Jones Academy UNITY Youth Council is off to Washington D.C. to attend the UNITY National Conference. This years theme is “Healing the Spirit of Native Youth”. We can’t wait to see what they learn and hear about their experience!
Jones Academy students participating in the summer work program at Jones Academy serve food at the Antlers Community Center today.
Jones Academy is now accepting applications for consideration of attendance. Info and application forms can be found at the following link.
https://www.jonesacademy.org/o/ja/page/admissions
Last week, Jones Academy hosted their first Open House Event. This was a day set aside for Choctaw Nation departments to come onto our campus for us to show and tell what we do. The day included Introductions of leadership, departmental presentations, lunch together in our cafeteria, and campus tours. Yakoke to everyone who attended!
Jones Academy 2023 Seniors took a trip to San Antonio, South Padre, Port Aransas and Corpus Christi. They spent 5 days sight seeing and relaxing at the beach.
Jones Academy travelled to Durant to celebrate the Education team within the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Corn hole, relay races, dunk tank, hula contest, limbo contest, and best luau dress were the games and events for the day. So much fun was had by all! Jones Academy took 1st and 2nd place in the relay race as well as other prizes throughout the day!
Jones Academy boys travelled to Collinsville Paintball Land to play paintball.
Jones Academy elementary boys spent the day at the Oklahoma City Zoo interacting with animals in the petting zoo.
Jones Academys' Junior Botball robotics team demonstrated their coding skills with their robots to perform challenges for the elementary school students and staff. Robotics is one of the computer science programs offered at Jones Academy for students. #kipr #botball #robotics
Senior Samuel Kaniatobe (pictured middle) was crowned the 2023 Hartshorne High School Band King this week! Congratulations Samuel!
Yakoke to Rachael Ranallo from KTC - McAlester for visiting with Jones Academy.
Students got an overview of programs offered at Kiamichi Tech - McAlester campus and general information about how to attend during high school.
Then they used iPads and Sphero Bots to do some basic block coding. Students were able to code the Bots to make a square. They had to discuss angles and how to make the Bot turn each corner. Once they figured out the angles we needed to use, they had to modify the code slightly to sharpen up the corners of the square. It was a fun activity that got them thinking about math on their day off.
Jones Academy students competed in the 1st Campus Tournament in the Jones Academy esports lab. 16 students played Smash Brothers Ultimate for prizes and bragging rights. In the winners picture are Jordan with 2nd, Darion with 1st, Carter with 3rd and Esports Coach Barrett Fadler.
Congratulations to Autumn Johnston and Isabel Lujano, who were inducted into the 2023 Oklahoma Honor Society at the Hartshorne Public Schools Honors Banquet.
Autumn is from Wilburton, OK and in the 7th grade at Hartshorne Middle School. She is a member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.
Isabel is an eleventh grader from Tulsa, OK. She is of Kiowa descent.
State testing has started at Jones Academy Elementary! Mrs. Holeman's 5th/6th grade students decorated the hallway with posters to help encourage students and each other during state testing time.
March Students of the Month. Autumn Johnston is a member of both the Cherokee and Pawnee tribes. In her spare time she enjoys hanging with her friends and playing stickball. After she graduates high school she plans on going to college to become a neurologist. Jordan Harper is a member of both the Kickapoo, Sac and Fox tribes. In his down time he enjoys playing football and working out with his friends. When he graduates he plans on going to college to become an engineer or a doctor. Michael Bloomer is a 5th grade student in Mrs. Holeman's class and is a Choctaw tribal member. Michael's favorite color is blue, and he enjoys playing basketball and stickball. When Michael grows up, he wants to play basketball in the NBA. Elie Acuna is a 5th grade student in Mrs. Holeman's class and is a member of the Creek tribe. Elie's favorite color is red, and she enjoys painting, hanging out with friends, and playing basketball. When she grows up, Elie wants to be a track star or play professional basketball.
PSA: Jones Academy will be performing testing on our new warning system each month. We will test the first Tuesday of each month at 12:00 noon. We wanted to inform local residents as we’ve been informed that it can be heard from a good distance away.
It was such an inspiring day to watch two amazing Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma educators participate in the 2023 Prospective Teacher Academy at SOSU. Mrs. Heather Ellis, Hugo Head Start Teacher and Mrs. Kathy Holeman, teacher at Jones Academy. Congratulations!
Yakoke to Cultural Educator Ross Green for spending Friday afternoon with us. The students enjoyed being educated about the traditional use of the bow and many of them had the opportunity to practice shooting. It was a great introduction to bow shooting and we look forward to more activities in the sport of archery.
"A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers" - Hellen Keller
"Education is the mother of leadership" - Wendell Willkie