Judges' Docket
Week of 8/14/22
Auditions for the WPS System-Wide Musical: SHREK The Musical
Please click on the picture below for Important Back to School Reminders
2022-23 Bus Stops
Student Expectations at JHHS
Please refer to the Student Resource Guide below for your Child's Administrator, Counselors, and Class Sponsors for the 2022/2023 school year
PBIS Kick-off Parent Volunteers Needed
PBIS Student Expectations- we will be going over these expectations with our students
Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS)
John Handley High School is a PBIS School. PBIS is an abbreviation for Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS). We wanted to share this information with families in advance so we can work together to support our students together. There will be rewards for students meeting expectations scheduled throughout the school year. We will be doing a kickoff event on August 23 for all students. After the kickoff event only students meeting behavior expectations will be able to attend PBIS reward events. The first PBIS reward date is September 23. We want all of our students to be able to attend these events.
What is Positive Behavior Interventions and Support?
PBIS is a process for creating safer and more effective schools. It is a systems approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research-based, school-wide, and classroom behavior support systems. The process focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students. Rather than a prescribed program, PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate effective school-wide, classroom, non-classroom, and student specific plans. PBIS includes school-wide procedures and processes intended for all students and all staff in all settings. PBIS is not a program or a curriculum. It is a team-based process for systemic problem solving, planning, and evaluation. It is an approach to creating a safe and productive learning environment where teachers can teach and all students can learn.
What is PBIS at our school?
We have adopted a unified set of classroom rules. Similar to the JHHS Code of Student Conduct, these rules define our expectations for behavior in our school. You will see these rules posted throughout the school and your child will be learning them during his or her first days at school. Our unified classroom rules, found in every classroom and non-classroom setting in the school, are as follows:
Expectation #1: Respect time and place.
Expectation #2: Be present.
Expectation #3: Leave it better than you found it.
Expectation #4: Be the good
Your Feedback is Requested
Although we appreciate all feedback, we may not be able to make immediate changes this school year.
2021-22 YEARBOOKS!
The PTSO needs your help!
Sign up for more information at https://bit.ly/JHHSPTSO or email us at jhhspto@wps.k12.va.us. Cash and check donations are accepted through the main office. Please be sure to leave us your name with your donation so we can send you a receipt and a thank you!
Shout-Out
We would like to thank the following people for so generously donating food for our staff:
Neer Food Mart
Texas Roadhouse
John Handley's PTSO
Chromebook Distribution Dates and Freshmen Form
Chromebook Distribution during Advisory on the following dates only:
Freshmen: Thursday, 8-18
Sophomores: Monday, 8-15
Juniors: Tuesday, 8-16
Seniors: Wednesday, 8-17
Activity Bus
The activity bus will start running after school on August 22, Mondays -Thursdays.
Students must have a special activity bus pass to ride from the teacher they stayed after with.
Pick up times are:
EGSIC - 4:05 and depart for JHHS at 4:10
JHHS - depart time is 4:20
JHHS ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL INFORMATION AND MAPS
Doors Open at 8:05, Late bell rings at 8:25.
Buses - Refer to the WPS Website to find all bus information. Be at your bus
stop early. All buses will drop off at EGSIC at 8:05 and proceed immediately
to JHHS for drop off.
Car Riders - Parents will drop off on Handley BLVD and turn right after the
crosswalk. Pull as far down as possible before dropping off your student.
Teachers and administrators are present for assistance.
Walkers - Walkers may enter the building from the Handley Circle or
Jefferson street entrance.
Drivers - Drivers must buy a parking permit from the front office. They
should park in their designated area and enter through the Handley BLVD entrance.
Library News 📚
We are so happy to have our readers back in the library! One of the JHHS Literacy Team initiatives is to create a culture of reading at Handley. As a requirement, all students at Handley should always have a book to read in their book bag. Whenever there is free time throughout the school day, students should get their book out and read. All English classes should be visiting the library at least once each month, but students are encouraged to visit the library even more!
Project Lit Book Club
Do you enjoy reading books by diverse authors?
Do you enjoy self-expression in forms such as writing, art, or music?
Do you want to make a difference in your community?
Join us!
Contact: Mrs. Shannon, shannonr@wps.k12.va.us
First projected meeting date: Wed., Sep 21, 2022 from 3:20-4:15 in the library
Email Mrs. Shannon to be added to our group emails!
Nurses Clinic
All seniors need the meningitis vaccine, please turn in your record of vaccine to the nurses clinic.
