The Little Caesar Pizza Kits will arrive tomorrow, May 1st. Parents, please coordinate with your student to transport pizza kits home on Thursday. Kits can be picked up from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact the office at (618)-543-7589.
During our award ceremony, we had several scholarship winners recognized. We are so proud of our seniors! #elevate38
On the recent ACT, Jimmy scored a 34 on the math section, which is the 99th percentile. This means he did as well as or better than 99% of the individuals who took the test. We are so proud of Jimmy and his accomplishments. #elevate38
We are pleased to welcome Ashley Miller, Stacey Reames and Pete Duley as the newest members of the Joppa-Maple Grove Board of Education. #Elevate38
🚨 BREAKING: J-O-P-P-A, the Rangers hire Cairo & Illinois Basketball legend, Lorenzo Duncan! 💚 💛
Joppa has hired Lorenzo Duncan last night as its new head boys basketball coach.
Lorenzo was an All-State player and led the Pilots to a third place finish in the state tournament in 1981. He’s in the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame.
He is also a two-time Conference Player of the Year in college (Alabama-Huntsville and Sam Houston State) and was selected by the Washington Bullets in the 1986 NBA Draft (6th Round, 128th overall). He played oversees professionally and was an All-Star in the British Basketball League (1986-92).
His coaching experience includes:
-9 years as an Assistant Coach at Paducah Tilghman. 7 years as Freshman Coach and 2 years as JV Coach. (1994-2003).
-Assistant Coach at Mid-Continent University (2004-05).
-Assistant Coach at Cairo High School. (2009-11). He was promoted to Head Coach in January 2010.
-Junior High Coach at Ballard County (2016-17).
Lorenzo lives in Paducah and is retiring soon and he wants to get back into coaching.
“We are thrilled to welcome Coach Duncan to Joppa High School,” said Superintendent Dr. Greg Goins who coached at Joppa between 1998-2000. “He’s had remarkable success as a player and his coaching experience brings an elevated level of excitement to our basketball program.”
Lorenzo is pictured here with Joppa Athletic Director Jim Eftink!
Congratulations to Lorenzo & Joppa High School!
Several of the Agriculture classes are working toward end of year projects. They could choose anything they wanted as long as they could relate it to agriculture. We have gardens, barns, several different habitats, and a few motor tractors currently being built. These kids amaze me every day with their creativity!
Joppa High Bass Fishing Team yesterday at Kincaid Lake - Alex and Caden Go Rangers! 💚💛
Making history come to life! Miss Schloss's U. S. History class got to simulate trench warfare as a way to wrap up their WWI Unit.
Beth Shelton from Sunset Images verified that they could attend both graduations.
These are the services they offer. They will send us forms in advance so that students can prepay and place their orders before graduation. )
Pictures to be taken:
· Before graduation, they will take random pictures around the room, walking in, and diplomas, DVD, or CD $35
· Photo of the student receiving their diplomas- Prices are 8x10 $15 or 5x7 $10
· Group Photo of the entire class- Prices are 8x10 $15 or 5x7 $10
· Individual Pictures- Prices are 8x10 $15 or 5x7 $10
Congrats to one of our own, Alumni Capt. Gabby Wrye.
So proud of our kids last night at the 40th Annual Academic Banquet.
Students were honored for their academic achievements for the year. We are so proud of you all.
Everyone has a story and Kindergarteners wrote theirs!
Their autobiographies are amazing!!!#Elevate38
Joppa FFA will be hosting their annual Chapter Banquet on Tuesday, May 6th at 6pm. FFA Members, please RSVP to Mrs. Heady with your total head count and what dish you are bringing so we can ensure we have enough food for everyone.
The second grade students are learning about dinosaurs. We measured out the length of an Ultrasaurus. It was 100 feet long. Wow! One of my students said that he wouldn't want to meet it in a dark alley. I agreed! #Elevate38
Second Grade celebrated Earth Day with some fun activities! #Elevate38
SIU visited Joppa High School today. The Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Director of Undergraduate Admissions and other staff members from SIU stopped by JHS to celebrate our students and help them take their next steps toward becoming a Saluki. #elevate38 #SIUSalukis
It's Administrative Professionals Day so we want to give a big shout-out to Donna and Morgan for all they do to keep things moving in the right direction. Thanks for all you do! #Elevate38
Last Day Blast will be here before you know it! #elevate38
Third graders took advantage of the beautiful weather and enjoyed discovering how to measure rainfall in different ways today. #elevate38
