Jones High School

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

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