Welcome to Mustang Nation

Welcome to Mustang Nation! We are excited to have each of you join in the Mustang Tradition of Integrity and Excellence!

New Mustangs should join us on Thursday, July 31st for MustangU at 8AM in the JWMHS Cafeteria and Parents/Guardians should join us in the Gymnasium by 8:10AM for a Parent/Guardian presentation and orientation! Students will be in activities until 10:30AM and we ask that parents join them again at that time to take a self-guided tour of campus, as well as find out about what more JWMHS has to offer! Assistance will be available if you need help paying fees, buy a yearbook, or rent a locker. NJROTC cadets will be around campus to direct students to rooms until noon.

Hopefully, you received our mailout reminding you about MustangU. If you did, you have all of the links and QR codes so that you can pay fees, see your schedule, and purchase Mustang gear from our online store in advance. If you did not, please visit our website to access all of this information: (https://tinyurl.com/MustangUOrientation) and you can still complete these tasks in advance. Parents and guardians, as a reminder, when you login to your Parent Portal for myStudent, please make sure that you complete all of the required forms and documents. We believe that all of this will be available beginning on July 30th, so login then.

We will have Mustang Gear available for sale during this time in the gym, including Beat the Knights Shirts, Stang Gang Shirts, and our annual Stampede Spirit Shirt! You can purchase each of these for $15! Various sports and club offerings will have tables set up in the gym for you as well. The first 150 people to purchase swag will receive a free Mustang U drawstring bag!

Parents and guardians, we will hold a brief parent meeting in the gymnasium beginning at 8:10AM. This meeting will be a brief introduction to JW Mitchell High School.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday and can’t wait to start each of you off on the right hoof as you learn to run like a Mustang! See you there!

Go Mustangs!

~ Ms. Schultz

For our new students to JW Mitchell High School, including our 9th graders, we ask that you follow the directions included in this newsletter to pay school fees, buy yearbooks, rent lockers, and get your schedule. The website link will take you to the directions we will use on Tuesday, August 5th for Meet the Teacher/Orientation Day and we invite you to come back to our campus to meet our faculty and staff on August 5th so that you feel comfortable on the first day of school!

On July 31st, you can take a self-guided tour of campus, as well as find out about what more JWMHS has to offer! Assistance will be available if you need help paying fees, buy a yearbook, or renting a locker. NJROTC cadets will be around campus to direct students to rooms until noon.

• Create or activate your myStudent parent portal at https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/parents.
• Once in your myStudent parent account, acknowledge all of the forms that are in your account.
• Once this is completed, you will be able to see the school fees.
• Notifications can be set where parents receive emails/texts regarding grades dropping below a certain percentage, missing assignments, and attendance data.
  
• If you need assistance with your account, please visit myStudenthelp@pasco.k12.fl.us or call the school at 727-774-9200.

• To Pay Online: In myStudent, under District and School Announcements, click “Pay Student Fees” or go to https://www.studentquickpay.com/pasco/
• Click "Activate Parent Account" to create a new account or “Sign in” and enter your email and password
• A StudentQuickPay screen will pop up. The fees should automatically show on the screen
• Select/deselect the fees you want to pay for at this time under the "Due Now" and the "Other Items" section.
• Click on the shopping cart when you are finished and enter your credit card information.
• Click “submit” and you are done!
• If you need assistance paying fees, please stop by the gymnasium for help.

• Check your child’s bus pass. Review your child’s bus information by clicking “Child Info”. Then scroll down to “Transportation Routes” to verify it is correct. If your child’s bus information is incorrect, call the Transportation Office at (727) 774-4410.
• Where's the Bus App provides parents with a live time and location of your student's assigned school bus and its ETA to the bus stop. By monitoring ridership with Student IDs, parents can receive notifications, when students board the bus. Arrival times are available instantly with Apple or Android apps or any internet device (smartphone, tablet, PC, etc.). Visit the Transportation Services page at www.pasco.k12.fl.us for additional information on Where's the Bus.
• View your schedule in myStudent via myPascoConnect by clicking “Class Schedule” on the left side of the screen. Then, visit our school website to virtually meet your teachers, virtually tour our campus, and obtain/download important information. If you are using the myStudent app, click on each course name/heading to see the Room #. (Do not look at the schedule in the grades area on the front screen as it will not show room numbers, lunch, or online placeholders.)
• As an FYI, Homeroom/RANCH is your 2nd period teacher/class. On the first two days of school, students will report to Homeroom/RANCH to begin the school day.

