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313 Anderson Street
Ellisville, MS
39437
(601) 477-8451
FAX: (601)
477-3505
South
Jones High School is a public high school in Jones County in
Ellisville,
Mississippi. The original school was built in 1965
and was renovated in 1995. A special
services building was built in 1993. South Jones High School
serves grades
7-12 and
has an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. The school
has an instructional staff of 94, four principals, and three
counselors.
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN
ATHLETES (FCA): sites.google.com/site/sjhfca
SENIORS' LINK TO SCHOLARSHIPS: http://jones.k12.ms.us/District/counseling.html
SOUTH JONES
BAND OF BRAVES LINK: https://sites.google.com/site/southjonesband/
SOUTH JONES
SHOW CHOIR LINK: http://www.sjcompany.org |
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Tommy Branch
Supervising Principal
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James
Gardner
10th-12th Grade Principal
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Jon Marshall
7th-8th Grade Principal
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Dr. Catherine Ladner
9th Grade
Principal
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SOUTH JONES BAND WINS TOP HONORS AT STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS
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The tradition of
excellence has continued for the South Jones
High School Band program this spring. The
symphonic band participated in the MSHSAA Band
Evaluation at Ridgeland High School in March.
The band’s performance of “Salutation
March” by R.F. Seitz, “Appalachian Morning” by
Robert Sheldon, and “Undertow” by John Mackey,
helped earn South Jones the MSHSAA “Sweepstakes
Award.”
This trophy is presented
at the close of state band festival to the
bands that score a superior level in every
contest throughout the entire school year.
On April 12, South Jones
traveled to Williamsburg, Virginia, to perform
in the World Strides Heritage Music Festival.
After touring the historical sites of Colonial
Williamsburg and the Jamestown Settlement
located on the Chesapeake Bay, the South Jones
Symphonic Band competed with 14 bands from
across the Eastern United States.
South Jones was named the Gold Medal
Champion with the highest over-all score among
all concert bands in attendance.
South Jones also
received the Adjudicator Trophy for an
All-Superior score of
96.5 from a possible 100.
Band director Artie
Adams said that he is extremely pleased with the
results from the trip to Virginia.
“We have a very talented group of kids
this year. Their hard work and good attitudes
have really paid off at our competitions
all school year.”
Pictured left to right –
Zack Everett, Kaylee Parker, Landon James.
Band directors are Artie
Adams, Johnathan Benson, and Craig Miller.
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SOUTH JONES DRUM LINE COMPLETES WINNING
SEASON
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The South Jones Drum Line recently competed on
the State and National levels. During the months
of February, March, and April, South Jones
traveled across Mississippi to participate in
the Mississippi Indoor Association’s percussion
division.
Director Johnathan Benson explained the
activity as an extension of the fall marching
season into the spring semester. He is
quoted as saying, “This series of
competitions was established several years ago
to give percussion students more opportunities
to build and improve upon their playing skills
during the spring semester. We basically perform
an extremely complicated half-time show inside a
basketball gymnasium.” The show theme
for South Jones was called "Bound." The
music was based on the concepts of Physical
Bonds, Emotional Bonds, and Common Bonds.
Throughout the season, South Jones placed 5th
in Southern U.S. Regionals, 3rd in
the Clinton HS Invitational, 1st in
the Petal HS Invitational, and over-all 2nd
place Drum Line in the Mississippi
Championships.
Pictured L to R: 1st row –
Collin Robertson, Hunter Carpenter, Haley
Biglane, Nick Hall, Keely Parker, Madeline Welch
2nd row – Artie Adams, DJ
Mozingo, Jansen Howell, Hannah Carvo, Taylor
Riels, Tyrone Adams
3rd row – Xavier
Carpenter, James Ellis, Andrew Watson, Savannah
Jordan, Wesley James, Kevin Ford, Josh Steel
South Jones Band directors are Artie Adams,
Johnathan Benson, and Craig Miller.
Also, South Jones graduate Tyrone
Adams served as additional support staff.
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South Jones High
School Class of 2013 Top Ten Biographies |
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South Jones High School’s
valedictorian for the class of 2013 is Keely
Parker.
Keely is the daughter of Ty and Jill
Parker.
At South Jones, Keely is involved in
band, advanced drama, indoor percussion, and
academic team.
Keely has served as marching band drum
major as well as academic team captain.
She is a two- time school finalist in the
Mississippi Poetry Out Loud Contest and a one-
time state finalist.
In 2012, Keely was awarded Best
Supporting Actress by the Mississippi Theatre
Association at South State Dramafest.
Keely is a four- year member of the
twenty-eight time International Championship MS
Lions All-State Band and will have performed
with the group in Washington
State,
Hawaii, Australia,
and
Germany
upon leaving high school.
She has placed first-chair French horn in
honor bands around the state.
Keely plans to attend Millsaps College
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South
Jones High
School’s
salutatorian is Courtney Creel.
Courtney is the daughter of Richard and
Mary Creel.
At South Jones, she is involved in Beta
Club, Spanish Club, Student Council, and the
Academic Team.
