Jackson-Reed eNews: Week of November 13th, 2023

Principal's Message

Greetings Jackson-Reed Community,

As we continue into November and center the theme of gratitude, I'd like to thank those who have served in our U.S. military for their courageous service and hope you enjoyed Veteran's Day on Saturday.

Several other events throughout the school led with gratitude this past week. Our Bio-Med NAF program partnered with Inova Hospital System on Thursday to host Jackson-Reed's annual Blood Drive. Two Bio-Med students, Safya Biswal and Angela Rios, led this initiative in memory of Reilly Webb, a late Wilson student who passed in 2017 after battling leukemia. Several students, parents, and community members donated blood and helped reach the anticipated goal.

Last week was also the start of our SGA holiday food drive, a competition between classes to see who can donate the most canned, dried, and boxed food. The drive goes until Monday, November 20th. All donations go to a nearby food pantry in Van Ness to support unhoused community members.

Senior college applications were another focus last week. DC-CAP General and Partnership Scholarships representatives supported several seniors in signing up for college financial assistance. Trinity Washington University also participated in onsite admissions and accepted seven Jackson-Reed Tigers, each receiving a scholarship to support their experience.

This week, I look forward to seeing students continue to give back to the community as we help them prepare for their future.

Tigers R.O.A.R.,

Sah Brown

Principal

Jackson-Reed Joy!

Events this Week

College Admissions Rep Visits this Week
Monday, 11/13: Chat & Chew, 11:45 am- 12:50 pm in Library
Tuesday, 11/14: NAF Monthly Academy Listening Session, 11:50 am-12:35 pm in Library
Tuesday, 11/14-11/16: Credit Recovery (Standing Event) 3:45-5:30 pm in Library
Tuesday, 11/14: LSAT Meeting, 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm in Principal's Conference Room
Tuesday, 11/14: Ward 3 Education Network (Parent Engagement), 7:00-8:30 pm in Library
Wednesday, 11/15: Senior Meeting, 11:00 am -12:00 pm in Auditorium
Wednesday, 11/15: College Essay Mentoring (Standing Event) 3:30 -5:00 pm in C.C.C.
Wednesday, 11/15: Senior Parent Meeting, 6:00-7:00 pm in Auditorium
Wedensday, 11/15: College Funding for Undocumented Students, 4:30 - 5:30 pm at Cardozo Education Campus (1200 Clifton Street, NW)
Thursday, 11/16: JROTC Formation/Drills (Standing Event), 7:45-8:30 am
Thursday, 11/16: Fall Sports Awards, 5:30-9:00 pm in Auditorium & Lobby

"Thank You" from Ms. Krafft & The Bio-Med Academy

SHOUT-OUT to all our AMAZING supporters who have recently contributed to our Biomedical Science Health Academy recent initiative, PINKTOBER FEST!!!! We received a large contribution from one of our Administrative staff, who BROUGHT HOME THE WIN for us and our TIGER COMMUNITY for $310.00. Thanks to the Vance Wall foundation, who doubled all recent contributions, our impact went as far as $620.00!!!!!

OUTSTANDING!!!!! I am PROUD to announce that our Jackson-Reed High School has set a new record and will hopefully follow suit and exceed these monetary contributions next year!!!!!

Athletics this Week

Practices only; no games scheduled.

Upcoming Events

Monday, 11/20: 10th Grade Town Hall, 10:40 am- 11:50 pm
Tuesday, 11/21: Credit Recovery, 3:34-5:30 pm
Wednesday, 11/22-Friday, 11/24: NO SCHOOL for Students & Teachers

Sophomore Shirt Winner: Nikola Morad-Kostoviski

Class Shirts on Sale!

Freshman and Sophomore Class T-shirts are on sale for $5! Please fill out this form, and SGA will contact you.

Apprenticeship Field Trip, Friday 11/17

A multi-trade event with earn-while-you-learn construction apprenticeships from around our region. Tours, exhibits, demonstrations, food and drink. Apprenticeships represented: Bricklayers, Plumbers, Ironworkers, Insulators, Electricians, Operating Engineers, Sheet Metal, Steamfitters, Carpenters, Finishing Trades.

