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Hanover High School
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S P R I N G
Dr. Dana Gresham
Principal
A P R I L
Erica Gervais
Assistant Principal (A-Ge)
Nicotine Vapor Products
Walt Mercer
Assistant Principal (Or-Z)
Parents are asked to remind their students that
these products are not permitted at school, on
school grounds, or at school related events. This
code applies to all students regardless of age and
students who violate this code will face
disciplinary action including out-of-school
suspension. Additionally, lighters and matches are
prohibited on school grounds. The Code of
Student Conduct indicates that the possession
and/or use of tobacco products or vapor
products by students on a school bus, on school
property, or at a school-sponsored activity is
strictly prohibited (Page 7).
Joshua Just
Athletics/Activities Director
Bettiann Aylor
Senior Teacher
Judy Lewis
Special Ed. Senior Teacher
SCHOOL
COUNSELING
Shelby Edmonds
Counseling Director (A-Cl)
Jennifer Hall
School Counselor (Cm-H)
Samantha Ratchford
School Counselor (I-Q)
Darren Thornton
School Counselor (R-Z)
Karla Taylor
Career Counselor
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Principal’s Service Award
School Counseling News
Summer School
May Testing Info.
3
AP Exams
Senior Class Info
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While some assume that these products are a
safe alternative to smoking cigarettes, our
Substance Abuse Counselor, Mrs. Robertson,
reminds us that the Food and Drug
Administration has indicated that the safety and
efficacy of e-cigarettes have not been fully
studied, and, therefore, consumers of e-cigarette
products currently have no way of knowing: 1)
whether they are safe for their intended use; 2)
how much nicotine or other potentially harmful
chemicals are being inhaled during use; 3) if there
are any benefits associated with using these
products.
Additionally, it is not known if these products
may lead young people to try other tobacco
products, including conventional cigarettes, which
are known to cause disease and lead to
premature death. If you would like additional
information about the potential dangers of these
products, please contact Mrs. Robertson at 7302503.
School Counseling News
Important Dates
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Dress Code
PTSA News
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Now that warmer weather is upon us, HHS
would like to issue a friendly reminder to our
students and parents about dress code
expectations. Students are expected to follow a
dress code that does not interfere with the
orderly operation of the classroom or school,
and similar to one they might have to follow on a
job. Therefore:
Final Exam Info
Band & Athletics August
Calendar
2015-16 Schedule Pick-Up
Dates
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Student Code of Conduct Reminders
Chandra Rhue
Assistant Principal (Gh-On)
Dual Enrollment
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All clothing should provide appropriate
coverage.
·
Shorts and skirts may not be shorter than
fingertip length for the student.
·
No pajamas or slippers will be worn.
·
Tank tops, camisoles, and tops with
spaghetti straps are not to be worn unless
covered with a blouse, jacket, or sweater.
·
Appropriate footwear will be worn at all
times.
·
No undergarments should be visible.
·
No tops with low-cut necklines can be
worn.
·
Midriffs should be covered at all times.
·
Pants must be worn on the hips.
·
Hats are not worn in the building (this
includes bandanas and sweatbands and
applies to both male and female students.)
·
Apparel or accessories promoting drugs,
alcohol, tobacco, or inappropriate messages
may not be worn.
Students will be given an opportunity to correct
dress code infractions with the goal of them
rejoining class as quickly as possible. In the event
that a
student
MAIN OFFICE
does not
Phone: (804) 723-3700
have
Fax: (804) 723-3759
appropriate
clothing to
COUNSELING OFFICE
change into,
Phone: (804) 723-3710
the school
Fax: (804) 723-3709
will have
ATTENDANCE
extra PE
Phone: (804) 723-3696
shorts and
Fax: (804) 723-3759
shirts on
hand.
CLINIC
Thanks for
your
continued
support.
Phone: (804) 723-3735
WEBSITE
http://hanover.k12.va.us/hhs
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2015-16 Dual Enrollment
A partnership between
Hanover County Public
Schools and Reynolds
Community College allows
high school students to meet
the requirements for high
school graduation while
simultaneously earning college
credit.
