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Dear Justice Families,
I hope that you are enjoying this beautiful sunny day.
Last week, our students and staff participated in Academic Catch Up Days on Thursday and Friday. These days provided time for students to work on missing work, retake assessments and get additional support from their teachers without new assignments or assessments. We received feedback from students and staff that these days were helpful for them to get caught up.
We kicked off our winter sports season last week with our basketball teams starting try outs. Next week we will proceed with swim/dive, wrestling and track. Students and staff have strict guidelines that we are monitoring to ensure everyone's safety. For more information on our protocols and procedures, click here.
At the most recent school board meeting, Dr. Brabrand presented the division’s “Return to School Update,” (go to meetings, click on December 10, view agenda) which included changes to when staff and students return to the building. Dr. Brabrand will be sending out an update to staff and the community soon. Stay tuned for more detailed information.
With that said, as of yesterday the current health metrics in our region reached a threshold where Group 3 students and staff will return to virtual instruction beginning Monday, December 14, 2020.
FCPS has been using two core health indicators, suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to guide its decisions about in-person instruction. These include the total number of COVID cases per 100,000 county residents over the last 14 days and the percentage of positive COVID tests over seven consecutive days.
For Group 3 to remain in-person, the positivity rate must not exceed 10 percent. As of Saturday, December 12, we reached seven consecutive days in which the percent positivity exceeded our 10 percent threshold. As a result, Group 3 is returning to virtual instruction.
We value the partnership that we have with you, our families, to help our students be as successful as possible. If you have needs or concerns, please reach out to your child's teacher, counselor and/or administrator.
SOL Retakes in January 2021
Justice HS will offer the Winter SOL retakes during the month of January. Your student has the opportunity to opt-in to take any SOLs they need for a verified credit in science, English, history or math. If your student chooses to take advantage of this opportunity – they should contact their counselor to be placed on the opt-in list by December 18. Seniors who need one or more verified credits to graduate do not need to opt in. They will be automatically signed up to take any SOLs needed for graduation. Remediation will be provided for seniors needing a verified credit(s) to graduate in 2021. If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact your student’s counselor.
The Verdict is now online & needs your input!
The Verdict, Justice High School’s student newspaper, is now online! You can check out our website here! This year, because we aren’t in the building and in distance learning, it’s hard to know all the cool things our students and community members are doing, so we’re asking for your help! We want to share and recognize the amazing things our school is doing even in a virtual environment. If you know of someone (staff, student, club, community member) who we should feature, please let us know! Stories, photos, and ideas welcome!
If you have an idea for a story that you’d like to see covered in The Verdict, please email us at theverdictstaff@gmail.com.
links: website: https://justicehs.fcps.edu/The_Verdict
email: mailto:theverdictstaff@gmail.com
Exact Path Challenge
Starting in December 7th, Justice High School will kickoff the Exact Path Challenge for student success. As a reminder, Edmentum Exact Path is a K-12 personalized math, reading, and language arts program that pinpoints learning needs and provides each student a unique set of lessons and activities to close skill gaps and propel learning forward.
How to WIN!
- Students will be encouraged, during 4th period Advisory, to work in their Exact Path learning paths to make individual growth and master skills! Students also have the flexibility to work outside of 4th period advisory on their learning path.
- When students complete lessons successfully and earn 80% or above for each skill on their Progress Check (the assessment that follows each set of skills) they will earn Trophies!
- Students can track their success by reviewing their Rewards area. Here, they can check in on Trophies earned and Challenges completed.
- Become a winner!
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Individual students who earn 5 or more Mastery Trophies will be entered into a grade-level monthly raffle to win prizes! The winners will be drawn at the end of each month.
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The top 3 classes with the highest number of Mastery Trophies earned by June 2021 will be awarded with a JHS Wolf Pack gift bag and their teachers receive a gift card to be used for instructional materials.
- Questions about the contest? Email Candace Hyman chyman@fcps.eduwill
JHS Pack Leaders & Wolves Mentor Program
Calling all freshman students! Have you heard about our JHS Pack Leaders & Wolves mentor program? Once a month, Justice seniors and juniors are ready to answer your questions and support you in your first year of high school. We tackle topics like organization, the benefits of gratitude, as well as how to tackle some of the obstacles presented by virtual learning. We would love for every freshman to join us! The next meeting is on Monday, December 14th at 1:45 pm. If you would like to join, just look for a BBCU link in your fcpsschools.net email on Friday, December 11th to join us on the 14th. We hope to see you there!
A daily health screening, using Covid-19 Health Screening Questions, will be required for all students prior to coming onto school grounds (this applies for Material Distribution Days, in-person instruction, and co-curricular/extra-curricular activities). The health screening tool is available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
As indicated in the Parent/Guardian Health Screening Commitment form, parent/guardians, will complete the health screening each morning, prior to sending the student to school. In order to reduce the spread of communicable disease to student and staff, it is critical that parents/guardians accurately complete this screening daily and keep students home from school when exhibiting any symptoms. These health screenings will be done on an honor basis and will not be required to be submitted to the school.
