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 weeks of March 9th and March 16th. Upcoming Events
Spring Break 2020 School and NEISD offices will be closed for Spring Break from Monday, March 9th through Friday, March 13th. James Madison FFA Invitational Career Development Events On Saturday, March 21st, the James Madison FFA will be hosting the annual Invitational Career Development Events and will have FFA Chapters from all across Texas in attendance. We are in need of parent volunteers from 7:30am to 1:00pm to assist with registering teams, serving as contest monitors, timekeepers, group leaders, and serving in the concession stand. If you are able and willing to volunteer, please send Mr. Anderson an email at [email protected]. 2020-2021 James Madison FFA Chapter Officer Applications Applications will be available on Monday, March 23rd in the AMP Administration office for students interested in applying to become a James Madison FFA Chapter Officer for the 2020-2021 school year. The deadline to return the completed application is Friday, April 17th. FFA Letter Jacket The Spring 2020 fitting and ordering for a FFA Letter Jacket will be held on Monday, March 23rd from 4:15pm to 5:00pm in the AMP Commons. To purchase a FFA Letter Jacket, students must complete the FFA Letter Jacket application and return the completed application to the AMP Administration office by Friday, March 20th before receiving a letter jacket ordering packet. Letter jacket packages start at $74 and representatives will be fitting qualified students for jackets and taking orders on Monday, March 23rd. Payment in full must be made at the time of fitting and ordering. JM FFA Booster Club General Meeting The next monthly meeting of the FFA Booster Club will take place on Monday, March 23rd at 6:30pm in the AMP Commons. All parents/guardians of AMP students are encouraged to attend. Tickets will be on sale for the Scholarship Spring Social to be held on Saturday, April 4th and for the BBQ plate fundraiser happening on Saturday, March 28th at the Madison Spring Fair. The Chapter FFA Degree Ceremony will be held following the booster club general meeting. Madison Spring Fair Please join the Madison HS community for our first annual Madison Spring Fair on Saturday, March 28th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DEMAC (gyms). The Madison Spring Fair is a joint event sponsored by Madison PTSA and all the Madison HS Booster Clubs. We’re currently registering vendors for this event at the below link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScapR4ZvcJbh5NM7mlrhvTi2pYW_PTsPFnxWvd_OPDrtj7G_w/viewform?usp=sf_link All vendors will have a 10 ft x 10 ft area to set and display their items. Please consider being a vendor and/or share this link if you know of someone that would like to be a vendor. Scholarship Spring Fling Social The James Madison FFA Booster Club is excited to host their 2nd annual Scholarship Spring Fling Social which will be Saturday April 4, 2020 at the Voigt Center in Hollywood Park from 6:00pm- 11:00pm. “Fiesta Theme” This event’s main purpose is to build our scholarship fund for our AMP graduating seniors. The night will be filled with great food, open bar, an exciting silent auction, live auction, and music. For more details and to purchase tickets, please contact Elizabeth Londono at [email protected]. Summer Internship - Food Safety Net Services Food Safety Net Services (FSNS) is a national company headquartered here in San Antonio that offers an expansive scope of microbiological and chemistry testing services specific to the food processing, consumer products, and nutraceutical industries. FSNS is seeking a student with interests in food safety and/or microbiology for a paid ($12.50/hour) internship for the upcoming summer. The chosen intern will be working in a professional and laboratory environment to perform analytical and microbiological testing of food products, ingredients and environmentals. The internship will provide an opportunity for a student to understand the interconnectedness of food safety to our agriculture systems in America. This internship is ideal for a student that wishes to study Food Science, Meat Science, Poultry Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or Agribusiness at the post-secondary level. Interested students should contact Mr. Price ([email protected]) or Mr. Stewart ([email protected]) to receive more information about this summer opportunity. Click on the following link to see a brief promotional video about FSNS: https://vimeo.com/376846083 Employment Opportunity with Toyota Motor Manufacturing of TX (TMMTX) Resource MFG is the onsite staffing company for the Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Texas (TMMTX) which is located on the southside of San Antonio. In order to accommodate the demands of production at the plant, Resource MFG hires Production Team Members. We give all our Production Team Members the proper training in the areas they meet as well as great benefits! Resource MFG is offering seniors, upon graduation, an opportunity to work at TMMTX. Through Resource MFG, they can be led to a career path with endless possibilities at Toyota. More information about this great opportunity can be found in the attachments to this post. Please feel free to contact Graciela Cantu with any questions at 210-551-8033 or email [email protected]. Guidance and Counseling News Spring 2020 Semester Exam Exemption Policy Change and Update Semester exam exemptions are an opportunity for our high school students with good behavior and academic performance to exempt up to three semester exams in any subject in the spring semester. We encourage parents/guardians to keep their children at home if they are not feeling well. Hence, excused absences will not be counted against a child’s exemption. This change is only for absences between March 2, 2020, through the last day of school (May 28th). The required semester averages are still applicable. For a child’s absence to be considered excused, students must provide a note from their parent/guardian or documentation from a doctor within 5 days of their return to school. The James Madison HS Administration office will have exam exemption forms available in late April. See the attachment to this post below for more information. 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. Seniors Please turn in the following documents (listed below) to Mr. Medina (Go Center) or Ms. Brandvold via email at [email protected].
Deadline to turn in scholarship award letters for printing in the Graduation Ceremony program is May 1. Deadline to submit the ONE scholarship to be announced at Graduation is May 22. Scholarship Opportunities All seniors planning to go to college/university should complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) to see if you qualify for grants, loans and/or institution scholarships. The FAFSA opened on October 1st and is available at www.fafsa.gov FFA Scholarship Opportunities Seniors that are interested in applying for the Texas FFA Scholarship, Bexar County FFA Scholarship, James Madison FFA Scholarship, and the James Madison FFA Booster Club Scholarship need to go by AG130 as soon as possible and see Mr. Anderson to receive information on the application process for these scholarships. Scholarships range in amounts of $1,000 to $20,000. Surita Wyatt Scholarship Application Deadline: March 13, 2020 The application for the Surita Wyatt Scholarship is now active on the NEISD CTE webpage. One CTE senior from each of the 8 high schools will receive a scholarship in the amount of $750 to further their education upon graduation from high school. In addition, one student will be awarded a $1500 scholarship and named the overall senior CTE student for NEISD. The criteria for selection include the following actions:
The Surita Wyatt scholarship application window will be open from January 31, 2020 until March 13, 2020, 11:59 PM. All applicants will return their completed application to the NEISD CTE Business & Advisory Council. The email address for the CTEBIC can be found on the scholarship application and on the CTE Website. Incomplete applications and applications received after the March 13, 2020, 11:59 PM deadline will not be considered. The fillable scholarship application is posted below for your convenience.
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