Welcome to HVCHS!

This newsletter will provide you with everything you need to know to start your journey as a Bulldog!

Once you meet with the registrar and provide all of the required documentation, please follow the next steps:

1. Provide the most updated academic record (Unofficial Transcript and Report Card)

Email your unofficial transcript and report card to your student's assigned school counselor.

Please click here for the HVCHS Student/Counselor Assignments:

Contact information for the school counselors is listed at the bottom of this newsletter.

2. Request that your official records be sent to:

HVCHS

Attn: Ms. Jennifer Hastings, Counseling Department

259 Pennington Titusville Road

Pennington, New Jersey 08534

3. Students/Families Registering to Start in September:

If you register before the current school year ends, you will have a course selection meeting with your HVCHS Counselor in the month of June once your academic record is received and reviewed by the school counselor. These meetings typically happen in the last two weeks of June. Your assigned school counselor will reach out to the parent/guardian directly to schedule the meeting.

If you register in July, you will have a course selection meeting with your HVCHS Counselor during the first two weeks of August once your academic record is received and reviewed by the school counselor. Your assigned school counselor will reach out to the parent/guardian directly to schedule the meeting.

If you register in August, you will have a course selection meeting with your HVCHS assigned school counselor by the end of August/beginning of September before school begins once your academic record is received and reviewed by the school counselor. Your assigned school counselor will reach out to the parent/guardian directly to schedule the meeting.

Prior to meeting with your HVCHS Counselor, it is important to review the 2024 -2025 HVCHS Program of Studies (official listing of approved high school courses and their prerequisites) and elective offerings by grade level (below). Additional information can be found on the Counseling Department's Course Selection page.

Rising Grade 9 Elective Offerings

Rising Grade 10 Elective Offerings

Rising Grade 11 Elective Offerings

Rising Grade 12 Elective Offerings

If your child is receiving special education services please provide the most updated IEP and any testing that has been done in the past three years. A child study team member will contact you to coordinate a meeting to discuss his/her/they special education program.

OnCourse is a secure web based portal that allows parents, guardians, and students to view student information in real time including: student schedules, grades, attendance, and homework.

Students will receive their own login and password.

Parents/Guardians will receive their own login and password.

All new students will receive their HVCHS Chromebook, student login accounts, and student id and lanyard at New Student Orientation in September 2024

HVCHS Website

HVCHS Counseling Department Website

HVCHS Health Office Website

All incoming and current students are required to complete summer assignments.

All summer assignments are located on the HVCHS website, please click here.

New Student Orientation: September 2024 (TBD)

2024- 2025 HVRSD Calendar

HVCHS Athletic Department Website

HVCHS Visual & Performing Arts Department Website

HVCHS Clubs & Activities Directory

The HVCHS Virtual Calming Room is a place for students, parents/guardians, and staff to find tools and strategies to help manage emotions and work through challenges.

Please use this link to connect to the HVCHS Virtual Calming Room: https://sites.google.com/hvrsd.org/virtualcalmingroom/home?authuser=0

We hope you will take some time for yourself and explore!

Phone Number: 609.737.4003

Mari Buono - School Counselor - mariangelabuono@hvrsd.org x3520

Kevin Maldonado - School Counselor - kevinmaldonado@hvrsd.org x3525

Nicole Getman - School Counselor - nicolegetman@hvrsd.org x3521

Jaclyn Coppola - School Counselor - jaclyncoppola@hvrsd.org x3518

Betsy Lee - School Counselor - elizabethlee@hvrsd.org x3522

Chris Velderman - Student Assistance Counselor - chrisvelderman@hvrsd.org x3539

Ryan Stingel - Student Assistance Counselor - ryanstingel@hvrsd.org

Sarah Golkov - Virtual Pathways Counselor - sarahgolkov@hvrsd.org

Samantha Awadallah - ACCESS Clinician - samanthaawadallah@hvrsd.org x3456

Jennifer Hastings - Administrative Assistant - jenniferhastings@hvrsd.org x3519

Debbie Linthorst - Administrative Assistant - deborahlinthorst@hvrsd.org x3523

Ms. Corrine Rutt, Supervisor K-12 Counseling Services corrrinerutt@hvrsd.org x3524