John Champe Knightly News

Please remind your student to submit missing assignments and check in with teachers for opportunities to show improved progress and check out the info below for Homecoming 2023!

Staying after school?

The activity buses are now running on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5:15pm. As a reminder, stops are regional, NOT the same as typical after school bus stop locations.

Calendar reminders

October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Book Month, Dental Hygiene Month

Oct. 16-20: Homecoming spirit week

Oct. 19: Partners for Safe Teen Driving presentation

Oct. 20: Last day for quarter 1 late work; Class Colors spirit day

Oct. 21: Homecoming dance

Oct. 26-27: Senior portrait session

Oct. 27: Last day of quarter 1; Onesie Out spirit day

Oct. 30-31: School holiday for students

Nov. 3: USA Out spirit day; make up picture day

Nov. 7: Staff work day; no school for students

Nov. 13: School holiday (in observance of Diwali)

John Champe will be hosting its final Partners for Safe Teen Driving (PSTD) Presentation Thursday, October 19th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the auditorium. Please arrive early as doors close promptly at 7:00pm. Students must attend with a parent/guardian and need to bring their school issued Chromebook to access electronic forms.

The yearbook is available for purchase now! You can go to www.yearbookordercenter.com and enter our school code: 13848. Be sure to check out the options for purchasing senior ads as well.

HBCU College Showcase

Join Tuscarora High School's 9th annual HBCU Showcase Oct. 17 from 6:30-9pm. Click HERE to learn more about the evening.

Family Liaison: Patricia (Minardi) Mars

Phone: 703-722-2680 ext 80285

Email: Patricia.Minardi@lcps.org

The Job For A Day program is scheduled on Monday, November 6, 2023 (November 6 and November 8 for Inova Loudoun hospital participants). The program provides juniors and seniors with a chance to shadow a professional in an industry of their interest. The experience allows the student to learn/observe the tasks and responsibilities necessary in a particular career cluster, field or specific job. Check out these info slides from Mrs. King; be sure to view the video on slide five! Space is limited! Registration begins October 16th!

New this year:

• Student registration through SchooLinks. Individual Job For a Day career shadowing opportunities will be listed in “School Events” section. On the “School Events tab”, search “Job For a Day” to find individual opportunities for students to select, read about and register. SchooLinks registration AND permission click is the two-step verification for students to participate.

• Attendance spreadsheet for each school will be shared by each school to include student ID numbers for easy verification of excused absence.

• Job For a Day general registration is October 16-October 27.

• Inova Loudoun Hospital Job For a Day registration is October 23-27.

Same as last year:

• Students need to have a Parent or Guardian permission click in order to participate.

• Students receive an excused absence for attendance to their Job For a Day opportunity

If you have questions, please email Grant Schafer, Supervisor, Community Connections at grant.schafer@lcps.org

Suicide Prevention: What Parents Need to Know on October 25, 6:30-8pm at the LCPS Administration Building; click HERE for the flyer with registration link

Youth and Family Workshops - click HERE for dates

Click HERE for LCPS Parent Resource Service site.

Social Media and Cyberbullying: What Parents Need to Know on December 11 at the LCPS Admninistration Building

If you're interested, please be sure to register by October 21! Here are the links provided in the QR codes above: more info and registration (or use the Student Opportunities app on LCPSGo)

For both our Homecoming Pep Rally and our Homecoming Dance, please note that the Main Gym will be equipped with a light show as part of the experience. There will be bright, flashing lights that may cause discomfort to anyone with photosensitivity. Individual discretion is advised.

HOMECOMING DANCE SATURDAY, OCT 21ST

Tickets are still on sale online Oct. 16-18 for $30. The last chance to buy is Oct. 19-20 for $30 cash ONLY during all lunch blocks.

College and Career Center News

For ongoing CCC news, check out this newsletter. For great listings, links, and dates for available scholarships, click HERE. Looking for job or volunteer opportunities? Then please check HERE!

Remember to check out the info about the Job for a Day program!

Service: Knights Give Back

Students can click HERE or the button below for codes to join their service course if they haven't yet. In the course, students can access this year's log as well as service opportunities that are shared with the school throughout the year.

Seniors: need additional hours? Click HERE for how you can earn hours by volunteering at MASAAC meetings.

Athletics

Fall sports season has begun!! Tickets can be bought online via Ticket Spicket. As a reminder, no backpacks or other bags are allowed in the stadium. We do allow clear bags and the Boosters are here to help you with that! We have Champe clear bags for $25.00! If interested please reach to Teri Spiller at spiller_teri@bah.com

Our John Champe Athletic Booster Club is in need of volunteers to work concessions at sporting events. Your help is needed! Students, this is also a great opportunity to earn volunteers hours! HERE is the link to the fall season sign up.

STOCK THE BREAKROOM

Did you know that the third heaviest coffee drinking profession is education? Help us stock the JCHS faculty break room by donating K-Pods. These can be dropped off during school hours at the front office.

APPLY NOW FOR A 2023-2024 PTSA SCHOLARSHIP

We are proud to offer four $500 scholarships to graduating seniors planning to enter and attend a university, college, or technical school next fall. To qualify to apply, students must be a member of the JCHS PTSA by January 19, 2024. Should any student for fiscal reasons be unable to cover the $10 student membership fee, they should speak to their counselor immediately. Completed scholarship applications must be submitted to Karen King, Career Center Specialist, by 4:18 pm on Thursday, February 22, 2024. You may email or drop off the completed application to JCHS Main Office.

