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Greetings Jackson-Reed Faculty, Staff, and Community,
I hope this message finds you well and you enjoyed the sunshine yesterday. Although last week’s weather wasn’t great, our Faculty, Staff, and Students made it a wonderful one.
Last week we held our annual Clubs and Activities Fair. The atrium was full of energy and eagerness with our students moving from table to table to learn about extra-curricular opportunities at Jackson-Reed. In addition to the fair, we held our NAF Academy Night where students explained our NAF Academy programs and had their academy projects and work on display!
There are many benefits to joining an afterschool club or Academy. Some of these benefits include building community within the school, exploring individual interests with other like-minded students, and enhancing college applications and resumes for the future. We look forward to seeing the tremendous outcomes our students will have by being a part of these programs and I want to thank each of our faculty, staff, teachers, and club sponsors for using their skills to make a difference.
Tigers R.O.A.R.,
Sah Brown
Principal
News This Week
- Workshop Goals and Benefits
- Empowering Students: The workshop aims to equip students with essential skills in environmental justice advocacy, community organizing, and engaging with governmental regulators. This empowers them to become effective advocates for their own communities and prepares them to become tomorrow’s leaders.
- Skill Development: Students will gain practical knowledge and hands-on experience in legal advocacy, legislative drafting, and public service commission engagement with the District’s Office of the People’s Counsel, the statutory legal advocate for all gas, electric, water, and telecommunications ratepayers.
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Networking Opportunities: Participants will have the chance to connect with special guest teachers and leaders from the DC environmental and advocacy community, as well as other dedicated youth activists from all 8 Wards of the District, providing invaluable insights and mentorship opportunities.
- Special Features
- Guest Teachers and Speakers: The workshop will feature prominent figures in the environmental and advocacy community who will share their expertise and provide guidance on pathways into similar careers.
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Certification: Each student will receive a certificate from OPC-DC upon completion of the workshop, recognizing their training in legal advocacy. This certificate can be included in college application materials, enhancing their academic and extracurricular profiles.
- Engaging Activities
- Community Organizing: Students will learn the fundamentals of identifying their community’s environmental and climate change issues, and organizing community efforts – from grassroots mobilization to strategic planning taught by prominent community organizers in the District and outreach specialists at OPC.
- Legislation Drafting and Passage: The workshop will provide an introduction to drafting legislation, understanding the legislative process, and strategies for successful advocacy taught by OPC attorneys and legislative experts.
- PSC Engagement: Training from OPC attorneys will cover how to effectively engage with the Public Service Commission, ensuring that students understand the regulatory landscape and how to use collective power to influence policy decisions.
- Outcome for Students
- Leadership Skills: Students will develop leadership skills, and an advanced understanding of District governance, and leave equipped to advocate for themselves and their community before governmental bodies.
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College Readiness: The skills learned and certification gained through the workshop will strengthen students’ college applications and provide insight into potential career paths.
Come join fellow biomedical science students in the academy hub for an exclusive Lunch n’ Learn session! Learn all about the ins and outs of being a physician assistant.
This past week, on September 25 at lunch, Jackson-Reed hosted a vibrant club fair where students got to learn all about what the clubs at the school and how students can get involved to support! Please check out the STEM-related clubs and when/where they meet!
- Ace Architecture Club: Thursdays from 8:00 am-9:00 am in room 323
- Biomed Club: during lunch on Tuesdays in room 428
- Coding Club: Thursdays from 3:30 pm-5:00 pm in room 403
- Computer Science Honors Society: DAYS, TIMES, AND ROOM # COMING
- Electric Vehicle: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 pm-5:30 pm in room B101
- e-NABLE: during lunch on Thursdays in room 328.
- Gender Equity in STEM: DAYS, TIMES, AND ROOM # COMING
- Robotics: Tuesdays and Fridays from 3:30 pm-5:30 pm in room B101
- Girls Who Code: during lunch on Tuesdays in room 323
- HOSA-Future Health Professionals: during lunch on Thursdays in room 428
- National Society of Black Engineering: during lunch on Wednesdays in room 328
- TSA Drones: during lunch on Thursdays in room B101
Dear Class of 2025 Seniors & Parents,
It is hard to believe that it is almost October and college application season is already upon us!
Every year, the senior class at Jackson-Reed (and formerly Wilson) undertakes a few fundraisers to help lower the costs for graduation caps & gowns, which cost in total around $20k.
