Weekly Announcements
Important Dates
- 9th Grade Parent Night Tuesday, September 10 5:30-7:00
- Please join us in the Hanover High auditorium to hear a panel of upperclass students discuss what it is like to be a 9th grader at HHS and answer audience questions. Optional tours of the building from 5:00-5:30.
- Senior Family College Application Night: Tuesday, September 24 6-7 PM, Zoom
- School counselors will review the college application process. Topics include: student, caregiver, and counselor roles, the components of the college application, navigating the SCOIR and CommonApp platforms, and important dates and deadlines.
- Senior Paying for College Financial Aid Night: Wednesday, October 9 6 PM, Zoom
- Hear from Granite Edvance representative about essential steps to take and resources available for funding your student’s college education.
- School Day PSAT (no school for grades 9, 10 and 12): 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.
- Here is an overview of the new digital PSAT and here is the PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide, published by the College Board.
- 10th graders may sign up to take the PSAT. Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-serve basis, and there are a finite number of seats. If your 10th grader would like to take the PSAT, they should email Devon Voake by Friday, September 13 to sign up.
From Our Principal
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On Day #1 with students, we had a safety presentation. Larry Holdsworth, our safety coordinator, gave a presentation where he went over procedure basics and we walked to our off-site evacuation site and found our advisory gathering spots.
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Each Summer we write and edit an Emergency Operations Plan(EOP) that we send to the State.
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We plan a drill each month, but do not inform the community of this calendar.
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We do two lockdown drills, one off site evacuation and fire drills.
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Fire drills are done in conjunction with the fire department. These drills are very familiar to students.
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Lockdown drills are done with Hanover PD. We practice where to go in these drills and how to be quiet. Staff and police check to make sure rooms are secure.
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Our off-site evacuation is done when we can not go back in the building and we go to Thompson Arena. Students gather in Advisory there.
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Secure Campus is when we do not let people in or out of our building, but we continue our normal day inside. We did this last year and it was not a drill.
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Our gym is fire rated if there is a fire in the building, but it is not safe to go outside. Extreme weather etc. Our stairwells are too!
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We have a safety committee that meets monthly and we have a good relationship with the local PD and fire department. They periodically train leadership and staff.
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We also understand that relationships matter for safety and we put significant resources towards and into Advisory, counseling services and our teaching staff.
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If you have questions please ask, but we don’t share specific details with the wider community for safety reasons.
School News and Information
Health Office Notes
We are off to a great start.
COVID: Let's begin by reminding all families that the 2024-25 CDC COVID protocols remain the same as last spring.
People who test positive no longer need to be isolated. Stay home when you are sick, but you may return when you have been fever free for 24 hrs. without the use of fever reducing medications such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen. However please be careful and thoughtful for 5 days after feeling better. Wear a mask around vulnerable persons if you are coughing or congested. We encourage you to wear a mask upon returning to school. Masks work and there are vulnerable persons in our schools.
Telehealth visits: We have arranged a private space for telehealth visits in the health room. There will always be a registered nurse present in the office.
Students will not miss school time and parents will not miss work. Please let us know ahead of the day and time if possible and we will reserve the room.
Lunch Program: Sign up for the lunch program if you think you might qualify.
It provides not only food but other amenities such as free athletics, senior activities, and free standardized testing. Please feel free to fill out this linked Lunch application.
Flu Clinic: We will be having our annual student influenza vaccine clinic on 10/24/24. The parent permission form will be sent online. (wahoo) Stay tuned and sign up when we send it out.
Counseling Department Updates
Volunteer Opportunities
We have a wide-range of volunteer opportunities available both during and outside of school hours throughout the district. Please take a minute to fill out this brief questionnaire to let us know what activities you would be interested in learning more about for the 2024-25 school year. Teal Parker, our Coordinator of Volunteers, will be in touch with more details as events/activities arise.
In addition, if you are interested in volunteering but have not yet gone through the background check process, please fill out this form and we will be in touch to get the process started for you.