"The only
dreams
impossible
Tuition rates for 2015-16 dual
enrollment courses will be
distributed in late May and fall
tuition will be collected in
June. Once tuition is
announced, it is important that
students pay the required
tuition as soon as possible, to
ensure space availability.
Checks should be written to
Hanover High School.
All dual enrollment registration
forms are due no later than
Friday, April 17th. A copy of
the student’s placement scores
must also be on file. Contact
your child’s school counselor
for more information.
to reach are
the ones you
Principal’s Service Award
never
Seniors are reminded that all
documentation for the
Principal’s Service Award must
be turned in to Ms. Aylor by
Monday, May 4th.
pursue."
~ Michael
Deckman
Students who average at least
50 hours of community service
per year of enrollment at
Hanover High are eligible to
receive the Principal’s Service
Award at graduation. Students
are responsible for maintaining
documentation of service
hours until May of their senior
year.
Summer School
This year, summer school will
take place at Patrick Henry
High School, June 22 - August
5 from 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
Information regarding the
exact schedule, transportation
from HHS, and course
offerings is now available.
Summer School
2015 @ P.H.H.S.
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Registrations for eLearning
courses will be accepted in the
school counseling office from
April 20 - May 22.
Registrations for face-to-face
courses will be accepted in the
school counseling office May 4
- June 12, and at Patrick Henry
High School on June 15-16.
The fee is $300 for Hanover
residents or $360 for noncounty residents.
Check the HCPS website at
http://hanover.k12.va.us or the
school counseling office for
more information.
Attendance Waivers
In early May, attendance
waiver applications will be
mailed to the parents of
students who have violated
SCHOOL
the county attendance policy.
The completed applications
will be due to the school
counseling office by May 22nd
in order to be submitted to
the attendance committee for
approval. Notification of the
waiver approval will be mailed
in early June.
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May 2015 Testing
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
May 1
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8 AM - AP Chemistry
8 AM - AP Env. Science
8:30 AM - IB English 1
12 PM - AP Psychology
12 PM - IB Econ 1
2:30 PM - IB Latin 1
5
8 AM - Calculus AB
8 AM - Calculus BC
8:30 AM - IB Econ 2
11:30 AM - IB Latin 2
2 PM - IB English 2
6
8 AM - AP English 12
Literature
8:30 AM - IB Biology
1&2
12 PM - AP Physics 1
7
8
8 AM - Comp. Science 8 AM - AP U.S. History
1 PM - IB Biology 3
11
8 AM - AP Music Theory
8 AM - AP Biology
12 PM - AP Physics C:
Mechanics
Science SOL
12
8 AM - AP U.S. Gov’t
8:30 AM - IB Math 1
12 PM - IB Spanish 1
Science SOL
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8 AM - AP English 11
8:30 AM - IB History 1
Language
Reading SOL
8:30 AM - IB Spanish 2
12 PM - AP Statistics
12 PM - IB Math 2
Reading SOL
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8:30 AM - IB History 3
12:30 PM - IB French 1
12:30 PM - IB German 1
Social Studies SOL
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20
8:30 AM - IB French 2 Geometry SOL
Algebra II SOL
21
Algebra I SOL
15
12 PM - IB History 2
Social Studies SOL
22
12 PM - IB German 2
SOL Make-Up Testing & Expedited Retakes will be held 5/27 through 6/6.
Advanced Placement Exams
AP Exams will begin Monday, May
4th. There will be a mandatory
pre-administration session
Wednesday, April 15th from 910:30 AM in the HHS auditorium.
Any student registered to take an
AP exam must attend this session.
Please note, the following exams will be
administered off-campus:
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Calculus AB
·
Calculus BC
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All students
registered to
·
English 12 Literature
·
U.S. History
·
U.S. Government (11th & 12th)
·
English 11 Language
take an AP
Exam must
attend the Pre-
Students are responsible for
transportation to and from offcampus testing locations. Contact
your school counselor if you have
questions.
