Athletic update for girls basketball:
Our lady Comets beat Hillsdale yesterday to advance to the district final game. The game is tomorrow, March 8, at home against the Quincy Orioles with a 7:00pm tipoff. The theme for the game is "White Out". Hope to see as many Comet followers as possible to watch and support the girls!
Per MHSAA guideline, tickets must be purchased online at GoFan.co and no passes will be accepted.
Athletic Department update:
Spring sports open up for the high school on Monday, March 11 and middle school on March 18. All game schedules are posted online at jonesvillecomets.org. Listed below are the sports we offer in the spring with the varsity coach's email. Students athletes must have physical on file before they can attend a try out or practice. Any sport specific questions, including practice times, please contact the varsity coach via email.
Softball - varsity coach Marlena Nichols, mnichols@jonesvilleschools.org
Girls soccer - varsity coach Jeff Dice, jdice@jonesvilleschools.org
Girls track - varsity coach Hailey Nielson, hnielsen@jonesvilleschools.org
Baseball - varsity coach Corey Rogers, crogers@lodgingkit.com
Boys track - varsity coach Pete Konieczki, pkonieczki@jonesvilleschools.org
Boys golf - varsity coach Mike Beatty, beattymichael21@gmail.com
MS track - coaches Jessics Stroble, jstroble@jonesvilleschools.org, and Jake Snyder, jsnyder@jonesvilleschools.org
Athletic department update:
Here is the Gofan.co link to purchase tickets for tonight's girls basketball game at 7:15 at home against the Hillsdale Hornets. Per MHSAA guidelines, tickets must be purchased through this website and no passes are accepted.
Go Comets!
Comet community! If you haven't heard, this has been a great week for our kids. Our FFA kids went to Lansing this week for the state convention. Hunter Bognar was nominated President for the upcoming school year. Alexis Ewing won Star in Agriscience. Hannah Young and Lucas Kyser were Gold Award State winners. Carley Graves and Lilly Russell were Silver Award winners. And Ryder Cornett was a Bronze Award winner. He also made an excellent guide and host to me. What I was most impressed by was how good all the kids from around the state were to each other. What a supportive community!
Our band earned 1's at the band festival! This is no easy feat. They have shown so much growth under our new director Mrs. Ortell.
We have four high school students: Helena Muenst, Ava Kramer, Jenna Hadley and Rachel Mayhew whose artwork was chosen to be a part of this year’s JXN Art Teachers Art Show at Art634. The reception to view their work is Saturday March 9th, from 1-4 pm.
We have our bowling teams and a wrestler (Evan McColley) competing at the STATE level this weekend! Our boys basketball team will be competing for the district championship tonight in Concord.
This is a great week to be a Comet. We have great kids who are doing great things. We are all very proud of their hard work and wish them congratulations and best of luck! I also want to thank all of the coaches and parents who are behind them supporting and encouraging them through their journey. It’s a sacrifice for all involved. When you see the student, or the adult, pat them on the back and congratulate them. They’ve earned it. Go Comets!
Good luck to our winter athletes who will be representing Jonesville competing for a state title this week!
On Friday and Saturday, senior wrestler Evan McColley will be wresting in the individual MHSAA meet at Ford Field in Detroit in the 215 pound weight class.
Both the girls and boys bowling teams will be traveling to Muskegon's Northway Lanes on Friday to compete in the MHSAA team state finals.
On Saturday, these girls will be at Muskegon's Northway Lanes for the MHSAA singles state finals - senior Hallie James, senior Mikayla DeBoe, and freshman Harper James.
Also on Saturday, these boys will be at Muskegon's Northway Lanes for the MHSAA singles state finals - junior Andrew Sackett and sophomore Kyle Covey.
Congrats to these teams, individuals and coaches on a great season! Continue to represent Jonesville in a positive way and show your Comet Pride!
The athletic department would like to introduce our new varsity volleyball coach - Sydney Barrett!
Coach Barrett is a former four year varsity Comet athlete in volleyball, basketball, and track. After high school graduation, she took her volleyball game to Hillsdale College. She played and started four years there, where she was a two year captain, a two year GLIAC Libero of the year, and an Honorable Mention All-American. After graduating from Hillsdale College, she worked on their volleyball coaching staff until she took over the Jonesville volleyball program from 2015-2019. She was also a former 1st grade teacher at Williams Elementary from 2012-2022. A quote that she made during the interview says it all about Coach Barrett - "This school and community holds a huge place in my heart and I am excited to once again have the opportunity to bleed ORANGE and BLACK, like I have for the past 25 years as a student, teacher, and coach."
Welcome back Coach Barrett!
Once a Comet, always a Comet!
At our board meeting last night, the JCS board voted in Ryan Griffiths as our new trustee. We are looking forward to adding him to our board and continue the great things happening at Jonesville Community Schools. Go Comets!
Tonight's board meeting will be held at Williams Elementary School library beginning at 6:00 pm.
Today at the Regional Singles Bowling Competition at Jax 60, the Comet bowlers qualified 5 bowlers for next weekend's state finals in Muskegon as four Comet bowlers were in the top ten of the girls and boys final standings. Only the top seven qualify for state this year.
On the girls side, it was senior Hallie James winning 1st place, followed by senior Mikayla DeBoe in 3rd place and freshman Harper James in 7th place. Junior Hayley Steveson finished in 8th place.