What do fees cover or donations go to? – Here is an explanation of some of the fees that are often asked about by parents.

• Class Fees: The Class Fee covers basic expenses that the Class may incur during the school year.
• PHSC/eSchool Fee: This fee covers the online tools that students use when they are taking an online class.
• Graduation Fees for the Class of 2026: The Graduation Fee is the fee paid by our Seniors to cover the graduation costs (cap and gown, medallion, diploma, diploma cover, graduation program, and venue).
• Security Fees: Security Fees help offset costs associated with safety including coverage at events and any materials needed to display expectations and rules.
• Technology Fee: This covers the technology and applications that we use as a school to support instruction and keep new digital tools in students’ hands.
• Mustang Excellence Donation: This fee will go to the general donations to JWMHS so that the school’s priorities can be met. Making this donation means that you will also receive a limited edition Mustang Stampede Student Shirt. This shirt design is going to be unique to each school year.
• Teacher & Staff Appreciation Donation: This fee will go to providing incentives for teachers and staff including meals during Teacher Appreciation Week hosted by our School Advisory Council. Making this donation means that you will also receive Mustang Gear.

• Lockers: If you are renting a locker this year, we will assign and distribute them during the first two weeks of school. You can pay for them now and show your receipt when you go to choose your locker.
• PE Lockers: If you are renting a locker this year, we will assign and distribute them during the first two weeks of school via the PE teacher. You can pay for them now and show your receipt when you go to choose your locker with your PE teacher.
• Schedule Changes: We have put a form online where students and parents/guardians can request a schedule change (https://tinyurl.com/JWMHSScheduleChange) . Of note, we do not have space in classes to change classes. We have done our best scheduling students. If you put in a request and on the first day of school and a change was not made, we were not able to make the change. Please visit our website for more information on under what circumstances we change schedules (https://jwmhs.pasco.k12.fl.us/schedulechange/).
• 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 giganteproductions.com is the website. Pictures MUST be taken by November 15th to be included in the yearbook.
• Busses: Check your child’s bus pass. Review your child’s bus information by clicking “Child Info”. Then scroll down to “transportation routes” to verify it is correct. If your child’s bus information is incorrect, call the Transportation Office at (727) 774-4410.
• Student Parking: Paying for a parking space does not guarantee that you will be assigned a parking space. There is an application process that must be followed. Please make sure that you visit our website to complete the application process. Students MUST have a parking tag to park on campus and every student is assigned their own spot. Enforcement will begin on the first day of school. Make sure that you check myStudent for your parking spot number under My Info to Student Info to Parking Info.
• Yearbooks: This is the LOWEST price of the year for our award-winning Stampede Yearbook, $80 through the month of August.
• School Supplies: Each teacher will have his or her own supply lists. However, go to our website and you can see general school supplies that students will need to be successful.

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

AP, DE, & Student Services - Mrs. Jill Cortier

9th (Class of 2029) - Mrs. Carly Baldwin

10th (Class of 2028) - Mr. Kevin Welsh

11th (Class of 2027) - Mr. Joel Quina

12th (Class of 2026) - Mrs. Holly Earnheart

Graduation Enhancement - Ms. Rebecca Forte

9th (Class of 2029) - Mrs. Shannon Cordero

10th (Class of 2028) - Mrs. Haley Hettinga

11th (Class of 2027) - Mr. Jake Crouch

12th (Class of 2026) - Ms. Cathy Quigley

Mrs. Michele Chamberlin

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