Jasper High School

Mr. Jochum walked by my office today and said, "It was a pretty darn good week." I would concur with him. Our students and staff have made it a great first four days. If you would like to meet the staff we will have our Meet the Teacher night on Wednesday evening at 6:30. Parents will meet in the auditorium and will follow their student's schedules for five minute introductory periods with the teachers. I have also included some group pictures of the JHS staff.

School Happenings:

Congratulations to Alyson Hickey and Mrs. Julie Schubert on their selection as our Student and Staff of the Week recipients. Alyson was nominated by a staff member for exemplary kindness to one of her peers. Next week on Wednesday and Thursday, Kelly Buechlein from Buechlein Photography will be taking our school pictures. JHS Student Council or StuCo, help Freshman primary officer elections today. The final elections will be on Monday with CCD representative elections later in the week. StuCo also has their first edition of the battle of class bulletin boards. Check out each class and then vote for your favorite. Don't forget to join the JHS PTO. The dues are $25 per family and those will qualify you for the PTO scholarship and contribute to post prom.

Looking to Next Week:

Mrs. Hutton the school nurse has provided us with a registration link for a Flu Vaccine Shot Clinic performed by the Dubois County Health Department. If you would like your student to receive the flu vaccine just fill out the registration and they can receive the shot during school. We will have club callouts during CCD Tuesday through Friday next week. All students will have an opportunity to experience what our clubs have to offer by visiting tables with information about club activities displayed. Our robotics team is looking for adults to help sponsor the club. If you are interested there is information below. We also have several community events listed.

Athletic and Weekend Events:

Good luck to our soccer teams as they travel tomorrow to Bloomington South and Seymour for matches. Jasper Tennis will host Westfield and Brownsburg at 9 and 2 at the Ed Yarbrough Tennis Complex. You can all join me tonight at Heritage Hills to watch the football scrimmage. The start was moved back 30 minutes to 7:30 EST. The Patriots will be a good test before our first home game next week against Evansville Memorial. Good luck to all our teams and Go Cats!

This week's Student of the Week is Ms. Alyson Hickey

This week's Staff of the Week is Mrs. Julie Schubert

Thank you for making Jasper High School Great.

August 19th Meet the Teacher Night

August 19th-20th School Pictures

August 26th Parent Information Night

September 7th Labor Day (No School)

September 16th Professional Development Day (No School)

October 19-23rd Fall Break (No School)

November 16th FAFSA Parent Meeting (6 pm auditorium)

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Welcome to our 2026-2027 school year! As your JHS PTO, we are excited to get the year going and plan some fun events for your students! In order to do this, we need YOUR HELP!! Your PTO dues of $25 per family are used to help us with these student-focused events and also award two $500 scholarships to graduating seniors. This past year we were excited to host Post Prom, award two scholarships and provide free ice cream sandwiches to the students. We are planning on doing these AND MORE this year! Remember, if you would like your student to be considered for one of our scholarships, your dues must be paid for the year.

Please send PTO dues to school (cash or check made out to JHS PTO) in an envelope. Mark on the envelope:

· “PTO Dues”

· Student name(s) and grade(s)

Dues can also be paid to the PTO Venmo account, @jasperpto and include your student name(s) and grade(s).

Help support the PTO so we can continue to support your students!

Thank you very much for your consideration!!!

Your JHS PTO

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 will be having evening office hours on Mondays starting on September 14th. Email your counselor if you would like to schedule an appointment.

Counselors will be meeting with all Seniors next week. We will be discussing college applications, scholarship applications, creating Parchment accounts, dual credit registration, etc.

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

There will be a College Fair for Seniors at Southridge High School on Sept. 22. from 11-12:30. All students will need to turn in a permission slip to attend. Transportation will be provided for students who do not want ot drive. This is for seniors only.

We will have parent information meetings on August 26 to discuss grade-level-specific topics.

