Jasper High School

School News:

On Wednesday next week we have some tremendous opportunities for our students. The Freshmen will be attending the tour of opportunity. They will meet at VUJ and then travel to a tour of a career in which they have interest. All the sophomores will be taking the PSAT and may be doing community service or a job shadow after the test if they have turned in their permission form. The Juniors and Seniors will have a variety of activities. They may be taking the PSAT, SAT, going on a college visit or job shadow, or performing community service. All Juniors and Seniors must have turned in their permission forms or they are expected to be at JHS for the whole day. All of these activities complete a graduation profile exemplar and provide experiences to explore future opportunities. We are in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month and our Spanish teachers have put together a short quiz to test your knowledge of Hispanic Heritage.

Scholarships & FAFSA:

College Goal Sunday will be held on Sunday October 4th at 2 pm at the Vincennes University Jasper Campus. FAFSA filing experts from across Indiana will be available during the event to help all attendees with filing their FAFSA. The U.S. Department of Education has officially opened the 2027–2028 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). There will be a financial aid meeting on November 16 at 6 pm in the JHS auditorium. Mr. Stan Werne will be presenting information and answering questions on filing the FAFSA. The Dubois County Community Foundation Scholarship application is now open. All seniors were emailed information about the application process. The deadline for this application is Oct. 5th. www.dccommunityfoundation.org/scholarships. I have also included information about scholarships across the State of Indiana.

We Are The Champions:

Congratulations to the boys tennis team on their 21st consecutive sectional championship. Coach Yarbrough has elevated the program both in terms of success and consistency. The boys will compete on Tuesday for the Regional semi-finals. The volleyball team won the SIAC championship on Thursday with a big win over Memorial. They are gearing up for Sectional run. The girls soccer team finished the regular season with a win over Forest Park and will compete on Wednesday against Castle in Evansville for the first round of sectional. The boys soccer team tied number 1 ranked Bloomington South on Thursday. The number 17 ranked Wildcats will play highly ranked Castle on Tuesday at home in their sectional opener. The Cross Country team will compete at the Nike Valley Twilight meet on Saturday at 6 pm. Congratulations to Diolanca Dorlean and Mrs. Anna Grant on their selection as the JHS student and staff of the week winners. The Marching Wildcats will host the ISSMA preliminary contest. Our Marching Wildcats will perform at 9 pm at Alumni Stadium.

Coming up at JHS:

School picture retakes will be on Thursday October 8th. The JHS chapter of the FFA will be providing food to local farmers through their Meals in the Fields program. We want to feed those who work all year to feed us. Check out the flyer below to request your meals for delivery. Mrs. Cobo is planning an event at VUJC for next Wednesday 10/13 at 6:00 to help our Latino families with college questions and FAFSA completion. The Indiana Latino Institute will be there as well. Families must register by 10/6. Use this link or check out the flyer.

https://connect.vinu.edu/register/iliandvuj Dubois County Cares will host a tailgate on October 9th, before the Senior Night football game against Evansville North. Save the date, If you purchased BBQ chicken dinner tickets from the junior class, pickup will be held Sunday, October 11 at the JHS Community Room. The pickup is drive-thru only, and you must have a ticket to pick up your meal. Pickup is from 11:00am-1:00pm. Check out some of the community events going on next week.

Have a wonderful weekend and Go Cats!

This week's Student of the Week is Ms. Diolanca Dorlean

This week's Staff of the Week is Mrs. Anna Grant

Thank you for making Jasper High School Great.

October 8th- School Picture Make-up day

October 7th- PSAT/SAT Testing, Tour of Opportunity Day

October 9th End of First Quarter (Grade Check)

October 9th ASVAB Testing

October 19-23rd Fall Break (No School)

November 3rd- Election Day

November 9th-13th- World Kindness Day

November 13-15th- Little Shop of Horrors Show (JHS Auditorium)

November 16th FAFSA Parent Meeting (6 pm auditorium)

December 18th- Last Day for Credit Recovery (first semester)

December 23rd-January 5th- Christmas Break (School resumes 1/6/27)

Don't forget to check out ParentGuidance.Org, a site designed to support you in addressing any mental health challenges your child may encounter. Whether you’re looking for expert advice, helpful tools, or a supportive community, this site has you covered.

We are excited to bring back our Meals in the Fields service project this year!

Farmers are the backbone of the agricultural community and we are looking forward to serving our Dubois County Farmers warm meals as harvest season continues! You can request for meals to be delivered by filling out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/nFk8LnSbnbn86hVy8

If you are having trouble with the form, feel free to reach out to any Jasper FFA member, advisor, or our social media pages to get signed up (or reply to this email)!

