Principal Petty's Weekly Update


Good evening,

This is Marcus Petty, Principal of James Monroe High School, with important reminders for the upcoming week.

SOL Testing Schedule

SOL testing begins on Monday, April 22. We will begin testing at 8am each day. Please be sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats breakfast at home or at school. Each student should bring their fully charged school issued device for testing. We will be operating on a modified bell schedule. Please note the changes to the class schedule in the chart included in the email portion of this alert.  

Date 

Test 

Period 1 

Period 2 

Period 3 

Period 4 

Mon. 4/22 

English 11 Reading 

1A 

2A 

3A 

4A 

Tues. 4/23 

Geometry, Algebra 2 and Algebra 1 Seniors 

1B 

2B 

3B 

4B 

Wed. 4/24 

Earth Science, Chemistry and Biology Seniors 

2A 

1A 

3A 

4A 

Thurs. 4/25 

VAUS, World Geo, World History 2 

2B 

1B 

3B 

4B 

Fri. 4/26 

World History 1 

4A 

1A 

3A 

2A 

Tues. 4/30 

Algebra 1 Underclassmen 

1A 

2A 

3A 

4A 

Wed. 5/1 

Biology Underclassmen 

4B 

1B 

3B 

2B 

Interim Reports

Interim reports were sent home with students on Friday. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have questions or concerns.

Multicultural Week

In celebration of multicultural week, we will be wearing colors to showcase the 53 different countries of origin that represent our student population. Additionally, JM will be hosting a dance tutorial after school from 3pm-4pm in the auditorium. 

Monday, April 22

Yellow & Red 

Tuesday, April 23

White & Green

Wednesday, April 24

Blue & White

Thursday, April 25

Blue & Red

Friday, April 26

Red & White

Summer School 

Summer school information and dates are located on the school website.  Letters will be going home after SOL testing.

Spring Choir Concert

Spring Choir Concert is Monday, April 22, at 7pm. 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us here at the school.

One Community/One JM!

Have a great evening!