PIAA 4A Girls Basketball playoffs Quarterfinal:
The Lady Olympians will play Dunmore on Wednesday March 16 @ 7:00 at Berwick MS
All ticketing will be online. https://www.piaa.org/sports/tickets.aspx
Ticket Site will be set up later for our game.
No tickets will be on sale at the door.
Everyone Kindergarten and older will need a ticket.
Congratulations to the Girls basketball team on defeating ACC 42-11 and winning the District XI 4A Championship.
PIAA 4A Girls Basketball playoffs first round:
The Lady Olympians will play Freire Charter on Wednesday @ 7:00PM at Jim Thorpe Area High School.
All ticketing will be online. PIAA will be contacting schools directly with ticket information. Senior Citizens will not be free as they did for District XI playoffs. More information to follow.
Excellent closure for Friday’s “Read Across America” as JT student/scholar/athletes read to elementary students at the LB & PK campuses. Keep reading and go Olympians!!!
Best of luck to JT wrestlers Gabe Heaney, Caleb McDermott, & Ridge Snyder as they prepare for PIAA Regional Wrestling Tournament starting tonight at Freedom High School. Go Olympians!
Congratulations to the Girls Basketball team on defeating North Schuylkill 63-42 and advancing to the District XI Championship.
Jim Thorpe will be playing Allentown Central Catholic on Saturday 3/5 at Martz Hall @ 4:30
The Girls Basketball District XI Semifinal game tonight can be seen live on Blue Ridge channels 80/97 @ 6:00.
There is no live stream coverage for the District XI playoffs due to contracts with DXI and the cable companies.
As of Friday, February 25, 2022, the CDC does not require wearing of masks on buses or vans operated by public school districts. Masks are permitted to be worn on transportation and in the JTASD schools as a parental choice.
District XI Girls Basketball 4A Semifinal:
Jim Thorpe will play North Schuylkill on 3/2 at Pleasant Valley 6:00
Ticket information: online only for all events
All tickets are $7 plus applicable fees.
Spectators 65 years of age and older receive free entry with proof age.
https://www.districtxi.com/news/dxipt
Congratulations to the following wrestlers on placing in the top 4 at Districts and advancing to the Regional Wrestling Tournament March 4th and 5th at Freedom HS.
Ridge Snyder - 3rd place
Gabe Heaney - 4th place
Caleb McDermott - 4th place
The Jim Thorpe Area School District will be on a virtual instruction day on Friday, February 25 due to the impending storm. A virtual instruction day counts as a day of school towards the 180 day requirement, and is live instruction, with attendance taken. Students should log into their online platforms (Seesaw, Google Classroom/Meet, Schoology) on their regularly scheduled class times. Student attendance is noted in the live Instruction classes and/or when they hand in their completed assignments on the next school day.
With the inclement weather predicted on Friday of this week, JTASD will be transitioning from FID Days to "Virtual Instruction Days" in the event bad weather hits the roadways of the Jim Thorpe Community. These "Virtual Instruction Days" provide an opportunity for both asynchronous (students completing assignments on their own) learning and synchronous (live teaching with the teacher) learning, whenever possible.
Please check the all call system for updates on weather related decisions later in the week.
The Jim Thorpe independent Film Festival is looking for student produced films. The poster with a description of the film festival and the criteria for entering a film is attached. Give it a read and get involved. Thank you.
Congratulations to the Jim Thorpe Area High School Girl's Basketball team for winning the Schuylkill League Championship on Friday, February 18 with a 48-36 win over defending champion North Schuylkill, under Coach Nadia Gauronsky. It is the second time in four years that Jim Thorpe has captured the title.
The Luzerne Foundation Scholarship Portal for 2022 is now open and accepting applications for the Frank Pasdon Memorial Scholarship Fund. Follow the directions using the link below. Please note that you must create a new account to access the scholarship application. The deadline for scholarship submission is Monday, March 28, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=luzfdnscholarships
An appointment for admission to any of the Service Academies differs greatly from admission to any other college or university and the application process is very different, as well. Therefore, in conjunction with the University of Scranton Military Science Department, the West Point Admissions Directorate will present information on the West Point Admissions process and the Army ROTC Scholarship application process on March 15, 2022. This presentation is for 9th, 10th and 11th grade students and their parents/guardians.
Weather date: 16 March 2022
• RSVP to DanielGBraun@aol.com NLT 11 March 2020
• Parents/Guardians /Family members are also invited
• Parking available at the Parking and Public Safety Pavilion
Carbon Career and Technical Institute (CCTI) is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 School Year. CCTI is a comprehensive career and technical school offering both academic studies and career and technical studies in a full and half day format. The school serves students in grades 9, 10, 11 & 12 from the five Carbon County School Districts (Jim Thorpe, Lehighton, Palmerton, Panther Valley, and Weatherly). The CCTI Course Handbook is located in the Guidance Documents under CCTI.
If you are interested in applying, please note that the completed application is due to the JTAHS Guidance Office no later than Friday, February 25, 2022.
The 2022 Jim Thorpe Olympian high school yearbooks are on sale now. Books can be purchased online through our publisher. All orders must be placed by Tuesday March 15th. Your students should be receiving this information as well.
You can place your order on the Balfour website by clicking on the link below or by going to Balfour.com and searching for Jim Thorpe Area High School. Book Cost is $85.
https://www.balfour.com/pennsylvania/jim-thorpe/jim-thorpe-area-high-school
Act now and don't miss out on this great opportunity to preserve high school memories. If you have any questions please email the yearbook advisor Mr. Schwartz (bschwartz@jtasd.org).
As per the revised district calendar, the Jim Thorpe Area School District will be open on February 7 as a normal school day. In addition, Friday, February 11 will be an early dismissal day, with parent-teacher conferences being held that afternoon. The high school will dismiss at 11:30AM, and the LBM and PKC schools will dismiss at 12:30PM.
The Quarter 2 report cards were sent electronically on Friday, February 4. Please check your email. To access the report card, please use your child's lunch/student number. Should you have issues accessing the report card or have questions concerning your child's grades, please contact the school office.
The Jim Thorpe Area School District will be on a flexible instruction day on Friday, February 4, 2022 due to the impending icy conditions. Students are expected to check with their teachers for lessons via their designated online learning platform (Seesaw/Google Classroom/Schoology). Assignments and lessons will be asynchronous and due upon the return to school on Monday.
There will be no district transportation. Please be safe on the roads.