Jones High School

JHS Seniors: Jones High School is a member of the Central Oklahoma Guidance Counselor Network through the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. This makes JHS Seniors eligible for many of their Scholarships and a JHS Senior is guaranteed to receive a CFS Scholar scholarship from OCCF. This is a $3000 scholarship. The OCCF Scholarship Portal opens up tomorrow, Oct 1. Get on and create your account and apply for all their scholarships that you are eligible. The process can be confusing. You will create your account, complete general application and then complete supplemental application for every scholarship with them that you want to apply. If you have questions, see Mr. Moses

JHS Seniors the FAFSA opens up Saturday OCT 1. If you are planning to go to college or a career tech center upon graduation you need to complete FAFSA. If you need assistance we have a college Professional scheduled to be in college prep on OCT 10 to help with FAFSA. If you would like to attend this session, please sign up in the counselor office. If you do not need assistance get on complete and submit FAFSA as soon as it opens. https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

JHS Students wanting to take OCT 22 ACT. Registration deadline is tomorrow September 30. Register at: https://www.act.org/content/act/en/register-for-the-act.html?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketo&utm_campaign=pi11-pi12-fall-national-reg-email-k12-b2c&utm_content=dc_1720-internal-organic-092922-mr025769-button&mkt_tok=MDM1LUVaUi05NTkAAAGHKKFdMsHKvzgFwdUT8-dEQLqdx4t6oSNalo3efGiO6PPXXCXxs8b1-HFUH72rOOlDJCAyL8Qsr9jg8hBUhQDPjF1Yg74saoT2lLWHK0LMgNBaQ9M

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FAFSA PRESENTATION: We will have a College Professional in College Prep on Monday Oct. 10 to go over how to complete FAFSA and how to create your pin to sign FAFSA. Any senior not in college Prep that would like to attend can sign up with MR. Moses in the counseling office. If you want to attend, sign up as soon as possible so we can determine if we need to move the presentation to a larger location.

JHS Seniors planning to go to college in Fall of 2023: Please make sure you are completing and submitting your applications for admissions. Many schools have priority scholarship deadlines in November and December. You can send your transcript via parchment by creating your learner account at https://www.parchment.com/u/registration/20100/account or you can request MR. Moses to send your transcript. Both ways are classified as official transcripts. Please keep Mr. Moses informed on acceptance and scholarships awarded.

IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY DIFFICULTY LIES OPPORTUNITY-ALBERT EINSTIEN

JHS Students looking for ACT PREP: Please see attached flyer https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/241/Jones_High_School/2432686/OCTOBER_ACT.docx

JHS Sophomores and Especially Juniors: See flyer for PSAT workshop. It can help raise your scores. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/241/Jones_High_School/2432685/2022_PSAT_FLYER.docx

JHS Juniors: See attached flyer about Leadership Oklahoma. This is a great leadership opportunity.

I truly feel this is the mindset of the majority of our student body. One of the reasons it is so great to be a Longhorn #ITSAGREATDAYTOBEALONGHORN #LEADERSHIPINITIATIVE #LIVETOSERVE

JHS Seniors: Remember the FAFSA Application for seniors entering college Fall of 2023 opens on OCT 1. Next Saturday is right around the corner. The web address for this application is below. You can start gathering the information you need to complete FAFSA and you and your parents can each create you FSA ID pin. This is what each of you will use to electronically sign the FAFSA https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

JHS Seniors: Remember the Oklahoma City Community Foundation Scholarship Portal opens up on OCT 1. Next Saturday is right around the corner. See flyers for partial list of scholarships that Jones High School Seniors are eligible to receive

Congratulations to the Juniors and their class sponsors! They received 1st place in the homecoming float competition. Their float theme was "KaBOB the Cats." Their hard work and creativity showed off and represented true longhorn spirit! Way to go! #hoco22 #TTHL #Juniors2024 #Itsagreatdaytobealonghorn

Our Jones High School 2022-2022 Homecoming Candidates #HOCO #ITSAGREATDAYTOBEALONGHORN

Students planning to go to college to obtain a teaching degree: The OKC Public Schools Foundation has a unique opportunity to help you obtain this degree. See Flyer for more information

Students Planning on going to college for Teaching degree. The State Regents of Higher Education has a new scholarship that is only two months old. The value of this scholarship is up to 25500.00 and can be stacked with other scholarships, the TEACH grant, OK promise, etc. This a great opportunity to get your degree at minimal cost. See Flyer for more information.

Students interested becoming a teacher: UCO is hosting a Prospective Teacher Academy. This is a great opportunity to gain more information on the profession as well as the process of becoming a teacher and pitfalls to avoid. See flyer for more information and to register.

JHS students interested in UCO and those that are unsure: UCO has numerous nationally ranked degree programs including Forensic Sciences, Mortuary Sciences, Education, Business, Fine Arts, Etc. The have small class sizes and are very affordable. Check out information attached and their website for more information and to APPLY. Their priority scholarship deadline is February 1. https://www.uco.edu/

Jones High School is proud to announce that we are one of the 90 schools(and the only one in Eastern Oklahoma County that received this College Success Award 90 Oklahoma high schools recognized with national College Success Award OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 22, 2022) – The Oklahoma State Department of Education announced today that 90 Oklahoma high schools have received the College Success Award from GreatSchools.org. Now in its fifth year, the annual recognition honors public high schools that excel at preparing students to enroll and succeed in college, as determined by available data in each state. Oklahoma’s recipients are among 1,742 winners nationally that have demonstrated successful track records of graduating students who enroll in two- or four-year colleges, are ready for college-level coursework, and persist on to their second year. Despite the many challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, these schools have continued to uphold many best practices to support their students’ college preparation and success. “These schools are doing the important work of preparing students who choose to attend college for rigorous post-secondary pursuits,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister. “This is an important component to building a strong economy for the future.” The College Success Award is possible because Oklahoma is a leader in collecting and transparently sharing information on how students perform after high school, which is valuable information for families, educators and policymakers. “It’s inspiring to see how entire school communities – students, teachers and families – can work together in pursuit of a common goal: success for all,” said Jon Deane, CEO of GreatSchools. “Congratulations to these 90 schools for receiving the College Success Award as proof of their hard work and dedication.” To learn more about the College Success Award and view the complete list of winners, visit bit.ly/3QQORim. https://www.greatschools.org/oklahoma/jones/726-Jones-High-School/