Please mark your calendars for two upcoming fundraisers in October at Seoul Spice in Tenleytown:
- Thursday October 10th
- Thursday October 24th
Come out from 5:00-8:00pm on these Thursdays and purchase delicious food from Seoul Spice, mentioning that you are supporting Jackson-Reed and 25% goes to the Class of 2025. We will send out flyers as we get closer and hope that families will share with neighbors, families, and friends so that we can meet our goal of raising $10k by mid November to offset the costs of caps & gowns for all seniors this year. There will be additional fundraisers also, but we hope to see you in October!
Jackson-Reed will be hosting an in-person College Fair this Wednesday, October 2 from 10 am-12 noon in the Aux Gym. Please, come to the College and Career Center to sign up to attend.
Local Colleges & Universities Attending
- American University
- Capitol Technology University
- Catholic University of America
- George Washington University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Marymount University
- Montgomery College
- Trinity Washington University
- University of Maryland, College Park
- DC-CAP University Partner Ohio University
Also Attending
- Binghamton University (New York)
- Clark University (Massachusetts)
- Clemson University (South Carolina)
- Colby College (Maine)
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida)
- Ithaca College (New York)
- Merrimack College (Massachusetts)
- Nova Southeastern University (Florida)
- Salisbury University (Maryland)
- St. John’s University (New York)
- Stockton University (New Jersey)
- Washington and Lee (Virginia)
- Washington College (Maryland)
Jackson-Reed Community,
Thank you to all who donated to the PTSO in the past week! In one week, we went from reaching 10% of our goal to 15% of our goal, or ~$7,000. It shows what we can do!
Let’s raise another 5% this week. To demonstrate why it’s important to donate if at all possible, here’s a list of some of the things that the PTSO has supported already this year:
- Lunches for students in the special education program during a field trip
- Supplies such as calculators, calculator storage and phone storage for the physics lab
- Purchase of Kahoot, an online game-based learning platform, for world language lessons to make the learning environment more dynamic and engaging
- Catering for a family dinner for Spanish speaking families
- Registration for five teachers to attend their professional organizations’ conferences
- Support for an ice cream social for our annual NAF Night for students and families
- A field trip to the National Museum of American History
If you haven’t yet, please donate to the Jackson-Reed PTSO so that we can continue to provide the best education for our students.
Our suggested donation is $180 per student, which is $1 per school day. However, we appreciate any amount, as every dollar directly benefits Jackson-Reed students. Thank you in advance for your donation!
The Academy Directors extend a huge thank you to all the student leaders and Academy volunteers who contributed to the success of NAF Night! Your efforts made a significant impact!
The Science Center is back! Have a question, need extra practice or want tutoring on Biology, Chemistry, or Physics? Stop by the Science Center! Jackson-Reed teachers will help you understand the science topics you are working on. Feel free to bring classwork or homework, but this isn’t the place to work on test or quiz revisions.
- When: Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school, 3:45 to 4:15pm
- Where: Room 226
Upcoming college fair for HBCU for any Juniors or Seniors interested in the Auxillary Gym from 9:30 am to 11:30 am on Wednesday, October 9th.
Each Academy requires every student to participate in at least four work-based learning (WBL) events each year to graduate. WBL is any event or experience where students are engaged with a professional related to their academies’ industry.
How is WBL tracked? Each student in the academy has an NAFtrack account—they just need to access it! Once they log in, they will have access to see what field trips/guest speakers they have attended.
- Access the Student Portal at https://students.naftrack.org/
- Select “REGISTER.
3. Complete the “STUDENT ID” and “LAST NAME” fields.
4. Enter a valid email address.
5. Establish a password, by entering the same password in twice.
6. Click “REGISTER.”
- If you are interested in either being a mentor or a mentee and are in the HEALTH SCIENCES academy, please fill out this form.
- If you are an upperclassman and want to sign up to be an ENGINEERING mentor please fill out this form.
- If you are an underclassman and want to sign up to have a mentor within the ENGINEERING academy, please fill out this form.
- If you are an upperclassman and want to sign up to be an INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY mentor please fill out this form.
- If you are an underclassman and want to sign up to have a mentor within the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY academy, please fill out this form.
Jackson-Reed is excited to celebrate Hispanic Heritage over the course of the next month. Click below to take a look at some important dates throughout the month and keep an eye out for upcoming events!
