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📣 ILEARN Testing Begins This Month – Let’s Show What We Know!

This month, Jennings County Middle School will begin ILEARN testing for Math and English-Language Arts. This important assessment gives our students the opportunity to show just how much they’ve learned and grown this school year. From daily lessons and assignments to group projects, classroom discussions, quizzes, tests, and our three Checkpoint assessments—our students and staff have been working hard and putting in the effort every step of the way.

As we enter testing season, it’s more important than ever for students to be present and on time for school each day. Attendance plays a big role in student success, especially during testing. When making appointments or other plans, please do your best to avoid scheduling during our testing dates so that students can complete their ILEARN tests on their scheduled days, with as little disruption as possible.

We will begin testing on Tuesday, April 22nd and finish on May 1st. Below is our testing schedule:

• Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 and Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025:
• CAT Testing: English-Language Arts
• Thursday, April 24, 2025 and Friday, April 25, 2025:
• CAT Testing: Math
• Tuesday, April 29, 2025:
• Performance Task: Math
• Wednesday, April 30, 2025 and Thursday, May 1, 2025:
• Performance Task: English-Language Arts

💪 A Message to Our Students:

You’ve got this! All of your hard work is about to pay off. This is your chance to show what you know and how much you’ve grown—not just as students, but as problem-solvers, critical thinkers, and resilient learners. Believe in yourself, take your time, and do your best. The staff of JCMS are rooting for you to do your best!

Let’s finish strong, Panthers! 🐾✨

The school year has been full of unforgettable moments—spirit days, sports victories, classroom fun, and friendships that will last a lifetime. Now, it’s time to make those memories last forever with your very own Jennings County Middle School 2024-2025 Yearbook!

**Yearbooks are officially available to order, but don’t wait too long—**all orders must be placed by Friday, May 16th. You can easily order your copy by visiting our yearbook order site:

👉 https://store.shopyearbook.com/jcms25

Don’t miss out on this special keepsake from a fantastic school year!

Spring and club pictures will be this Friday, April 11th. Picture forms are being sent home with your student today!

On Friday, May 9th, JCMS will be having a celebration for our 8th grade class. This event will be at JCMS from 6 PM - 8 PM. This will be a casual, fun event for students to make memories with their classmates. More info will be forthcoming, but we want you to mark your calendars for 8th Grade Glow Night!

Families of JCMS students,

You might be thinking it's too early to start thinking about college, but it's not! 21st Century Scholars is an Indiana scholarship where students can get up to 100% of their tuition paid at any public college in the state of Indiana and a portion of their tuition paid at private or independent colleges.

Students of families who meet the income requirements for Free & Reduced Price lunch are AUTOMATICALLY enrolled in 21st Century Scholars. If you are unsure about your student's enrollment status, please go to www.learnmoreindiana.org to double check. The deadline to ensure your student is enrolled is JUNE 30th of their 8TH GRADE YEAR.

It's best to have a safety net in case your student decides they want to further their education after high school. Log on NOW!

Lady Panther Basketball is excited to announce the dates/times of our spring "Get Better" sessions. These sessions are FREE of charge and are open to girls currently in 5th through 11th grade (groups separated based on skill level).

For those new to Lady Panther Basketball, these are great opportunities to become familiar with our program, learn the game, and work with members of our Lady Panther coaching staff.

Who: Girls currently in 5th - 11th grade

Location: JCHS Main Gym, unless specified.

If you have any questions, please reach out to ladypantherhoops@gmail.com.

Reminder: to participate in athletics, student athletes MUST have a sports physical on file at JCMS and must be registered on Final Forms.

Schneck Urgent Care at 1124 Medical Pl. Seymour, IN 47274 is open from 8 am to 8 pm Monday-Friday and 8 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. This location offers sports physicals for $25 cash/debit/credit (meaning they do not run insurance)

If your athlete attended tonight’s after school workout and did not have a physical on file, they received a form that can be filled out and taken to their physical. Having this filled out ahead of time will make your trip much quicker. If they do not have a form, they can get one from the JCMS athletic office!

For any questions about this process, please contact the JCMS Athletic office during school hours. We look forward to all of our athletes being able to participate!

The JCMS Pool will be temporarily closed to allow our maintenance crew to perform necessary maintenance and upgrades. The closure began on March 13th, and we anticipate the pool reopening by mid-April.

During this time, all pool activities, including open swim and lap swim, will be unavailable. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to improve our facilities. Please stay tuned for updates on the reopening date.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Many students often want to know ahead of time what is served for lunch each day. Here is the upcoming menu for the month of April. We appreciate all of the time and effort our lunch crew puts into making our lunches each day. Thank you to all of them!

Monday, April 7, 2025:

• Golf @ Seymour - 4:30
• Panther Game Club - 3:15 - 5:00 PM

Tuesday, April 8, 2025:

• Golf @ North Decatur - 4:30 PM
• Track and Field vs. Batesville/Greensburg @ JCHS - 5:30 - 7:30 PM

• Tennis vs. Columbus Central @ JCHS Tennis Courts - 5:30 - 7:30 PM

• Track and Field @ Columbus North HS - 6:00 - 8:00 PM