With final exams, student dismissal is at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday and 11:35 a.m. on Wednesday with no students reporting to JA on Thursday, as all staff will be attending graduation.

It is hard to believe that the final week of school is upon us. Will be a wild week for sure. Monday will be the only full day of classes with finals taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday morning and graduation Thursday in Golden. If your child misses any of their finals, they should arrange a time with their teacher for Friday morning to make-up the exam before grades are finalized. 

Due to some spectacular athletic performances this spring, on Tuesday, we have changed the release time to 11:45 a.m. to celebrate all student-athletes who earned the tremendous honor of going to state in their spring sport. Following morning finals we will have an all-school assembly to recognize their accomplishments before dismissal. 

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our entire school community for making my first year truly exceptional. Your unwavering support, dedication, and enthusiasm have created an environment where every student thrived and flourished. Together, we've learned a ton, made memories that will last for some time, and set up future success for all students next year. I couldn't be more thankful for the incredible journey we've shared.

Post Season Update

Girls soccer earned their way to the semifinal game and beat the #3 seed, Kent Denver by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. They will face #1 seeded Colorado Academy in the State Championship. The game will be played at Dick's Sporting Goods Park at 5:00pm on Tuesday. Come out and show your support for the Jaguars. Tickets are being sold online only through Ticketmaster. Purchase your tickets here. 

Baseball finished the season ranked 16th in the CHSAA seedings. They will travel to Eaton tomorrow to play in Regionals. They will face #17 Timnath first and then after the win, they will face a very tough #1 seeded Eaton. Best of luck to the whole baseball team.

Congratulations to all of our track athletes that qualified to compete in the CHSAA State Track Championships:

• Sierra Buzick (Triple Jump, Long Jump, 100, 4x200, 4x100)

• Monica Slusser (100, 4x100)

• Elsa Nygren (4x200)

• Emilee Harding (4x100, 4x200, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles)

• Jessie Schaffer (4x200, 4x100, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles)

• Sean Beasley (3200, 4x800, 800)

• Rylan Mills (4x800, 800, 4x400)

• Aden Garza (4x400, 4x800)

• Chase Wittman (4x800)

• Mark Leoni (200, 400, 4x400)

• Liam Wall (4x400)

• Lydia Thurston (Shot Put)

Girls Golf placed 4th as a team at the Region 3 tournament. Freshman Paige Danforth and Senior Freja Hampton placed 4th and 13th, respectively, to earn their spots to compete at State. This is one of the best finishes for our girl's golf team in the past decade. It was a great season by the whole team and we wish Freja and Paige luck as they compete with the best in the state on Monday the 20th, and Tuesday the 21st!

Summer plans-

Girls volleyball will hold open gyms this summer on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00am-11:00am starting on June 6th. Please reach out to Coach Alexa at hsvolleyball@jajags.com for more information

Did you know that if JA doesn't offer a sport, you can participate at surrounding area school as long as you follow the CHSAA guidelines. The Standley Lake football coach has reached out to us with some information. If you are a current 8th, 9th, 10th, or 11th grader, please reach out to Tyler Gallas at tyler.gallas@jeffco.k12.co.us for more information about summer football plans.

Portugal & Spain 2025-There is Still Space

The immersion-travel experience in Portugal & Spain in 2025 for JA High School students will be an amazing adventure that you’ll remember for the rest of your life—and we don’t want you to miss out!  

The easiest way to enroll is online through our tour website: www.eftours.com/2620931RB. Here is a Link of the Presentation  Trip to Portugal and Spain - March 12 - March 22  2025, 11 days.

• • AI Summer Program

    • • Inspirit AI is offering an in-person, 30-hour pre-college AI program hosted in Denver that teaches students in grades 8-12 fundamental AI concepts and guides them to build socially impactful projects such as labor markets analysis, safe ChatGPT bots, fake news detection, and more! Stanford and MIT graduates in AI will be present at D'Evelyn Jr/Sr High School from July 15-26, 2024, 9a-12pm. Apply here. If you cannot attend in person, students may apply live online at www.inspiritai.com.  

  • Executive Functioning Skills

    • • Building Executive Functioning Skills Over the Summer

      • College Readiness Executive Functioning Skills

      • Other free resources for parents

  • Suicide Prevention Resources:

    • • Common Warning Signs, Risk Factors and Protective Factors

      • What To Know About Suicide

Summer Resources

• • Math:

    • • Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/

      • Munchmate.com

      • Pearson Realize: https://www.pearsonrealize.com/index.html#/

      • Time4Learning: https://www.time4learning.com/curriculum/summer-learning/

      • Wowzers: wowzers.com

      • Stride Learning: https://stridelearning.org

  • Study Skills/Executive Functioning:

    • • Regis University classes: https://readingprograms.org/Regis

      • Stride Learning: https://stridelearning.org

  • Reading/Writing:

    • • Time4Learning: https://www.time4learning.com/curriculum/summer-learning/

      • Regis University classes: www.regis.readingprograms.org

      • Reading grade level books/contact local Library for lists

  • Other:

    • • Untapped (summer mentoring & workshops): Whether you want to help your student maintain momentum from the school year or get them ready to return in the fall, we’ve got you covered. We have summer programs for current 6-12th graders, students entering college in the fall, and current college students - https://untappedlearning.com/summer-programs/

Sensory processing challenges in kids 

Everyone has sensory preferences. But when a child's likes and dislikes impact their daily activities, cause an oversized reaction or lead to behaviors that affect their health or safety, that could be a sign that they are experiencing sensory processing challenges. Experts at Children's Hospital Colorado share more about our eight (yes, eight!) senses, what happens when kids can't effectively process sensory information and how to best support them

Student Fees

All senior fees need to be paid by the time they checkout on Friday, May 17th.  This includes course fees, activity fees, and sports fees.  The Fees tab on Infinite Campus usually comes up empty but this isn't accurate.  Please follow the Fee Payment Guide cheat sheet to see your most up-to-date status.  Payments can be made online through Infinite Campus with a credit card or in person by cash, check, or credit card.  Please contact Mr. Melville (cmelville@jajags.com) if you have any questions about fees or need to set up a payment plan.

Monday, May 20: Last full day of school!

Tuesday, May 21:  Finals A & C blocks   8:25 - 11:45 am (All students must be picked up by noon)

Wednesday, May 22:  Finals B & D blocks   8:25 - 11:35 am (All students must be picked up by noon)

Thursday, May 23: Class of 2024 Graduation 

Friday, May 24: Make up Finals - Teachers last day

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