Monday, Dec. 19

Semester Finals - Pds. 1,2, 3, 5

Breakfast - Breakfast Burrito, Fruit, 100% Juice, Milk

Lunch - Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Mac & Cheese, Baked Beans, Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk

6:00PM 6th Grade Boys Basketball vs Vincennes RIvet

6:30PM 6th Grade Girls Basketball vs Heritage Hills

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Semester Finals - Pds. 4, 6, 7, 5

Breakfast - Whole Grain Waffles, Fruit, 100% Juice, Milk

Lunch - Cheeseburger Mac, Green Beans, Rice Krispie Treat, Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk

Wednesday, Dec. 21

End of 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester

Breakfast - Whole Grain Scone, Yogurt, Fruit, 100% Juice, Milk

Lunch - Turkey & Cheese Sub, Steamed Corn, Sidekick, Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk

Jan. 5, 2023 School Resumes

Jan. 16, 2023 Professional Development - No School

Feb. 6 and 8, 2023 Freshman Orientation Meeting at JHS (for current 8th graders)

Feb. 20, 2023 Snow Make-Up Day - No School

Mar. 10, 2023 End of 3rd Quarter

Mar.20-24, 2023 Spring break - No School

April 5, 2023 8th Grade Dubois County Career Cruise (@JHS)

Apr. 7, 2023 Good Friday - No School

Apr. 10, 2023 Snow Make-up Day - No School

May 25, 2023 8th Grade Achievement Night

May 26, 2023 End of 4th Quarter and 2nd Semester

7th and 8th grade parents: Your children may be eligible for a college scholarship! Indiana's 21st Century Scholars program offers income-eligible students up to four years of paid tuition at an eligible Indiana college or university after they graduate from high school, depending upon financial need. Don't let this awesome opportunity pass by without applying for the program. The deadline to apply is June 30 of the student's 8th grade year. Go online to apply at Scholars.IN.gov or fill out the attached paper application and return to Mrs. Maxey.

There is still room on the buses! If you have not registered your student for this great educational and fun opportunity, please do so ASAP! You can call Jackie's Travel at 812-482-7158 to save a seat and get more information.

A new group has been started at JMS to help with two specific missions: 1) to provide students who are new to our school with a welcome gift that includes a few Jasper spirit pieces and 2) to help students throughout the year who need clothing items provided for them. Our first initiative is to help get more spirit wear out to people . . . parents, siblings, grandparents, students . . . so that everyone has a chance to show their Jasper pride. We have set up an online store for people to purchase from. A portion of all sales will go into the Welcoming Wildcats fund. Additionally, on the store is a DONATE button where people can simply donate to our mission if they don’t want to purchase anything or in addition to their purchase. Please check out the online store at THIS LINK. Or, see the attached flyer. There are items at various price points, quality, and name brands.

All of our weekly newsletters will be archived on our website. You can use this link to access them directly - https://jms.gjcs.k12.in.us/parents/jms-newsletters . Or you can go to our website and click "Menu" and then "Parents" to find them.

Semester Tests will be given on Dec. 19 and 20. There will be a special schedule no those days to accommodate the cumulative tests. This schedule is below. Wednesday, Dec. 21 will also have a special schedule to allow students and staff to enjoy a holiday concert and an AR celebration.

Each week of the school year, we will be recognizing two Students of the Week for each grade level. Students are nominated for this recognition by staff members for a variety of reasons. It could be based on Academics, Behavior, Character, or Improvement. All of the nominees are then voted upon by the staff to identify the six winners for that week. This week's winners include:

6th Graders: Maria Bombelli and Graham Collins

7th Graders: Lilly Arvin and Parker Erny

8th Graders: Victoria Gunselman and Mitchell Hile