Monday, April 28, 2025

Today is an “A” Day

DATES TO REMEMBER:

4/29 Chalk the Walk during all lunch periods in front of the school

5/1 College/Tech Ed/Military Commitment Day

5/1 Multicultural Night 6-8PM - HS Gym

5/2 Kuykendall Awards 10AM - AUD

5/6 Seal of Biliteracy Showcase 7:30 - 11:30AM - HS Gym

5/8 Mount Saint Mary College trip

5/15 HS Band Concert 7PM - Aud

5/16 District Art Show 6-8PM - HS Cafe

5/17 Drama Club field trip - Little Shop of Horrors (NYC)

5/20 American Museum of Natural History (NYC)

5/20 Youth in Government-Albany Day

5/22 French & Art Club field Trip - MET (NYC)

5/22 Powder Puff Game 4:30PM Chase Field

5/23 Give Back Snow Day - NO SCHOOL 

5/26 Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL

5/28 National Honor Society Induction 7PM - HS Cafe & AUD

5/29 HS Chorus Concert 7PM - AUD

5/30 Senior Day

BIRTHDAYS TODAY:  04/28: Bryanna Acosta, Jaida Howell, Xander Caston, Joseph Cheshire, Tyler Maley, Mia Leeper, Franklin Wildrick

TODAY:  Mon (4/28)  

• Attention Juniors: The Kettle Corn fundraiser is due to Miss Gibson in room 131 on Friday May 2nd. No exceptions.

• Attention Bon Voyage Club Members:  Please see information about our next meeting on Google Classroom.  Don't forget to R.S.V.P.

• Math Enrichment Room 120

• Stock Market Club in room 255

• Gaming Club in room 104

• 4:15 Varsity Softball vs Monticello (HS Fields)

• 11:00 Varsity Girls Golf Divisionals at Warwick Country Club - bus leaves 9:15 AM

Tues (4/29)  04/29: Ashley Emerson, A’Mayah Jackson

• Attention Juniors: The Kettle Corn fundraiser is due to Miss Gibson in room 131 on Friday May 2nd. No exceptions.

• Chalk the Walk during all lunch periods in front of the school

• 3:00 Varsity Boys Golf vs Minisink @ Green Ridge GC

Wed (4/30)  04/30: Angelina Dall

• Attention Juniors: The Kettle Corn fundraiser is due to Miss Gibson in room 131 on Friday May 2nd. No exceptions.

• Math Enrichment in room 119

• Bible Club in room 115

• Emergency Services Club in room 103

• 4:30 Varsity Baseball vs Beacon (HS Field)

• 4:30 JV Baseball vs Beacon (Harriet Space Park) - bus leaves 3:30

• 4:30 Varsity Softball vs Sullivan West (HS Field)

• 4:30 Varsity Track vs multiple @ Washingtonville HS - bus leaves 3:00

Thurs (5/1)  05/01: Kamryn O’Brien

• Attention Juniors: The Kettle Corn fundraiser is due to Miss Gibson in room 131 TOMORROW May 2nd. No exceptions.

• College/Tech Ed/Military Commitment Day

• 6-8 PM Multicultural Night HS Gym

• Math Enrichment in room 114

• SAT Prep in room 202

• 4:00 Varsity Girls Golf vs Minisink Valley @ The Lynx

• 4:00 JV Girls Lacrosse  @ Middletown HS - bus leaves 2:30

Fri (5/2)  05/02: Ayden Tiritilli, Brian Ofosu-Ameyaw

• Attention Juniors: The Kettle Corn fundraiser is due to Miss Gibson in room 131 TODAY No exceptions.

• 10:00 AM Kuykendall Awards AUD

• 4:30 Varsity Baseball vs James I O’Niell (HS Field)

• 4:30 Varsity Softball @ Liberty HS - bus leaves 2:45

• 3:00 Varsity Boys Golf vs Goshen (Lynx at River Bend)

• 4:30 Varsity Boys Tennis vs Newburgh (HS Courts)

BIRTHDAYS OVER THE WEEKEND: 

05/03: Sara Scicluna, Mason Lisberg, Kaylee Savino

05/04: Eric Durkins III, Brayden Finkle, Ryder Benson

Sat (5/3)  

• 7:30 AM SAT Exam

CLUBS & MEETINGS:

• After-school Clubs

• Algebra Regents Review

• There will be English SAT review sessions each week room 202 from 2:30-3:30. (Possibly Wednesdays or Thursdays.) All juniors are welcome.  Please use the sign-up sheet each week at the door of room 202 if you are interested, so materials will be prepared for you.

