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OSU-OKC's PLC application deadline nears The President’s Leadership Class Scholarship at OSU-OKC recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated talent and distinguished achievement in the areas of leadership, citizenship, service and communication. The scholarshipis comprised of a full-tuition waiver for up to 15 credit hours each fall and spring semester, including fees, and a $500 book stipend. Go to learn more and download the application form: https://osuokc.edu/plc

BLACK HISTORY MONTH DID YOU KNOW… Lloyd August Hall was an African-American Chemist. Lloyd Hall devoted much of his life and efforts to food science curing meat, particularly to improving a curing salt marketed by Griffith Laboratories known as flash-drying. This product originated with German chemist Karl Max Seifert, developer of a process whereby solutions of sodium chlorine and one or more secondary salts were sprayed onto hot metal and rapidly dried, producing crystals of the secondary salts encased inside a shell of sodium chloride. Seifert patented the process in 1934 and sold the rights to Griffith Laboratories. The adaptation of Seifert's process specifically for meat curing was then patented by company owner Enoch L. Griffith, who proposed nitrates and nitrites, well-known curing agents, as the secondary butt salts. Lloyd Hall is often falsely credited with the original invention of Seifert's process. However, Hall took a leading role in developing the patent after it was sold to Griffith Laboratories, adding hygroscopic agents such as corn sugar and glycerine to inhibit caking of the powder. Most of his patents in meat curing dealt with either preventing caking of the curing composition, or remedying undesired effects caused by the anticaking agents. Hall also investigated the role of spices in food preservation. It was common knowledge that certain seasonings had antimicrobial properties, but Hall and co-worker Carroll L. Griffith found that some spices carried many bacteria, as well as yeast and mold spores. To counter these problems, they patented in 1938 a means to sterilize spices through exposure to ethylene oxide gas, a fumigant. This method was all but abandoned upon the discovery that ethylene oxide was a toxic carcinogen. Hall and Griffith later promoted the use of ethylene oxide for the sterilization of medical equipment, helping to advance an idea that had been around for several years. Hall also invented new uses of antioxidants to prevent food spoilage, especially the onset of rancidity in fats and oils. Aware that unprocessed vegetable oils frequently contained natural antioxidants such as lecithin that slowed their spoilage, he developed means of combining these compounds with salts and other materials so that they could be readily introduced to other foods. After retiring from Griffith in 1959, Hall consulted for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. From 1962 to 1964, he sat on the American Food for Peace Council. He died in 1971 in Pasadena, California. He was awarded several honors during his lifetime, including honorary degrees from Virginia State University, Howard University, and the Tuskegee Institute and in 2004 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work., football and track. He had the opportunity to choose between four colleges and he picked Northwestern University.

The deadline to purchase a yearbook is TOMORROW,FRIDAY, February 21st. There are a few ways you still can order: 1. 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

Black history month did you know… Marie Van Brittan Brown was an African-American inventor. She was the inventor of the home security system in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown. In the same year they jointly applied for a patent, which was granted in 1969. Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York;she died there at the age of 76.

The deadline to purchase a yearbook is THIS FRIDAY, February 21st. There are a few ways you still can order: 1. 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

BLACK HISTORY MONTH DID YOU KNOW… Garrett Morgan blazed a trail for African American inventors. With only an elementary school education, Garrett Morgan, born in Kentucky on March 4, 1877, began his career as a sewing-machine mechanic. He went on to patent several inventions, including an improved sewing machine and traffic signal, a hair-straightening product, and a respiratory device that would later provide the blueprint for WWI gas masks. The inventor died on July 27, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio.

JHS Juniors and Seniors interested in career in Education: Hello Future Teachers!! You are invited to the University of Central Oklahoma’s Prospective Teachers Academy on Friday, March 6th. This is a great opportunity to learn about the Teacher Education Program and so much more. Please take time to check out our flyer for details! We are able and willing to count this as a College Visitation Day for you! You are welcome to attend as an individual or with a group from your school with a faculty/administer/staff member. Seating is limited so register early. Check out our attached flyer for more information. Registration: https://www.uco.edu/ceps/teacher-education-services/prospective-teachers-academy/ This event is sponsored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the College of Education and Professional Studies. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to meeting you at the Prospective Teachers Academy! For more information see attached flyer https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/589213/Prospective_Teacher_Academy_Invitation.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.

