Jones High School

JHS seniors(especially Strong Moore and Tina Beshears): This is most recent update from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation: While we were extremely disappointed that we could not host you at the Community Foundation for the scholarship luncheons this year, we still want to celebrate your accomplishments. On Sunday, April 12th, we will run a two-page ad in the Oklahoman with your photos and names. We encourage you to pick up a paper or two and celebrate with your family. Congratulations!

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Caitlyn Coffey! Caitlyn has been awarded a Freshman Distinction scholarship to the University of Central Oklahoma. This is 4000 award over four years.#LonghornProud

JHS freshman and sophomores: Remember to apply for OK Promise Scholarship. For more information and to apply go to https://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Mark Williams! Mark has been awarded a State Regents for Higher Ed Scholarship to the University of Central Oklahoma. This is a full tuition award plus 2000 a year for four years! #LonghornProud

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Madison Stevens! Madison has been awarded multiple academic and room scholarships in the amount of 39500 over 4 years to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma! In addition, she will be receiving Oklahoma's Promise Scholarship! #LonghornProud

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Tanner Clark! Tanner has been awarded a baseball and academic scholarship in the amount of 3300 to Southwestern Christian University! #LonghornProud

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Aubrey Steward! Aubrey has been awarded a livestock judging and academic scholarship in the amount of $3100 to Eastern Oklahoma State College> #LonghornProud

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Sam Bauer! Sam has been awarded a National Scholar Award from the University of Oklahoma! This is a 48000 award over 4 years! #LonghornProud

Jones Public Schools plan for distance learning. Read and watch our video. Thank you and stay safe! https://5il.co/eknf https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=lz2cETJNuas

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Abigail Clark! Abigail has received a Freshman Distinction Scholarship to the University of Central Oklahoma. This is a 4000.00 award over four years. #LonghornProud

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Matthew Harris! Matthew received a $20000 per year scholarship to Tabor College to play soccer! #LonghornProud

JHS students: updates regarding admissions and recruitment from the University of Central Oklahoma: -Students can "visit" UCO by signing up for specialty tours. Our Student Ambassadors will be hosting virtual sessions Monday-Friday at 10:00 am. This will give students and their guardians the opportunity to interact with current students and ask questions. They can register via this link: https://www.uco.edu/admissions-aid/visit-central/#specialty -Students can sign up for virtual meetings with an admissions counselor if they have any questions via this link: https://www.uco.edu/admissions-aid/get-more-information/ug-admissions-recruitment.

JHS SENIORS: ATTACHED IS A LINK TO SENIOR SURVEY GOOGLE FORM. MR. MOSES NEEDS THIS COMPLETED BY END OF SCHOOL YEAR. THIS INFORMATION IS NEEDED FOR VARIOUS STATE REPORTS AND TO KNOW WHERE TO SEND FINAL TRANSCRIPTS. https://forms.gle/BSDWT1sV9pdK4riWA

JHS students and parents: Mr Moses is available to answer questions about college, scholarships, concurrent enrollment,academics or any other counseling issues. Mr. Moses will respond to emails rather quickly. He can be emailed at cmoses@joneshs.k12.ok.us if we need to talk face to face we can setup a zoom meeting pretty quickly or we can exchange phone numbers in an email. Reach out when needed. We will get through these trying times!

Congratulations to JHS Senior, Jayden Reed! Rose State offered Jayden a spot in their Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education's Academic Scholars Program. This covers 18 hours of tuition per semester for four years and also gives an $1100 stipend for books and fees per semester. This is one of the 10 federally funded scholarships they have to offer and it will cover two additional years after She graduates from Rose. She will also be a member of their President's Leadership Class. #ProudLonghorns

Free drive thru lunch for our 18 and under JPS students.

