JWJ Parent Newsletter Eblast

James Weldon Johnson College Prep.

Parent Newsletter

February 16, 2015

Volume 1, Issue 4

“ E D U C A T I N G S T U D E N T S I N

T H E S P I R I T O F E X C E L L E N C E ”

Dates to Remember: No School – Monday, February 16th – School Closed in Observance of President’s Day Midterm Progress Reports go home-Feb. 20th (A-day) 2nd Round of Progress Reports go home-March 26th (B-day)

Upcoming Matches: At JWJ Feb. 23rd against LaVilla, JWJ against Landon March 2nd at Kirby-Smith. The playoffs for the city championship will be played here at JWJ March 30th. Wins will lead us to the playoffs.

The Black History Month Club is presenting a month filled with activities and events that will stimulate and inform our Trojan Family. Come out and celebrate with us! February 17TH: Bank of America Career EXPO’ 3:30 – 4:30 in the S.R.C February 20TH: Deadline for poster contest submissions *All entries must be turned into Ms. Lawrence in Bld. 11 or dropped off in front office February 24TH and 26TH: BLACK HISTORY JEOPARDY (during lunch periods in the cafeteria) February 25th: Black History Festival (In the courtyard from 10:20-12:25) February 27th: Black History Program (In the Paxon High school Auditorium 6:30PM - 7:30PM)

The following students attended a Math Counts competition representing JWJ CPMS at the

32nd Annual MathCounts Northeast Florida Chapter Competition hosted by the University of

North.

MathCounts Team (team members will also compete as individuals)

1. Sri Meghana Kopparthi 7th Grade

2. Jeanne Wang 7th Grade

3. Michael Shi 8th Grade

4. Michael Pu 8th Grade

MathCounts Individuals

5. Adit Saxena 7th Grade *alternate for state team

6. Lara Morello 6th Grade

7. Ronak Venkata 7th Grade

8. Vikas Patel 6th Grade

9. Aravind Sreeram 7th Grade

10. Aryan Tony Gupta 7th Grade

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The winners of the regional science fair: Participating: 6th grade - Veronica Yap, Anaya Reddy, and Ananya Kumar and 8th grade - Rajiv Perera Honorable Mention: 7th grade - Jeannie Wang 2nd Place: 7th grade - Kevin Daniel, and 6th grade - Neha Sonthi 1st place: 7th grade - Samantha Crystal, 8th grade - Bettina Hauang who also received a specialty award, Outstanding Jr. Office Environmentals and Solutions, and Karthik Bkavilli who received an invitation to participate in the Broadband Essay Contest and will be going to the state competition.

Parent Step by Step Website Handout is attached. Please complete the process as soon as possible. Thank you.

Research Papers

1st- Madeline Mattson

2nd- Nathan Hughes

3rd- Mathew Perry

Individual Performance

1st- Eliza Aretz VanGogh

Group Performance

1st- Meghann Kopparthi, Ryleigh Taylor, and Isabelle Origilo

2nd- Rajiv Perea, Bettina Hung, Rachel Bitutsky

Individual Website

1st- Margaret Lee

2nd- Emily Butler

3rd- John Wright

Group Website

1st- Raymond Tong, Charles Woo

2nd- Smapada Nyalapatla, Charu Sanker, Aditia Anna, Rithika Bikkavilli

3rd- Michael Shi and Michael Pu

Individual Documentary

1st- Gabriel Pfaffman

2nd- Thaddeus Hightower

3rd- Lily Wilson

Group Documentary

1st- Likhita Manchikanti, Richa Metha, Siri Peddineni

2nd- Imad Raza, Karthik Belthur, and Justin Genus

3rd- Smantha Crystal, Prachi Mirsa

Individual Exhibit Group Exhibit

1st- Jordan Tucker 1st- Viha Gattupalli, payton Titus, Rachel

Estanislao

2nd- Annelisa O’neal 2nd- Gabriel Dioso, Ragarum Kanthikumar, Elis

Wiley

3rd- Kylo Nocom 3rd- Conner Kuhn and Sophia Maggiore

Atlantic Coast High School will be offering the AP Capstone courses in 10th and 11th grades, beginning next year with the Seminar course for 10th grade students. The most important piece is actually receiving an additional diploma from CollegeBoard if all requirements are met, much like the IB Diploma. Please see the attached brochure for more information. This is being shared with parents as this is a new opportunity and choice for our rising high school students.

SAVE THE DATE!

JWJ PTSA will be hosting Blood Drive on

Wednesday, April 8th from 8am-11am.

A sign up genius will become available in

the coming weeks. All participants will

be entered into a drawing for a surprise!

Thank you!

JWJ PTSA

PRACTICE TESTING REMINDER

Testing is on the horizon. The Florida State Assessment training site is open. To

access, using any web browser and follow the steps below:

1. Student’s login.

2. Open browser.

3. Students type in: fsassessments.org.

4. CLICK take the computer based training test.

5. Students will sign in as a guest. CLICK YES

6. Students must select grade. CLICK YES

7. Students can select any test to practice (math/reading/writing)

8. CLICK start test.

Please encourage your child to take the practice assessments!

THE FITNESS FEST IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. THE STUDENTS NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GO TO THE WEB ADDRESS WITHIN FLYER AND REGISTER SO THEY ASSURED

TO HAVE A LUNCH AVAILABLE FOR THEM. THE COST IS FREE. PARENTS, YOU CAN ENJOY A LITTLE EARLY

VALENTINE'S GIFT BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY DROP THEM OFF AT 8:00 AND PICK THEM UP AT 1:00...