Weekly Announcements

Important Dates

From Our Principal

Hello All,

• Here is the schedule for next week!

 

 

• Open House Reminder and Schedule

Thursday October 10, 2024

Pick up student schedules in the Atrium before the night starts.

Period 1→ 5:30-5:40

Period 2 → 5:45-5:55

Period 3 → 6:00-6:10

Period 4 → 6:15-6:25

Advisory → 6:30-6:35

Period 5 → 6:40-6:50

Period 6 → 6:55-7:05

Period 7→ 7:10-7:20

Counselors, Peer Leaders and Learning Strategists will be available to help with schedules and navigating the building!

 

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School News and Information

 

SHOW! Show!

HHS Footlighters 75th Season will open with Shakespeare's comedy *Much Ado About Nothing* directed by Terry Samwick. 10/24, 10/25 @ 7pm, 10/26 @ 3pm. Greg Hemberger Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: footlighters.ludus.com or at the door (to reserve tickets & pay by cash/check email footlighters@dresden.us) $8.00 - students/seniors, $10.00 - faculty + family/friend, $12.00 - adults

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WINTER SPORTS - REGISTER NOW

Winter sports registration is now open through FinalForms.  If your student plans to play a winter sport, please register as soon as possible.  Winter sports begin their seasons in mid- November.  Registration is open until November 1.  

If your student is playing a fall sport or already registered on FinalForms, simply log into your parent FinalForms account, choose the winter sport, make sure all the information is up-to-date and pay the registration fee.  If you have not used FinalForms (new athletic registration system as of Fall 2022), you will need to set up an account to register your student.  More detailed information on registration and winter sports can be found at Hanover High School Winter Sports Information.  

Please reach out to the Athletic Department at 603-643-0655 if you have any questions.  

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Invite from HHS Cross Country

The 2024 Hanover High School Cross Country Teams welcome all intrepid community runners to take part in the annual community 5K race at the Dresden Athletic Fields in Norwich, VT on Wednesday October 9th.  The race starts for everyone (mass start) at exactly 5PM so try and get there a bit earlier to get checked in, view the course and warm up.  It is a great opportunity to get in one last hard run before the frigid winter sets in.

Add your name to the following spreadsheet if you plan to join us: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GC3bRI9cXEsPFVuULYAJXKZm5ROr_xqSQ5P8EkAH0mg/edit?usp=sharing

Coach Eric Picconi if you have any questions: 

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Council Report
 

Council met on Wednesday, October 2nd and passed the budget for the 2024-2025 school year! Notably, this includes a $3,000 allocation to Hanover High School Broadside so it can be distributed to the wider community.  

As always, Council meets from 11:10-11:50 on Wednesdays in the HHS Chorus Room. The full agenda and minutes of Wednesday the 11th’s meeting, when completed, can be found here. 

-Martin Mosdal (Council Secretary) 

 

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Counseling Department Updates

This week in Advisory, we introduced our ninth graders to the CASEL competencies: the core social emotional skills that we teach in our advisory curriculum. Here is the 9th grade lesson. Our tenth graders, juniors, and seniors are already quite familiar with these competencies, and they engaged in their first lesson in this year’s self-awareness unit. Students identified and reflected upon their own and others’ values. Check out the lessons for each grade level: 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade.

Upcoming Counseling Department Dates & Events

• Paying for College Senior Financial Aid Night: Wednesday, October 9, 6 PM on Zoom
  • Hear from a Granite Edvance representative about essential steps to take and resources available for funding your student’s college education. Register here! 
• School Day PSAT (no school for 9th, 10th, and 12 graders): Wednesday, October 23 
  • All juniors have been signed up for the PSAT. In anticipation of this test, students should create their own CollegeBoard accounts if they do not already have one, using their personal email address.  If your junior will not be taking the test, please email Devon Voake, Counseling Department coordinator, at devonvoake@hanovernorwichschools.org. Here is an overview of the new digital PSAT and here is the PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide, published by the College Board.

Additional Opportunities

• A Representative from the United States Marines will be set up in the Atrium on Thursday, October 10 from 11:00-12:00 to meet with students who are interested in learning more about Marines Corps Career Opportunities.
• Juniors: learn about this summer’s Advanced Studies Program at Saint Paul's School! Visit ASP in Concord, NH for an information session and tour on Saturday, November 16, 10:00am-12:00pm. RSVP to asp@sps.edu. Attend a Zoom information session on Monday, December 9, 6:30-7:15 pm. Register here.
• AP Exam Registration runs Monday, September 30 - Friday, November 1 

Hanover High School does not offer AP courses. Some HHS advanced level courses are AP-compatible, however, and the curriculum may include preparation for the national AP exams. As a courtesy to students who wish to demonstrate mastery of AP course content, HHS is an AP testing site. Students interested in taking AP exams are encouraged to ask their teachers whether their courses are AP-compatible. 

Each test costs $99 and must be paid for electronically by selecting the test(s) from within MealTime. Fee waivers are available for students with financial need. Partial refunds are available if the test is canceled by March 1; no refunds are available after this date. Click here for the AP exam registration form and instructions.

 

 

Senior Families

• Thank you for attending Tuesday's College Night! Here are the slides we reviewed, and here is a one-sheet guide to frequent questions about the Common App. 
• Here again is the comprehensive Class of 2025 Applying to College guide. Please reach out to your school counselor with any questions about your application process.

Important dates and deadlines for the college application process:

• Seniors should finalize their schedules for senior year by October 11.
• To give HHS time to send the required application materials, seniors must add/move college(s) into the “Applying” column in SCOIR in advance of the application deadline. For each application deadline (left), seniors should put schools in the “Applying section by (right):

Application Deadline	Add to “Applying” in SCOIR by:
November 1	October 11
November 15	October 25
December 1	November 10
December 15	November 19
January 1	December 9

 

Upcoming College Visits Week of October 7

Students may sign up on SCOIR or just stop by the Counseling Office. 

Monday, 10/07

08:00 Villanova University

09:30 Emmanuel College

12:45 University of Notre Dame

2:15 Trinity College

Tuesday, 10/08

11:10 Bowdoin College

12:45 University of Massachusetts - Amherst

1:30 Xavier University

2:15 Eckerd College

Wednesday, 10/9

No visits scheduled

Thursday, 10/10

09:30 Colby Sawyer College

10:15 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 

10:15 University of Maine - Farmington (VIRTUAL)

11:10 University of Maine - Fort Kent                        

Friday, 10/11

No visits scheduled