Announcement from Superintendent Lowe:
The Junction City Board of Directors unanimously approved Kendall Hutcheson as high school principal at its regular monthly board meeting on April 12. Hutcheson recently completed a masters plus 30 in Educational Leadership from Arkansas State. Hutcheson assumes the high school leadership role on July 1. He replaces Joy Mason who was named the district’s superintendent in March. Hutcheson joined the Junction City staff in 2009 as a teacher and head basketball coach and assistant football coach. He has also served as athletic director since August 2020.
The Board also approved Jordan Weldon as the elementary counselor.
The Board accepted resignations and hired Alyssa Anderson, Rachael Pepper, and LaKenya Taylor. Anderson was hired for elementary education, Pepper was hired as a secondary upper level math teacher, and Taylor was hired as high music teacher and band director.
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Our JCSD app has been down and had to be authenticated again by the Apple Store, but it is now working again for iPhone users! Users must go to the app store to update or download it! Your JCSD app will appear on your phone again when you update the app! Thanks for using our app for All Things Dragons at your fingertips! #StayInTheKnow
EARLY DISMISSAL! School will dismiss tomorrow, Thursday, April 14. Elementary will dismiss at 2:15 for buses and buses will roll from high school at 2:30! Happy Easter!
PLEASE NOTE: The Bernice bus will run its regular afternoon route today.
DEN Video Announcements for week of April 11! https://youtu.be/j4uFVrSTRCM
Have you nominated your JCSD favorite educator yet? Well please make time to do so! The nomination window for the JCSD Educator Wall of Honor closes on May 6! Click the following link to nominate! https://forms.gle/nuyH2vNqUHWbkSXc7?fbclid=IwAR2FUDxGdDg6Rlv8gm6Gq6EcFgFp6IJr2nCdAlSOtF6vV2oe5K032bhbDXE
Read and follow instructions carefully. A nominee must NOT be an active employee and must have worked at JCSD for 10 years or more.
After the announcement of the 2022 JCSD Educator Wall of Honor Class, each inductee, along with their families, will be honored at the annual JCSD Employee Appreciation Dinner on May 17, 2022 at Hollis's Seafood in Spearsville, Louisiana!
IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIPS AND DEADLINES!
•The El Dorado branch of the NAACP has sent out their scholarship applications. This scholarship has a GPA requirement of 2.5 and is available to any graduating high school senior who attends a high school in Union County. Please stop by my office to pick up an application. The application deadline is May 2.
•Seniors who are pursuing a criminal justice degree, please stop by Mrs. Owens's office for a scholarship application. The application deadline is May 9.
JCHS Announcements 4-13-22
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There will be NO bus to Bernice this morning due to power line closure of Highway 167 between JC and Bernice.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Bernice bus delayed because of downed power lines. Bus will run when safe.
The bus to Bernice is delayed this morning.
SHIRTS, SHIRTS, AND SHIRTS! We have a lot of shirts you may want to order but the deadlines are drawing close. Please support our students! You can't have too many DRAGON shirts!!
•Baseball Shirt Order Form: https://5il.co/189sn Deadline: Tomorrow April 13!!
•Special Olympics Shirt Order Form: https://5il.co/188pf Deadline: April 14
• Elem Field Day T-shirt Order Form: https://5il.co/18d80 Deadline: April 14
•eSports Order Form: https://5il.co/18nzd Deadline: April 20
There will be NO after school tutoring on Thursday April 14, 2022 due to early dismissal.
School Board Meeting in Special Programs Building tonight at 6:00pm
EARLY DISMISSAL! School will dismiss early this Thursday, April 14. Elementary will dismiss at 2:15 for buses and buses will roll from high school at 2:30! Happy Easter!