TAKE TIME TO THANK OUR JCHS FACULTY

There are several national observances this month honoring educational faculty members. Join us in celebrating these folks on their special days of recognition and beyond:

● World Custodian Day, October 2, recognizes the hard work that it takes to keep our schools in tip-top shape.

● World Teachers’ Day, October 5, honors our teachers who work hard to inspire, guide, educate and mentor us every day.

● National Coaches Day, October 6, was designated by President Nixon: "Coaches are highly qualified teachers—in highly specialized fields. But more than that, they are friends and counselors who help instill in their players important attitudes that will serve them all their lives."

● World Occupational Therapist Day, October 27, celebrates the physical wellness professionals that support our students, including Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists.

PTSA GENERAL MEETING: OCTOBER 19

Please join us for our next meeting on October 19, in person at the Champe Library or virtually via Google Meet. We look forward to seeing you there!

JOIN THE PTSA!!

Our school is strong because our families are involved. We invite all students,

parents, and staff members to start or renew your annual PTSA membership. It's as easy as visiting our membership portal, selecting your membership type, and completing the online form.

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.

JCHS Choir News

This year we had 15 students make it into All-County Choir! This event is based purely on sight reading which is a learned skill that we use to measure mastery in choir. We had several students score perfectly on different examples and one student scored perfectly on every single example!

Congratulations to the following students who attended All-County Choir:

Cody Acker

Yasmine Akoum

Miriam Bijoy

Bhavana Bharath

Aubrey Butler

Jaashvi Chandagari

Janita Cheriyan

Mikhail Danilyan

Reyli Eguez Fitzgerald

Maya Habtamu

Mia Montemoino

Darlene Naoroji*

Jordan Quinlivan

Ian Skolarus

Madelyn Taxis

Caroline Quinlivan (alternate 1)

Jihyo Bae (alternate 2)

Ashleigh Niemeyer (alternate 3)

*received a perfect score on every sight reading example

Additionally, JCHS choir students had an amazing opportunity to perform with college students at James Madison University under the direction of Jace Saplan, the visiting conductor from Arizona State University. Only five high schools are selected from the state to perform, and we were selected for the second year in a row to perform at a collegiate level.

The JCHS chapter of the National Honor Society will be collecting various items to benefit two Loudoun organizations: The Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter (LAWS) and Loudoun Homeless Services. The collection drive will run from late October through the end of November. The following items are considered high-need items to be collected:

• Gift cards (give those served by the organization autonomy to purchase what they need) - Uber, Lyft, gas, Target, Wal-Mart, prepaid phone cards

• Paper products (paper towels, paper plates/bowls, tissues, toilet paper)

• Phone chargers (new or used - especially Android)

• Non-perishable breakfast items (instant oatmeal, breakfast bars, Pop Tarts, etc.)

• Hygiene products (shampoo, conditioner, loofahs, shaving cream, feminine hygiene products)

• Baby clothing (3-12 months)

Donations will be collected starting Monday, 16 October. Collection bins will be in the Main Office and items can also be dropped off with Ms. Allen in Room 2200. Please email Ms. Allen with any questions (ashley.allen@lcps.org).

Oct. 18 Photography Workshop - click HERE for details

Nov. 12 Talent Show for food insecurity; Love U More Foundation with Lightridge HS; click HERE for info and tickets

Superintendent's Community Listening Sessions - check HERE for dates; JCHS hosts a session December 6th

Join us at THE FORT - click HERE for two upcoming sessions

Take AP Exams - click HERE for info on how AP exams benefit your student

Adult education: English Learners Classes are available through LCPS. Click HERE for details to register. GED Math Workshop - click HERE. Enrichment classes offered; click HERE for options and registration. Upcoming sessions in October include Google and Computing and Business classes.

Drive for LCPS! Click HERE to learn more.

Student leadership conference opportunity - click HERE for details

Teens for Tomorrow sessions - click HERE for information

Coding for Youth classes - click HERE

New, Optional Service Provides Report of Student Website Access on LCPS Devices

ew this school year, LCPS is introducing an optional and free service for families called Lightspeed Parent Portal. Families who elect to use this service will receive weekly reports by email that list websites their student(s) are accessing when using their LCPS-issued Chromebook or laptop. For instructions, additional information and details on how to sign up, see the Lightspeed Parent Portal website.

October 16-21: Homecoming

October 19: Partners for Safe Teen Driving presentation

October 26-27: Senior portrait session

October 27: Last day of quarter 1

October 30-31: School holiday

November 20-21: Senior portrait session

November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break

April 13: Prom

June 18: Graduation at EagleBank Arena

The Avalon Theatre is proud to announce its 2023-24 productions. Play descriptions and ticket purchases are available at their ticket website: Champehs.booktix.com.

Tower of Thorns: October 24th, 2023 @7pm. Preview show before we take it to competition!

The Westing Game: November 16th, 17th and 18th at 7pm; November 18th at 2pm.

Friday Knight Live: January 19th and 20th at 7pm

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella: April 25th, 26th, 27th at 7pm; April 27th at 2pm

Six: Teen Edition: May 31st and June 1st at 7pm.

2023 All Rights Reserved – Loudoun County Public Schools