Daily Bulletin
Jim Thorpe Area High School Bulletin for Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
School will be Closed on Monday, January 20, 2025 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Early Dismissal
Jim Thorpe Area High School will have an Early Dismissal on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Students will dismiss at 11:30am.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences
The Jim Thorpe Area High School will hold Parent Teacher Conferences on the following dates:
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 -- 11:45am - 2:30pm
Thursday, February 6th, 2025 -- 11:45am - 2:00pm and 6:00pm - 7:45pm
If you would like to schedule a conference then you need to email either Mrs. Ohl (johl@jtasd.org) or Mrs. Everitt (kamara.everitt@jtasd.org). Include in the email the following information:
Parent Name and Phone Number
Student Name
Times that would work best
Teachers you would like to meet with
We will do our best to accommodate you and get back to you with your schedule
Early Dismissal
Jim Thorpe Area High School will be on an Early Dismissal for the following days due to Parent Teacher Conferences:
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
Students will be dismissed at 11:30am.
Lunch Week of 1/6/2025
Monday -- Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
Tuesday -- Beef and Cheese Nachos
Wednesday -- Popcorn Chicken Bowl
Thursday -- Salisbury Steak & Gravy with Buttered Noodles
Friday -- Chili Cheese Bowl with Rice
Attendance
ATTENDANCE
Attendance shall be required of all students enrolled in the school during the days
and hours that the school is in session, except that a principal or teacher may excuse a student for temporary absences when he/she receives satisfactory evidence of such mental, physical, or other urgent conditions which may reasonably cause the student’s absence.
It should be noted, credit for the year may be withdrawn when a student acquires absences totaling twenty (20) or more days unless there are extenuating circumstances.
District-wide guidelines for attendance
Students arriving after 7:45 AM but before 10:30 AM are considered tardy.
Students arriving after 10:30 AM but before 12:30 PM are considered AM absence.
Students arriving after 12:30 PM will be considered a full day absence.
Students leaving before 12:30 PM will be considered a PM absence.
******Students arriving after 10:30 AM will be ineligible to participate in any extracurricular activity on that day unless there is documentation that is handed into the office showing their presence at an approved appointment.
ABSENCE
As soon as a student returns to school after any absence, he/she should return an excuse
note, or doctor’s statement to the office or by email to hs_attendance@jtasd.org. This excuse note is to be completed by a parent indicating the reason for the absence and is to be signed by the parent. It is to be returned within THREE DAYS of the student’s return to school or the absence will be considered unexcused. If a student is out for three or more consecutive days, there MUST be a Doctor’s certificate handed in, not a parent note, in order for the days to be excused. Once a student accrues fifteen (15) days of absence, a Doctor’s certificate must be handed in for each day of absence thereafter, a parent’s note will cause the days to be considered unexcused. Administration has the option to call and verify doctor’s notes.
In case of truancy and/or forged excuses, the absence will be unexcused and the parent will be notified and the detention policy will be enforced.
Parents and students can be fined following their child’s third day of unexcused or illegal absence from school, and they are therefore urged to send an excuse with the student on the day following the student absence.
Students subjected to truancy fines can lose their driver’s license for a period of time.
Prom Policy
PROM POLICY
Students wishing to attend Prom must not have any OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS
during the second semester and no more than 3 for the entire school year.
Students must not have more than 3 IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS during the second semester and not more than 5 for the school year.
They must not have more than 10 UNEXCUSED ABSENCES OR 10 UNEXCUSED T ARDIES for the school year.
A ll outstanding detentions and suspensions must be served prior to attending the Prom.
**NOTE: Absence notes will not be accepted after 3 days upon return from the absence unless they are from a doctor.