Jenks Freshman Academy
The holiday season is here and we are racing to the end of the semester! See what's happening here at the Freshman Academy this month. |
Block Schedule for 2026-27 School Year
We are excited to have the opportunity to change our schedule and move to an AB Block Schedule (elementary and intermediate sites will have an early-release days). This change will allow all students to take 7 classes and give our teachers the time to look at student progress and make adjustments to their instruction to address concerns. With losing the ability to have collaboration days, block schedule allows our teachers to collaborate within the school day and not have students online for a day of instruction. We are continuing to plan and prepare for this change and it will so great for our kiddos moving forward with more choice and ability to take more courses. Jenks Public Schools has sent out some communication and have a great page to get more information and a way to submit questions to administrators.
Finals and Finals Prep Week
The Freshman Academy encourages students to understand the importance and significance of final exams. We hold a Finals Prep Week where they will focus on reviewing and studying for those exams. That will start three days before final exams, December 15th-17th. We will have our Final exams on the last two days of the semester: Thursday 12/18 – Hours 0,1,3,5 Friday 12/19 – Hours 0,2,4,6 *Final Exam Bell Schedule is at the bottom of newsletter |
Report cards
As the semester ends, you may ask your student, “Where is your report card?!”. We will finalize our grades by Monday, January 12, and then you will receive the report cards via mail. |
Winter Break
JPS observes Winter Break from December 22nd-January 5th.
We return to school on Tuesday, January 6th, 2026.
Student check-out during final exams
To maintain the best testing environment possible for students, we ask that students not be checked out during the final exam periods. This is to ensure that we do not disrupt the testing rooms and make sure students have the most time possible to work through their final exams. If a student needs to be checked out, we ask that students pick up their early dismissal during the passing period. They will be dismissed during the normal passing period for that day. If you need to check out your student, please email Jennifer.ward@jenksps.org to ensure your student gets checked out.
Attendance Matters
Please make sure that your student is attending regularly. If your student misses more than 10% of the semester, without a valid excuse, they could fail their classes due to attendance. Please be sure to call in your student if they are absent to Mrs. Jenny Ward at ext .2278.
Our Assistant Principals will be reaching out to you and your student if they are in danger of attendance failure.
Growing through the Arts Initiative
Every year, our JPS Foundation helps every grade level have an arts experience. This year, our students had an assembly with Tulsa Opera and our student body watched a musical performance. On December 2nd our assembly put a spotlight on the opera and the performers sang a few songs and shared their educational journey to where they are today! Thank you Tulsa Opera for working with our students and thank you to the Jenks Public Schools Foundation for helping make this experience possible!
Enrollment in January
This year, we will be moving our enrollment timeline up into January. This will allow us to have more accurate enrollment numbers going into our spring hiring season and allow time to build the schedule more accurately for next year. |
Students vs Staff Volleyball game
On Thursday 12/11, we had an advisory activity where our students watched a volleyball game where our staff took on the freshmen volleyball team. The students put up a valiant fight, but the staff took the victory! We had a lot of fun and it was great to see our staff outside of the classrooms having fun together!
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Some of our Freshmen students took their field trips to Finance Park. Previously, this opportunity was only offered to those students who are taking Financial Literacy during the school year. Now, all of our Freshman students will have an opportunity to go through this simulation in personal financial planning. We will have another round of field trips in the Spring as well. Junior Achievement and Tulsa Community College offer our students a simulation through personal finance. Thank you to Junior Achievement for this experience!
Meet Mr. Cory Legrand
CogAT Screening February 18, 2026
On February 12, 2025, freshmen will take the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) between 9:15 am and 12:30 pm. This test “measures general reasoning abilities in three domains: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal.” (https://www.riversideinsights.com/apps/cogat). At Jenks Public Schools, we use this instrument to identify students who are eligible for gifted services as regulated by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Unless your student is exempt from this screening, we encourage your student to be in attendance. If possible, avoid scheduling appointments during the screening time. Some of our students in our Gifted and Talented program as well as some in other programs are exempt from this screening. If your student is exempt from the CogAT, you will receive a separate communication from me soon. Students who are exempt will report to the Building 6 Auditorium (inside Building 6 of Jenks HIgh School) during any class period that is held in the Freshman Academy. Students who are exempt will report to High School classes as usual. Virtual students may choose to participate but are not required to. All CogAT screening must be done in person on school grounds. If you DO NOT want your student to participate, you do not need to do anything further. Your student will have the opportunity to participate in this screening next year if they do not take it this year. If you do want your virtual student to participate, please let me know by February 6th, by emailing luke.gray@jenksps.org. We will send out more messaging about the CogAT in the upcoming months and weeks leading up to the survey. |
Happy Holidays from Jenks Freshman Academy!
Fall Finals Schedule
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Monday 12/22- Monday 1/5 - Winter Break
Tuesday January 6, 2026 - School reopens and second semester begins
We will send out more reminders for the upcoming days out of school and reminders for final exams as well. Thank you all and happy holidays from all of us at Jenks Freshman Academy!
Reach out to us with questions or good news to share!
Luke Gray
Site Principal
Jenks Freshman Academy
(918) 299-4415 x2270