A reminder that there will be no school starting tomorrow, April 3 through Friday, April 7. Students will report back to school on Monday, April 10.

Attention Seniors and Parents:

The Counseling Office wants to recognize all of our seniors who have been given a scholarship at our Baccalaureate Ceremony on May 17.

Please complete this form to report any and all scholarships your student has received so far. Even if your student does not plan to attend a school that has awarded them scholarship $, please still include that information in this form. All scholarships received are a recognition of the hard work your student has done.

If you have any questions, please contact Bethany DeHaven, Counseling Office Administrative Assistant, dehavenb@wps.k12.va.us

If you are new to Winchester Public Schools or have not used Talking Points yet, this message is for you. Winchester Public Schools has partnered with TalkingPoints, a two-way multilingual family engagement platform that allows teachers and families to communicate effectively. TalkingPoints offers a user-friendly platform to send and receive text messages from a website or from an app on your phone. The platform offers education-specific enhanced translation capabilities to ensure we are able to effortlessly communicate with every family, regardless of their preferred language.

Please visit our website for more information on getting started!

It's time to announce the grade level winners of our weekly attendance competition!

Coming in 4th place are the Seniors with 90%

Coming in 3rd place are the Juniors with 92.09%

Coming in 2nd place are the Sophomores with 92.19%

Coming in 1st place, with the highest weekly percentage so far this year, are the Freshman with 94%

Congratulations Class of 2026!

All tickets for home events can be purchased at GoFan. Individual and Season Tickets are available for Varsity Baseball, JV Baseball, Boys Soccer and Girls Soccer.

Thank you and Go Judges!

Ticket Link:

https://gofan.co/app/school/VA24909

At John Handley High School we are committed to helping our students reach their full potential and to do so we are continuing our after school academic support program and adding a twist. This flier shows the subjects available for after school support and their locations. Additionally, this flier shows the prizes students can earn just by attending after school support! How cool is that?

Students should be in the after school academic support classroom by 3:20 pm and stay until 4:20 pm. After school buses are available. For every day of attendance they will earn a ticket for a raffle prize. There will be weekly prize drawings. Students that attend 5 remediation sessions will be entered into a drawing for a grand prize at the end of the year. For every 5 sessions a student attends after school academic support, they will receive one chance for the grand prize!

Every month there will be Career Exploration Field Trip opportunities for 11th and 12th grade students to sign up for. The first April field trip is to Job Corps on Tuesday, April 11. We will get a tour of their facilities and learn about opportunities they offer.

The second field trip is to Blue Ridge Technical College on Friday, April 28. We will get a tour of their facilities and learn about opportunities, as well as have lunch made by their culinary students.

Parent/guardian signature is required. You must turn in a permission form to Ms. Hall @ JHHS or Ms. Weinstein @ EGSIC to attend.

Job Corps permission form

Blue Ridge permission form

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Bank of Clarke County Career Exploration Event - April 14, 2023

Bank of Clarke County is hosting a Career Exploration presentation for students to attend on April 14th from 10-1230 at their downtown location. Lunch will be included & transportation will be provided.

The departments that will be presenting are: Retail Banking, Commercial Lending, Data & Analytics, Trust & Investments, Human Resources. Others attending: Branch Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and a Recruiter. (Possibly others as well) There will be dedicated time for a question and answer session.

If you’re interested in learning more about the banking industry, please see Ms. Weinstein to sign up.

**Spaces are limited!**

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Navy Federal “Classroom to Office” Mentorship Opportunity for 23/24 School Year

Economic and Personal Finance students are selected through an application process to participate in this project-based mentorship program. Students will be paired with a Navy Federal mentor who they will work with onsite at Navy Federal during the Spring semester. The pair will develop a project to be presented to school and Navy Federal leadership at the end of the school year.

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Continental is looking for Electrical Apprentices!

Continental has 2 Electrical Apprentice Positions that they want to fill.

Quick Details:

• Monday thru Friday from 7 AM – 3 PM

• Pay $19.00/Hour

• Full-time positions and Continental pays for the employee to go to Laurel Ridge and enroll in their Electrical Apprentice Program for the next 2 years.

• Students could then take Journeyman’s and continue to work for Continental

• Once hours are achieved, students would then be promoted to a Full-Time Electrician in the manufacturing plant.

Learn more about this opportunity here.

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**For questions about these events or to sign up, please visit the link included or reach out to Ms. Weinstein, Work-Based Learning Coach at weinsteins@wps.k12.va.us**

Attention 10th and 11th graders

Students can complete the required Economics and Personal Finance class this summer asynchronously. For more information please contact Ms. Windy Glahn, glahn@wps.k12.va.us.

The cost is $140. If you are eligible for free/reduced lunch, there is a reduced fee.

Registration forms below

The Virginia School Boards Association is holding a personal essay/speaking contest where the finalists will have an opportunity to present before an audience of more than 300 school board members and administrators at the 2023 VSBA Conference on Education held at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa at Short Pump on July 13, 2023.

This is the third year the Virginia School Boards Association will hold this contest with hope that this contest will bring out the very best in students’ writing and speaking efforts to allow our attendees to witness examples of the bright, thoughtful, and accomplished students from around the Commonwealth. This year's topic is The Meaning of Civility.