Boys Basketball Fundraiser

The boy's basketball team is hosting a FAN STORE FUNDRAISER. Click here to see what Jackson-Reed Basketball Gear is available! The store closes on Thursday 11/16/2023

SAT and PSAT Scores Information

SAT scores and PSAT scores have been released for the October 11 and October 12 administrations! SAT scores (and any outstanding PSAT scores) should be released on November 16. Scores can be accessed by logging into your student’s College Board account at studentscores.collegeboard.org. Below are some resources for interpreting the scores and some troubleshooting tips if your student cannot find their score.

Score Interpretation Resources:

SAT (12th Grade):

PSAT/NMSQT (10th and 11th Grade):

PSAT 8/9 (9th Grade):

Can’t Find Your Student’s Score?

Many students are having trouble accessing their scores online because they either have multiple College Board accounts, entered an email address on their answer sheet that is not the one associated with their College Board account, or didn’t enter an email address on their answer sheet. To remedy this problem please try the below steps:

Contact Ms. Wells at Katherine.wells@k12.dc.gov to get your student’s score report emailed to you and your student’s SAT/PSAT Registration Number.
Contact College Board to get these scores linked to your student’s College Board account via one of the following ways:
- Click here to use the "Score Matching Tool"
- Click here to fill out a Student & Parent Inquiry Form
- Call this number 866-756-7346
If you need more assistance, contact Ms. Wells at Katherine.wells@k12.dc.gov.

AP Exam Information

Students in AP exams: Join Your AP Class Section(s) by Thursday, November 9th

Students in AP exams need to "join" their AP class section(s) in their College Board account, so that an AP exam can be ordered for them for the May 2024 AP exam administration. Check your College Board account to confirm that you have joined all of the AP courses you have this year (they will appear under "My AP"), and make sure you have joined all of them by Thursday 11/9.
Students were given their "join code" by their teacher in September; they can also get it from Ms. Levenson in the College and Career Center, Room 108A. Only students can join their class section; teachers and staff cannot do this for them.

AP Exam Accommodations

For the May 2024 AP exam administration, accommodations requests and required documentation must be received by College Board by January 18th, 2024.

See information on the College Board website by clicking here.

9th & 10th Grade One-on One School Counselor Meetings

Families, this is a friendly reminder that 9th & 10th grade students need to attend One-on-One meetings with their assigned school counselor. Students will need to show their teacher the email confirmation for their appointment to leave the instructional setting. If they need to schedule or reschedule a meeting, please report to the counseling suite, Room 105 to do so. School Counselors look forward to meeting with each of you!

Click Here for the Counseling Department Page

November Food Drive!

Help support a local food pantry by donating canned, dried, or boxed foods! Let's see which class can donate the most!!!

Literacy Night Interest

We are excited to announce our upcoming Literacy Night on January 11th, dedicated to celebrating the joy of reading and fostering a love for literacy in our community. Please take a moment to fill out this interest form to help us plan and ensure an engaging and enriching experience for all attendees.

Additional Updates By Area

Click on the headings below to see more information about each area. Please see "UPDATED" or "NEW" areas accordingly.

Opportunities (NEW Study Abroad)

Free Travel!

11th grade students within DCPS are eligible for the free international travel, through the DCPS Study Abroad program. To learn more and apply by clicking here.

U.S. National Arboretum All About Arboriculture @ the U.S. Arboretum

Saturday, November 11th, 8 am-1 pm

If you're a student interested in the outdoors, green careers, or meeting industry professionals, join us.It's educational and it's free!

For more information, contact cboston @ dccufa.com

or visit the DC Community and Urban Forestry Alliance website, www.dccufa.com

UDC Event: National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

Monday, November 13, 10 am - 6 pm
University of the District of Columbia, Theater of the Arts
4200 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20008

Please join the UDC College of Arts and Sciences for a special event hosted by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. The John Lennon Bus is a non-profit state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. It travels the country visiting schools, as well as music and technology conferences and events, and partners with communities and media outlets to call attention to the importance of the arts and digital media education.

Highlights of this event:

Student networking with industry professionals
Hosted lunch
Tour of The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

For more information, Contact:

Judith Korey: jkorey@udc.edu
Olive Vassell: ovassell@udc.edu
Frenika Rivers: frenika.rivers@udc.edu

UDC is the only HBCU in the DMV region on the tour, which is now in its 25th year. We welcome all students to take part in this amazing opportunity!

Click here to access the required registration.

