It's graduation week! Congratulations, Class of 2022 - this week is all about celebrating YOU and your accomplishments! Visit https://jhs.jcswv.org/page/jhs-graduation-2022 for a complete schedule of graduation activities for Jefferson High, and https://whs.jcswv.org/page/class-of-2022 for the Washington High schedule. And then get ready to celebrate!
Thank you to our FCCLA students from Shepherdstown and Wildwood Middle Schools for providing food for the JCS Job Fair on April 26. The delicious homemade goodies include pepperoni rolls, chocolate-covered strawberries, and an assortment of cookies. Special thanks also go out to our FFA students from Jefferson and Washington High Schools for serving as greeters during the job fair. We can't overstate how much we appreciate the time and assistance provided by our dedicated students to help make JCS events a success!
At JCS, we believe in being good stewards of our planet Earth. So, this Earth Day we are proud to recognize Driswood Elementary School for being awarded a sustainable gardening grant! The project will allow each grade K-5 to create a garden bed and develop a growth plan that aligns with classroom curricula and demonstrates students' unique personalities. DES will receive assistance in building the beds from members of the Science National Honor Society at Jefferson High School. SNHS students are also busy working on the JHS courtyard and rain garden and preparing to sell trees from their native tree propagation program with Cacapon Institute. A big thank you to these JCS students for doing their part to help create a healthier, more sustainable planet!
Live theater is returning to Jefferson High School! Enjoy a tale as old as time as the JHS Performing Arts Department presents the beloved musical fantasy "Beauty and the Beast." Performances will run from Friday, May 6 through Sunday, May 8, with two matinees and two evening performances. Get your tickets now!
Congratulations to the Jefferson High School Marching Band on their excellent performance in the National Cherry Blossom Parade held last weekend in Washington, D.C.! JHS was the only school invited to represent West Virginia in the parade. The band's performance was broadcast on ABC 7 Live.
FIELD DEDICATION: The JHS Softball team will be dedicating the softball field on April 12, 2022. The dedication will begin at 6:45pm and awarded to Lawrence and Debbie Vickers, III. The softball field will be referenced as "Vickers Field" from here out. Congratulations to Lawrence, Debbie, and all of those who volunteered to build Vickers Field.
Conrats to the Junior Team for out scoring the Senior team during the Powder Puff Football game on April 10, 2022. It was an exciting and eventful day.
Mark your calendar for the next JCS STEAMTalks this Friday, April 8!
Calling all senior parents!! If you would like for your senior to be included in the Senior Sunset slideshow, please send a baby picture along with a senior picture to Shelley Schafer at mschafer@k12.wv.us. Please be sure to include your student's first and last name in the email. Pictures are due no later than April 14th.
April 19, 2022: Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A. Let them know your order is with the Senior Class at Jefferson High School and proceeds will benefit Senior activities such as graduation.
April 11, 2022: Seniors can pick up their cap and gown during their lunch shift. If you are unable to pick them up during lunch, please see Mrs. Schafer at the attendance window.
Thanks to the Shepherdstown Rotary Club for hosting the Four-Way Speech Contest. We are proud of the Jefferson High School students who placed in the contest! https://jeffersoncountywv.sites.thrillshare.com/o/jhs/article/693356
National Honor Society invites all sophomores, juniors and seniors with at least a 3.5 GPA to apply for NHS membership. Complete applications including 2 letters of recommendations from leaders outside JHS and an essay due at 3 PM on Friday, 1 April 2022. Linked here are the student application and the instructions. If you have any questions, please speak to the NHS President, Griffin Horowicz (ghorow1@stu.k12.wv.us) or NHS Vice President, Isabella Runion
For those interested, there is an NHS Application Information Session Zoom on 22 March 2022 at 7 PM:
Topic: NHS Application Information Session
Time: Mar 22, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92259040280
Meeting ID: 922 5904 0280
High school juniors at Jefferson and Washington High Schools will take the SAT on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. To help create the best environment possible during testing, all high school students in grades 9, 10, and 12 will participate in an asynchronous learning day on Wednesday, March 23. Teachers will share information about how to access assignments and materials. Bus transportation for 11th graders will continue as scheduled that day.
Congratulations to the Jefferson High School boys basketball team on a fantastic season and an impressive run in the WVSSAC State Championship. You make us proud, Cougars!
Congrats to Collin Guedel, Samuel Corum, Eli Dillow, Kyle de Nobel, Zoe Bailey, and Lucca Parker on their wins at the Regional Math Field Day competition on March 14! They will now advance to the state competition at WVU on April 23. Way to go, Cougars!
And they're off! The Jefferson High Boys Basketball Team is headed to Charleston to compete in the Class AAAA State Tournament! Currently ranked No. 2, JHS is one of two unbeaten teams remaining in the state. They'll take on No. 7 Cabell Midland tomorrow at 1 p.m. Go Cougars!
The Jefferson High School Girls Basketball Team is heading to Charleston for the Class AAAA state tournament! The Cougars got a big send-off as they departed for the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center Wednesday. No. 6 Jefferson begins tournament play Thursday morning at 9:30 against the No. 3 seed Wheeling Park. Let's Go Cougars!
Congrats to Jefferson High School's 2nd period Jazz Ensemble on their first-place win at the West Virginia State Jazz Festival! The group was designated High School Honor Jazz Ensemble by the West Virginia Bandmasters Association and performed at the West Virginia Music Educators Conference in Charleston last week. And in another big win, Jefferson High's 5th period Jazz Ensemble earned the second-place spot at the jazz festival! It's the first time in the event's history that the top two bands in the state came from the same school. Go Cougars!
The JHS Cougar Closet is in need of donations: tops, bottoms, shoes, and socks. Questions, please email Mrs. Chrisman at amchrisman@k12.wv.us.