HVA Weekly Newsletter

May 14, 2024

Message from Mr. Marshall

Hello HVA families!

May 14th, 2024, will be a Day 2 for secondary students. Please see the 23-24 Secondary Day 1/Day2 Calendar for Secondary students.

Parents, thank you for bringing your students to testing. I’ve seen some of you multiple times at our testing locations and know transportation can be a challenge. Students, the SOL tests are quite a challenge this year. Please continue to do your best and know that we are proud of you!
Thank you parents and students for making Teacher Appreciation Week special for our teachers last week!
We hope to see you at either our year end event or our graduation practice (seniors) and picnic on Friday!
Graduation for seniors is next Monday for HVA! We are the first Henrico school in the lineup! Congratulations to our Seniors!
This week we continue SOL testing. Students, do your best!
Be sure to see the newsletter for information about secondary grade recovery options.

Upcoming Events

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Mental Health Awareness Month*

National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

May 6-17 AP Testing Window
May 10 Makeups at SPMS
May 14-15 English 10 PT
May 16 Reading Retakes
May 17- End of Year Event and Field Day (4-6 PM) at Dumbarton Elementary School
May 18 - Armed Forces Day
May 20-24: Elementary Career Week
May 20-21 Math Retakes
May 22

8th grade ceremony 6:30 PM (Virtual)
High School Year End Awards Assembly 2 PM

May 22- Elementary Career Speakers (K-2 9:00-10:00 & 3-5 1:00-2:00)
May 23 - Vesak
May 23 Science Retakes
May 23 Kindergarten Signing Day 5:00 PM
May 27 - Memorial Day / Schools and Offices Closed
May 28- Elementary Transition Day (moving up)
May 29- Farewell to Fenway Virtual Assembly 1:15
May 30- Elementary End of the Year Ceremony
May 31 - Last Day of School - Student ½ day & clerical day

Get Ready for Laptop Collection!

As soon as class ends on the last day of school on May 31st through June 12th, students can turn in laptops. Elementary Chromebooks, iPads, and middle school laptops need to go to middle schools.

Middle school students need to go to a middle school and high school students need to go to a high school. The laptop must be returned or there a good chance it will not work next year due to required updates. All devices must be turned in before June 13th.

Celebrate Lifelong Fitness

This May is the 41st celebration of the National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, a month to reflect on the importance of physical activity on all stages of life - whether a toddler learning to roll a ball, to a teen improving their backhand tennis mechanics, to an adult decreasing their marathon time, to a senior adult enjoying their daily yoga stretches.

Physical fitness maintains an integral part of who we all are throughout our lifetimes - and sadly sedentarism is on the rise globally which can lead to an increase in serious mental and physical complications. So, this month - let us all find time to solute your own physical fitness preference.

Whether you are a teacher leading a PE class, a librarian leading a yoga activity, or simply you are being you, take a moment this month to reflect on how physical activity plays a part in your day. Or perhaps should play a larger part in the day.

Here are a few simple fitness ideas to increase those weekly active minutes!

Go for a stroll after dinner
Park farther away at the store to get in more steps
Find micro-moments throughout the day to do your favorite exercises for 5 minutes
Dance it out! Turn on your favorite jam and show off those moves

No matter your preferences or abilities, find a way to celebrate your own fitness this month - and seek out more activities and resources to learn more ways to stay fit for a lifetime!

HVA School Counseling Website! NEW

HVA School Counselors now have an all encompassing website where we will be posting current info and links to resources on items we work on with our students.

It will be a continuous work in progress but the main page will have rolling weekly announcements. Check us out:

https://tinyurl.com/HVAk12SchoolCounseling

Each week we will post announcements and resources. Feel free to reach out with questions.

Testing Updates from the Coordinator of Assessment and Remediation

Thank you parents and guardians from all of us for doing your best to get your children to and from testing on time and following their testing schedules. We know this can be a pain! We wish a virtual option existed .. it just doesn't.

SOL Scores

Scores can be viewed by parents using the Assessment Portal. Click here for directions.
Scores will not be available until AT LEAST 1 week (sometimes 2) after your child has tested.

Makeups

If your child misses a testing date, you will get an email from me asking you to sign up for a makeup date. PLEASE do so in a timely manner.
We have 1 makeup dates left

May 22nd @ The Oak

Retakes

As students qualify for retakes, you will be notified. We must obtain permission for grades 3-8 to retake. High school students will automatically be scheduled to retest since they require the test for graduation.
Dates for retakes are as follows ..

5/16 - Reading and history
5/20 - Math
5/23 - Science

Retakes will take place at 9:00am at the same venue your child tested the first time.

For questions or concerns involving HVA testing, please reach out to our Coordinator of Assessment, Tommy Golden at tmgolden@henrico.k12.va.us

Website: https://sites.google.com/henrico.k12.va.us/hva-testing/home

See their new and improved newsletter, so you are aware of all the wonderful opportunities for our families in Henrico

Community Events

If you have community events to share, please send them to our new Community School Resource Coordinator, Dawn Tyler (dqtyler@henrico.k12.va.us)

Elementary

Are you able to assist for elementary career day? Please sign up here.

Secondary

Secondary Grade Recovery

HVA families of secondary students, as we enter the final stretch, we hope that you and your student are reviewing grades and monitoring progress closely. On our end, teachers are calculating final grades to determine which students may be in danger of not passing a course. If students are in danger of not passing a course for the year, it is important that students continue to complete all required tasks and assessments. It is also important to review summer school information and talk with a school counselor if there are any questions about needed courses for promotion.

Teachers will be working with secondary students who are in danger of failing a course for the year and providing students with the opportunity to participate in the completion of recovery work that will affect the Quarter 4 grade ONLY by May 10th. By providing this support to succeed for students, the goal is to provide another opportunity for students to demonstrate understanding and decrease the number of students with failing End of Year grades. As a reminder, high school credit courses include a final exam as well and students must also do well on this final exam. All recovery work is due by the firm deadline of May 22nd, 2024 at 3:30 PM. If you have specific questions about a course, please contact the teacher.