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SENIORS:

• Senior T-Shirts

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FRESHMAN:

• Dear Freshman: Our class is selling yard signs in supPORT of our Class of 2025 graduates. Each sign is $20.  Please use the attached order form to take orders. You may pick up the signs in Mrs. Schields' office to get to your customers. Please be sure you collect the money (either cash or a check made out to "PJHS Class of '28".  They must be paid for before you pick them up. 

  • Proud SupPORTer Yard Sign Fundraiser--Ordersheet

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Check out this important public service announcement starring your classmates from the PJYC:   

  • PJYC Choose Hope Not Hurt PSA 2025

  • Violence among teens is a real thing and we would like No More Preventable Tragedies.

• Please join the Port Jervis Youth Coalition (PJYC), Tuesday, April 29th (rain date Wednesday, April 30th), during lunch periods in front of the school, to support the annual Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for the National "Take Down Tobacco Day”!

• We're going to chalk our sidewalks full of anti-tobacco, anti-smoking and anti-vaping messages.  PJHS Takes Down Tobacco!

• We would love to have any and all of our faculty and staff join us if you’re available.

• PJHS will stand up against the BIG TOBACCO companies who lure kids into addiction with their tricky marketing and advertising and make billions of dollars in the process.

• Big Tobacco companies try to hook kids by creating fancy flavors and packing their products with massive amounts of nicotine. 

• Let’s unite in a message to them that we won’t fall for their tricks!

• Follow the PJYC on Instagram @portjervis_yc

• Want to quit vaping?  Text QUITNOW to 333888

• Youth Fishing Derby

• ATTENTION SOPHOMORES AND UPPERCLASSMEN: ORDER YOUR SCHOOL RING NOW!  Design a completely custom ring that captures extra-special memories and celebrates incredible achievements — in style. Use code GWPMETAL at checkout to TAKE up to $75 OFF their class jewelry. Use the following link to Jostens:   https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1053269/Port-Jervis-High-School/

• The Character Trait of the month for April is Friendship~~the color is red.  Please wear red for Friendship on Wednesdays!

  • Friendship - a state of enduring affection, esteem, intimacy, and trust between two people. In all cultures, friendships are important relationships throughout a person's life span.

  • Character Education Nomination Form

  • April 2025 Student Informational Flyer

• DECA School store is open M - F 2:00 - 2:45 PM

  • We have PIZZA @ the DECA School Store EVERY THURSDAY.  

  • $2.50 a slice or use your Character Ed Award Certificate. 

• Student Drivers:  Please see Mrs. Sauschuck in the AP’s Office to pick up a parking permit application. You do not need to apply for a new one if you have previously received one.

• Lors Studio Contact Information

• Yearbooks are now on sale! Go To: buytheyearbook.com

• Enter Code: 724252  They are $86.50. 

• Any questions see Mrs. Van Horn in room 104.

LATE BUSES: late buses run Monday through Friday. They depart at 3:45 pm and again at 4:45. They are for students staying after school for school-related functions, and students must be issued a pass by their teacher or coach to ride the bus home.

•    ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS:  Standby for an Important Cell Phone announcement from Mr. Lazzaro

As you may know, Governor Hochul has set forth an initiative to curtail cell phone usage among students. While the expectation has been that cell phones stay out of sight in instructional spaces at all times, we are going to be working toward enforcing this policy consistently. Teachers will remind students at the beginning of the period that cell phones are to be put away. Students who have their cell phones out will be subject to progressive discipline.

Cell phones, as you know, are not only a distraction to student learning, they also have a negative impact on social-emotional connections and mental health. This effort will require not only the consistent enforcement of this expectation in the classrooms and in the school, but the support of our families. Our collective efforts will ultimately benefit our students.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns. Thank you for all of your support as we work together to move our students forward.