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Administration
session on April
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Important Senior Class Meeting Friday, May 1st at 9:45 am
Plan to attend!
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Class of 2015
The following information will be
distributed in-depth during an
important senior assembly, May
1st. Seniors, please plan to attend
or see Mrs. Acors in room 2206 to
receive forms you will need
regarding graduation and other
senior events.
Junior/Senior Prom - Sat. 5/30, 8
-11 pm - Meadow Event Park Tickets
(sold May 26 - May 29 during lunch
for $30) are required & students
may arrive/depart from prom at any
time. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU
LEAVE PROM, YOU MAY NOT
RETURN.
student will receive 10 tickets & 2
parking passes (only if all school
fees have been paid in full). All
graduation tickets & parking passes
may be picked up in the library
starting June 1. Requests for
additional tickets must be returned
to Mrs. Acors by May 22.
Senior Class Picture - Fri. 5/29
@ 8:45 am - HHS Gym
Graduation attire is required. If
you want to order the picture, you
must bring order form & payment
that morning!
Senior Recognition / Awards
Program - Mon. 6/1 @ 6 pm HHS Auditorium
PTSA honors seniors for their
achievements; reception beginning
at 6 pm, ceremony beginning after
brief PTSA meeting at 6:30 pm.
Dress code for males: dress slacks,
white shirt, tie, dark shoes & socks.
No tennis shoes or sandals.
Graduation Practice - Fri. 5/29
Immediately after class picture - HHS
Cafeteria
Graduation attire is required.
Approximately 2 hours. YOU
MUST ATTEND PRACTICE TO
ATTEND GRADUATION.
Senior Picnic - Fri. 5/29,
immediately after rehearsal - HHS
Catered picnic at no cost to
seniors.
Baccalaureate - Sun. 6/7 @ 6:30
pm - HHS Auditorium
Service hosted by Fellowship of
Christian Athletes featuring
inspirational messages from
several area pastors.
Graduation Ceremony - Sat.
6/13 @ 7:00 pm - VCU Siegel Ctr.
Students must report by 5:45 pm.
Caps & gowns are required. Each
Dress code for females: white or
pastel dresses or slacks & white or
pastel shoes. No flip-flops.
YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED
TO DISPLAY MESSAGES OF ANY
KIND ON YOUR CAP AND/OR
GOWN. **If you do not adhere to
dress code, you cannot participate.
Students who do not demonstrate
appropriate behavior will need to
meet with an administrator at HHS
prior to receiving their diploma.
Seniors are reminded to request a
final transcript in June from JSRCC
for your dual enrollment
courses. Look on the JSRCC
website for their transcript request
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form, and submit directly to JSRCC.
Our GRASP representative is
available on Mondays from 9-2
through May 18. If there are
questions about financial aid award
packages, feel free to schedule an
appointment with Mrs. Feyerabend
by signing up on the Counseling
Office window, or by calling 7233710.
SCHOOL
Stop by the
Counseling Dept. &
let us know what
your plans are for
next year.
Decorate a
graduation cap for
the Class of 2015
window!
Seniors -
School Counseling News
Seniors, as you receive
financial aid award letters and other
scholarships, please bring a copy of
the award letter to the School
Counseling Office before May 22.
Attention Seniors!
please bring
copies of your
Final 2015-16 course verification
sheets will be distributed in late
May and must be returned to
your school counselor by June
1. Requests for changes may not be
met after August 12, so please
review your student’s course
requests for next year carefully.
award letters
to the
Counseling
Office by
May 22nd to
be recognized
at Senior
Awards Night.
