176gaKrGA *please note we have shifted the registration deadline to Wednesday, March 4th There is a $10 cost but breakfast and lunch will be provided for the student and their guests.

Black History Month Did You Know.... Clara Luper Clara Mae Luper was born in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, to Ezell and Isabell Shepard on May 3, 1923. She attended all-black schools and was bussed several miles to Grayson High School where she graduated in a class of five. After graduating from the segregated Langston University, Luper became the first African American student to enroll in the history department at the University of Oklahoma, earning a master’s degree in 1951. Luper was one of the early leaders in the civil rights movement in Oklahoma during the 1950s. She taught history in various Oklahoma City public schools for forty-one years and became the sponsor of the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council. In 1958, working with this group, she led the earliest “sit-ins” in Oklahoma and some of the first in United States. Through these protests she and other civil rights activists succeeded in integrating many public facilities in Oklahoma City and across the state by 1964. In 1957, Luper escorted her Dunjee High School students to New York City, New York to perform a play she had written, Brother President: The Story of Dr. Martin Luther King, for a national freedom rally. Inspired by non-violent activism, she and her students returned determined to end segregation in Oklahoma. They staged a sit-in at the Katz Drugstore counter in August 1958. This sit-in led to numerous other demonstrations at lunch counters, cafeterias, churches, and amusement parks, as well as marches, voter registration drives, and boycotts. She was arrested twenty-six times for her civil rights activities. The Oklahoma City Council responded with an ordinance ending racial discrimination shortly before the national 1964 Civil Rights Act. Luper participated, as well, in the civil rights marches with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Washington, D.C. and in Selma, Alabama. Luper also fought for the integration of Oklahoma City schools and organized the Oklahoma City Sanitation Strike in 1969. She was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1972, and founded the Freedom Center, Inc. In 1979, she published her memoir, Behold the Walls, and later developed the Black Voices Magazine,now called America’s Voices. Luper also hosted a radio talk show in Oklahoma City between 1960 and 1980. Luper continued to lecture on behalf of racial justice until illness forced her retirement in 2008. Clara Luper received many honors in her later years. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2007, a scholarship was established in her name at Oklahoma City University, and Oklahoma City named a street, the Clara Luper Corridor, in her honor. In 2009 she received the National Education Association’s Rosa Parks Memorial Award. Upon her death on June 8, 2011, Oklahoma officials honored her by placing her casket to lie in repose in the rotunda of the state capitol building, and flying flags at half-staff. She is survived by a son, Calvin, and two daughters, Marilyn Hildreth and Chelle Wilson. Sources: Linda W. Reese, “Clara Luper and the Oklahoma City Civil Rights Movement,” in Quintard Taylor and Shirley Ann Moore, eds., African American Women Confront the West: 1600-2000 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003); “Oklahoma Civil Rights Icon Clara Luper Dies at 88,” http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110609/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_luper.

Yearbook order deadline EXTENDED! Due to extended interest in purchasing yearbooks and confusion over online order deadlines and handouts that were sent out early in the school year, the order window for purchasing yearbooks is open again and will be so through this Friday, February 28th. You can still order the following ways: 1. (Won’t open until midnight tonight 2/26/20) Order online using this link https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1047421/Jones-High-School/2020-Yearbook/20190712043323920124/CATALOG_SHOP/?utm_content=YBK-Comp1-CTA-Button&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YBK_CMP_HS_N_LC4_EM_E1_20200210&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_term=All+Subscribers 2. Download an order form and return to your child’s school with cash or check made payable to JHS. 3. Stop by the school to purchase in person. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/584991/yearbook_order_form__1_.pdf

JHS Seniors: See attached flyer with Oklahoma City Community Foundation Scholarships with March Deadlines. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/596651/March_Scholarships__2_.pdf

JHS Students wanting to take National ACT on April 4. You need to get registered ASAP. Registration deadline for April 4 test is this Friday, February 28. Register at www.actstudent.org

JHS Freshman: Reminder that you have the new ICAP requirement for Graduation. Mr. Moses has provided your OKCollegestart login. These are the three items that must be completed this year: 1. Students will complete an online career assessment annually to explore their career interests, learn career skills and begin connecting their interests to careers. 2. Students will update their career and post-secondary goals annually as they learn about new opportunities. 3. Students will annually update their academic courses and show progress in those courses. Students will also list any career technology programs, AP or IB courses, concurrent enrollment courses or career endorsements that reflect progress toward their individual career pathways. If you need assistance, please see Mr. Moses.

Black History Month Did you know…. Valerie Thomas is an African-American scientist and inventor best known for her patented illusion transmitter and contributions to NASA research. Valerie Thomas was born in May 1943 in Maryland. Thomas's interest in math and science were not encouraged until her college years. After graduating with a degree in chemistry, Thomas accepted a position at NASA. She remained there until her retirement in 1995. During that time, Thomas received a patent for an illusion transmitter and contributed broadly to the organization's research efforts.

Congratulations to JHS Boys and Girls Basketball teams! Both are District Champs and move on to Regionals in the winners bracket! # TTHL

Jones High School Bowling team placed 5th at Regionals against 10 teams in our regional. We had one bowler gone for 5 of the first 8 games. We made match play as the 8 seed and bowled the #1 seed (best 3 out of 5 games). This team lost the first 2 games, won the 3rd and almost won the 4th game with a 180 (they lost by 5 pins). Matlyn struck out to force the other team to strike out to beat us. She is a freshman and put the pressure on the Senior from Enid, and he came through for them for the win. We are SO proud of this team and how far they have come. Accomplishments this year was a member being selected to All Conference and All Region. The Team making match play at Windsor, and Regionals, and finishing 5th overall. We have 3 girls (2 that have never bowled before) and 2 boys so we had to bowl in the boys division, which is VERY difficult and VERY competitive. We are so proud of them and I hope our community and their school is equally as proud of them!!

Congratulations to JHS and JMS choir in their outstanding performances at OSSAA District competition! Results below OSSAA District results: HS: 1st place - Superior rating (going to state): Select Choir Aryan Furra/Matt Harris - Duet Aryan Furra - Solo Marie Renfrow - Solo Mark Williams - Solo Sarah Grant - Solo Daniel Goddard - Solo Maliah Perkey - Solo Maliah Perkey/Marie Renfrow - Duet Sarah Grant/ Marie Renfrow - Duet 2nd place - Excellent rating Abigail Grant - Solo Kayleigh Patterson - Solo Lindsey Sanders - Solo Samantha Neal - Solo Abigail Grant/Kayleigh Patterson - Duet MS: 1st place - Superior rating Jazlyn Ross - Solo Mikaela Johnson - Solo Lillian Nestor - Solo Hannah Eggert - Solo 2nd place - Excellent rating Elizabeth Cavett - Solo Gabriel Perry - Solo