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VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS |
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WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS |
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Volume 3, Issue 17 |
A Publication for Middle and High Schools |
December 8-12, 2014 |
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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 will meet on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson.
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SAT preparation sessions will be led by Dr. Joseph Aicher Monday through Wednesday at Northern Vance High School for students throughout the county who have signed up for participation. The session on Monday will begin at 6:30 p.m. and last until 8:45 p.m. The second session on Tuesday will begin at 6:10 p.m. and go until 9:45 p.m. On Wednesday, Dr. Aicher will meet with students and their parents on a first-come-first-serve basis beginning at 6:30 p.m. |
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Teacher Talk session for first and second-year teachers on Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administrative Services Center. |
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Salvation Army representatives will pick up donations from schools for the annual Canned Food Drive on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
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Interim Progress Reports are distributed on Thursday at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools. |
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An administrative staff meeting with all principals and central office department directors will be held on Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Board Room of the Administrative Services Center.
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SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THE WEEK |
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STEM Early High: (Thursday, December 11) – PTO Holiday Teacher Appreciation luncheon |
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Early College High: (Thursday, December 11) – Financial aid workshop at 6 p.m. in Room 2341. Amy Denton of the College Foundation of North Carolina will lead the workshop. |
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Western Vance High: (Thursday, December 11) – Graduation photos for first semester taken beginning at 10 a.m. |
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UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS |
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Monday, December 15: School Improvement Team meeting at 3 p.m. at Western Vance High School |
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Tuesday, December 16: PBIS Silent Auction and Assembly for student assistants |
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Wednesday, December 17: Eighth-Grade Science Fair at STEM Early High from 5 to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at Northern Vance High |
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Thursday, December 18: Eaton-Johnson Middle School Show Choir performs for visiting elementary school students during the school day at Eaton-Johnson. The Show Choir, Chorus and Band perform in their Holiday Concert for parents, students and the community in the school’s gymnasium at 7 p.m. |
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Friday, December 19: End of the first semester at Early College High School |
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Friday, December 19: Eaton-Johnson Middle School Chorus and Band perform their Holiday Concert for the student body in the school’s gymnasium |
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Monday, December 22-Friday, January 2: Christmas break for students, except at Early College High School |
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Monday, December 22-Wednesday, January 7: Christmas break for students at Early College High School |
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Monday, December 22-Tuesday, December 23: Annual leave days for employees |
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Wednesday, December 24-Friday, December 26: Christmas holidays. All schools and school system offices are closed. |
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Monday, December 29-Wednesday, December 31: Annual leave days for employees |
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Thursday, January 1: New Year’s Day holiday. All schools and school system offices are closed. |
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Friday, January 2: Annual leave day for employees |
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Monday, January 5: Students return to classes, except at Early College High School |
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Monday, January 5-Tuesday, January 6: Teacher workdays at Early College High School. No school for students. |
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Wednesday, January 7: Mandatory teacher workday at Early College High School. No school for students. |
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Wednesday, January 7: Graduation practice at 9:30 a.m. at Western Vance High School |
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Thursday, January 8: Students return to classes to begin second semester at Early College High School |
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Friday, January 16: End of first semester, except at Early College High |
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Monday, January 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. All schools and school system offices are closed. |
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Tuesday, January 20-Wednesday, January 21: Teacher workdays, except at Early College High. No school for students. |
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Thursday, January 29: Report cards are distributed |
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ATHLETIC EVENTS Wrestling Admission is $5.00 and Swimming Admission is free. Western Vance Basketball Admission is $3.00 Eaton-Johnson and Henderson Middle Basketball Admission is $5.00. Wrestling Admission is $5.00 |
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ACADEMICS FIRST…ATHLETICS SECOND |
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BASKETBALL
EJMS Home Franklinton 4:15 p.m.
HMS Home Butner-Stem 4:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
NVHS Away Roanoke Rapids and Halifax Academy (at Roanoke Rapids) 4:30 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
SVHS Home KIPP Pride JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
EJMS Away Bunn and Cedar Creek (at Cedar Creek) 4:15 p.m.
HMS Away EJMS and Northern Granville (at Northern Granville) 4:15 p.m.
NVHS Away Bunn 6 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
NVHS Home SVHS JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
SVHS Away NVHS JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
NVHS Away Cedar Ridge 6 p.m.
SVHS Home Kerr-Vance and South Granville 5 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
EJMS Away Bunn 4:15 p.m.
HMS Away Mary Potter 4:15 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
NVHS Home Warren County JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
SVHS Home Durham School of the Arts JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
NVHS Home SVHS and other teams 4:30 p.m.
SVHS Away NVHS and other teams 4:30 p.m. |
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If you have a school event and would like to have it added to the Weekly School News email, send the information to Terri Hedrick, public information officer, at thedrick@vcs.k12.nc.us. |
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