John Champe Knightly News

We hope the holidays were good to you and that the new year is already starting well. We are looking forward students returning to the building Monday, January 3rd. Please remember it will be a "B Day" schedule on Monday.

We are also thrilled to welcome back Mr. Tyson from his time on paternity leave.

Now, let's get 2022 started!

Now that we are back to school, please note that we are halfway through the second quarter of the year, with quarter 2 ending on January 28. Please take a look at Parent/StudentVue and remind your student to communicate with teachers about progress and how to improve, be it by extra practice or retake.

Also, students that are completing credit recovery for quarter one are reminded of the due date for that work, which is January 21st.

Please remember that masks are required to cover mouth and nose at all LCPS schools and events. We appreciate your reminders to your students, too, so that we can stay well during the winter months.

Course registration will begin when students return from winter break.

The Counseling Department's Signs of Suicide presentation will take place in PE classes after the new year. Opt-out forms will be distributed soon via the school psychologist.

The application window for the Academies of Loudoun is open until February 15. Representatives from the Academies will be in the Career Center during lunches January 10-11.

If you would like to attend, please register your intent via this Google Form by January 7 at noon.

Did you miss the advisory lesson video about the Academies before winter break? You can view it here.

Or, perhaps you'd like to take a virtual tour here.

If you're interested in learning more, register here for the info sessions taking place January 10-11 in the Career Center at Champe during lunch blocks.

Ready to apply? Access the admission portal here.

Academies

The application window for the Academies of Loudoun for 2022-2023 is open. Please click here to access the ACL webpage for pertinent information.

For Sophomores: HOBY Youth Leadership Program

Tenth graders are encouraged to explore the mission of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Program (HOBY) via the .pdf below. HOBY seeks to support leader development by guiding students through exploring their own unique skills and exposing them to leadership principles. Eligible students can express their interest for consideration by JCHS by completing the Google Form linked here.

Scholarship Opportunity

The South Riding Women in Business Scholarship is available for female graduating seniors interested in a career in business. Please check out the requirements and application in the doc below (SRWB Champe Scholarship).

If you missed the latest career center newsletter from Ms. King, you can check it out here; highlights include info about BLAST, the upcoming career fair (student interest and parent interest forms), and ASVAB testing. You can also check out the latest scholarship newsletter here. Check out the CHARGE up section below for a few other ways to connect your interests to upcoming opportunities.

BLAST: Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology

NASA’s Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is excited to share that the application window is now open for its FREE summer residential STEM program for 8th and 9th grade students in Virginia! BLAST is ideal for students who have a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and have not yet had either the confidence or the opportunity to participate in experiential STEM programs before now. The BLAST application window closes February 7, 2022. More details about each program, including videos from past sessions, can be found HERE. Please reach out to Julie Back, STEM Education Program Specialist, with your questions: jback@odu.edu.

Career Fair

Parents: please see Ms. King's request HERE for guests from our community to attend and share about your career at an upcoming career fair.

Students: is there an area you'd like to explore or hear more about? Express that interest HERE so Ms. King can work on finding representatives that suit your interests.

Clubs

Interested in starting a new club for the spring semester? The new club proposal form will open January 3rd and will be due byJanuary 14th for consideration. The spring club fair will take place virtually January 28th.

Athletics

Students, PLEASE remember that when you attend events, you represent John Champe High School. Additionally, behavioral expectations are the same as during the school day and consequences follow for failure to abide by appropriate spectator participation. We must do better in our display of character to other competitors, fans, administrators, and officials. If you are unwilling to cheer positively and without discouraging language to others, please do not attend. Basically, let's expend all of our energy in a positive way for our team. Go, Knights!

Planning to attend a boys' basketball game as part of Champe Chaos? Check out the spirit themes for the upcoming games:

Tues, 1/4 vs. Osbourn Park -- Rodeo Knight

Fri, 1/7 at Patriot -- Pink Out

Thurs, 1/13 at Freedom -- White Out

What a spread! THANK YOU to the PTSA for spoiling staff with lunch and cookies, and thank you to all who contributed to the success of the event. Staff were sent off on break in the best way: feeling full and loved.

The PTSA Senior Events Committee is planning some fun events to celebrate our Class of '22 - but we need your help! Senior events will include activities like Powder Puff game, Outdoor Movie Night, Senior Field Day, and more!

Please consider donating to help us make these events a success!
Donate at: https://pay4schoolstuff.com/marketplace, add your student profile and then select John Champe High School, Class of 2022 Senior Fundraising. Contact johnchampeptsa@gmail.com with any questions!

It's 2022!! We're just over five months from graduation!

The final round of senior payments are posted in the online payment portal! You can pay for all things graduation, including caps and gowns, celebration lunch on the last day of school for seniors, and breakfast before graduation rehearsal. When you access the portal for the "Senior Activities" line item, you'll see a drop down list for the three graduation-related items. Please note that you will have to select each and click "add to cart" for each item.

Don't be left out of all of the festivities or be caught without a cap and gown on June 17!

Please email meghan.bonner@lcps.org if you encounter any trouble.

January 3: Classes resume (B day)

January: Academic Advising begins via Counseling Department

January 7: HOBY Interest Application deadline (sophomores only)

January 10-11: Academies of Loudoun representative in the Career Center; register to attend here

January 11-13: Princeton Review Free Skills seminars

January 17: MLK Jr. Holiday - no school

January 20: Curriculum Night (6-8pm)

January 31: ASVAB Test

February 7: BLAST deadline

February 15: Academies of Loudoun deadline

February 25: SRWB Scholarship Application deadline (female seniors only)

Website: lcps.org/jch
Location: 41535 Sacred Mountain Street, Aldie, VA, USA
Phone: 703-722-2680
Twitter: @JohnChampeHS