| VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS | ||||||||||||||||
| WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS | ||||||||||||||||
| Volume 3, Issue 15 | A Publication for Middle and High Schools | November 24-28, 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. | ||||||||||||||||
| IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS | ||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday is a teacher workday with no school for students. Thursday and Friday are Thanksgiving holidays. All schools and school system offices are closed. | 
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| UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS | ||||||||||||||||
| ? | Tuesday, December 2: Report cards distributed at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Tuesday, December 2: Parent-teacher conferences and report card pickup from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at Southern Vance High | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Wednesday, December 3: Anti-Bullying assemblies at 10 and 11 a.m. at Henderson Middle School | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Thursday, December 4: Eaton-Johnson Middle School Show Choir performs at Administrative Services Center at 10 a.m. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Friday, December 5: 2014 Christmas partnership event with Salvation Army. OCS students in high schools will be assembling boxes for Salvation Army donations during the holidays. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Monday, December 8: Vance County Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Thursday, December 11: Financial aid workshop at 6 p.m. in Room 2341 at Early College High. Amy Denton of the College Foundation of North Carolina, will lead the workshop. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Thursday, December 11: Occupational Course of Study (OCS) Career Summit from 6 to 8 p.m. in the cafeteria at Northern Vance High School. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Friday, December 19: End of the first semester at Early College High School | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Monday, December 22-Friday, January 2: Christmas break for students, except at Early College High School | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Monday, December 22-Wednesday, January 7: Christmas break for students at Early College High School | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Monday, December 22-Tuesday, December 23: Annual leave days for employees | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Wednesday, December 24-Friday, December 26: Christmas holidays. All schools and school system offices are closed. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Monday, December 29-Wednesday, December 31: Annual leave days for employees | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Thursday, January 1: New Year’s Day holiday. All schools and school system offices are closed. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Friday, January 2: Annual leave day for employees | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Monday, January 5: Students return to classes, except at Early College High School | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Monday, January 5-Tuesday, January 6: Teacher workdays at Early College High School. No school for students. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Wednesday, January 7: Mandatory teacher workday at Early College High School. No school for students. | |||||||||||||||
| ? | Thursday, January 8: Students return to classes to begin second semester at Early College High School | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
| ACADEMICS FIRST…ATHLETICS SECOND | ||||||||||||||||
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 BASKETBALL 
 HMS Home Weldon 4:30 p.m. 
 WRESTLING 
 EJMS Away Terrell Lane and Hawley (at Hawley) 4:15 p.m. 
 HMS Away Cedar Creek and Butner-Stem (at Butner-Stem) 4:30 p.m. 
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 BASKETBALL 
 EJMS Home HMS 4:15 p.m. 
 HMS Away EJMS 4:15 p.m. 
 SVHS Home Northwest Halifax JV 4:30 p.m. Women’s 6 p.m. Men’s 7:30 p.m. 
 WRESTLING 
 SVHS Away Southeast Raleigh and Rolesville (at Rolesville) Time to be announced 
 
 
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 BASKETBALL 
 NVHS Away Person County Holiday Tournament (at Person County High School) Opponent and time to be announced Men’s and Women’s Teams 
 
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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. | ||||||||||||||||