JHS Students that picked up concurrent enrollment paperwork for Rose State from Mr.Moses before Spring Break and did not get it back to Mr. Moses. I have spoken with Rose State and here are the options for you to get your application and enrollment form turned in. You can scan and email your forms to Jan Bugby at jbugby@rose.edu or you can mail your enrollment packet to Jan Bugby, Office of Academic Outreach, Learning Resource Center 2nd Floor, 6420 SE 15th Street, Midwest City, OK 73110. You can send without Mr. Moses signature. Rose State will email me with any questions or other items they need to complete your enrollment. THe office of Academic Outreach is trying to set up a dropbox outside their building for you to drop off forms. Do not apply online. IF you have any questions you can email Mr. Moses at cmoses@joneshs.k12.ok.us

Here are the teacher contacts via email for when we start distance learning on April 6th. https://5il.co/ec9g

Seniors and Parents, We want to start a graduation task force with stackholders, community leaders, board members, parents, teachers, students who are speaking at graduation, and Senior class officers to come up with ideas for graduation. We love our Seniors and parents. I am so sorry you are having to go through this and it isn’t fair. I can promise you we will honor our Seniors. We will be reaching out to individuals to establish some meetings on the Zoom app. Feel free to share your thoughts on our Facebook page. Thank you! Mr. Watkins

Dear Longhorn Community, Today during a special board meeting, State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister proposed, and the state school board accepted the recommendation to close all public school buildings through the end of the current academic year. The board also approved the recommendation to allow local districts to design and implement some form of “continuing education” to begin as soon as possible after April 5. This process does not allow for on-site instruction and directs educators to observe the current mandates on social distancing. While we have about 10 days to determine how we can accomplish this, we anticipate some form of distance learning. Distance learning includes two overarching types of instruction. The type that most of our students are familiar with is synchronous instruction. This type of distance learning takes place in an environment where the instructor and learner are in real time communication. It can be through video or audio. There is direct, immediate interaction and feedback during these lessons. An example is the concurrent classes many of our high school students take. There is a video with the instructor at the front of the room or on the computer and they conduct the class much like everyone is in the same room. The other type of distance learning is asynchronous instruction, and it does not necessarily require any type of technology. In this environment, the instruction is conducted through communication that is delayed to meet the specific needs of everyone involved. The instructor may provide content through recorded media, emails, or even snail mail. We expect to utilize both types of distance learning; however, the asynchronous delivery will have to be the primary form as it has the greatest chance to reach all of our students. As you can expect, our implementation will vary from each of our sites; however, you can expect your child’s teacher to make direct contact in the next week. If email is not available, a phone call may be necessary. Our goal is to limit the educational loss that is inevitable during time away from the classroom, and we are committed to ensuring that no student is penalized for a lack of resources during this time. We are hoping to alleviate much of the stress that parents must be feeling while trying to provide instruction on their own. I would encourage parents to use Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ if available. This is a free resource that is an outstanding tool. Also, we are working on a process to provide mental health resources for all our families when needed. We all have to accept that students across this country and at every level of education will experience some loss in skills. Our goal is to minimize loss by reinforcing current skills, and introduce new skills only where clear opportunities exist for all. Teachers will be prepared for in-depth diagnostic analysis when we return to a traditional setting. We will use that data to determine where to start and create a plan for getting back on track. I know there is considerable anxiety concerning events like championship basketball, baseball, track, prom and graduation. We must continue to follow CDC, federal, state, and governing agency guidelines on social distancing and group events, so we’re limited on options. We continue to have discussions about these events, and we’re looking for ways to maintain these social events that are important to high school students while still being responsible for actions that might affect the health of our community. We are all experiencing this together, so please don’t feel alone or that your child is at risk of falling behind his or her peers. It will not be easy, but I know what we’re made of. None of us will back away from the work or time that it will take to repair what might be damaged, so until we can Turn Those Horns Loose again, we’ll make this work. It’s always A Great Day to be a LONGHORN!! Carl Johnson, Ph.D. Superintendent Jones Public Schools