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Visual & Performing Arts Summer Governor’s School Interest Meeting – Thursday, October 29
Visual & Performing Arts Summer Governor’s School Interest Meeting – Thursday, October 29
Each year, all HHS students have the opportunity to apply for the Visual and Performing Arts Summer Governor’s School, a program sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education. If accepted, students will spend a month in residence on the Radford University campus, taking classes and enhancing their skills in the fields of Visual Arts, Dance, Music and Theatre.
The VPA Governor’s School Interest meeting will be held on Thursday, October 29 @ 3:00 p.m. This meeting is for any HHS student who is a CURRENT 10th or 11th grade student who is interested in applying . Students MUST be a rising JUNIOR or SENIOR to apply for the VPA Summer Governor’s School.
If you would like to attend the VPA Interest Meeting, please email Dr. Poxon for the meeting link.
Stephanie Poxon, Ph.D.
Director
Center for the Arts
slpoxon@henrico.k12.va.us
IB Parent Information Meetings
We had a good turnout for our annual IB parent information meetings. The purpose of these meetings, which follow meeting teachers are Back to School Night, is to provide parents with an overview of the program as a whole and how all the parts fit together. If you couldn’t make it, or if you want to go back and review, here are the powerpoint presentations I shared: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V6kyYe0q5BNTP2kbNnQs4HyKZ4jk69wP?usp=sharing
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Biddle!
Specialty Center Admissions Announcements
HCPS will make specialty center acceptance information available to students and parents via the specialty center application portal on Friday, March 8, at 4:30. Shortly after that, if you applied to Henrico HS IB, you should receive an email from me. If you do not, please feel free to email me at plbiddle@henrico.k12.va.us for clarification. All acceptances must be made no later than March 22. Acceptance is not considered final until we have your paperwork! All Accepted and Waitlisted students are invited to a tour on Monday, March 18, 10:00- 11:30. Parents may park in the bus ramp and driver ed range. (3rd driveway).
Acceptance letter: Acceptance letter_2019-20 Revised (002)
If you are accepted and do not get the email, you will need these forms:
9th Course Registration Instructions FAQ
9th grade Henrico High School Course Registration 2019-20
Student Parent Agreement Grade 9 2019-20
If you are a private school student, you will need to register at HHS as well by June 14. Here is information about that: REGISTRATION Checklist 2019
If you were accepted but lack prerequisites like Algebra 1 or the first year of a language, you will need to fill out this form and return it with your acceptance forms: Provisional Acceptance Contract – Revised
If you were waitlisted, you should have also received an email with a form to return indicating that you wish to remain on our wait list. This document must be to us no later than March 22. We will be contacting students on our list as we have space available. We do not publish a list because we do not know who will request to stay on our wait list; thus, any information we give may be misleading.
Wait list letter: Waitlist letter_2019-20 – Revised
Parent Information Meetings
Delayed because of Tropical Storm Florence, we held our annual IB parent information meetings on September 27, with MYP meeting first and DP meeting after. Here are the presentations made so that you can refer back to them if needed:
Freshman and New Student Orientation
IB freshman and new student orientation was held on Wednesday, June 1, marking the first meeting of the class of 2020. Please see below for the presentation and the handouts if you had to miss today’s meeting. HHS Freshman Orientation will be in August, so stay tuned!
Places to Go for Things to Know
How to Sign up for Transportation
We will hold more orientation meetings in the fall to help parents learn about the program! Today’s meeting is just the first of many opportunities to learn about IB!