Not sure where you are going to be on October 8th? No problem! - In the interest form we ask for a good phone number to contact you so that we can deliver your meal to you on that day!

Hope to be done with harvest by October 8th? Congratulations! - We will still deliver to shops and/or porches!

Please note that all meal deliveries will be happening on October 8th between 5 -9 PM EST.

Please share with those that you think might be interested! Forms are due by Friday, October 2nd.

The Dubois County Community Foundation Scholarship application is now open. All seniors were emailed information about the application process. The deadline for this application is Oct. 5th. www.dccommunityfoundation.org/scholarships

The U.S. Department of Education has officially opened the 2027–2028 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

There will be a financial aid meeting on November 16 at 6 pm in the JHS auditorium. Mr. Stan Werne will be presenting information and answering questions on filing the FAFSA.

College Goal Sunday will be held on Sunday October 4th at 2 pm at the Vincennes University Jasper Campus. FAFSA filing experts from across Indiana will be available during the event to help all attendees with filing their FAFSA. Anyone wishing to file their FAFSA with free expert help needs to visit one of the College Goal Sunday locations across Indiana for FREE in-person help completing the form.

Student Academic Services counselor assignments

Heather Hawkins- Students P-Z hhawkins@gjcs.k12.in.us

Cam Harris- Students H-O charris@gjcs.k12.in.us

Erin Jochum- Career Counselor ejochum@gjcs.k12.in.us

Sean Jochum- Students A-G sjochum@gjcs.k12.in.us

Congratulations to the Jasper Marching Wildcats on their 3rd place finish and tie for Best Music at the Avon Invitational!!

Up next - The Jasper Invitational on Saturday, October 3rd, at Jerry Brewer Stadium . Come out to support the Jasper Band and also see other amazing local bands. In total, 32 bands will be performing all day!

Visit this site for more information and to see the schedule

Future Schedule

10/3 ISSMA Prelims @ Jasper

10/16 BOA Super Regional

10/24 ISSMA Semi-State @ Pike

10/31 Community Performance @ Alumni Stadium

11/7 ISSMA State Finals

New Class Bulletin Boards next week.

Halloween month continues!!!! The window table is filled with thriller and horror books….stop by and get a new book!

We are celebrating Mrs. Keusch and the “Shakespeare Insults” project in our spotlight window. Some fantastic work here!!

Six of Crows is a fantasy novel written by the American author Leigh Bardugo and published by Henry Holt and Co. in 2015. The story follows a thieving crew led by criminal mastermind Kaz Brekker, who plots to break into a high-security prison. The novel is primarily set in the city of Ketterdam, which is loosely inspired by Dutch Republic–era Amsterdam. The plot is told from third-person viewpoints of five (seven if the opening and closing chapters are considered) different characters.

The novel is the first of a duology, completed in Crooked Kingdom (2016). An additional novella named Six of Crows: A Darker Shore, set after the duology, was published in June 2026. The series is part of Bardugo's Grishaverse. Main character Nina Zenik's storyline continues in the King of Scars duology: King of Scars (2019) and Rule of Wolves (2021), with the other Crows making brief cameos in the latter. They are also featured in the Netflix television series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023), the series' first season giving them an original storyline, including time with characters from Shadow and Bone like Nikolai Lantsov and Genya Safin. (wikipedia)

Congratulations to Bryer Rustman for winning the September drawing! We are going to continue this activity all year, so stop by the library to write the title of your book and its geographical location on a sticky note and put it on the map. Then submit your name on a slip of paper for the monthly drawing.

Along with the map, October’s drawing will be to submit your name with “your favorite place to read”.

Happy Weekend and Happy Reading!!

These are the clubs offered at JHS:

Academic Teams, BPA, Dance Marathon, Earth Club, FFA, German Club, GSA, Interact, JAG, Key Club, National Honors Society, Octagon Club, Performing Arts, Obscure Sports, Robotics, SADD, SOFA, Spanish Club, Spell Bowl, MotorSports,, Archery, Speech and Debate, Young Latinos Unidos, FCA, ED Rising, FCCLA, Take 3, Yogioh Club

Jasper High School is fortunate to have a school-based enterprise (SBE), our school store. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate standards in marketing, finance, hospitality, human resources, and management. SBEs provide realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction. The Wildcat Corner is a major learning component in the Business Program. The teacher and coordinator for this program is Mrs. Jessica Mehringer.

