John Champe Knightly News

Calendar reminders

Feb. 3-4: spring club fair during lunches

Feb. 6-10: BSU Spirit Week

Feb. 11: BSU Sneaker Ball

Feb. 20: No school

Feb. 24: Club advisory day; spring sports begin

Mar. 1: Spring sports parent meeting (6:30pm)

Mar. 17: All student work for Semester 1 Credit Recovery due

Current Juniors/Rising Seniors

All seniors are required to show proof of vaccination prior to the start of the 2023-24 school year. Please see the exact requirements for rising seniors HERE (or HERE in Spanish).

The Armory

Good news! The Armory (school store) will open to the community on alternating Wednesdays from 5-7pm, starting February 1st. Come stock up on your spirit gear!

Class of 2023

THANK YOU to the PTSA Senior Subcommittee for providing breakfast for the seniors at their class meeting January 20. The spread of bagels, muffins, donuts, and juices was a great start to the day.

Class of 2023 Shirts

If your student didn't order one, there are a few extras available for $15 cash on a first come, first served basis. See Mrs. Bonner to purchase!

Senior Dues/Graduation Fee

PLEASE be sure you're registered with School Cash Online and that each of your students is added to the account so you can access relevant fees. Senior graduation fees are past due, so please take care of those as soon as possible.

Yearbook Ads

Families, if you missed the chance to order a yearbook ad for your graduating senior, PLEASE take advantage of the final opportunity to do so by clicking HERE. Make sure your student isn't left out of this tribute to the role they've had in your family.

Avalon Theatre

The Excalibur competition team traveled to the Virginia Thespians Festival January 13-15. Our students competed in individual events as well as presented their original show, Edge of Fire, to an awesome audience. We were pleased to come home with some amazing wins!

Team Awards:

Best Technical Element

Outstanding Storytelling Award

Individual Awards:

Dineen Merriweather for Outstanding Performance

Alexis McGuffin for Outstanding Performance

Hadyn Dollery for Outstanding Performance

Alexis McGuffin received a superior for her monologue performance and qualified for national competition.

The Excalibur competition team placed third at the VHSL Sectionals on January 21, 2023. They also scored a superior rating for Virginia and took top performer of the conference - congratulations to Hadyn Dollery for that achievement!

SCA

Thank you to our SCA for hosting a great winter pep rally and to all student and staff participants! Check out the pictures below for a few of the activities. Tremendous thanks to our ECE students, teacher Mrs. Mullins, and our precious Little Knights for their adorable dance performance.

MAGIC Makers

Congratulations to our faculty MAGIC Makers from our January staff meeting. Mrs. Sam Girardi is thanked for the sunshine she spreads to everyone who enters the counseling office. She ensures everybody get to the right place or in touch with the right person. She is often the first round of deescalation for students that enter the office in crisis. Mrs. Lilliana Jones was recognized and commended for her role as a CLT leader, but even more, for her excellence in working with new staff members and her excitement for the craft that is teaching.

Individual Academic Advising Schedule

Rising 10th: 1/26-2/6

Rising 12th: 2/7-2/10

Rising 11th: 2/13-2/21

make up days: 2/22-2/27

National School Counseling Week 2023 (#NSCW23) is Feb. 6-10, 2023, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February.

As a reminder, the Academies of Loudoun application window is open now through February 21.

Other Resources

*Social emotional skills workshop for students with Autism; click HERE for session info and registrations

*FORTitude for Parents: youth mental illness and expert-led discussion (click HERE to register for the free, virtual panel)

*Loudoun County's Opioids Fact Sheet, from LC's mental health and substance abuse service

*Loudoun Co. Public Library's Holocaust Remembrance event - please click HERE

Teachers love coffee!

While you’re shopping for your own coffee supply, please think about purchasing k-cups for our John Champe faculty, too. These can be dropped off between 9:15am-4pm at the front office. Thank you!

Save the date: February 22

Please join us for our next General Membership Meeting in the JCHS Library at 6pm on February 22. 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)

Purchase a Moe’s Taco Kit to support Champe’s Avalon Theatre Company. Champe Theatre receives 20% of each kit to support our Mainstage Productions and Competition Team!

Each kit contains:

• Flour Tortillas
• Choice of 2 Proteins
• Lettuce, Cheese, Rice, Black Beans, Pico de Gallo, Sour Cream
• Queso, Salsa, and Chips

Kit pickup will take place after school on Friday, February 3 from 4:18 pm-5:30 pm in the Black Box (Door A-4).

Order your kit using this link. Order deadline is Wednesday, February 1 at 6:00 pm.

Get your own pair of Champe clogs. You'll look stylish AND help support the weightroom equipment updates taking place in our sparkling new weightroom! Click HERE for the full flyer.

Clubs

Club info will be shared next week, and the spring club fair will take place during lunches February 2 and 3.

Service

As a reminder, you can find service opportunities that are shared with the school in the Knights Give Back Schoology course for your graduating class or in Mrs. King's newsletter below.

Athletics

Upcoming contests - week of January 30

Monday, Jan 30: Girls Basketball vs Mountain View, Main Gym

Tuesday Jan 31: Boys Basketball vs Osbourn Park, Main Gym; senior night after JV game; Girls Basketball at Osbourn Park

Wednesday Feb 1:Indoor Track Districts Day 1 at Osbourn Park 2pm; JV Wrestling at Brentsville 6pm; Girls Basketball vs Gainesville, Main Gym

Thursday Feb 2: District Gymnastics at Freedom High School 6pm

Friday Feb 3:Boys and Girls Basketball at Freedom

Saturday Feb 4: District Wrestling at Freedom High School 9am; Indoor track District Day 2 at Unity Reed 11am

Spirit Days for upcoming basketball

Tues, Jan. 31 - Elderly Out

Fri, Feb. 3 - Medieval Out

Wed, Feb. 8 - Minion Out

College and Career Center

A rep from NoVa will visit Wednesday, January 25 at 10am for students interested in attending NoVa in the fall. Please sign up in Naviance if you plan to attend.

Here are the links to the newsletters Mrs. King shares: her regular college and career center news, job and volunteer opportunities , and scholarship opportunities.

Are you interested in traveling during Spring Break 2024? Have you always wanted to zipline and go white water-rafting? Join us for an informational meeting as we plan- Costa Rica 2024! The meeting will be in the library on Jan 31st at 6:30pm. If you have any questions, see Mr. Mina or Mrs. Davis!

TGA Spring Tennis Registration: click HERE for the flyer with information

Loudoun Youth summer leadership program: click HERE for the flyer to register

Instruction 2 Industry - virtual career expo for high schoolers: click HERE for registration

February 2-3: Spring club info in advisory and club fair during lunches

February 3-4: spring club fair during lunches

February 6-10: BSU Spirit Week

February 11: BSU Sneaker Ball

February 20: No school

February 24: Club advisory day; spring sports begin

March 1: Spring sports parent meeting (6:30pm - JCHS auditorium)

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