Anacostia Youth Media Festival

WHAT IS THE AYMF DOC PROGRAM?The Run, Hope, Work: Youth Media Collaboration project is a part of the Anacostia Youth Media Festival programming run out of the Community Voice Lab in the School of Communication at American University.Through project-based learning, we will produce short social media stories and a single short format documentary, training teenage youth to make thoughtful documentaries within their communities. Working alongside Professor Maher and Community Leads, the curriculum is split into three phases: (1) Training, (2) Production and Editing, and (3) Screenings.By the end of the program, youth will have learned key filmmaking skills in documentary production, including developing interview questions, story structure and organization, technical skills in editing, and impactful social media messaging and promotion.

Our client this year is Run Hope Work and we will be following their program of the course of the school year. https://runhopework.org/. All programming and production will occur in Wards 7 and 8.

Interested students can apply for the program here. Accepted students will be paid to work on the project and so they will learn how to create invoices, tabulate their hours, etc. Students will be working in collaboration with AU graduate and undergraduate students and receive professional credit for their contributions.

Community Service (UPDATED)

Help feed those hungry AND get community service hours!

High schoolers are invited to join G4G at our site after school on November 16th to decorate and put together sandwich lunch bags for chronically homeless men and isolated seniors living in low income housing. Space is limited so sign up fast! All details are on our sign up; you can look before committing.

Weed Warrior - Service Opportunity!

National Park Service volunteers on Sunday, November, 19th from 9 AM - 12 PM, pulling invasive weeds in Little Forest Park. Meet at 28th and Newlands St NW. Students can earn service hours for this activity. Come for a little bit or stay a while - families are welcome! Please register to receive event updates by clicking here.

More DC-wide Volunteer Opportunities can be found here.

Family Engagement (UPDATED)

November LSAT Meeting Announcement

Hello Jackson-Reed Families!

The November Local School Advisory Team (LSAT) Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 11/14 @ 6pm in the Principal's Conference Room. The Jackson-Reed LSAT advises the principal on such matters as the Comprehensive School Plan, the annual school budget, strategic priorities, curriculum, school culture, and family engagement. The LSAT may also advocate on behalf of JRHS on city-wide educational issues.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to the LSAT. We are here to help!

PTSO News

Thanks to your generous donations, PTSO was able enrich Jackson-Reed students and families in many ways this quarter, from hosting a conversation with the bestselling author of "Who Gets in and Why," to providing camera equipment for the school yearbook, transportation for the 9th Grade College Day of Exploration ... and much more.

We're continuing to work to meet our annual fundraising goal and depend on the support of our community so we can provide grants to students, teachers, and the school. Text “JRHS” to 44321 for a donation link OR visit the “parents” section of the Jackson-Reed website to learn how you can support the PTSO.

Meet Your JRHS PTSO Class Representatives

Class of 2024: Alisa Gogarty, Elizabeth Tsehai, jrhsclassof2024@gmail.com
Class of 2025: Steven Brown, Sejal Dave, jrclassof2025@gmail.com
Class of 2026: Alysa MacClellan, Susan Pultz, jrhsclassof2026@gmail.com
Class of 2027: Karl Khoury, Amy West, jrhsclassof2027@gmail.com

College & Career Center

National Merit Scholarship Program

Over 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2024 Scholarship Program by taking the 2022 PSAT/NMSQT. Congratulations to these members of the Class of 2024 who qualified as Semifinalists and Commended Students.

Semifinalists

Dana Clocker
Matthew Collotta
Wengyin Ho

Commended Students

Kiran Agrawal
Zachary Bensky
Nicolas Cloutier
Gabriel Dowd
Callahan Flaherty
Cecilia Pirozzi
Jasper Ruben
Casey Wood

New Heights

New Heights Program for Expectant and Parenting Students at Jackson Reed

My name is Beth Perry and I am the New Heights coordinator for Jackson Reed. For those who do not know, New Heights is a DCPS program that works in all high schools, and lately some middle schools, to support student parents, both moms and dads, to stay in school, graduate, and gain parenting and child development skills. Another significant aspect of our work is to help students find childcare so they can return to school after giving birth. Working with our partners, we provide diapers and wipes (monthly), car seats, strollers, cribs, etc. We also hold workshops at the schools that not only focus on child development, but also post-graduation plans, how to be an advocate for you and your child, early childhood programs, and really any other topic the students are interested in. I coordinate with social workers, counselors and teachers at all my schools to create a community of support.

