Community Health Services Inc
Did you know: Minnesotans can now claim the Child Tax Credit, with no limit on the number of children claimed. You must file a 2023 individual income tax return in order to claim the credit. Most taxpayers who are eligible to claim the new Child Tax Credit are also eligible for free tax preparation assistance. Learn more about income requirements and qualifications on the Child Tax Credit webpage: https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/child-tax-credit
The tax credit of up to $1750 per child is estimated to cut child poverty by up to one-third in Minnesota. Nearly 300,000 households, including 513,000 children, are estimated to qualify for the credit.
Welcoming the lunar new year and the year of the dragon! Happy Lunar New Year!
Hello, JM Parents and Guardians of our JMHS SENIORS, class of 2024! Visit our Graduation page on the JMHS website to view information about the 2024 Senior Party! Since 1978 senior parents have organized this final ‘hurrah’ for JM Seniors. We would love for you to join us! The registration link is live. https://jmhs.rochesterschools.org/o/jm/page/graduation
Live local? Willing to share about your career with our Career Exploration Class at JM?
Feb 12 - 23: Careers in Pharmacy, BioTech, Radiology/Sonography, Health Sciences
Feb 23 - Mar 15: Careers in Transportation, Distribution, Architecture, Manufacturing, STEM, Interior Design, Engineering
Please reach out to me at ervasquez@rochesterschools.org
Erin Vasquez, JM Community School Coordinator
Are you interested in learning more about earning college credit while in high school? Join us for our PSEO Information Night at the RCTC Field House!
To join the virtual webinar, go to this link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/95104734661
For more information, contact your school's counseling office.
And it just keeps getting better! Jason repurposed a sign for our coffee shop that was squirreled away somewhere.
When our track & field numbers doubled last year, so did the need to remove barriers for many students to safe and appropriate footwear....and the Rochester Running Club answered the call with the donation of hundreds of pairs of shoes to RPS students. This was their recent donation. HUGE thank you!
Wow! What an event ... Black History Month: A Taste of Africa put on by our Black Student Union.
Highlight your graduate in the yearbook. Last call!
We want to recognize Jason Schmidt. If you don't know Jason, he is one of our amazing custodial staff during the day. Most of us know Jason because he has figured out and fixed something in our rooms that others said can't be done.
With a simple suggestion Jason has converted our ticket booth into a functioning coffee shop for our students and clubs to raise money.
One student was quoted as saying yesterday "I can't believe we can have a space this cool at JM".
Thank you Jason for going above and beyond!!
An exciting end to an evening of basketball with JM girls beating cross town rival, Century.
JM girls have found a true diamond in rebounding phenom Ciara Seifert https://www.postbulletin.com/sports/prep/john-marshall-girls-figure-things-out-again-after-halftime-in-win-over-century
Photos: Century, John Marshall boys basketball on Feb. 6, 2024 https://www.postbulletin.com/sports/prep/photos-century-john-marshall-boys-basketball-on-feb-6-2024
Rockets! Order your 2024 Baby ad for the JMHS Yearbook. Deadline is Thursday, 2/8! They are $50. The direct link is: https://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/students-and-parents/yearbook-ads
Our JM Science Olympiad Team represented our school GREAT this past weekend in the Reginal Finals. Some Noteworthy Results:
2nd place: Anatomy (Hasan Mohammed & Arjun Khurana)
3rd place: Air Trajectory (Caddem Alexander)
Experimental Design (Sreyoli Bhattacharya & Dima Al-Kaisi)
Tower (Noah Stanslaski)
Write It Do It (Sreyoli Bhattacharya & Dima Al-Kaisi)
4th place:
Astronomy (Caddem Alexander)
Fermi Questions (Jacobi Issa & Arjun Khurana)
Fossils (Muniba Hassan & Anguil Bola)
Scrambler (Muniba Hassan & Anguil Bola)
5th place:
Microbe Mission (Mikariya Sunia & Jallaine Talah)
There are endless possibilities of ways to engage students .... right now our new JM coffee shop is being constructed. This will be a student run coffee shop, with 100% of the proceeds going to our student clubs.
'JM has a shot to get to state as a team in the girls competition.' -Post Bulletin
Rochester Alpine ski teams have excellent candidates in state-qualifying meet https://www.postbulletin.com/sports/prep/rochester-alpine-ski-teams-have-excellent-candidates-in-state-qualifying-meet
This week is National School Counseling Week. Our counselors work with all students to remove barriers to learning by helping students apply academic achievement strategies, manage emotions, build interpersonal skills, support mental health needs, and plan for post-secondary options. No counselor’s job is the same because they adapt so well to what is needed from our students and schools as a whole. Thank you, counselors, for all you do in Rochester Public Schools!
A couple of our Rockets recognized.
Newcomers making a big impact on southeastern Minnesota boys basketball teams https://www.postbulletin.com/sports/prep/newcomers-making-a-big-impact-on-southeastern-minnesota-boys-basketball-teams
JM Physics students demonstrated their mastery of momentum and impulse by dropping raw eggs from the back of the JM Rocket Stadium to the ground below.
They were given some raw materials to devise their plans.
80% success rate after dropping 1m, 2m and from upstairs balcony first.
Time for scrambled eggs!
(Ms Erickson’s classes shown here).