Thanks to a generous donation from an anonymous sponsor, the top finalist will receive a $500 scholarship. Submissions are open to all Virginia public high school students (grades 9-12) as a great opportunity to share their unique voices as well as compete for funds to further their education.

For more information on the contest and complete guidelines please view the guidebook below. For questions, please contact communications@vsba.org.

Entry Form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PKH9MF5

Senator Mark Warner invites high school and middle school students, their parents or guardians, and school counselors to Academy Day 2023. Attendees will be provided a comprehensive overview of the United States service academies and their admission processes.

In addition, students will be able to meet with officials from all five academies as well as representatives from the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board, ROTC programs, Randolph-Macon College, the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin University, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, and the Virginia Military Institute. Staff from Virginia Congressional offices will be available to answer questions regarding the application procedures for congressional nominations.

Save the Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Location: Randolph-Macon College Center for the Performing Arts, Blackwell Auditorium, 205 Henry Street, Ashland, VA 23005

The National Youth Science Camp (NYSCamp) is a residential science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) program designed to honor and challenge some of the nation’s rising student leaders and provide them with opportunities to engage with STEAM professionals and participate in exciting outdoor activities. The 2023 NYSCamp, hosted by the National Youth Science Academy, is a hybrid experience, with students participating virtually for the first five days, followed by two and a half weeks in-person.

Two students will be selected to represent Virginia as delegates to the NYSCamp. Eligibility has been extended for the 2023 NYSCamp to include current Juniors and Seniors. February 28th is the deadline to apply, and applicants will be notified by March 15th if they were selected.

• Virtual dates are June 19, 2023 to June 23, 2023
• In-person dates are June 24, 2023 to July 23, 2023.

Application Portal

Superintendent's Memo

Want to Be a Student Library Aide?

Rising Juniors and Seniors can sign up to be a Student Library Aide with their counselor. This course offers a full credit, allows students to provide a service to their school community, learn valuable interpersonal skills and job skills, and provides students an opportunity to learn a lot about the inner workings of the library. Students work the front desk, shelve books, process new books, read, complete projects, and hone their student leadership skills. One of our current Student Library Aides said of her experience, “this position in the library has not only exploded my creativity, but it has also served to help me become more social. I have seen these changes in me, and my friends and family are seeing them too.” Talk to a librarian or student library aide if you have any questions & to pick up an application.

Support Those fighting Breast Cancer🎗️

Stop by the library to leave hopeful messages on our Breast Cancer support Bulletin Board, created by one of our Student Library Aides. After the board is filled with encouragement it will be donated to a breast-cancer treatment facility.

The JHHS 2022-23 Reading Challenge

Read more in 2023 with the JHHS Reading Challenge; a fun way to pick out your next great read, all year long! Get started by picking up a challenge bookmark in the library and see a librarian for more information.

Donations needed

THANK YOU to all who donated supplies for our upcoming Earth Day crafts being led by one of our Student Library Aides. We now have plenty of milk cartons and jugs for all who wish to participate. Watch the Judges Docket for more information.

If you have any arts & crafts materials that you no longer want (small wood scraps, contact paper, self-adhesive wall paper or shelf-liner paper, scrapbooking supplies, stickers, florals, pipe cleaners, buttons, knitting needles, cross stitch supplies, poster board, any kind of glue/modge podge, etc.), we would love to help you with your spring cleaning!

Follow the library on Instagram @jhhslibrary, Twitter @JHHSLibrary, or facebook @ John Handley LMC!

JHHS will begin a virtual rewards program for students during the month of October through the PBIS Rewards platform. This is very exciting news!! Students now earn reward points for demonstrating desired behaviors according to our Handley PRIDE expectations!!

When an administrator, teacher, or staff person acknowledges a student demonstrating these behaviors, they can now award them points through the PBISRewards website. All students have an account that they can access at PBISrewards.com or through CLEVER. At this time, the points that students earn will allow them to qualify for incentives. We hope to expand this effort by finding ways wherein students can “spend” their points, more to come on that! Please support this effort by encouraging your students to meet our school wide expectations each and every day!

Students continue to be out with COVID 19. A Google Meet will be sent from your child's teacher for every block and every day a student is in quarantine.

Students that are quarantined and have classes at John Handley High School will follow the John Handley High School bell schedule.

Students that are quarantined and take courses at the Emil & Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center will follow the Innovation Center bell schedule.

EACH school year, a NEW VHSL physical is required and must be dated after May 1, 2022 for participation in any 2022-20223 sport. You must also complete all athletic forms. All Athletic Forms are found online. Please visit www.Handleypride.org and click on the Activity Registration tab at the top of the page to get started.

Click here to view the Quick Start Guide for Families.

Check out the online store to get your JH gear for the new year!

https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/virginia/winchester/handley-high-school

Student Resource Guide

Student Tech Support times are daily 8:15 - 9:00 and 11:30 - 12:15.

Here is the school lunch menu.

Here is the Emil & Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center lunch menu.

For the duration of this school year, Comcast will continue to partner with WPS to provide eligible families with one year of free internet service.

Families can learn more by visiting this webpage. In short, we provide the promo code, and Comcast, ultimately, determines eligibility. School Social Workers will have the necessary information to provide assistance to a family who would like to apply.

Click here for links to the 2022/2023 WPS Calendar and A/B day schedule.

Please refer to this for the 2022-23 JHHS Arrival and Dismissal times and Bus Stops