We accept donations in very good condition—especially baby clothes. We will begin our winter campaign to collect toiletries for our student parents. Besides the toiletries, the “bag” also includes books for the children. Next month I will make that information available for anyone who would like to help.

As a former Jackson Reed parent, and someone who had been working in the DCPS school system for over 10 years, I believe New Heights is an important program. I welcome any support and input. Please contact me if you have any questions. I can be reached at: beth.perry@k12.dc.gov

NAF Academies

Monthly Academy Diversity Listening Session is this Tuesday November 13th

This is a session where we have themes of discussion towards the betterment of the academies. Every month we have a theme, this months theme is Family. From there, we have activities to go along with the theme. This session is nothing but hearing your opinions. Let your voice be heard, so change is made. From your equity officers!

Help us with our planning by registering on this link:https://forms.gle/8Uh2bRDNwpyPyJtX7

Biomed Field Trip to FBI Headquarters on November 13th:

Spots are currently filled for this fieldtrip! We are excited to take our first-level students to tour the headquarters of the FBI building here in Washington DC—students will learn about forensics, cybersecurity, casework, and the variety of jobs within the FBI.

GWU Urban Health Program Bi-weekly Series:For our biomed students, our partnership with George Washington University's Urban Health Projects returns!!! This is open to biomed students and counts toward the work-based learning requirements to graduate the academy. Please come to the college and career center during lunch on Wednesday, October 18th! They mission is to promote public health education. Their sessions include snacks and are highly engaging and interactive and run by graduate students. For more information about this series, please check out their webpage: https://publichealth.gwu.edu/dc-metro-urban-health-program-uhp

Engineering

Less than a month away! Save the date! December 6^th from 6:00-8:00-Annual Engineering Expo Extravaganza: Come see our engineering students showcase their current class projects in this evening event where we welcome judges and community partners in the field of engineering to come judge and give feedback to our young engineers. For the second half of the evening, our judges and students trade places and our judges present their latest projects, research, and 'day in the life' and our students have the opportunity to network.

Families, we need your help! Calling all Engineers in your network! We are always looking for more judges to support this Expo especially since the size our engineering academy has blossomed and we want to make sure all of our students get feedback. If you or anyone in your network would be willing to serve as a judge, please fill out and/or share this landing page link with more detailed information about the event as well the sign-up link. Ms. McClure will follow up with those who sign up to schedule a judges virtual call in advance of the event to ensure clarity (and excitement!) https://scimatech.org/eng-expo/

DBH Clinician's Corner

Clubs

TECH HELP DESK NEEDS HELP

Asian Student Union

The Asian Student Union is holding an interesting meeting during Lunch, on Friday, October 13th in room 316A. Please come for a quick chat and bring your Asian friends--all are welcome! Please text 2025259304 with any questions.

Chess Club

The chess club will meet in Room C207A on Tuesday at Lunch. We will participate in the Metro Washington Area Chess League. https://chessctr.org/play/macl/

Please reach out to Mr. Evans for more information. Anthony.Evans@k12.dc.gov 202-713-5844

Speech & Debate Club

The Jackson-Reed Speech and Debate team meets every Tuesday after school in room 319. Come to improve your speaking, put your argumentative skills to use at tournaments, and be a part of this student-run club.

Wealth Club

The wealth club will meet in room c204a every Wednesday at lunch. Come to room C204A and learn the secrets of the wealthy! Bring your lunch.

Click here to read more information about what will be discussed.

Mary's Center Resources

October Caregiver's Flyer: Anxiety

English Flyer

Spanish Flyer

Virtual Car Seat Program

Mary's Center's Virtual Car Seat program offers free car seats for DC residents. Please see the flyers below for more information.

Immigration Support

Looking for consultation in regard to immigration? Mary's Center can help! Please find information regarding these free services within the flyers below.

Tech Support & Tiger TV Information

Tiger TVLive: Please Subscribe & Like

TigerTVLive is the YouTube channel that provides Free live coverage of athletic and other events at Jackson-Reed High School. We strive to provide live broadcast coverage of all home games. TigerTVLive broadcasts can be found by clicking here.

Jackson-Reed developed a relationship with the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) Network that also broadcasts live and has Video On Demand (VOD). The NFHS Network Broadcasts all home games and games at participating NFHS schools. VOD memberships are free. Live view subscriptions are $11.99 a month or $79.99 annually. Subscribe to the Jackson-Reed NFHS Network here.

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