9th and 10th grade - 6pm

11th and 12th grade - 7pm

Students have until August 17th to make class changes. All class changes require a class change request form. We cannot accommodate requests for specific teachers, class periods, or lunch periods. Students will need to follow their current schedule until the change is reflected in PowerSchool.

For your planning purposes. On October 7th, students will be participating in a variety of activities.

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

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

Sophomores- all sophomores will be taking the PSAT

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

More detailed information about this day will be sent out once school resumes

Sean Jochum: sjochum@gjcs.k12.in.us

Cameron Harris: charris@gjcs.k12.in.us

Heather Hawkins: hhawkins@gjcs.k12.in.us

***2027 Moratorium Weeks***

June 27th – July 4th

July 23rd – July 29th

**26-27 PHYSICALS ARE SET – Wednesday, May 5th**

Athletic Office Phone (812)482-4450

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Athletic Events – Week of: August 17th to August 22nd

Monday – August 17th

Girls Golf HOME vs H Hills/F Park/ S Valley at Buffalo 4:45PM

JV/V Volleyball at Loogootee 6:00PM

Varsity only - Girls Soccer at Ev Central – EVSC Fields 6:30PM

Tuesday – August 18th

BG Cross Country at KY/IN Border Clash – Yellow Creek 6:00PM

JV/V Volleyball HOME vs Ev Reitz 6:30PM

Wednesday – August 19th

Girls Golf HOME vs Floyd Central – Sultans Run 4:15PM

Thursday – August 20th

Girls Golf at Ev Memorial – CANCELLED 6:00PM

BG Cross Country at Forest Park 6:00PM

Girls Soccer HOME vs New Albany – Varsity only 6:00PM

Freshman Football HOME vs Ev Memorial 6:30PM

JV/V Boys Soccer at Ev Memorial – JV 1st 6:30PM

JV/V Volleyball HOME vs Ev Central 6:30PM

Friday – August 21st

Boys Tennis at Jeffersonville Invitational 5:00PM

Varsity Football HOME vs Ev Memorial 7:30PM

Saturday – August 22nd

Boys Tennis at Jeffersonville Invitational 9:00AM

Girls Golf HOME Tony Blessinger Memorial Invite 10:00AM

JV/V Girls Soccer at Ev Reitz – EVSC Fields – Same time Noon

The JHS Marching Wildcats have completed their Camp Week and are working hard preparing for the upcoming season. They will have a Summer Showcase Performance on Sunday, August 23rd at 4:15 at Jasper High School. The competition season really heats up in September. We have some very talented students and we are looking forward to seeing the completed show.

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

Here are some events in our communities.

The 2027 Dubois County Community Foundation Scholarship Application will be available online through our scholarship portal via the following link to our website: www.dccommunityfoundation.org/scholarships

The application will be open from August 3 to October 5, 2026.

As we enter another year of with our scholarship portal here are few reminders…

• There is one universal application for students to complete, and this application includes all Dubois County Community Foundation Scholarship opportunities and the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program (LECSP).
• Students are no longer required to review each listed/named scholarship then ‘self-select’ eligibility based upon the stated criteria for each scholarship.

Timelines for scholarship announcements remain the same with Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship made in December 2026 and the Community Foundation Scholarships made by February 2027.

Attached please find the ‘Scholarships–Frequently Asked Questions’ document that can be shared as a resource to promote the scholarships as well as guide students through the online application process. Application tutorial videos are also available for students to review regarding creation of portal access and applying online. Both are great resources but as always, please don’t hesitate to contact the Community Foundation directly with questions.

• Jasper High School Website
• GJCS APP (download through the App Store or Play Store)
• Twitter (@JasperWildcats)
• Facebook
• Instagram on jasperhighschoo1

Email: gmauck@gjcs.K12.in.us
Website: https://jhs.gjcs.k12.in.us/
Location: 1600 Saint Charles Street, Jasper, IN, USA
Phone: (812)482-6050
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JasperHighSchool.Wildcats
Twitter: @JasperWildcats