2021-2022 AMP happeningsWeekly updates of the important events and happenings in the Agriscience Magnet Program.
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Howdy AMP families and students, The following are important events and happenings for the week of December 16th. Upcoming Events
Bexar County Jr. Livestock Show Tailgate Experience James Madison FFA members will be exhibiting at the Bexar County Jr. Livestock Show that will be held December 16th - 18th, 2019 at the barns located at the AT&T Center. This yearly event allows FFA members the opportunity to showcase their livestock animals, ag mechanics projects, and arts/crafts in competition with other students from all across Bexar County. This is a free event for anyone to attend, so we invite you to come out and support the James Madison FFA Booster Club by helping us feed our students during the livestock show. Help is needed every day from Monday, December 16th through Wednesday, December 19th. For volunteer information please sign up at our Sign Up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090849ADA72FA7FE3-20193 The FFA Booster Club will be providing meals, snacks, drinks, and food for our students while they are at the livestock show and we are seeking donations for the following items: Pop Tarts, Chips, Ground Coffee, Granola Bars, Cookies, Cheez-It's, Candies, Large Dill Pickles, Individually Wrapped Muffins, Beef Hot Dogs, Hot Dog Buns, Large Cans of Nacho Cheese, Nacho Chips (from Sams Club), Coffee Cups, Napkins, Large Plates, Utensils, and cases of the following drinks: Gatorade, Water, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Brisk Tea, & Big Red. We are also needing Tacos & Donuts donations from 7am-9am on Monday 12/16, Tuesday 12/17, & Wednesday 12/18. You can bring your donations directly to the Bexar County Junior Livestock Show on Monday, December 16th. For more information, please contact Sara Parks at [email protected] or text Elizabeth Londono at 210-852-8159, Dolores Brown 210-560-5561, or Sylvia Munn at 210-382-5892. Are you Ready to Rodeo? The James Madison FFA Booster Club will again partner with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo to sell rodeo programs at the 2020 rodeo performances. This is a major fundraiser of the FFA Booster Club and both parent and student volunteers are needed in order for this to be successful. Rodeo program sales will be the first 6 rodeo performances and the time commitment for volunteers is 2-1/2 hours at each rodeo performance. A minimum of 24 volunteers are needed, but we welcome more! To volunteer, go to the following website: https://tinyurl.com/2020SArodeoprogramsales. The rodeo performances are as follows:
A volunteer training meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 4th at 6:30pm in the AMP Commons. AMP Application Period for 2020-2021 School Year is Now Open for Current 8th Graders The AMP application period for the 2020-2021 school year is open until January 27, 2020 for current 8th graders. If you have an 8th grader or know of an 8th grader that is interested in studying at the AMP next school year, they may begin the application by going to https://tinyurl.com/AMPenrollmentprocess. Guidance and Counseling News Exam Exemptions Now that the exemption window is closed students can check their exemption status in Skyward. It is important that students continue to check their exemption status daily. Exemptions will be revoked if a student fails to meet any of the criteria after the exemption has been approved. In Skyward, the exemptions will return to a pending status and the teacher will tell the student the exemption has been revoked. Please remember that the student is required to be present for the exam if they are exempt, unless the student is excused for school business. Fall 2019 Semester Exam Schedule Final exams for the Fall 2019 semester will take place on December 17th through December 20th. Students will be released at 1:30pm on both December 19th and December 20th. Attached to this post is a daily schedule for the semester exams. Second Semester Information for Parents/Students When students return from the Holiday Break on January 6, 2020, they will need to access their 2nd Semester Schedule through Skyward. Students will be required to show this schedule to each teacher to enter class on January 6, 2020. If for some reason a student cannot access their schedule, the student should come to the front foyer of James Madison HS after 8:00 am on January 6, 2020 where the counselors will be available to access the student’s schedule. Have You Been Accepted? Seniors, if you have been accepted to a college or university, please bring a copy of your acceptance letter to the AMP Administration office so that we can recognize your accomplishment on our "Con-GRAD-ulations" bulletin board. Volunteer Opportunities San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo - Bustin'-in-the-Barn There will be a new event at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo this year that they are very excited about. They are starting an "outdoor" mutton bustin called Bustin'-in-the-Barn (BITB)! This new event will take place daily in an area adjacent to the Freeman Coliseum. This event is intended to give those children who did not make it into the lottery for the AT&T Mutton Bustin' during the Rodeo to have a chance to not only participate, but to qualify to ride in the AT&T Center on Friday, February 21st. Mutton Bustin' riders will register online and they will have several walk-up spots available each day. There will be 3 performances during weekdays at 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM. They will have 6 performances on Saturdays and Sundays and President's Day. Those times will be 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM. There will be 20 riders per performance. Every six performances is considered a bracket. The 6 winners in each bracket with have their names put into a hat and we will draw one winner to ride in the AT&T Center on February 21st. The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is in need of volunteers to help run this competition each day. There are any number of areas that need assistance each day, but more specifically, they need "rodeo clowns" to help in the arena. They are seeking any junior or senior FFA members who might be interested in dressing up and being their rodeo clowns in the arena. You will be the real deal! You will have to run and help get the little ones off the backs of the sheep when the don't let go and pick them up out of the dirt when they fall -- just like they do in the AT&T Center. You would need to be in full costume and make-up and they would ask you to volunteer to help for several rounds (a round is 3 performances). If you cannot be or do not wish to be a rodeo clown, they can still use as much help as they can get. Please note, this is not an official committee and you will be responsible for providing your own transportation to and from the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
Scholarship Opportunities Texas Farm Credit Scholarship Deadline: January 6, 2020 Texas Farm Credit would like to take this opportunity to invite your students to submit their application to our Ag Student of the Month program and Marsha Martin Scholarship program. Students may apply for both programs by completing one simple application. In addition to our two student scholarship programs, we are also offering a $500 Club Contribution to the six Marsha Martin winning student’s FFA or 4H Club. Our scholarship application is now online! Click HERE to apply. Click HERE to learn more and download the application packet. Imagine America Scholarship Trade Directory View a list of participating colleges that offer up to $1,000 toward tuition through the Imagine America scholarship. San Antonio Area Foundation Common Scholarship Application Deadline: January 8, 2020 The common application can be used for over 50 different scholarships! The Harvey Najim Scholarship application is now available. Get connected with us! Find us online at www.JamesMadisonFFA.com or follow us on Youtube (Agriscience Magnet Program), Facebook (www.facebook.com/MadisonFFA), and on Instagram (www.instagram.com/jamesmadisonffa) Stay connected with the AMP for the 2019-2020 school year! 
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