The success of the Wildcat Corner depends on the commitment of students in the Small Business and Business Administration Capstone classes as these students are responsible for working in the school store as part of their work based learning experience.

Wildcat Corner Store is OPEN for business. Our website is www.wildcatcornerstore.com

Here are some events in our communities.

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3. Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico (originally Nuevo México), and Texas (originally Tejas)
4. False: St. Augustine, FL is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the U.S.
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Hello Wildcats! Here is your 10/1 edition of the news release via email!

School Wide News ↓

BBQ Chicken Dinner Fundraiser - Pickup:

If you purchased BBQ chicken dinner tickets from the junior class, pickup will be held Sunday, October 11 at the JHS Community Room. The pickup is drive-thru only, and you must have a ticket to pick up your meal. Pickup is from 11:00am-1:00pm. Please enter from St. Charles street on the north side of the school, proceed past the front entrance and to the community room for pickup, then exit onto 15th street. Thank you for supporting the class of 2028!

BBQ Chicken Dinner Fundraiser - Volunteers Needed:

BBQ chicken dinner tickets have been distributed to students who sold. We sold over 450 dinners! Thank you for your support. Students should deliver tickets to those who bought from them, and tickets should be brought for pickup on October 11. We are now looking for volunteers to help the day of the fundraiser. Please consider signing up. Any student who works will earn $10 off their prom dues. A parent can also work on behalf of their student. Please look at the sign up to find an available slot. We can't do it without your help! Thank you!

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050C4AAFA72DAAFC1-66274241-bbqchicken](https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050C4AAFA72DAAFC1-66274241-bbqchicken)

Interact Club:

The Interact Club is supporting the brand new Boys and Girls Club of Dubois County located at Trinity UCC by collecting card games and board games for 5-10 year old students that will be part of the Boys and Girls Club throughout September and October.

Juggling Club Meeting:

The Juggling Club will meet on Friday, October 2nd during CCD in Mr. Noblitt’s room (414). More information is available on their website: Juggling Club

FCA Meeting:

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) will meet on Friday, October 2nd during CCD in the LGI.

BPA Meeting:

BPA will be meeting Friday, October 2nd during CCD in the choir room (810).

Picture Retakes:

Picture retakes are scheduled for Thursday, October 8th from 7:30-Noon. Order forms can be turned in online or outside of room 306.

Wildcat Corner is OPEN!!

About the Wildcat Corner:

Jasper High School is fortunate to have a school-based enterprise (SBE), our school store. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate standards in marketing, finance, hospitality, human resources, and management. SBEs provide realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction. The Wildcat Corner is a major learning component in the Business Program. The teacher and coordinator for this program is Mrs. Jessica Mehringer.

The success of the Wildcat Corner depends on the commitment of students in the Small Business and Business Administration Capstone classes as these students are responsible for working in the school store as part of their work based learning experience.

Wildcat Corner Store is OPEN for business. Our website is www.wildcatcornerstore.com

Lost and Found:

If you are missing items here at school, check out the lost and found in the LGI. We will be donating leftover items at the end of each nine-week grading period. Please claim your items by Friday, October 9th.

Student Academic Services↓

Student Academic Services counselor assignments

Heather Hawkins- Students P-Z hhawkins@gjcs.k12.in.us

Cam Harris- Students H-O charris@gjcs.k12.in.us

Erin Jochum- Career Counselor ejochum@gjcs.k12.in.us

Sean Jochum- Students A-G sjochum@gjcs.k12.in.us

We are currently having evening office hours every Monday from 5-7pm. Email your counselor if you would like to schedule an appointment.

The Dubois County Community Foundation Scholarship application is now open. All seniors were emailed information about the application process. The deadline for this application is Oct. 5th. www.dccommunityfoundation.org/scholarships

The U.S. Department of Education has officially opened the 2027–2028 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

There will be a financial aid meeting on November 16 at 6 pm in the JHS auditorium. Mr. Stan Werne will be presenting information and answering questions on filing the FAFSA.

On October 7th, students will be participating in a variety of activities.

Seniors- will have the option to take the SAT, Community Service, Job Shadow, or College visit.

Juniors- will have the option to take the PSAT, SAT, Community Service, Job Shadow, or College visit

Sophomores- all sophomores will be taking the PSAT- There is no registration necessary. All Sophomores will automatically be registered. There is no fee for the PSAT

Freshmen- All freshmen will be participating in the Tour of Opportunity

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Location: 1600 Saint Charles Street, Jasper, IN, USA
Phone: (812)482-6050

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