Quarterly NewsletterQuarterly NewsletterQuarterly Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 2

January 8, 2016

Jane Addams High SchoolJane Addams High School

Sponsored by Title I

Attendance Reward Days 12:17 dismissal for students

with Perfect Attendance for

the week. January 15

January 22

February 19

February 26

March 4

March 11

March 18

Non-Attendance Days January 18 -

Martin Luther King Day

February 5 -

Teachers In-Service

February 12 -

Lincoln’s Birthday

February 15 -

Presidents Day

March 7 -

Pulaski Day

March 25 -

Good Friday

Other Events January 27 -

Board Meeting

January 28 -

End Q2

January 29-

Early Dismissal 12:17pm

February 5 -

NCLB/SIP Meeting –9am

February 11 -

Report Cards Mailed

March 11 -

Progress Reports Mailed

For the first assembly of the year, Jane Addams

High School welcomed Joe “The Trick Star”

Odhiambo, originally from Kenya in East Africa.

His humble upbringing taught him the drive and

work ethic which has allowed him to become the

best in his clad. Odhiambo now communicates

these tough life lessons and experiences to his

audience. He strongly believes that even though

we start the race in different places, at the end of

the day, what you put in is what you will get back.

Joe shows the students that all people can succeed

in life through five attributes Joe believes in:

1. Faith in Yourself: Believing in one’s ability

regardless of what others say.

2. Persistence: Ability to endure hardship,

keep working hard until you attain your goals.

3. Patience: Working long hard hours because

you understand what it takes to succeed

through practices.

4. Working Hard: Understanding that there is

no short-cut to anywhere worth going.

5. Responsibility: Follow through with what

needs to be done to get the job done.

Joe teaching the students & staff ball tricks.

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We have great news!

CPS has rated Chicago schools in

academics and student perform-

ance. Jane Addams High School

was ranked #9 out of 183 Chi-

cago High Schools. Also, Jane Ad-

dams High School was ranked #1

out of 45 alternative schools!

Let us give the staff a big pat on the

back for all the great work they do.

You can find the results online at:

http://cps.edu/SchoolDate/Pages/Sc

hoolData.aspx

Check us out.

Lets all give a warm welcome

to our newest JAHS member

Ms. Fiorenza. She will take

over Ms. Agee’s class for this

year.

We would also like to welcome

Ms. Grzeca our new Student

Activity Coordinator. These two

new additions will help com-

plete the JAHS family.

Ageless Eye Care is a fully licensed

mobile eye care unit; it is a CPS Vi-

sion Program where students receive

a comprehensive eye exam (including

dilation) as a means to provide early

detection and prevention of eye dis-

eases. Each student received an ex-

amination of visual function and

glasses prescription followed by a

vision report card for each student to

take home. Referrals are sent home

as needed and students who need

glasses are able to choose from a large

assortment of frame styles, glasses are

fitted to the

individual

by trained

opticians.

Smile and say CHEESE!!!!

Picture day is around the corner.

Wednesday January 27, 2015

School pictures will

be professionally

taken by Richard

Pitts Production.

Make sure you all

look great! Shower, brush your

hair, and say cheese…. January

Grads will be taking their Senior

pictures as well.

REMEMBER: all students must

wear their uniforms.

Attention Current & Former Students

Earn $100 for any new students you re-

fer. The students must complete entire

registration and attend JAHS to be eligi-

ble. Any current student must physically

accompany the new student that they

are referring on their registration day in

order to qualify for the reward.

SLOTS ARE LIMITED!

Students are accepted during all office

hours. Referral form must be attached to

enrollment documents. There is no limit to

how much you can earn.

1 Referral=$100

3 Referrals=$300

6 Referrals=$600

We want to wish Ms. Agee, our beloved

English teacher a farewell. May she find

a warm and loving work family at her

next adventure. She will be greatly

missed and remembered years to

come.

Ms. Agee, this is a “till next time ” not a

good-bye. Stop by and visit JAHS.

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Each quarter-ALL stu-

dents who have PER-

FECT attendance (no

tardies & no absences-excused

or unexcused) will earn $50 at

the END of the quarter. Every-

one is eligible each quarter.

Congratulations to the following

for Perfect Attendance during

1st Quarter.

Juan Luis Guerrero

Malik Amari Winding

Saladine Brandon

Darin Calhoun Jr.