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Important Dates
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Mandatory Pre-Administration Session for AP Exams
4/15
Deadline to submit Dual Enrollment registration forms for 2015-16
4/17
ACT Exam
4/18
Senior Cap/Gown/Announcement Deliveries (during lunches)
4/20 - 4/22
Senior Class Assembly
5/1
SAT Exam
5/2
Deadline for seniors to submit Principal’s Service Award documentation
5/4
AP Exams
5/4 - 5/13
IB Exams
5/4 - 5/22
Jazz Dinner
5/7
Deadline to register for June 6 SAT and June 13 ACT
5/8
HHS School Clean-Up Day
5/9
SOL Testing
5/11 - 5/21
Senior Festival sponsored by Emerging Leaders
5/15
Chorus Concert
5/19
Deadline for seniors to submit financial aid & scholarship letters to guidance
5/22
but teaching
Deadline for seniors to request additional graduation tickets
5/22
them what
Deadline to register for eLearning courses in summer school
5/22
Deadline to submit attendance waivers
5/22
OKMS/HHS Orchestra Concert
5/27
OKMS/HHS Band Concert
5/28
Senior Picture, Graduation Practice, Picnic
5/29
Junior/Senior Prom
5/30
Senior Awards
6/1
Deadline to return final course verification forms
6/1
Underclass Awards Daytime Ceremony
6/3
SAT Exam
6/6
Baccalaureate
6/7
Athletic End-of-Season Awards
6/8
“Teaching kids
to count is fine,
counts is best.”
~ Bob Talbert
Final Exams
6/8 - 6/11
Deadline to register at HHS for summer school
6/12
ACT Exam
6/13
Graduation
6/13
Summer school registration at PHHS
6/15 - 6/16
Summer school begins
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PTSA News
I know everyone is ready for a warm spring!
Time has flown by and it will be summer before long.
The HHS PTSA would like to thank once
more all of the Hanover High School families,
students, teachers and administration who
joined the PTSA for the 2014-2015 school
year! Your membership benefits all our children through supporting our school and its
amazing teachers and staff. This year it
helped us sponsor staff events like Teacher
Appreciation Week and dinner for our teachers for Parent-Teacher Conference Day,
along with special monthly recognitions and
supplementing our Fall School Supply Drive.
It has also benefited our students by funding
the Reflections program and our annual senior scholarships, which we are proud to say
we again are able to provide six, $500 scholarships for this senior class! As you can see –
your PTSA money goes right back into our
school, our students and our staff!
The HHS PTSA can only be as strong as the
people who work within it. Please consider
helping us out! There are always areas that
could use a chairperson or some manpower
to make events happen. Let us know if you
would like to join us for the next school year
to help support our wonderful school and to
make Hanover High the best it can be! Our
emails are on the PTSA page on the school’s
web site – we would love to hear from you!
We congratulate all the seniors as they enjoy
these last months as Hanover High students
and wish them the best of luck in all their
future endeavors! It has been another successful and fun year at HHS. Through our
support and commitment to our teachers,
our administrators, and to each other as parents, we continue to make a difference in the
lives of our children!
Karen Rosser
HHS PTSA President 2014-15
EXAMINATION INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS
2014-2015 – SECOND SEMESTER
Early morning exams are given in two parts during classes on Wednesday & Thursday, June 3 & 4.
B2 & B4 exams for SENIORS ONLY are Friday, June 5. Senior MAKE-UP exams are Thursday, June 11.
EXAM SCHEDULE
Monday, 6/8
Tuesday, 6/9
Wednesday, 6/10
Thursday, 6/11
AM (8:30-10:15)
A1
B1
A2
B2
PM (10:20-1:15)
A3
B3
A4
B4
EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS – Examinations are required for each course. Students must take the examination to receive
credit. Seniors as well as SOL students are not to assume they are exempt from an exam until officially told by the teacher.
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT – Students are expected to take the examinations as they are scheduled. Exams will not be
administered out of sequence to accommodate individual wishes. Students must remain in the classroom for the
examination period. Hanover County School Board policy does not allow early dismissals from examinations. Students who
arrive after the examination begins will not be admitted to the classroom during testing without permission from Dr.
Gresham.
