HVCHS UPDATES

It's hard to believe that the first marking period is coming to an end. Over the past two months, the HVCHS staff and I have truly enjoyed getting to know your children and seeing them not only in the classroom, but on the athletic fields, in our club meetings, on the stage, in the Dawg Pound, and at the Homecoming Dance. Our students have chosen to be involved in so many different aspects of life at HVCHS, and I'm proud to see the progress they have made in just one marking period. I'm looking forward to watching them continue to grow throughout the year!

HVCHS Fall Play: We are thrilled to present our fall play, Peter and the Starcatcher, in the HVCHS Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 3 and Saturday, November 4. Please join us for this adventure-filled, heartwarming production! Tickets can be purchased via showtix4u.com

We’re excited to introduce the Bulldog Student Wellness Center! The Student Wellness Center provides an outlet for students whose level of stress, anxiety, or frustration may be impacting their focus in the classroom. The Center gives students an opportunity to relax and refocus in a supervised environment, and also encourages students to utilize coping strategies to regulate their emotions before returning to an academic environment. Students are able to request a pass to visit the Bulldog Student Wellness Center throughout the school day. We appreciate the financial support provided through grants from the HVCHS PTO and STRIVE PTO that helped to make the Bulldog Student Wellness Center a reality!

At HVCHS, we believe that our students should be equal partners in the educational process. We encourage our students to engage in personal reflection, self-advocacy, and open communication regarding their academic progress with their teachers and parents/guardians. With that in mind, our parent-teacher conferences for the 2023-24 school year will be student led. Over the next two weeks, all students will be completing a reflection form in each class, in which they will share information about areas of strength and areas in need of growth. The students may use the reflection form as a resource during the student-led conferences, or, in the event that a conference is not needed, the students may share the form directly with their parent/guardian.

In order to best accommodate the needs of our parents and guardians, all virtual conferences will be conducted on November 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. via Zoom, and all in-person conferences will be conducted on November 21 at HVCHS from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Additional information about conference registration and the format for student-led conferences will be sent to all families during the week of November 5.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: KnowBe4 is the world's first and largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. To improve your security awareness, understand how cybercriminals try to mislead and manipulate, and learn what you can do to protect yourself, visit this training module: Home Internet Security Awareness Training. Use the password “homecourse”. For content that children can more easily understand, check out KnowBe4 Children’s Interactive Cybersecurity Activity Kit

HVCHS PTO

Our next PTO meeting will be held on November 15 at 9 a.m. in the Principal's Conference Room at HVCHS.

The HVCHS PTO requests that all parents/guardians visit the Membership Toolkit homepage to confirm data and consider a donation to the HVCHS PTO Annual Appeal. Please scroll down to the "Register or Log In" button to confirm your data or set up an account. This action must be completed EVERY YEAR in order to remain active in the system and receive communications from the PTO. You will miss timely information if you do not opt in. Please email Sheila Zou if you have any difficulty.

Are you a graduate of HVCHS? Are you a parent or guardian of a recent graduate? We are encouraging all HVCHS alumni to join our Alumni Directory. Complete our Database Form and indicate what type of information you would like to receive from HVCHS. We're looking forward to connecting with our graduates!

Attendance

The state of New Jersey's compulsory education law (N.J.S.A. 18A:38-28) requires all children between the ages of 6-16 to attend school. The attendance regulations (N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.6), require each district board of education to develop, adopt and implement policies and procedures regarding the attendance of students, The Board of Education recently revised the district attendance policy to provide more comprehensive regulations regarding student attendance. Please view this policy summary created by Vice Principal Smith for key information about the board policy.

We're looking forward to celebrating our seniors!

Save the Date:

• Senior Athletic Awards: June 6
• Senior Prom: June 7
• Senior Awards Night: June 17
• Commencement: June 18

Please consider joining the Class of 2025 at their Wildflowers fundraiser on November 20 and 21. Be sure to show this flyer when ordering!

The Class of 2025 is selling "Ugly" Holiday Sweaters. Please check out the order form, and be sure to place your order by November 3!

Save the Date:

• Junior Prom: May 3

The Class of 2026 is excited to present their annual holiday fundraiser, Flapjacks with Frosty on December 2. Please check out their flyer and contact our class advisors, Ms. Stanley and Ms. Mora, for more information!

Check out the Class of 2026 apparel sale! Orders can be submitted now through November 27.

Thank you to the members of the Class of 2027 who participated in the concession sales at the Mercer County Tournament soccer games. We raised almost $1000 for our class!

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Check out the HVCHS Calendar

Visit the HVCHS Website (which contains a link to our morning announcements, updated daily)

2023-24 HVRSD District Calendar

2023-24 HVCHS Daily Schedule

2023-24 HVCHS Letter Day Rotation

2023-24 HVCHS Bell Schedule