Mary Kenny

Ian Lewis

Juan Montiel

Idalis Orozco

Andrea Palacio

Xavier Patterson

Estela Torres

Billy Tucker

Alfonso Valtierra

Once school starts, we understand that orien-

tation may seem like it was a million years ago

— in light of this we would like to take this

opportunity to review the school dress code

policy that may have been forgotten since your

orientation session.

DRESS CODE

Students are required to be in uniform when

they walk through the door every day. Shoes

should be black DRESS SHOES. Your shoes

may not be canvas or tennis shoe styles. Exam-

ples were shown to you at orientation, if you

don't remember what those examples were,

see Ms. Suggs and she can show them to you

again.

Your shirt must be tucked into your pants

which must be belted and AT YOUR WAIST.

We should not be able to see your undergar-

ments and any under shirt should be solid

white or black..

Your pants should be black and loose fitting

dress pants in a boot-cut type of style. Skinny

style pants or pants tucked into boots are

NEVER acceptable.

STUDENT ID

Each student is issued a school ID card with

their picture, along with a JAHS assigned lan-

yard. The student ID card and JAHS assigned

lanyard are part of the JAHS uniform and must

be worn around the neck outside of the shirt

at all times while in the building.

Proper uniforms are required at all times

in order to attend class. Students who

are out of dress code are subject to disci-

plinary actions at discretion of admini-

stration.

Jane Addams is very proud of all our stu-

dents but especially those whom demon-

strate dedication to achieve Honor Roll.

Congratulations to all of our Honor Roll

students for 1st Quarter.

Principals List

Marco Arezta-Morriss

Ignacio Frias

Jason Harper

Arianna Jauregui

Mary Kenny

Ian Lewis

Faith McMillen

Shoes have been an issue on dress down days: Black, White, Gray ONLY.

No color on the logo, stitching, tag, rubber, laces — ANYWHERE VISIBLE is allowed.

Dean’s List

Mario Antunez

Hager Ayalew

Darin Calhoun Jr

Evelyn Chairez

Evangelina Durruthy Jr

Margarita Escalante

Ariel Harris

David Lopez

Isaiah Manning

Salvadore Noceda

Idalis Orozco

Andrea Palacio

Angel Reyes

Billy Tucker

Angelica Villarreal

Marquet Watson

Elisa Ortega

Charly Perez

Markese Poe

Issac Rodriguez

Nicolette Rojas

Darmesha Trawick

Alfonso Valtierra

Dominique Woodard

Mission Statement

The mission of JAHS is to increase each scholar’s self-

sufficiency, critical thinking skills and to promote personal

responsibility.

Vision Statement

The vision of JAHS is a high quality school for "at risk schol-

ars," opening numerous doors for its scholars by significantly

expanding their skill sets so they may access greater opportu-

nities to build meaningful, independent lives.

1814 South Union Avenue

Chicago, IL 60616

Phone: 312-563-1746

Fax: 312-563-1756

www.jahs.org

Sponsored by Title I

WWWEEE AREAREARE HALFHALFHALF WAYWAYWAY DONE!DONE!DONE! On December 11 we invited the group Reverse Order to perform for our students and staff. Re-

verse Order has performed upbeat popular music to instantly engage students. Most recently

Reverse Order was a producer’s pick and semi-finalist on “America’s Got Talent.”

Reverse The Trend is an Anti-Bullying concert and assembly created by the young band Reverse

Order to help combat the rise of bullying across America.

Inspired by Reverse Order, Jane Addams held their very own “Jane Addams Got Talent.” Our stu-

dents were able to perform a variety of things from: singing, dancing, comedy, etc. With five staff

judges chosen at random we give you the winners for the 2015-2016 Jane Addams Got Talent:

Reverse Order on stage per-

forming (left). First place

winners to this years JAHS

Got Talent (right), Maya

Farmer and Antonio Savado

perform a rap song they

composed. They have great

talent and we wish them all

the luck artistically.

1st place (top right) Maya Farmer and Antonio Savado; 2nd place (bottom left) Diamond Coakley; 3rd place Markese Poe

(bottom 2nd from the left). We want to thank all the students that were brave enough to perform for the entire school. Starting

from the bottom 3rd form left: Dominique Woodard, Keyona Thompson, Liyah Earl, Stephon Elliott, Steve Flax