The lunch bus is delivering meals today. The McRoberts route will be starting from Jenkins Middle High @ 10:30 and traveling to McRoberts area. The Burdine route will begin @ 12:00 starting from Lakeside to Marshal’s Branch.
If you want meals for your child/children please watch for the bus, if you’ve previously not been on the route, please let us know to add you. Meals may also be picked up at the school if you’re not able to meet the bus.
Please call 606-832-2182 for more information or to add your child.
Hello Educators, Parents and Students,
MSU’s Center for STEM+eXcellence is hosting two STEM summer camps this year for rising 9th and 10th grade students. Program curriculum follow NGSS standards and will introduce a wide array of new skills like coding, soldering, welding, power tools, CAD design, etc. One highlight I would like to mention is the tuition assistance/scholarship form. Please encourage students that normally would not have the funds to participate to fill this out along with their application. This will allow all students the ability to participate no matter what their economic circumstance. If you have any questions, contact me any time.
Below are two summer program offerings for 2022:
-Sounds of Science- June 26th-July 2nd
https://www.moreheadstate.edu/academics/craft-academy/center-for-stem-excellence/sound-of-science
-Applications- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RKg1YTuFjEuQIK5_fM9sIpye8FRaAgxOrWxp7QVjwiZUNEtOVllQRDdKU0g4UTAxSlpBOTk0TlhOTSQlQCN0PWcu
-Tuition Assistance- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RKg1YTuFjEuQIK5_fM9sIk_9LFlddrRJlQqRgkEYuRJUNjBBM1lEQVBZU1ZDMEtES005RVY0MEJRWS4u
-Robot Gladiators- July 10th-23rd
https://www.moreheadstate.edu/academics/craft-academy/center-for-stem-excellence/robot-gladiator-league
-Application- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RKg1YTuFjEuQIK5_fM9sIpye8FRaAgxOrWxp7QVjwiZUQUZERVpBTTZQMEs4RkdLRkw0REJWOUFXTSQlQCN0PWcu
-Tuition Assistance- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RKg1YTuFjEuQIK5_fM9sIk_9LFlddrRJlQqRgkEYuRJUOVg3ODBYQkFSWUtJNTVGUk1BNDNaM0tBTC4u
Should you have any questions please email stemxcenter@morheadstate.edu or if you would like to be put on a contact list to learn about upcoming programs please subscribe at https://forms.office.com/r/69LVRQBxDt
Summer School begins on Monday, May 23 from 9 am -2 pm daily. Buses will be running. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
It’s National Police Week, and we want to recognize JIS Police Chief, Alisha Congleton, for her service to our community. Chief Congleton is a source of guidance, protection and support for our Cavaliers and families, and a friend to all. We honor and appreciate her service!
JIS will be dismissing at 11:30 from the Burdine Campus, 11:45 from the JMHS Campus. We wish all our Cavaliers a safe and wonderful summer break!
There will be no school tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17th in the Jenkins Independent School System due to Election Day.
Music is good for the spirit and soul! What a wonderful afternoon for our Cavaliers!! 🎶 JIS Band Director Eddie Davis invited his Alma Mater to our campus. Richard Gallion, Director of Bands @ UVA-Wise, brought the amazingly talented “Wise Guys” Low Brass Ensemble! Wow!
Workshops provided twice a month, the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 2:30pm. Different topics discussed each session. Scan the QR code to join!
End of Year Testing Begins Monday, May 9.
Kentucky high school seniors graduating in 2022, who have completed their 2022-2023 FAFSA, are eligible to register for the chance to win a $500 scholarship! The deadline is midnight EST on April 29, 2022.
Enter at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3MJBRQ6.
Happy World Book Day! Reading is a wonderful way to spend quality time with your young reader. Reading to your child will build vocabulary skills, improve comprehension, provides a wonderful avenue for bonding, provides positive modeling, improves listening skills, provides a way to discover classics, and ultimately fosters a love for reading and learning!
Important Upcoming Dates
GEAR-UP sponsored a college visit for the 8th grade today. They toured the University of Virginia Wise Campus. They also received free t-shirts, ate in the cafeteria, and played team building games. Everyone had a great time.
The Wise County Career Tech Center will be on Spring Break Thursday, Friday, and this coming Monday. There will be no vocational school classes these three days. Please use this time to catch up on other classwork you may be behind on, your credit recovery work, etc. 25 days
Tomorrow, at 10am, here at school, all seniors will have cap and gown pictures made. There will also be a group photo. If you would like to order some of these pictures, there is an order form that was given out this week. You can add $10.00 for the group photo.
Basket Weaving Workshop on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Jenkins Middle High School from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm with Ms. Vermillion.
Tomorrow, all seniors are invited to attend orientation at Southeast Community and Technical College. If you plan on attending Southeast or even think you might, you need to attend. We'll leave the school around 8:30 and will return around 1:20. You need no money.
Attention Families: please complete this survey to help us with Family Engagement activities. Thanks for your input!!
www.tinyurl.com/KYCollabSurveys
Monday, March 14th will be an NTI day for the Jenkins Independent School system.
Congratulations to Cavalier Senior Joshua Wagner for placing first in Skills USA Carpentry competition. Josh competed at Mountain Empire Community College last week where he framed a wall and was awarded a brand new DeWalt Circular Saw for demonstrating superb skills in his craft.
Josh has a 3.0 gpa, is a great school citizen, and has plans to run his own business post graduation. Josh represents Jenkins with pride and made our Cavalier family proud!! #GoCavs