If your student would like to receive tylenol, ibuprofen or pepto bismol during the school year please send in an unopened bottle with their name and signed authorization form.
Any student requiring prescribed medication during school hours please complete the Student Medication Authorization. Form needs to be signed by the health care provider.
Important Senior Portrait Information
Dear Parents and Rising Seniors Class of 2023:
We at Victor O’Neill Studios, your school’s official school photographer, are excited to see you on the following date(s) for your senior portraits at the school:
August 23-26 for Senior Formal Yearbook Portraits Session A
The attire for the school’s yearbook pose will be in the traditional Tuxedos and Drapes. We will provide the Tuxedo and Drapes. In addition to the yearbook session we also offer sessions that include casual/personality portraits and cap and gown portraits. Please follow the link below to choose your session type and appointment time.
**Sessions are scheduled one at a time. Future session dates have not yet been announced.
You will receive another announcement from the school when the next session is available for booking in the fall**
https://pickatime.com/vosphoto/Handley2023
If you have any questions please email seniors@vosphoto.com
Thank you!
Underclass Portraits:
September 1, 2022, 8:25 am- 3:25 pm
Patsy Cline Theater
Underclass Make-up:
October 13, 2022, 8:25 am-12:45 pm
Patsy Cline Theater
Click on the picture below for this year's WPS Calendar
Standard Response Protocol (SRP)
Please take time to review the information on the linked flyer to learn how your student(s) will be trained to respond in a crisis. English version Spanish version
Handley Athletics Department News
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! Sale running all of July.... GO JUDGES!!
https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/virginia/winchester/handley-high-school
Click on the picture above for the A/B-Day 2022/23 Schedule
Free Lunch Information
All students will receive free breakfast and free lunch through the Community Eligibility Provision Program (CEP). Students will still need to use their PIN number when they go through the breakfast and lunch line. School menus are located in the front office. They are also located on the WPS website at www.wps.k12.va.us.
PowerSchool Parent Accounts
Eating Disorder and Scoliosis Resources
Important dates for Lockdown Drills at JHHS and EGSIC
8/30 at 2:00 pm
Senior Information Page on JHHS Website
Dear Parents and Rising Seniors Class of 2023:
We at Victor O’Neill Studios, your school’s official school photographer, are excited to see you on the following
date(s) for your senior portraits at the school:
August 23-26 for Senior Formal Yearbook Portraits Session A
The attire for the school’s yearbook pose will be in the traditional Tuxedos and Drapes. We will provide the Tuxedo and Drapes. In addition to the yearbook session we also offer sessions that include casual/personality portraits and cap and gown portraits. Please follow the link below to choose your session type and appointment time.
**Sessions are scheduled one at a time. Future session dates have not yet been announced. You will receive another announcement from the school when the next session is available for booking in the fall**
https://pickatime.com/vosphoto/Handley2023
If you have any questions please email seniors@vosphoto.com
If you have senior related questions, please do not hesitate to email Ms. Dodge (dodgea@wps.k12.va.us) or Ms. Rodriguez (rodriguezc@wps.k12.va.us)
Student Request for Research Assistance
SchoolCash Online
Handley Parking Permit
Students are permitted to park on school premises as a matter of privilege, not of right. If you are going to be driving to school for the 2022 -2023 school year and parking in the Handley parking lot, you must obtain a parking permit. Below you will find instructions on how to register your vehicle and obtain a parking permit.
Step one - Visit the Handley web page and locate the High School Student Parking Pass Application (Spanish here)
If you do not have access to the internet, you may come into school and use a library computer or pick up a copy of the parking application in the main office
Step two - Print off and complete the High School Student Parking Pass Application (Spanish here) with all the needed information.
Step three - Bring the completed parking application to school on July 28 or anytime after during business hours.
See the school treasurer to pay the $25 parking fee or parking permits may be purchased through School Cash online using credit cards. The necessary registration form will still need to be completed online prior to picking up the parking permit hang tag. Once the registration is completed and credit card payment is made, bring your receipt to the General Office to pick up the hang tag.
Take the receipt and complete parking application to the main office and one of the administrative assistants will assign you a parking space and give you a parking permit.
Step four - Hang the parking permit from your rear view mirror.
The parking permit must be visible.
The parking permit will have a number on it. That number is your assigned spot for the year.
You may only park in your assigned spot during school hours. If you fail to park in your spot, break any parking lot rules, and/or chronically late to school you may lose your privilege to park in the lot and anywhere on school property.