Due to the rise in positive COVID cases and the numbers in quarantine, Joppa-Maple Grove School District will move to Remote Learning beginning Monday, November 23rd and will resume in person learning on Monday, December 7th. Meals will continued to be prepared this week and can be picked up at the high school between 11:30 and 12:30. Please notify the high school at 543-023 if you would like a meal.
High school boys and girls basketball will not occur this winter season. It has been postponed until the spring, along with most other sports. Start dates have not been confirmed yet for basketball. Volleyball will start in March, and Baseball and Softball will start in May.
Today is the day our Virtual Family Reading Event begins! This website will remain active through December 19th and we would love to have you join us by watching any or all of the videos. The website can be reached by clicking here. Please also take time to complete the survey at the bottom of the webpage so we know how many people participated. If you have any questions or problems viewing the videos, please email Mrs. Wright at lwright@joppa38.com.
Let me know if either of you have any questions or concerns. If you want to check out the website ahead of time, feel free to as well. I'm going to go ahead and send the link to all of the teachers as well.
Lacey Wright
Reading Teacher
We wanted everyone to know that the heat is still being worked on at Maple Grove Elementary. We will be in school tomorrow. Temperatures on Thursday and Friday are to be close to the low 70's. It's still a good idea to have a light coat or jacket on when students are sent to school. Thanks for your understanding and patience and we will see everyone tomorrow.
Congratulations to Ms. Joy Copeland who is the proud winner of the Blackstone grill.
Come grab the hamburgers and hot dogs while they are hot... Absolutely delicious.
Just a reminder that the The JHS Booster Club is hosting a burgers/dogs grab-and-go supper tomorrow night at Joppa HS. Meals will be available for pick up at the high school cafeteria from 5-6:30. The first 144 meals will have a hamburger and hot dog which makes it a two for one. The last 48 meals will be hamburgers only. You can also buy tickets for the raffle as well.
The grill raffle is tomorrow. Winner will be drawn approximately 630 tomorrow . $5 per ticket 5 tickets for $20. You can also buy tickets tomorrow during the booster clubs hamburger dinner night at Joppa HS.
High School Students - The actuarial profession is well respected, highly compensated, and often considered the best job in America. Illinois State University encourages students to consider this field and the Actuarial Program at ISU. They are one of only seventeen actuarial programs in the United States designated by the Society of Actuaries as a Center of Actuarial Excellence, and they were the first Center of Actuarial Excellence in the state of Illinois. They have been a Center of Actuarial Excellence since December 2009, the very beginning of that designation. They also won the Casualty Actuarial Society in 2016 (the inaugural competition) and in 2019 (after a required three year waiting period). Illinois State University is also a Global Center of Insurance Excellence.
They are located just next door to State Farm, one of the largest insurance companies in the world. They also run a special Summer program in actuarial science for minority high school students, which you can learn more about at https://business.illinoisstate.edu/katie/outreach/minority.shtml , and a program for all high school students: https://business.illinoisstate.edu/katie/outreach/risk/ . They had to, unfortunately, cancel the Summer programs for Summer 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but hope to be restarting in 2021.
As members of Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative, qualifying students are able to apply for various scholarships awarded to deserving students in the “electric cooperative family.”The Illinois Electric Cooperative (IEC) Memorial Scholarship Program awards twelve $2,000 scholarships annually to students entering college to assist with educational costs. For more information, go to https://siec.org/scholarship-information/.
Progress Reports were set home with students in attendance this afternoon. Students who are remote or absent may pick up their Progress Reports in the office.
Our Veterans Wall is complete. If you did not send a picture of someone you would like to have added to our wall, please go ahead and send it. We are going to leave this up for a while. Veterans, thank you for your service. Your dedication to our country, and your courage to fight for it, is why we can proudly say we are “Free”!
Did you know...
1-Illinois students get instate tuition at Vincennes University
2-Vincennes University offers certificates, Associates, and Bachelors degrees with over 180 options
3-Vincennes offers the most affordable on-campus housing in the state
Below is the YouTube video about Vincennes University tolearn more about Vincennes. If you would like more information or would like to schedule a virtual or an on-campus visit, then let Mrs. Bellamey know for contact information.
Vincennes University video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURcKRI0e9I
A reminder that tomorrow is the last day to buy tickets for the Blackstone Grill raffle being conducted by the JHS Booster Club. Get your tickets before it's too late.
SIU is currently waiving our application fee (saves $40.00):
ENTER THE CODE FREEAPP
Apply at https://admissions.siu.edu/apply
Any seniors with a 3.5 or higher GPA woud be eligible to apply for the full-ride Meridian Scholarship at SIU-E! The deadline to submit this profile along with their general application is December 1st. Twenty students are selected each year to receive this scholarship.
https://www.siue.edu/undergraduate/direct-entry-meridian/meridian-scholars-program.shtml
Do you own a business and want to advertise in the 2020-2021 yearbook? Are you looking for a way to give back to the community? Consider purchasing an ad in the JHS 2020-2021 Yearbook! Packages include pricing for a simple sponsorship or a formal business ad. Our goal this year is to sell enough sponsorships and business ads so that we are able to provide a yearbook for free to every JHS student. Click the link below to complete an order form and purchase an ad from now until December 11th. For questions, please contact emay@joppa38.com. Thank you for supporting the JHS Yearbook!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vpyiMtkJM3Y5DBJ_TK-WRb6J4OT0FsdlVgL1S4fRa3Q/edit?usp=sharing
Apples for Students
Collect Big John Receipts
Dated September 1, 2020 through March 2, 2021
Drop receipts in the box at the store or send receipts to Maple Grove with your students.
Don't miss out on any of our upcoming notifications!
The 6th graders are thanking our veterans.