On the boys side, it was junior Andrew Sacket winning 1st place, followed by sophomore Kyle Covey in 4th place. Senior Matt Woodruff finished in 9th place and sophomore Marshall Baker finished in 10th place.
Great job to the Comet bowlers and their coaches!
Huge thank you to our friends at Jonesville Lumber!! Their donation is keeping two construction classes busy at the High School. Our classes at JHS learn about power tools, then use that learning to build a dimensional lumber project with materials provided by Jonesville Lumber. Students are building benches, tables, or whatever else they came up with. Next week we will begin to learn the process of building a shed. Then we build sheds! As of this posting, we have two clients lined up for sheds. We have room for up to 4 more. Email Jeff Dice if you are interested: jdice@jonevilleschools.org. Or text him at 989-246-4298.
Congratulations are in order for some of our athletic teams as we enter state competition!
Our Competitive Cheer team qualified for the Regional meet tomorrow, Feb 24, at Michigan Center High School with a top four finish in the District competition. The Regional competition starts at 10:00 am and tickets must be purchased through GoFan.co per MHSAA guidelines.
One member of the Comet wrestling team, Evan McColley, a senior, qualified for the individual state wrestling meet on March 1 at Ford Field in Detroit. Evan finished in 3rd place at the Regional meet last weekend to qualify.
Our Comet Bowling teams have been ranked all year in the state. The girls team is currently ranked 1st in Division 4 and the boys team is currently ranked 2nd in Division 4. Today, at the Regional team competition at Jax 60, it was the girls team winning the regional and the boys finishing 2nd. Both teams have qualified for the state finals next weekend in Muskegon. Tomorrow the teams return to Jax 60 for the Regional singles competition that starts at 9:00am. Tickets must be purchased through GoFan.co per MHSAA guidelines.
Great job Comets! Best of luck in your quest for a state title!
Good afternoon Comet families! I’m just sending a reminder about the safety/mental health meeting tomorrow Wednesday, February 21st. The meeting begins at 5:30 and will be held at the JHS cafetorium. See you there! Go Comets!
Comet families! I will be hosting an update on the safety and security improvements we have made the past couple of years and what projects we have coming up. It will be held on Wednesday, February 21st. This meeting will also include what we are doing to address student mental health. The presentation will be held at the high school cafetorium beginning at 5:30. I hope to see you there! Go Comets!
Comet callout
Comet Callout
Comet Callout!
Jonesville Community Schools is now accepting applications for trustee of Jonesville Community School Board. If you are eligible to vote in the school district and are interested, please send your letter of interest along with any qualifications or reasons for interest to the Superintendent. The deadline for the applications will be February 11th. The JCS board will review the applications at our February 12th study session, then vote to elect at the February 26th board meeting. Go Comets!
Comet Callout!
Attention: Our Comet Cruisers Running Program needs your help!
We offer a "couch to 5K" running program for our older students. We call it "Comet Cruisers." We train during March, April, and May culminating with our own Riverfest and compete in a 5K race. This program is designed to encourage active and healthy lifestyles through teamwork and exercise. One of the best points of this program is that students not only get a certificate of completion and a T-shirt, but they also receive a pair of running shoes that they can continue to use after the program is finished. These students can then continue their training and active lifestyle beyond the program.
The cost to sponsor each runner is $80. We are hoping to offer the program to 40 students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade and 10 “student coaches” from 6th grade. If you sponsor 3 or more students, your business or personal name will appear on the back of our t-shirt we use at our final run.
Thank you for supporting our youngest community members!
*Please use the attached form to submit your sponsorship or contact Rachel Mandrelle through email: rmandrelle@jonesvilleschools.org.
COMET CALLOUT!
Mrs. Smith has been a Comet her entire life; she attended Jonesville Community Schools from kindergarten until graduating in 2001. The thing she loves most about being a Comet is the Comet Community PRIDE that is seen throughout our school and our community. Mrs. Smith currently serves as the school counselor, for freshmen and sophomores, at Jonesville High School. However, this is her eighteenth year as an employee of Jonesville Community Schools. Mrs. Smith was hired in 2006, upon graduation from Central Michigan University, as the sixth grade science teacher. Continuing to observe the need for student mental health support, Mrs. Smith went back to get her Master's Degree in School Counseling from Spring Arbor University. Accordingly, Mrs. Smith served as the guidance counselor at JMS for 11 years before joining us at the high school.
Mrs. Smith deems her true accomplishments to be assisting students as they work through their challenges and watching them develop the skills to regulate/express their emotions as they navigate obstacles in their everyday life. She views the relationships that she builds with students as the most rewarding part of her job. In fact, she was nominated for a national award, in 2019/2020, for the Life Changer of the Year.
A couple of fun facts about Mrs. Smith are:
A class that she would love to enroll in is the robotics class at both the high school and the middle school; she would love to deepen her knowledge beyond just watching "Battle Bots" on Discovery and be able to better support her son's passion for robots and how they work.
Mrs. Smith's first job was working on the grounds' crew at Hillsdale College; this led to her discovery of her love for the outdoors and gardening.
Her favorite family tradition is "Air Fryer Friday". Each Friday, the Smiths play games, watch movies, and have quality family time with great food.
If Mrs. Smith could create one holiday, it would be "Choose to be Kind Day"- one day to remind everyone to make the choice to be kind (everyday).
Mrs. Smith's favorite quote is: “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
JHS is extremely fortunate to have Mrs. Smith as a member of its staff!
