Juniors: Jones High School is a member of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation Central Oklahoma Guidance Counselor Network. This allow Jones Students to be eligible for their many scholarships. They have a scholarship available for Juniors and Jones High School is guaranteed to receive one if eligible student applies. This scholarship is the New Opportunity Scholarship(NOS). I have attached flyer for this scholarship. You will need to go to OCCF.org/scholarships and create an account and then apply for this scholarship.
The two primary requirements are:
1) to be in top 50% of your class in GPA. If your GPA is 3.14 or above you are in top 50%.
2) Be a first generation college student. The OCCF has modified definition and the modified definition is below
First generation college students are students whose parents/grandparents did not go to college. (if parent or grandparent went one or two semesters but did not graduate, you will still be considered first generation)
First generation does not include siblings. Your siblings can be in college or went to college and you would still be considered first generation.
If you meet qualifications, I would highly encourage you to apply for this $3000.00 scholarship.
If you have any questions, see MR. Moses
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/241/Jones_High_School/3571150/NOS_Fall_Scholarship_Flyers_TL.pdf
Seniors: THE OCCF SCHOLARSHIP PORTAL IS OPEN. You will need to go to their scholarship portal site and create account. Remember your login information. Once account is created there are two scholarships open now that if you meet qualifications, you should be able to apply. These two scholarships are the Community Foundation Scholars Scholarship($3000.00) and the Jones High School Scholarship. They will have about 180 other scholarships open up on December 1 that you will be able to apply. I have attached a document below that will show you the scholarships that are exclusive to Jones High School or Jones High School Seniors are eligible to apply
https://occf.org/scholarships/
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JHS STUDENTS INTERESTED IN MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY OR ANY MILITARY ACADEMY. SEE ATTACHED FLYER REGARDING VIRTUAL ADMISSIONS PRESENTATION ON OCT 22
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Seniors: The Oklahoma City Community Foundation Scholarship portal is now open. Just a reminder that Jones High School is a member of the Central Oklahoma Guidance Counselor network(COGCN), so if you see this as an eligibility requirement you are eligible to apply. Two scholarships that are currently open are the Community Foundation Scholar Scholarship and the Jones High School Scholarship. Get in and apply as soon as possible. The link to their portal and their scholarship brochure is below
scholarships.occf.org
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/241/Jones_High_School/3594405/2023_Fall_Scholarship_Brochure.pdf
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Spectator Procedures for Friday's game:
Mark your calendars! JHS will host our annual Pumpkin Bash on October 24th! Bring your kiddos for lots of fun, games, and prizes!
HOMECOMING 2023 SPIRIT WEEK!
October 9-11th
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Save the Date for Prom 2024: Mirrorball Memories on April 20th, 2024
JHS SENIORS AND PARENTS: The document attached has instructions on creating your FSA ID as well as explaining who all needs FSA ID
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/241/Jones_High_School/3584171/FSA_ID_Instructions_.pdf
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Seniors planning to go to college: Please make sure you are getting your applications for admissions completed asap. Once you have submitted make sure you let Mr. Moses know you have submitted your application so he can send your official transcript to the the colleges you have applied.
JHS Seniors and Parents:
The FAFSA for your graduating class will not be available and open until December at the Earliest. Reason for the delay is changed that the US Department of Ed has made to the FAFSA to hopefully simplify and the potential Government shut down will delay it's rollout.
Parents and graduating Senior will need to have A FSA ID. This will serve as electronic signature. Parents and Students can go create this right now. This can be done at https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch
Please remember this information because it will be used for all years student is in college for FAFSA.
With all the changes to The FAFSA, I have had communication with several different Financial Aid officers and they are willing to come in and do a FAFSA assistance night or we can schedule to do it at the Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center. This would be a night or day that we schedule and when you walk out your FAFSA will be complete and submitted. I do not want to schedule them to drive in and spend two hours and not have any students and parents show up. IF we schedule it would be sometime in January since the FAFSA will not open until sometime in December. IF you would be interested in participating please let Mr. Moses know at cmoses@jonesps.org so he can gauge interest to determine need to schedule.
FAFSA completion is needed for anyone going to college or Career Technology Center. It is also needed for any student on Oklahoma's Promise and many other scholarships.
Thank you
JHS Seniors interested in the University of Texas:
The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program at The University of Texas at Dallas is recruiting a new class! Your students with outstanding grades* and a proven passion for service and leadership might find their place with us.
This full-ride scholarship includes tuition, housing, living, and educational stipends as well as funding for study abroad. While a generous merit award, it is also a serious commitment requiring students to demonstrably contribute through leadership and service, on campus and beyond, while also excelling academically.
Within our top-ranked public university, Scholars find community and dynamic peers, and a landscape of personal and professional growth opportunities.Deadlines
: UT Dallas Application due (with supplemental documentation) and McDermott Scholars Program application due (with two McDermott Scholars Program recommendation forms).
: CV Academic Honors Program application due.
: Finalists selected.
For more information, visit https://provost.utdallas.edu/mcdermott-programs/emsp-overview/
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JHS Juniors: Jones High School is a member of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation Central Oklahoma Guidance Counselor Network. Since we are members JHS Students are eligible for many of the 150 scholarships that the OCCF manages. Their Scholarship Portal opens this Sunday, October 1.
They have a scholarship specifically for Juniors. You need to be a first generation college student. First generation means parents and grandparents did not go to college. Your siblings could have gone to college but you are still classified as first generation.
I have attached flyer with information on this Junior N.O.S. Scholarship.
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/241/Jones_High_School/3571150/NOS_Fall_Scholarship_Flyers_TL.pdf
Please mark your calendar and get in and create your account on their portal and apply for this scholarship
