We hope that you have been able to stay warm this week! As Winter continues, we look forward to cooler weather instead of the stifling heat of Florida!

During the months of January and February, we will begin to plan for next year. We will hold Course Selection Night on Wednesday, January 29th and we will be reviewing course cards and other information with families and underclassmen students. Parents and Guardians, we ask that you work with your child on selecting courses that they can take next year that will challenge them. It is important that everyone understands that the classes students select dictate our master schedule for next year. The time to make selections and changes is now. We anticipate that we will exceed our enrollment again next year and making changes in the Fall when we return will prove difficult. Choose wisely!

#Excellence is the foundation of #MustangNation and we are #HereForExcellence! We are looking forward to each of you doing your best each and every day to contribute! You can expect weekly newsletters to keep you up to date as to what is happening at JWMHS around the ranch, as well as a weekly JWMHS Call on Sunday night around 6:30PM. A good way of staying up to date on school information is to visit our website at https://jwmhs.pasco.k12.fl.us/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (both @JWMHS), as well as like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jwmitchellhighschool! From there you can find several sources of information that will keep you informed of all the happenings at JW Mitchell High School.

Please read the Highlights from the JWMHS Weekly Call for the Week of November 3rd that is linked below for a complete transcript of information that will help you this week.

We will strive to provide the best education possible for your child. If at any time during the school year you feel the need to contact me, please email me at jschultz@pasco.k12.fl.us or call (727) 774-9202.

We hope that you have a great week as we celebrate our 25th year of Mustang Excellence!

Go Mustangs!

~ Ms. Schultz

Senior Pictures: Please make sure that you contact Gigante Productions to take your Senior Picture so that you will be included in our award-winning Stampede Yearbook. (813) 907-1078 is the contact number and www.giganteproductions.com is the website.

Mark your calendars now!

• Prom (The Motor Enclave) - Saturday, May 3, 2025
  
• Grad Bash - Friday, April 11, 2025
• Senior Breakfast - Thursday, May 29, 2025
• Graduation Practice - Wednesday and Friday, May 28 & 30, 2025
• Last day of School - Friday, May 30, 2025
• Graduation at USF - Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 8:30PM

Tickets are $150 each and include the ticket to the park and transportation. Students are not allowed to drive themselves and must use the bus provided by the school to attend. Passes to Universal Studios are not accepted at this event. Please see Mrs. Lawless and Ms. Smith for more information!

Below is the JWMHS Success Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year. We have reviewed this with our School Advisory Council and our faculty and staff use this as a guiding document when working with curriculum and data.

Each year, the State of Florida Department of Education provides data to schools based on testing and graduation data. Below is the data for JWMHS. Of note, the Graduation and Acceleration rates are a year behind and are for the Class of 2023. For comparison purposes, we have included data from previous years. Data is missing for the 2022-2023 school year because the test was a baseline benchmark setting year and there were not measures for Learning Gains.

Below is the data for our Advanced Placement testing during the 2023-2024 school year.

Due to the new State of Florida law regarding school security (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1473/?Tab=BillText), and feedback from our community, we are implementing a change to our arrival and dismissal traffic pattern. This change will affect parent access for JWMHS and SSMS. We have included a map that outlines the new traffic pattern for dropping off and picking up students for both JWMHS and SSMS. We believe these changes will allow us to move families in and out of campus in a safe, quick and efficient manner.

We have been given permission to move our Exceptional Education Pick Up/Drop Off Area to the east side of SSMS. This has opened up the front loop of SSMS. We will now be using this loop for Pick Up/Drop Off as well. This means that Pick Up and Drop Off are in front of SSMS and in the Red Car Loop. Middle School students can be dropped off and picked up at either lot in the designated areas. We would ask that High School Students be dropped off in the Red Car Loop in the designated areas for JWMHS. As a result, if you have students at both schools, please plan on dropping off in the Red Car Loop.

In order to reduce the traffic backups and delays that have occurred, we are asking that parents and guardians follow the outlined procedures moving forward:

• - When entering campus, please use the right lane to go to SSMS Car Loop OR go to the left lane to use the JWMHS/SSMS Shared Car Loop
• - No one will be able to go behind SSMS to drop off or pick up students.
• - Please only stop to drop off or pick up a student.
• - Students must be dropped off curbside only and NOT in the lane or parking lot.
• - Keep both Car Loops moving so that traffic can continue to flow efficiently.
• - Please do not park in the Red Parking Lot.
• - Please do not cut in line or in front of other cars to get ahead.
• - There are merge points; please show courtesy by allowing cars to merge especially in the SSMS Car Loop.
• - Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we continue to seek more efficient solutions.

You can find this information on our website here: https://tinyurl.com/JWMHSCarLoop

This will begin on Monday, August 26th. Again, we appreciate your patience and cooperation as we implement this new procedure.

Meet the Faculty and Staff! Watch a video about your teacher and get your class supply lists: https://tinyurl.com/JWMHSOrientation

Login to your Parent Portal and Complete the Forms Required for the New Year: https://pasco.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/index.php?skipSSO

Pay Student Fees or Purchase a Yearbook or Locker: https://www.studentquickpay.com/pasco/

Request the Parent/Guardian Dance Meeting: https://tinyurl.com/JWMHSDanceMtg (see below as well)

Request a Schedule Change: https://tinyurl.com/JWMHSScheduleChange (see below as well)

Purchase Mustang Gear: https://tinyurl.com/JWMHSSpiritStore

Apply to be a Volunteer: http://pasco.k12.fl.us/comm/page/volunteer (see below as well)

Purchase a Mustang Legacy Brick: https://tinyurl.com/mustanglegacybrick

Due to recent growth, only Seniors & Juniors will be allowed to apply for a parking tag to park on campus. All parking spots are assigned to students or staff, including in our Grass lot at the main entrance off of Jaguar Trail. Students without a tag are not allowed to drive to school. Please go to https://jwmhs.pasco.k12.fl.us/parking/ to apply. The parking application will be shut down at brief times in order to process applications.

Principal - Ms. Jessica R. Schultz

Advanced Placement & Student Services - Mrs. Jill Cortier

9th (Class of 2028) - Mr. Kevin Welsh

10th (Class of 2027) - Mr. Joel Quina

11th (Class of 2026) - Ms. Holly Earnheart

12th (Class of 2025) - Mrs. Carly Baldwin

12th (Class of 2025) - Mrs. Sarah Old

11th (Class of 2026) - Ms. Cathy Quigley

10th (Class of 2027) - Mr. Jake Crouch

9th (Class of 2028) - Mrs. Haley Hettinga

Graduation Enhancement - Ms. Denise Savolidis

Mrs. Michele Chamberlin

*Includes scholarship information as well as help with the college application process.