John Marshall Parent Newsletter

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere, however truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act, it's a habit. When we settle in the fact that perfection is not attainable, while chasing perfection, we can catch excellence!

I'm on the chase, catch me if you can!

• Bell Schedule

• Technology Agreement (Must be return to recive a chromebook)

• Yellow Insurance Flier

• RPS Calendar

• Cell Phone Policy

• Standardized High School Parking Application (Must be Completed if a student drives)

• Justice Student Handbook - 2022-23 Quick Reference Guide

• Change of Address Form

• Lunch Schedules ( 3rd Block)

• SCORE Acknoledgment Form (Must Signed & be returned back to School)

The Student Code of Responsible Ethics (SCORE) is a guide that defines appropriate and inappropriate behavior. The SCORE also covers disciplinary consequences and interventions that may be prescribed as appropriate. This guide is formulated to encourage good citizenship and to promote positive behavior that will lead to the overall welfare of students. The SCORE ensures that families, students and school personnel are aware of their rights and responsibilities in regard to student conduct. It also standardizes procedures used in responding to specific disciplinary infractions. The goal of the SCORE is to ensure every student has access to a quality education in an environment that is conducive to teaching and learning.

Homecoming is Coming Quick!!!!!

September 19- 23, 2022

Homecoming Week

Get Ready

Jayem Community,

We are excited to present Homecoming 2022: The Renaissance & Back to School Night

When: September 19 - 23, 2022

Spirit Week Activities

Wednesday, September 22, 2022

• HOCO Pagent
• 5 PM: Back 2 School Night/ Open House - Chromebook Distribution
• 7 PM: Alumni Social

Friday, September 23, 2022

• 5:30 PM: HOCO Parade
• 7:00 PM: Game Night

Saturday, September 24, 2022

• Homecoming Dance

The Washington Commanders are happy to share that nominations for the 2022 Coach of the Week program are now open! This opportunity is for administrators, colleagues, student-athletes, and friends to nominate their favorite coach to be recognized as the Washington Commanders Coach of the Week.

Recipients of this award receive:

• Certificate from the National Football League and Washington Commanders
• $1,000 grant towards their school’s program
• Widespread recognition by the Washington Commanders
• Suite tickets to the following week’s home game at FedExField

*Nominees must be a Head Coach of their High School’s football program and located in Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or Washington D.C.

It's a fact: Students who attend school regularly learn more and are more successful in school than students who do not. Parents who make regular school attendance a priority also are helping their children learn to accept responsibility, and that’s an important lesson for a successful life. Attendance patterns are formed early in life. Children who develop good attendance habits in the early grades will be more likely to continue them throughout their school career, as well as into their chosen career. Regular attendance is critically important, because students who miss school miss out on carefully planned sequences of instruction. They miss out on active learning experiences and class participation. They miss out on the opportunity to ask questions. As a result, they are more likely to fall behind, and they are more likely to drop out.

Student Attendance and Absences/Truancy

Excused Absences

• An excused absence results from conditions beyond the control of the parent/guardian and/or the student or school. Acceptable absences could include personal illness, death in the family, court appearance, religious holidays, and extenuating circumstances as approved by the school administration.
• Schools are required by state law to take specific actions if a student accumulates a certain number of unexcused absences.
• Students shall not be absent (excused or unexcused reasons, excluding suspensions) for 18 or more school days per year or 18 class periods.
• Any student who misses 18 or more days of school will not be eligible to receive course credit and/or will be subject to retention.
• A waiver for these attendance policies may be considered for medical hardships or other very unique circumstances as determined by the Division Superintendent or his designee.
• Parents and guardians are required to provide a note requesting that the days absent be considered excused absences within five (5) schools days of the last day of school missed. If a note for the day(s) absent is not provided within five (5) school days of the last day of school missed, the period of absences will be considered unexcused.

Unexcused Absences

• Early intervention with the student and parent or parents takes place for repeated unexcused absences.
• Please see School Board Policy linked below for further details about how unexcused absences are handled.