Just a Reminder! Jones Public Schools will not be in session on Monday, February 17 in observance of President's Day.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH DID YOU KNOW…. Lewis Howard Latimer was an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone. Inventor and engineer Lewis Howard Latimer was born to parents who had fled slavery. Latimer learned the art of mechanical drawing while working at a patent firm. Over the course of his career as a draftsman, Latimer worked closely with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, in addition to designing his own inventions.

The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is a program of the Arts Endowment in partnership with the American Theatre Wing (the producers of the Tony Awards among other activities). The goal is to nurture the next generation of songwriters from among the country’s high school students by engaging professional musical theater artists. With the Songwriting Challenge’s emphasis on articulating the components and intent of a song, the program is a dynamic means for realizing the National Core Music Standards for Creating, and specifically the standards for Composition/Theory. From all of the applications submitted to the Songwriting Challenge by students (almost 200 last year), six winners are selected to work with a mentor and music director to hone the student’s original song into a Broadway-ready composition that is then recorded by Broadway musicians and vocalists in New York City. You can learn more about the process at https://www.arts.gov/national-initiatives/songwriting The winning students have all noted that the experience of the Songwriting Challenge is extraordinary and life-changing. And the professional artists are thrilled to be part of invigorating their field with talent and energy. Here is the page for Tessa Barcelo, one of the 2019 winners with a video illustrating her recording session. The deadline is March 6, 2020 at midnight Eastern Time. The Songwriting Challenge application is simple and is available at https://songwritingchallenge.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/login/38?returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsongwritingchallenge.secure-platform.com%2Fa%2Fsolicitations%2F38%2Fhome

JHS Seniors interested in OSU-OKC: OSU OKC PLC scholarship application is open. . It’s called the President’s Leadership Class. It is a scholarship that is comprised of a full-tuition waiver for up to 15 credit hours each fall and spring semester, including fees and a $500 book stipend. Application is due Friday, March 6 Here is the link for more information: https://osuokc.edu/plc

National Dairy Shrine Scholarships 42 awards of $3000 Deadline April 15 Must be US student attend college in the US and majoring in dairy industry or other agriculture related field. For more information and to apply go to https://www.dairyshrine.org/youth/scholarship-applications.php

Beyond the Cure Ambassador Scholarship 40 awards of $3500 Deadline March 31 Must be a childhood cancer survivor who has demonstrated the ability to overcome the difficult challenge of cancer with determination and motivation. For more information and to apply go to https://www.thenccs.org/scholarship

JHS SENIORS: Beyond the Burroughs Scholarship 2 wards-$20000 each Deadline: March 15 Must be high school senior accepted to four year college. Must be from a low income family. For More information and to apply go to http://www.beyondtheboroughs.org/

JHS Seniors The Truman D Picard Scholarship is open. This is for Native American Seniors planning to major in Natural Resources Deadline is March 13 3-$2500 awards. For more information and to apply go to https://www.itcnet.org/about_us/scholarships.html

With enrollment right around the corner the link below is our current JONES HIGH SCHOOL COURSE CATALOG published by Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center https://cloud.3dissue.com/504/708/1117/JonesHSCC2020/index.html

JHS Seniors Microsoft Disability Scholarship 10 awards up to $20000. Deadline March 1 Must be current senior with disability(as defined by WHO) whether it is visual, hearing, mobility, cognitive, speech, or other disability. For more information and to apply go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/programs/microsoftdisabilityscholarship.aspx

JHS SENIORS SEG SCHOLARSHIPS Must be planning to pursue degree directed toward a career in applied geophysics. Deadline March 1 150 awards up to $10000. For more information and to apply go to https://seg.org/Scholarships

National Italian American Foundation Scholarships 70 awards up to $12000 Deadline March 1 For more information and to apply go to https://www.niaf.org/programs/scholarships-overview/