Events This Week
| Datet(s) | Event Info |
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| 09/30/2024 | Career Ready Internship Application opens |
| 09/30/2024 | Career Ready Internship Application opens for current juniors |
| 10/01/2024 | Spy Museum Forensics Field Trip |
| 10/01/2024 | Academy of Finance: Work-Based Learning Opportunity Begins |
| 10/01/2024 | AOF Lunch and Learn, 11:50 am in Ms. Wards room |
| 10/01/2024 to 10/04/2024 | Lifetouch Pictures |
| 10/01/2024 | FBLA Meeting, 03:45 pm - 04:45 pm |
| 10/02/2024 | College Fair, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm in Jackson-Reed HS Aux Gym |
| 10/02/2024 | AOHT Nats Prep, 10:30 am |
| 10/02/2024 | College Fair- Seniors Only, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm in Aux Gym |
| 10/02/2024 | LearnServe Fellows in the Atrium, 11:55 am - 12:40 pm |
| 10/02/2024 | Health Sciences Academy Opportunity, 12:00 pm in Jackson-Reed HS - Room 423 |
| 10/03/2024 | GWU Public Health-Urban Health Series begins during lunch, 11:50 am - 12:45 pm |
| 10/03/2024 | College Fair |
| 10/03/2024 | BLAX Interest Meeting, 04:15 pm - 05:30 pm in Library |
| 10/04/2024 | Friday B-DAY |
| 10/04/2024 | ThinkForward Conference, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM |
| 10/04/2024 | Play In A Day, 05:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
| 10/05/2024 | Play In A Day Part 2, 08:00 am - 10:30 pm |
| 10/05/2024 | SAT Testing, 08:00 am - 03:30 pm |
| 10/05/2024 | JROTC Color Guard Competition, 08:30 am - 02:00 pm |
| Datet(s) | Event Info |
Clubs & Activities This Week
College Reps This Week
Juniors and seniors are welcome to attend the following college admission rep visits in the Jackson-Reed College and Career Center. If you have a class, you must bring a pass from your teacher.
Tiger Pride
Athletics
| Monday, September 30th | Game Time | Opponent | Location | Early Release |
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| JV Girls Varsity Soccer | 4:00pm | DCI | Jackson-Reed | TBA |
| Tuesday, October 1st | Game Time | Opponent | Location | Early Release |
| Girls Varsity Soccer | 4:00pm | DCI | Jackson-Reed | 2:45pm |
| Volleyball | 6:15pm | Eastern | Eastern | TBA |
| Wednesday, October 2nd | Game Time | Opponent | Location | Early Release |
| Fall Sports Team Picture/Media Day at Jackson-Reed | ||||
| Thursday, October 3rd | Game Time | Opponent | Location | Early Release |
| Fall Sports Team Picture/Media Day at Jackson-Reed | ||||
| Friday, October 4th | Game Time | Opponent | Location | Early Release |
| Girls Varsity Soccer | 4:00pm | St. Andrews | St. Andrews | 1:45pm |
| Boys Varsity Soccer | 4:00pm | EL Haynes | EL Haynes | 2:00pm |
| JV Volleyball | 4:15pm | Bullis | St. Andrews | 2:30pm |
| Girls JV Varsity Soccer | 5:30pm | St. Andrews | St. Andrews | 1:45pm |
| Varsity Volleyball | 5:30pm | Bullis | Jackson-Reed | N/A |
| Football | 6:00pm | Dunbar | Jackson-Reed | N/A |
| Field Hockey | 7:00pm | Bullis | Bullis | N/A |
| Saturday, October 5th | Game Time | Opponent | Location | Early Release |
| Cross Country | 9:00 am | Great American XC | Cary NC | All Day 10/4 |
| Volleyball | 11:15am | McKinley Tech | CHEC | N/A |
Opportunities
| Title | Organization | Description | Opp Type | Due Date |
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| Engineering Fieldtrip: OPC’s Youth Environmental Justice and Legal Advocacy Workshop Outreach | Office of the People's Counsel |
Interested? Fill out this link to register: https://form.jotform.com/242356009211042
| Workshop | 10/22/2024 |
| Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025 | Society for Science | The Regeneron Science Talent Search is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school students. It started in 1942 as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Application deadline: November 7, 2024. Learn more and apply. | Competition | 11/07/2024 |
| Title | Organization | Description | Opp Type | Due Date |