Tardies and Early Dismissals

• Students should start and remain in school for the entirety of the school day. No student shall be allowed to leave school early except in cases of sickness or for some pressing emergency. Parent/guardians are encouraged to make medical and other appointments outside of school hours.
• Students with excessive unexcused tardies or early dismissals may receive sanctions as determined by the superintendent or their designee. Tardies are defined as being more than 30 minutes late to school and early dismissals are defined as leaving more than 30 minutes early.
• Students obtaining permission to leave school during school hours due to sickness shall be required to return a special form properly signed by the parent or legal guardian. All notes of excuse or requests to leave school shall state the reason for such excuse or request. The principal shall judge the validity of all such excuses and requests.

If you see a student out of school between 7:25 am and 2:00 pm, call the RPS Attendance Support Hotline at (804) 780-4646.

Required School Immunizations – All 12th Grade students must have all required immunizations. The Richmond City Health District offers free immunizations and physicals for uninsured K-12 students by appointment. See the flyers below for local clinics and events or call (804) 205-3501.

The Richmond City Health District is hosting walk-in immunizations for MS / HS students on a first come, first served in the next couple of weeks. Please print and have posted at your front desks, share with families who are missing immunizations, post to your school social media, and do anything else you think might help get out to anyone with a pending enrollment.

• September 14, 8:30-11am
• September 15, 1-3pm
• September 21, 8:30-11am

Health and Safety Protocols – The School Board also approved COVID-19 health and safety guidance for the 2022-23 school year. Please note that masks are NOT required outdoors on RPS property for staff or students – but are required indoors. However, parents may opt their students out of the mask requirement by emailing covidrps@rvaschools.net with their student's name and school. We'll continue to review this guidance every two months.

What is Remind?

RPS is excited to launch the Remind Plan to provide 2-way communications with families and students!

Remind allows teachers who choose to use text messaging to communicate with parents and students. With Remind:

See instructions below on how to sign up or re-subscribe to receive Remind notifications from your school and RPS. If you need to update your contact information, please reach out to your school!

If you would like to opt out from using Remind, step by step instructions are available here.

• Parents can choose how to receive messages – text, email or app. For students, texting is available for ages 13 and over.
• It allows for safe and secure messaging that is available in multiple languages
• It has a call feature, so teachers may use it to make calls without using their personal number.

Sign-Up to Receive Text Messages!

To receive Remind text messages, text @jmjustices to 81010 (including the @) on your mobile device. You can also sign-up online by clicking here.

Attached are our tentative schedules for Football & Girls Volleyball. No Cross Country schedule is set yet. They usually run on Wednesdays of each week after school starts. The first scrimmage (Jamboree) for Football is Aug.18th (HOME) Football Jamboree vs. Huguenot, Windsor & George Wythe @4pm.

You can view and download the mobile app to all schedules, rosters, and updates on the Colonial District website. Students and parents may also access this link, so please share.

Click on link: John Marshall Athletic Schedules

The Virginia School Boards Association is once again asking Virginia high school students to create a video that expresses their thoughts and ideas about public education. The theme for the 11th annual competition, is “Rising Above” Students are invited to submit a 30-second video that conveys the contest theme. The top 3 videos, along with those identified by the judges as honorable mentions, will be posted on VSBA’s YouTube site, and winners will be honored at the VSBA Annual Convention in November.

For more information on how to submit video entries, please see the attached document. Information is also available on the VSBA website. PLEASE NOTE: Only ONE submission per school division will be accepted.

The submission deadline is October 3, 2022.

**Each student participant listed must complete a Release Form**

If you have any questions, please contact Tom Brewster, assistant executive director, at tom@vsba.org or 434-295-8722 ext. 139.

Click Here to View the 2022 Student Video Contest Guide

Click Here for the Release Form

Virginia School Boards Association | 200 Hansen Rd, Suite 2, Charlottesville, VA 22911

Families,

Please take a moment to complete this short survey from Rite Aid. We have a target of 25 participants. We only need 10 more sign-ups and we will earn 2500.00!!! Help us earn these funds.

support.rxfundraising.com/JohnMarshallHighSchool

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Website: jmhs.rvaschools.net
Location: 4225 Old Brook Road, Richmond, VA, USA
Phone: 804-780-6052
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