NON-ATTENDANCE DURING EXAMINATIONS POLICY – Attendance policies shall be in effect during exams. Students shall
not be excused from an examination or classroom except for emergencies. Students absent for an exam or students who are
absent for a portion of the exam who do not follow the prescribed procedure due to an excusable circumstance shall be subject to the same
disciplinary action as if a regular school day were missed or a class skipped, and a grade of incomplete (I) issued until the disciplinary action is
satisfied.
ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL – The parent should telephone the attendance office at school (723-3696 or 723-3700) if a student misses an
exam due to illness or other circumstance on any given day. When the student returns to school, a written note from the parent is
required for make-up examinations.
MAKE-UP EXAMS – The only students who will be eligible to make up an exam are students who have been approved in
advance by Ms. Gervais.
PERMISSION FORMS – Students will receive a permission sheet from their English teacher which will be used in lieu of notes from parents
during exam week. The form is self-explanatory; however, please review it with your student. The form is MANDATORY FOR EVERY
STUDENT. Each of the student’s teachers must sign the form first and then the parent needs to sign the form. The student is responsible
for returning the form to the attendance office PRIOR to exams. Students will not need additional notes during exam week; parent notes &
faxes will not be accepted. Please note – exemption from an exam does NOT excuse a student from an exam review class.
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Band & Athletics August Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
August 3
4
5
6
Competition, Sideline Cheer &
Dance Team Try-Outs - 4-7 pm - Gym
Competition, Sideline
Cheer & Dance Team TryOuts - 4-7 pm - Gym
Competition, Sideline Cheer
& Dance Team Try-Outs - 4-7
pm - Gym
Girls’ & Boys’ Volleyball Try-Outs Time TBD - Gym
Spring Band Dates
Marching Band Info. Mtg. (Trip/Show
Revealed): 5/11 @ 6 PM
Guard Auditions: 5/4 - 5/7
Drumline/Front Ensemble Auditions:
5/6 - 5/7
Leadership Auditions: 5/29
Commitment Form/Deposits Due:
5/29
Email Mrs. Birdsong at
[email protected] with any
questions.
Cross Country - 7:30 am - Stadium
Golf Try-Outs - Time TBD - Hanover
Country Club
10
11
12
13
Football - 6 am - Locker Room
Band Rookie Camp (New Marchers & Leadership Team) 9 AM - 4 PM
All Personnel 1 PM - 4 PM
17
18
19
20
Band Glove/Shoe Fitting Day
Band Camp (All Personnel)
8 AM to 4 PM
24
25
26
Fall Sports
Parent
Meeting
July 28th
6 pm
Auditorium
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Band Pictures AM
Band Pool Party TBA
Band Camp (All Personnel)
8 AM to 4 PM
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September 1
2
Band Camp (All Personnel)
2 to 4 PM
3
Band Camp (All Personnel)
2 to 4 PM
2015-16 Fee Night/Schedule Pick-Up
Tuesday, 8/25, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. - 10th & 11th graders, last names A-H & any senior
Wednesday, 8/26, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. - 10th & 11th graders, last names I-Z & any senior
Tuesday, 9/1, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. - 9th graders, last names A-H - schedule pick-up & fee payment
Tuesday, 9/1, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. - 9th graders, last names I-Z - schedule pick-up & fee payment
** Principal’s Welcome Presentation for 9th Graders at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, 9/1 **
There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday, August 26, 5:30-6:00 p.m. in the auditorium for any junior/senior enrolled in
a dual enrollment course. Attendance is strongly encouraged as course expectations and important timelines will be shared.
Students unable to attend the assigned schedule pick-up time should contact their school counselor to arrange an alternate pick up
time or send a friend with written parent permission to pick up their schedule. Fees may also be paid online using
www.myschoolbucks.com. No schedules will be released prior to the assigned pick-up time.
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Mission
Values
Educate for Excellence
We will demonstrate:
Honor
Vision
Hanover High School students
will be successful in a global
community.
Achievement
Work Ethic
Knowledge
Solidarity