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VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS |
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WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS |
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Volume 2, Issue 17 |
A Publication for Middle and High Schools |
December 9-13, 2013 |
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The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. |
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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The Vance County Board of Education meets today (Monday) at 7 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson. The public is invited to attend. |
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A community meeting hosted by the United Way of Vance County will be held on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Room at H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library on Breckenridge Street in Henderson. The purpose of the meeting is to seek community involvement and volunteers in the United Way’s third-grade reading initiative with the school system. |
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Western Vance High: (Monday, December 9) – Winning Wizards awards program |
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Eaton-Johnson Middle: (Tuesday, December 10) – Band and Chorus Concert at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium |
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Western Vance High: (Tuesday, December 10) – First semester graduation pictures taken at 10 a.m. |
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Eaton-Johnson Middle: (Wednesday, December 11) – Student assembly for Band and Chorus Concert in gymnasium |
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Western Vance High: (Wednesday, December 11-Thursday, December 12) – EOC practice sessions |
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Early High School STEM: (Friday, December 13) – Mary Williams, counselor at Henderson Middle School, leads guidance sessions with seventh graders |
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UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS |
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Monday, December 16: Interim Progress Reports distributed at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools |
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Tuesday, December 17: Family Dinner for students and parents from 6 to 8 p.m. at Early High School STEM program. Donald McCoy, STEM consultant, will be the keynote speaker. |
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Tuesday, December 17: PLC meetings at Eaton-Johnson Middle School |
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Wednesday, December 18: End of first semester at Early College High |
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Thursday, December 19-Friday, January 3: Christmas break for students at Early College High |
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Thursday, December 19: Mandatory teacher workday at Early College High |
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Friday, December 20: Annual leave day for employees at Early College High |
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Monday, December 23-Tuesday, December 31: Christmas break for students |
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Monday, December 23: Annual leave day for employees |
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Tuesday, December 24-Thursday, December 26: Christmas holidays for employees. All schools and school system offices closed. |
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Friday, December 27: Annual leave day for employees |
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Monday, December 30-Tuesday, December 31: Annual leave days for employees |
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Wednesday, January 1: New Year’s Day holiday. All schools and school system offices closed. |
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Thursday, January 2: Students return to classes, except at Early College High |
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Thursday, January 2-Friday, January 3: Teacher workdays at Early College High. No school for students. |
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Monday, January 6: Students at Early College High return to classes to begin second semester |
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ATHLETIC EVENTS Western Vance Basketball Admission is $3.00 Swimming Admission is Free – Wrestling Admission is $5.00 Eaton-Johnson Middle and Henderson Middle Basketball Admission is $5.00 Eaton-Johnson Middle and Henderson Middle Wrestling Admission is $4.00 |
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ACADEMICS FIRST…ATHLETICS SECOND |
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Friday |
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BASKETBALL
EJMS Away Franklinton 4:15 p.m.
HMS Away Butner-Stem 4:15 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
NVHS Away SVHS 4:30 p.m. JV 6 p.m. Women 7:30 p.m. Men
SVHS Home NVHS 4:30 p.m. JV 6 p.m. Women 7:30 p.m. Men
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WRESTLING
NVHS Away Southern Durham 6 p.m.
EJMS Home HMS and Northern Granville 4:15 p.m.
HMS Away EJMS and Northern Granville 4:15 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
EJMS Home Bunn 4:15 p.m.
HMS Home Mary Potter 4:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
NVHS Home Cedar Ridge and Chapel Hill 4:30 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
NVHS Away Warren County 4:30 p.m. JV 6 p.m. Women 7:30 p.m. Men
SWIMMING
SVHS Away Roanoke Rapids 4:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
NVHS Home Roanoke Rapids 6 p.m.
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