After graduating, Courtney will attend
the University of Southern Mississippi majoring in psychology. |
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Lydia Nunes is the daughter
of Pam and Mike Nunes of Ellisville.
She will graduate with Summa cum Laude
Honors, Mississippi Scholars, and she is the
Historian for the Class of 2013.
While at South Jones, she has been active
in soccer, show choir, tennis, Beta Club,
Student Council, Spanish Club, Key Club, Skype
Club, and T.G.I.F.
Lydia
was a member of the 2012 Class of Future Leaders
of Jones County and was also Jones County’s
Distinguished Young Woman for 2012.
Lydia plans to attend Mississippi State
University in the fall
majoring in biochemistry. |
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Hannah Campbell is the
daughter of Jimmy and Bethany Campbell of
Hattiesburg.
While a student at South Jones, she has
been active in South Jones “Company” Show Choir,
golf, Beta Club, Student Council, Spanish Honor
Society, Key Club, and Skype Club.
She has also been active in her church
youth group and sanctuary choir.
Hannah plans to attend
Mississippi
State
University
in the fall and major in microbiology with
further plans to attend medical school to become
an anesthesiologist.
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Olivia Chatham is the
daughter of Tammy Chatham of Laurel.
While a student at South Jones, she has
been a varsity cheerleader, served as Key Club
president, been active in Beta Club, Book Club,
Skype Club, S.M.A.R.T Club, Spanish Honor
Society, Future Leaders of Jones County, and
Diamond Girls.
She is also graduating in the top ten of
her class.
Olivia plans to attend MSU, having been
accepted to the
Shackouls
Honors
College, and major
in biological engineering with plans to later
attend medical school. |
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Jared Grice is the son of
Wayne and Kim Grice from the Pittman community.
While a student at South Jones, Jared
operated his own business.
Jared has maintained a 4.0 GPA in high
school and will graduate Summa cum Laude.
He plans to attend the University of Louisiana
at
Lafayette
majoring in petroleum engineering.
Jared hopes to eventually start a
drilling consultant firm of his own. |
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Neal Steinwinder is the son
of Joe and Cindy Steinwinder of Ellisville. Neal
is a Summa cum Laude Honors student and MS
Scholar.
His involvement with South Jones
High School includes Skype
Club, Beta Club, Key Club, and FCA.
Neal is also a two-year starter with the
Braves football team.
Neal was voted “Most Likely to Succeed”
and senior class vice- president by the Class of
2013.
As Student Council president, he
established a recycling program at South Jones.
His future plans include majoring in
aerospace engineering at Mississippi State
University. |
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Uvatira Watson is the
daughter of Tracy Kirk of Ellisville.
While a student a South Jones, Uvatira
has been an active member of the Beta Club, Key
Club, Student Council, Spanish Club, and Diamond
Girls. She plans to attend the University of Alabama in the fall majoring in pre-med
and hopes to be a pediatrician. |
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Carrie Welborn is the
daughter of Misty and Davis Cook of Ellisville
and Michael and Shanna Welborn of Meridian.
She has served as drum major of the
all-superior Band of Braves for the past three
years.
Carrie has been an active member of the
Beta Club and will graduate as a Summa cum Laude
honors student and Mississippi Scholar.
Carrie plans to attend
Jones
County Junior
College to pursue a
degree in physical therapy. |
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Joanna Sanford is the
daughter of Guy and Tiffany Sanford of the
Rainey community.
While a student at South Jones, she has
been active in Beta Club, Student Council, golf,
and Jones
County
4-H.
She is a Summa cum Laude honors student,
MS Scholar, and will graduate in the top ten of
her senior class.
She is currently the highest scoring
individual for the state of
Mississippi
in Senior Livestock Judging.
Joanna will attend
Mississippi
State
University
in the fall majoring in biochemistry with a plan
to further her education in veterinary medicine,
specializing in large animals. |
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KIANA DAVIS OF SJHS
RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
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Congratulations to Kiana Davis of South Jones
High School for receiving the Gates Millennium
Scholarship, which covers all expenses for an
undergraduate and graduate education at any
university that the student chooses.
This scholarship has no monetary cap on
it, meaning that it covers any and all of the
student’s financial needs such as cost of
living, books, computers, meal plans, and travel
home.
This year was the most competitive year
yet for the scholarship with over 54,000
applications submitted.
Only 1,000 received the honor, which is
only about 5 percent of those who applied.
Kiana plans to attend Barnard College in
New York City in the fall.
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SARAH WANSLEY IS SOUTH JONES TEACHER OF
THE YEAR |
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BRAYDEN HODGE -
11TH GRADER
IS SERTOMA CLUB'S april STUDENT OF THE MONTH
PICTURED WITH MR. jordan rogers |
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SJHS LAUREL EXCHANGE CLUB STUDENT OF THE
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The Laurel
Exchange Club hosted a luncheon on Thursday,
April 18, 2013, at Lee’s Coffee and Tea Room to
honor the Student of the Year.
A scholarship was presented to Molly
Marshall, a senior, as South Jones High School’s
recipient.
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SOUTH JONES SMART CLUB BANQUET |
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