John Champe Knightly News
May 7-20, 2023
Halfway through the final quarter of the school year!
Read on for very important events leading up to the end of the school year.
Parents of seniors, PLEASE check your email for the Senior Class Newsletter: Graduation Edition!
Admin Corner
Calendar reminders - see below for additional flyers and details
May 8: Physicals available at NSMI
May 9: National Fentanyl Awareness Day
May 10: deadline for seniors to register for class trip; Guitar Spring Concert (7pm)
May 8-12: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 11: Musical Theatre Showcase (6pm)
May 12: SCA's Renaissance Festival - 10am-3pm
May 15: Orchestra Spring Concert (7pm)
May 16/18: Band Spring Concerts (7pm)
May 17: Choir Pyramid Concert (7pm)
May 19: due date for all credit recovery for seniors
May 20: Drone Industry Career Day
May 30: last day for seniors/graduation at Eagle Bank Arena; early dismissal school day for JCHS
June 2: last day for underclassman credit recovery and quarter 4 work
June 8: last day of school
Vaccinations for Current Juniors/Rising Seniors
All rising seniors are required to show proof of vaccination prior to the start of the 2023-24 school year. The requirement is one dose of the meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY, Menactra, or Menveo) given at age 16 or older. Please note: Men B, Bexsero, and Trumenba are not the same as MenACWY.
The Student Council Association at John Champe High School will host our 1st Renaissance Festival on Friday, May 12th at the Champe Stadium. They're working hard to provide our students with an educational, fun, and exciting experience with activities, games, crafts, performances, and more. To make this event memorable and effective for our students we need your help. The SCA is asking if your business or family can make a donation or sponsor an activity at our festival. Your donation will be greatly appreciated and SCA will be sure to give you full recognition. Each company that sponsors an activity or makes a donation at the fair will have a yard sign placed next to your sponsored activity, a feature on our SCA website, and a notable plaque hung in our school during homecoming next school year. If your company can help with a donation or sponsorship, please email the SCA sponsors at scachampe@gmail.com. Please make checks payable to John Champe High School, attn: Champe SCA.
SCA Activity Wish List
Axa Throwing (velcro) $585.00
Gladiator Joust (4 Player) $720.00
Wacky 4 Person Equalizer $810.00
Hi-Striker $360.00
Obstacle Course $540.00
Hippo Chow Down $900.00
Velcro Jump $630.00
Water Dunk Tank $550.00
Excellence Everywhere
LLS Student Visionaries
This winter, Team Knight (led by Alyssa Gam, Bailey Monahan, and Keira Van Sanford), Team Cure Campaigners (led by Srija Doma), and Team Advance2Awareness (led by Janvi Sharma), dedicated countless hours in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Student Visionaries of the Year campaign, a seven-week philanthropic leadership program benefitting LLS’s mission of curing blood cancers.
The organization is pleased to share that the incredible teams representing JCHS, collectively raised nearly $22,000. In addition, this team, along with 78 other teams across the Mid-Atlantic Region, collectively raised over $4 million.
Congratulations to these teams of bright, compassionate, and dedicated students!
Counseling
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) recognizes May as Mental Health Awareness Month. This year's message is "More Than Enough," emphasizing that all people–with and without mental health challenges–are worthy of respect, inclusion, and care. Our school community strives to reduce the mental health stigma and provide education and resources to support everyone’s journey toward wellness.
Here are some suggestions on habits you create during the week to promote mental health wellness:
Mindful Monday: Maintain awareness of your thoughts and feelings–mentally and physically.
Tuneful Tuesday: Music can be a tool that helps boost our mood! We can also “tune” into the feelings of those around us.
Wellness Wednesday: Wellness is the act of practicing healthy habits daily to attain better physical and mental health.
Mental Health Action Thursday: Take action to raise awareness about mental health by wearing green. Or, maybe your family chooses a color or something symbolic as a way to check in with each other.
Fun Friday: Prioritize the things that make you happy and fill and your cup.
Fast Facts From NAMH
- 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year
- 1 in 20 U.S. adults experience a serious mental illness each year
- 1 in 6 U.S. youth aged 6–17 experience a mental health disorder each year
- 50% of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14, and 75% by age 24.
- Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among people aged 10–14
- People with depression have a 40% higher risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases than the general population
- High school students with significant symptoms of depression are more than twice as likely to drop out compared to their peers
- 1 in 5 young people report that the pandemic had a significant negative impact on their mental health.
