VHHS

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Thank you for completing your student's pre-registration which allow us to prepare for Phase 2: setting up your District 128 parent PowerSchool account. Your parent PowerSchool account must be set up for Phase 3: 2024-2025 course selection which will take place from December through early February.

Each parent/guardian can create their own PowerSchool account. Please set up your account by Monday, November 27th.

New to VHHS?

Set up a D128 PowerSchool Parent Portal

• A parent/guardian new to Vernon Hills High School needs to create their own PowerSchool account. (Your Hawthorn D73 PowerSchool account can’t be used at VHHS.)
• Navigate to the D128 Parent PowerSchool Portal to create your account!
• Click create account and enter the information below unless you have an active PowerSchool parent account with a current student at VHHS. If so, sign in and skip to add students to your existing VHHS parent account below.
• Your First and Last Name
• Your email address
• Choose a username and password (please note that usernames and passwords are case sensitive and will not accept symbols in your username).

Important: Write down and save the username and password that you created as it will be used throughout your students high school years. D128 does not store password information in PowerSchool.

• Enter your students First and Last Name
• Enter the Access ID and Access Password that were provided to you at the top of your email.

Please email deborah.lehman@d128.org if you did not receive this information.

Already have a VHHS parent account?

Add your new student(s) to your existing Vernon Hills High School parent account.

• Log into your Parent PowerSchool Account, click on the Account Preferences button located at the left hand menu.
• On the top left side, click on the Students tab.
• Click the Add button.
• Enter your students First and Last Name
• Enter the Access ID and Access Password that were provided to you at the top of your email.

Forgot your Username/Password or need assistance setting up your parent PowerSchool account? Contact us by phone at 847-932-2200 or e-mail us at v.registration@d128.org and we will reset your password.

Thank you for your student's participation in the PSAT 8.9 last month. In December, VHHS will share how to electronically access and interpret your student’s PSAT 8.9 scores and learn about how D128 uses these scores to assist in course placement for 9th grade courses. On January 18, 2024, VHHS will host an orientation event during which current 8th grade families will learn about the overall course selection process for the 2024-2025 school year. Specific details about 8th grade orientation will be shared in a future newsletter and also mailed to your student's address.

If you have any questions about the course selection process or the orientation events, please contact our Assistant Principal Dr. Andrew Young at 847-932-2000 / andrew.young@d128.org or v.registration@d128.org. If you have questions specific to the PSAT 8.9 itself, please reach out to Director of Data and Assessment Ms. Charlotte Eames at 847-247-4517 / charlotte.eames@d128.org.

In the 2023-24 school year, the Accelerated Placement Act will go into effect. This act requires Illinois public school districts to automatically enroll students who meet or exceed state standards in English Language Arts (ELA), Math, or Science in the next most rigorous level of coursework in that content area the following school year. For instance, a student who is taking Algebra I as a 9th-grader and who meets or exceeds state standards in Math will be automatically enrolled in Honors Geometry for their 10th-grade year. To read more about the Accelerated Placement Act, click on this link. The requirements of this act also apply to incoming 9th-graders. Therefore, the data we receive from the PSAT 8.9 has become even more important in our placement process for incoming 9th-graders.

Students who score within the ranges shown above will be eligible for Accelerated Placement and automatically enrolled in the next most rigorous course in the corresponding content area. To determine placement in Science, both the ELA and Math scores will be taken into account.

All 8th-grade through 11th-grade students who meet benchmarks will be automatically enrolled in the next most rigorous course; however, this does not mean that students who do not meet benchmarks cannot also be enrolled in the next most rigorous course. D128 will also provide parents with the option to enroll their student in coursework that they believe better aligns with their student's postsecondary education or career goals.

​More information about the college and career readiness benchmarks for the SAT Suite may be found at this link.

Visit this link to read more about the Accelerated Placement Act

2024-2025 Counselor Course Selection Support & Additional Information:

As all prior years, school counselors will be available to help answer questions pertaining to your individual student regarding course registration, elective options, and impact of accelerated placement during course registration season (January & February). Counselors will continue to help your student make course decisions and balance their schedule with your student's personal interests/passions, post-secondary goals, and wellbeing in mind.

Several more details will be shared during the course registration process to support families and your individual student. As a result of this new law, new school processes are being developed at all area high schools and we will continue to provide information to all VHHS families as it becomes available. We look forward to supporting your student as they prepare for their post-secondary endeavors.

8th grade families with a Libertyville address are located in the District 128 choice zone. Families have until January 22nd to declare their school of choice. Until the choice zone declaration is received, families will continue to receive communication from Vernon Hills High School, however, it will include both LHS and VHHS information and dates.

Choice Zone-Commonly Asked Questions

School District Boundary Map

DECEMBER 11, 2023: PSAT 8.9 ACCESS CODES AND PLACEMENT PROCESS SHARED

*JANUARY 11, 2024 LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 8TH GRADE ORIENTATION FOR CHOICE ZONE FAMILIES-6:00 PM AT LHS

JANUARY 18, 2024: VERNON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL 8TH GRADE ORIENTATION-6:00 PM AT VHHS

JANUARY 22, 2024: CHOICE ZONE FAMILIES DECLARATIONS DUE

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2024: COURSE SELECTION FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR

JUNE 3-JUNE 27, 2024: ANNUAL SCHOOL REGISTRATION FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR

AUGUST 12, 2024: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

*(Choice zone families only)

For the first time in school history, the Freshman class won the 2023 Homecoming color competition! Freshman class wears red each year.

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Lehman deborah.lehman@d128.org or Jennifer Sheppard jennifer.sheppard@d128.org M-F 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

Email: v.registration@d128.org
Phone: 847-932-2200

Website: https://www.d128.org/vhhs/