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VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS |
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WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS |
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Volume 3, Issue 22 |
A Publication for Middle and High Schools |
January 26-30, 2015 |
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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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Report cards are distributed on Thursday. |
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SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THE WEEK |
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Western Vance High: (Monday, January 26) – Faculty meeting at 3 p.m. |
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Northern Vance High: (Monday, January 26) – Faculty meeting at 3:15 p.m. |
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Eaton-Johnson Middle: (Tuesday, January 27) – Donald McCoy, a STEM consultant, will be leading STEM sessions in classrooms during the morning. |
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Northern Vance High: (Thursday, January 29) – Tentative date for pre-test for all 11th graders to prepare for ACT High School BootCamp |
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Southern Vance High: (Thursday, January 29) – Tentative date for pre-test for all 11th graders to prepare for ACT High School BootCamp |
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Early College High: (Thursday, January 29) – Tentative date for pre-test for all 11th graders to prepare for ACT High School BootCamp |
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Henderson Middle: (Thursday, January 29) – Larry Elman, an educational counselor at MIT, speaks to eighth-grade students at 1:45 p.m. |
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Eaton-Johnson Middle: (Friday, January 30) – Student club activities from 8 to 8:45 a.m. |
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UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS |
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Monday, February 2-Friday, February 6: Tutoring sessions in reading after school for identified 11th graders in preparation for the ACT High School BootCamp at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Early College High. Sessions are held two days during the week at each school. Bus transportation will be provided to take students home. |
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Monday, February 9-Friday, February 13: Tutoring sessions in math after school for identified 11th graders in preparation for the ACT High School BootCamp at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Early College High. Sessions are held two days during the week at each school. Bus transportation will be provided to take students home. |
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Tuesday, February 10: Interim Progress Reports distributed at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools |
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Friday, February 13: Student club activities from 8 to 8:45 a.m. at Eaton-Johnson Middle |
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Monday, February 16-Friday, February 20: Tutoring sessions in science after school for identified 11th graders in preparation for the ACT High School BootCamp at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Early College High. Sessions are held two days during the week at each school. Bus transportation will be provided to take students home. |
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Wednesday, February 18: Early Release Day, except at Early College High, for staff development sessions in the afternoon. Elementary and high schools dismiss students at 12 p.m. and middle schools dismiss students at 12:15 p.m. The STEM Early High School dismisses students at 11:45 a.m. |
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Thursday, February 19: End of the fourth six-week grading period at Early College High |
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Friday, February 20: Interim Progress Reports are distributed at middle schools |
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Monday, February 23: Report cards are distributed at Early College High |
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Monday, February 23-Friday, February 27: Tutoring sessions in English and writing after school for identified 11th graders in preparation for the ACT High School BootCamp at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Early College High. Sessions are held two days during the week at each school. Bus transportation will be provided to take students home. |
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Tuesday, February 24-Wednesday, February 25: The ACT High School BootCamp will be held during the school day for all 11th graders at Northern Vance and Southern Vance high schools. Early College High students will attend a session either at Northern Vance or Southern Vance depending on where they live. Half of the 11th graders will attend the BootCamp on the first day and the remaining half will attend the BootCamp on the second day. Each BootCamp location will be led by an ACT consultant and five or six teachers. The BootCamp will last all day at each school. |
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Friday, February 27: Student club activities from 8 to 8:45 a.m. at Eaton-Johnson Middle |
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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
First Round of Conference Tournament for Middle Schools
HMS Home Northern Granville Boy’s Team 4:30 p.m.
HMS Away Warren County Girl’s Team 4:30 p.m. EJMS Home Franklinton Boy’s Team 5 p.m.
EJMS Girl’s Team does not play
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BASKETBALL
Semifinals of Conference Tournament
HMS Girl’s Team To be determined at Franklinton 4:30 p.m.
NVHS Home Orange JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
SVHS Away Roanoke Rapids JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
NVHS Big 8 Conference Meet at Triangle Aquatics Center in Wake County 6 p.m.
WRESTLING
EJMS Home HMS and Franklinton 4:15 p.m.
HMS Away Franklinton and EJMS (at EJMS) 4:15 p.m.
SVHS Home Kerr-Vance and Roanoke Rapids 5 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
Semifinals of Conference Tournament
EJMS Boy’s Team To be determined
HMS Boy’s Team To be determined at Franklinton 4:30 p.m.
SVHS Home South Granville JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
Finals of Conference Tournament
EJMS Boy’s Team To be determined
HMS Boy’s Team To be determined at Franklinton 4:30 p.m.
HMS Girl’s Team To be determined at Franklinton 4:30 p.m.
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BASKETBALL
NVHS Away Cardinal Gibbons JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m.
SVHS Home Bunn JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 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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