Parents or guardians will be required to make this commitment for all school-aged children in their household.
Students must turn in their transcript requests to the Student Services office 30 days in advance of the college deadline. Students who are applying to colleges with a December and January deadlines need to submit their requests to the transcript assistant in Student Services promptly. These reminders are sent in an effort to avoid unnecessary stress. The transcript request form is available on the counselor’s Google Classroom and by clicking here: JHS Transcript Request Form. Please contact your child’s school counselor if you have any questions.
Scholarship Transcript Requests- Students who would like an unofficial transcript to use for scholarship applications, must request them on the JHS Transcript Request Form and indicate it is for a scholarship
The Office of Talent Acquisition & Management (TAM) will host the third annual Back2Fairfax Teacher Seminar virtually on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
This event will give current high school juniors, seniors, graduates, and former FCPS Teachers for Tomorrow students an opportunity to meet and hear from teachers and administrators in Fairfax County Public Schools.
Participants will attend breakout sessions that will cover a variety of topics including developing a resume, preparing for an interview, applying for a license, finding the school that is the right fit, and teacher and administrator panels. Attendees will also have an opportunity to visit with exhibitors from Title I, Early Childhood, Pre-Teacher Employment with FCPS, Great Beginnings, Teacher Leadership, Employee Benefits, and various professional groups and organizations.
Please share event information and the registration link below with current FCPS high school juniors, seniors and FCPS graduates of your schools.
Virtual Event Information
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Registration here
Justice High School – Driver’s Education
The state of Virginia requires students and their parents or legal guardian to attend ONE session of Partners for Safe Teen Driving in order to receive their Pink Card (DEC-8). The 90 minute session requires participants to be actively involved during the presentation. All session LINKS, additional information, & instructions will be posted on your teacher’s Google Classroom. All session will run from 6:30pm-8pm. Attendees must be logged into the entire session to receive credit. If you are a current 10th, 11th or 12th grade Justice HS student seeking to attend a PSTD session, please email Greg Weisbecker at gpweisbecker@fcps.edu for information.
Upcoming Dates – Jan 13th.
Yearbook Resource Sheet
In order to get stories this year, we are heavily relying on parent, student, and teacher submissions. Going into the virtual year, we want to make sure we cover everyone possible, so please help us out! Submissions can be anywhere from quarantine puppies, learning how to cook a new dish, student activists, or current events. Here’s how YOU can be featured….
- Nominate your student by submitting this google form, or access it by visiting https://forms.gle/vHzigQibv4jpyXtU8
- Email your stories and pictures to justicehighyearbook@gmail.com
Envía tus historias e imágenes por correo-e a justicehighyearbook@gmail.com
- Upload the pictures yourself!
¡Sube las fotos tú mismo!
En un navegador visita www.HJeShare.com e ingresa el código de la escuela #4118
- Enter your information, browse and select images from your computer, enter a description, and upload!
Ingresa tu información, busca y selecciona imágenes de tu computadora, ingresa una descripción y ¡ cárgalas!
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On your phone: download the HJeSHARE app from your app store. Enter the school code #4118. Fill in your information to create an account. Upload photos directly from your phone!
En tu teléfono descarga la aplicación HJeSHARE de tu tienda de aplicaciones. Ingresa el código de la escuela #4118. Completa tu información para crear una cuenta. ¡Sube fotos directamente desde tu teléfono!
Please encourage your student(s) to keep an eye out for our monthly Den Day google forms which cover a variety of timely, relevant topics. Help us to tell YOUR story!
And don’t forget to purchase a yearbook! Just go to www.yearbookordercenter.com, school code #4118
Justice High School is hiring classroom monitors to provide in-person classroom assistance for students when a staff member remains virtual. If you would like more information about the position, please review the job description and qualifications online and apply if interested. Please feel free to share information about this opportunity with anyone else you think may be interested.
Please contact Katie Vandawalker for additional questions/information.
As a reminder, should your student experience any problems with FCPS issued equipment (including the power cord) or software, please use the link below to place a service request with our IT department. All service requests are handled in the order of which they are received and may take up to 48 hours before you are contacted. Our IT department will contact you by either a phone call to troubleshoot or an email response with instructions sent to the email you used when the original ticket was created. In the event that our IT department determines that equipment does need to be replaced, they will give you instructions on the process and assist you further.
https://itweb.fcps.edu/itsupport/
Looking for Activities Office Information?
Sports, Clubs, Academic Teams
Social Media
Twitter - @justice_sports
Instagram - @justice_wolves
Website
https://www.justicehssports.com/
Google Classroom
Sports - Code: kmwdvf
Clubs - Code: 5afubf2
Activities YouTube Channel
The activities office has started a new YouTube Channel. Check out our weekly Updates! Subscribe Here
December 21 thru January 1 - Winter Break
January 18 - Martin Luther King's Jr. Birthday - Student Holiday
January 20 - Inauguration Day - Student Holiday
January 22 - End of Quarter - 2 Hour Early Release Day
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