- Students aged 6-17 with mental, emotional or behavioral concerns are 3x more likely to repeat a grade.
Other Resources
FORTitude Teen Workshops, a mental wellness series (May 9-June 13); click here for info
JCHS Family Liaison, tania.flores@lcps.org
Click HERE for LCPS Parent Resource Service site.
PTSA
Support your Students by Celebrating our Teachers
Teacher Appreciation Week: Let’s Celebrate our Teachers!
Please sign up to help show our appreciation during Teacher Appreciation Week:
● Funding to purchase any remaining food and paper products needed
We would also love your help setting up, decorating, and cleaning up. Thank you for all your help and support!
Help Wanted: PTSA Treasurer (number cruncher)
If you secretly love to categorize expenses and create color-coded pie charts, or if you're simply organized and trustworthy, you have what it takes to be our Treasurer. If you're interested in volunteering for the 2023-2024 school year, email JohnChampePTSA@gmail.com ASAP to learn more. Elections will be at our May 24 membership meeting.
Win VIP seating for graduation!
Cheer on our JCHS Class of 2023 graduates from a VIP seat! Your donation will enter you into a raffle for VIP seating at the ceremony hosted at George Mason University's EagleBank Arena.
Each raffle ticket you purchase earns you a chance to win SIX seats for your family/friends. Raffle tickets may be purchased in batches of five ($100) or 20 ($300). Four winners will be chosen at random to win seats in either Section 129 or 118. The raffle closes Monday, May 19 at midnight.
We’ll see you on May 24!
Please join us for our next General Membership Meeting at 6pm on May 24. You can join us in the Champe Library or virtually via tinyurl.com/JCHSPTSAMtg. We look forward to seeing you there!
Need to get in touch?
Reach us by email (johnchampeptsa@gmail.com), check out our website (http://jchampeptsa.org/) or check out our social accounts (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook)
JCHS is proud to join our community partners LCPS, Future Kings, Excellent Options, and Xelevate to host the Loudoun County Drone Industry Career Day! This amazing event will feature some of the industry leaders in drones and drone technology. There will be hands on opportunities to fly drones and learn directly from industry personnel. Please come out and invite everyone you know! See below for details.
CHARGE Up and Connect!
Check out this fun experience at The FORT today, Sunday, May 7.
Join the Loudoun County Environmental Commission for their Energy and Environment Forum on May 11.
Check out these FORTitude Teen Worshops, a mental wellness series.
Interested in sketching? Click here for a portrait sketching class May 13.
Service
Underclassmen: Keep volunteering and look for your service assignments to submit your hours at the end of May.
Theatre Boosters Fundraiser: now through June 1
If you know of places you already shop, know you need some giftcards for upcoming events (like graduation!), then this is the place for you! We have giftcards for purchase from a bunch of different manufacturers. Each has a percentage they are offering to give to our organization with the purchase of that card. You get the card shipped or digital to you AND we get some money too!
Here's how to join:
Go to Raiseright.com
Click Sign up now
Put in the enrollment code: R997FUBZRSW1
Start shopping!
Athletics Boosters
Looking for another way to connect and volunteer? Please sign up to work concessions for spring sports. This is a great way to earn money for your team so please sign up in as many volunteer slots as possible. Please sign up using this link John Champe Spring Sports Sign Up
Click HERE for LCPS high school athletics info for 2023-2024.
College and Career Center
Be sure to check out Mrs. King's newsletters: the regular college and career center news, job and volunteer opportunities; scholarship opportunities - remember, you don't always have to be a senior to earn money towards college and career goals!
Other Opportunities for Involvement
Save the Date
May 8-12: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8: Physical Night at NSMI
May 10: Deadline for seniors to register for spring trip; Guitar Spring Concert (7pm)
May 11: Musical Theatre Showcase (6pm)
May 12: SCA's Renaissance Festival - 10am-3pm
May 15: Orchestra Spring Concert (7pm)
May 16/18: Band Spring Concerts (7pm)
May 17: Choir Pyramid Concert (7pm)
May 19: due date for all credit recovery for seniors
May 20: Drone Industry Career Day
May 25 & 26: Graduation rehearsals
May 30: Graduation; early release from school for JCHS
June 2: Last day for underclassman credit recovery and quarter 4 work
June 8: LCPS last day of school
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