Weekly Update
April 28, 2023
Information in this Update:
- Upcoming Important Dates
- 2023-2024 HROA Enrollment Now Open
- Congratulations to Students Awarded Local Scholarships
- State Testing Forms
- Community Enrichment: Maker's Club
- Grade Level Updates
- Resources (check out the yellow buttons near the bottom of the page)
Important Dates
May 1st - May 10th: State Testing 6th, 7th, 8th & 11th Graders
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - 12pm - 4pm
Friday, May 12: High School Job Corp Field Trip (see flyer below)
Friday, May 12th: HROA 2023-2024 Enrollment Closes
Thursday, June 8: Last Day for Seniors (Classes completed for Graduation)
đ Friday, June 9: Hood River Valley High School Graduation Ceremony đ
Monday, June 19: No school for students and staff (observance of Juneteenth holiday)
Wednesday, June 21: Last day of school for students (unless you have already finished your classes!) đ
2023-2024 HROA Open Enrollment
Please Complete by Friday, May 12
State Testing
Not Testing? Fill out one of the forms & send to hroainfo@hoodriver.k12.or.us
Community Enrichment
May Activities
Open to All Ages!
Cooking and gardening
Learn about native plants, pollinators, and ways to create garden beds that use less water. Weâll also help out around the garden. Weâll spend half the time in the food bank kitchen cooking up some delicious food!
When: May 5th & 12th from 12:20-2:20
Where: Meet at the FISH Food Bank Garden at 1130 Tucker Road Link to Google Map
Sign up using this link and tell us what type of food you think we should make.
Kinetic Sculpture
We will finish the kinetic sculptures we began on April 28th. Donât worry: you can still come if you didnât make it in April
When: May 9th 12:20 - 2:20
Where: At the Rebuild It Center at 995 Tucker Road Link to the Google Map
Elementary Updates
Spring Sunshine = Reading Outside!
If You Give a Pig a Pancake Reading Enrichment!
YUMMY Pancakes!
Vada Sharing & Teaching About the Water Cycle
Middle School Updates
Middle Schoolers Learning Together
Join US Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursday đ
Welcome to the 2nd Annual CGCC Math Day!
Sign up now to attend this awesome event from Columbia Gorge Community College. Space is limited to 75 participants.
Math Day 2023 will be held on Friday, May 12th on The Dalles Campus
What do nursing, flying drones, and repairing wind turbines have in common? Math, of course! Theyâre also all career path programs at Columbia Gorge Community College, and on Friday, May 12, 2023 at the Second Annual CGCC Math Day, you can learn all about it!
High school students are invited to participate in this event from 9 am to 1:00 pm on CGCCâs The Dalles Campus. Space is limited to 75 students, so youâll need to sign up on this form!
Sessions include âHow to NOT Kill Your Patientsâ with nursing instructors Lorie Saito and Mimi Pentz, âWhat Do Machines See, Hear, and Feel?â with EM-Tech instructor Kalie Brunton, math games with our instructor Annette Byers, and other presentations and activities sure to foster an interest in or love of math for students!
There will also be food provided and prize drawings!
For questions, email Pam Morse, CGCC Math Department Chair, at pmorse@cgcc.edu
High School Updates
Job Corp Field Trip Info
Attention Parents of the class of 2023 High School Graduates
2023 Senior Slide Show @ HRVHS Coming Soon
For Senior class 2023 HRCSD slide show, please share 5-10 pictures of your senior, individual & group ok. HRVHS is the one organizing this event and we will keep you posted on when and where the slide show will be in June.
Link below:
Grad Party Info
Interested in helping plan the HRVHS/HROA Class of 2023 Graduation Party?!? It is a parent-created and run event and they would LOVE help!
Please contact: Meriah Solorzano at meriah.Solorzano@yahoo.com for more info.
HRVHS PROM INFO
When: May 20, 2023
Where: Fort Dalles Readiness Center, The Dalles
Time: 8pm - 11pm
Ticket Sales: May 8 - May 19
Guest Forms: Will be available starting May 8th & must be submitted by 4pm on Thursday, May 18
Important Things to Know for the 2023 Prom:
- Currently enrolled 11th & 12th Graders at HRVHS & HROA (Early Grads can be a 'guest' of enrolled student)
- Currently enrolled 9th & 10th Graders do not need a guest form, all others will need a guest form
- Prom voting closed and we will be "sashing" students next week at HRVHS during school hours.
Class of 2023 early graduates can purchase a prom ticket.
A formal invitation will be mailed home to all 11th and 12th graders the first week of May with the following details inside the envelope
Resources
HROA Building Hours
Monday - Thursday: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Friday: 8:00am - 3:00pm