Jones High School

JHS Seniors: Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship 20 Awards up to $5000 each Deadline Feb 24 See link for more information and to apply https://www.iamcybersafe.org/s/undergraduate-scholarships

BLACK HISTORY MONT H DID YOU KNOW… Patricia Bath was the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment in 1986.

JHS SENIORS that are entering field of study directly related to financial/resource management(business administration, economics, accounting, or finance): The ASMC Sequoyah Chapter Scholarship application is now available. Scholarship award can be $500 to $3000. Application deadline is March 1. See Mr. Moses for Application

There will be no JV Girls game tonight vs. Luther. JV boys will begin at 5.. Varsity girls will play 6:30 and Varsity Boys at 8:00

JHS STUDENTS AND PARENTS: The Bad Weather days that had to be used last week will be made up March 27 and April 3. School will be in session March 27 and April 3

It's time for your students to schedule their New Sooner Orientation Day! Incoming freshmen for fall 2020 can now schedule their New Sooner Orientation Day. New Sooner Orientation Days are full day programs for students to be advised, enroll in their first semester courses, and learn about OU resources that will help them through their time at OU. Parents or guardians are also invited to attend, and we will have parent- and family-focused sessions throughout the day. Students must complete each item below prior to scheduling an Orientation Day: • Set up OU account and email at account.ou.edu • Submit the enrollment commitment • Take the New Sooner Survey • Complete mandatory online training New Sooner Orientation happens regularly throughout the summer (May through July). The deadline to schedule a New Sooner Orientation Day is June 15, 2020. If you or your students have any questions, please contact your OU admissions counselor, Dorion Billups, at dorion@ou.edu. For more information on New Sooner Orientation see link http://www.ou.edu/univcoll/newsooner Boomer Sooner!

The deadline to purchase a yearbook is 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 at link below 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

Students looking for ACT Prep: Mr. Weaver at OCS will be offering his ACT prep for the April ACT. Cost is $100. For more information see attached flyer https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/584528/MARAPRILACT_Prep_Class_Flyer.docx

Jones High School FFA and 4H will be hosting their annual Local Livestock show on Saturday, February 15 beginning at 12:30 pm in the Don Ramsey Agricultural Facility.

Mark your calendars!! Jones High School will host Holdenville in Basketball District Playoffs on Saturday, February 22. Girls will play at 6:30 pm and Boys will play at 8:00 pm. Jones will also be hosting Basketball Regionals Thursday, February 27 through February 29.

Friday, February 14th we will be celebrating our basketball seniors. Please join us at 6:00 p.m. in the Steven Chase Center as we honor our seniors.

Basketball playoffs begin Friday, February 21st and will be held here at Jones High School. Playoff t-shirts are on sale now. All order forms must be turned in by February 14th. See link for order form https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/584312/Family_Tshirt_order_voucher.docx

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. Sophomores this is the last year that you can apply for Oklahoma's Promise. Apply even if you are not sure if you will use it. Better to have and not use than to need and not have! You must fill out application at http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/

JHS Students: The Next National ACT is April 4. The Registration deadline is February 28. IF you are a sophomore or junior that is wanting to do Concurrent enrollment in college Classes your junior or senior year, you need to take this ACT so scores are back in time to determine concurrent enrollment eligibility. Register at actstudent.org

BLACK HISTORY MONTH DID YOU KNOW Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher A valedictorian who went on to graduate from the segregated Langston University, which had no law program, her lifelong ambition was to become a lawyer. She forced the University of Oklahoma Law School to admit black students by legally challenging state statutes that prohibited whites and blacks from attending classes together. She stuck to her guns when the Oklahoma Legislature tried to create a separate school for her to attend, and she started at OU in 1949. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2017.

JHS Seniors who are lower your income or lower net worth farm families: The Farm Service Agency and the Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation Corporation is announcing its annual scholarship. Deadline is April 8. Awards are tiered meaning the lower the income and financial position the higher the amount awarded. See Mr. Moses for more information and application

BLACK HISTORY MONTH DID YOU KNOW… J.C. Watts Born in Eufaula, Watts went on to play as starting quarterback for the University of Oklahoma in 1979. He became a Baptist minister and was elected in 1990 to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as the first African-American in Oklahoma to win statewide office. The state’s first and only black congressman, Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH DID YOU KNOW…. Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author who lived a miserable life as a slave, serving several masters throughout New York before escaping to freedom in 1826. After gaining her freedom, Truth became a Christian and, at what she believed was God’s urging, preached about abolitionism and equal rights for all, highlighted in her stirring “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, delivered at a women’s convention in Ohio in 1851. She continued her crusade for the rest of her life, earning an audience with President Abraham Lincoln and becoming one of the world’s best-known human rights crusaders.

Jones Public Schools will be closed Wednesday, February 5th due to weather.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education assists in the administration of the Frances Koop Parsons/AT&T Pioneers Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship program was established through the AT&T Pioneers to assist Oklahoma students in obtaining their education goals. The recipients of this scholarship will receive a $1,000 cash award to be used at an eligible Oklahoma career technology center, two-year college, or four-year university. This scholarship is open to first-time freshmen with at least a 3.0 high school GPA whose family income does not exceed $75,000. The completed application must be postmarked on or before March 27, 2020. See Mr. Moses for application.