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Weekly JHHS Newsletter from Principal Kablan - 3/6/2022
Parent Directions for Conference Scheduler
John Handley High School Spring Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for March 14, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Go to https://pickatime.com/jhhs/2022spring to schedule a conference with your student’s teachers. Click here for scheduling directions: https://bit.ly/3pomoFM
Spring Sports Meeting
Reminder of the Spring Sports Parent Meeting on Monday, March 7th at 6 pm in the Patsy Cline Theater.
Voter Registration at Handley!
Future Tech Event
Universal Technical Institute (UTI) is partnering with our local Tri-State Nissan to offer our students a "Future Tech Event". This will be held from 12:30-1:30 on Thursday, March 24th.
If you're interested in attending, please see Ms. Applegate (Room 1309 @ JHHS) or Ms. Weinstein (Room 146 @ EGSIC) for a permission slip. This is limited to the first 40 students that turn in a permission form. FORMS ARE DUE BY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16.
See the flyer regarding the event here.
PTSO Corner
The PTSO is pleased to co-sponsor dinner for our faculty and staff before Parent/Teacher Conference Night. We could use your support! Please send donations to the Handley front office, with checks payable to the JHHS PTSO. Cash donations are also gratefully accepted! Thank you!
Privacy and Internet Safety
To help kids maximize the Internet's benefits -- while minimizing the risks -- Common Sense Media offers the latest research, tips, and tools on what really keeps kids safe. Answers to the following Privacy and Internet Safety questions are addressed on the linked web page:
How do I protect my kid’s privacy online?
Who is collecting my kids’ data, and what are they doing with it?
Is it safe for teens to use location apps?
What are the Deep Web and the Dark Web?
5 Surefire Ways to Protect Your Kid’s Online Privacy video from the following link: https://d1pmarobgdhgjx.cloudfront.net/parenttip/PT_5Ways_ProtectPrivacy.mp4
Writing SOL Session
Students taking the Writing SOL will be notified by a letter and/or their English 3 teacher or counselor. If your student is taking the Writing SOL on March 15 and 16 they will report to school as usual. Read the mailed letter here for more details. Students NOT taking the writing SOL on these dates will report to school three hours late. Buses will make a second run to pick them up. The bell schedule below will be followed.
Block 1: 11:25-12:01
Block 2: 12:06 - 12:43
Block 3: 12:48 - 2:34
A Lunch 12:48-1:18
B Lunch 1:23-1:53
C Lunch 2:04-2:34
Block 4: 2:39 - 3:15
FBI Richmond Teen Academy
Juniors and seniors for the 2022-2023 school year are invited to apply to our Teen Academy to see first-hand the exciting work the FBI does. Students will hear from special agents and intelligence analysts on topics including counterterrorism, cyber crime and civil rights and will participate in hands-on activities with our forensics evidence collection team and bomb techs. Our recruitment team and college interns will be on-site to answer questions about career paths and future employment.
The Teen Academy is a free program that will be held at our office in Richmond on July 26th and 27th. The application is available now through March 4th at: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/richmond/community-outreach.
VBA Bank Day Scholarship Program
F&M Bank is excited to be participating again this year with a Virtual Bank Day to be held on Friday, March 25th, 2022, from 9 am-12 pm. In order to participate, students must be a high school senior with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. From their experience, the students are required to write an essay. Seven scholarships (six regional and one statewide) will be awarded on the basis of the essays.
These students would have the opportunity to win one of six $2,500 regional scholarships. Regional winners will then be entered into a statewide competition to win an additional $5,000 scholarship. Six honorable mention scholarships of $1,000 each will also be granted (one in each of the six regions). In all, $26,000 worth of scholarships are awarded through this program.
Interested students can directly sign up online at https://www.formpl.us/form/2087496020. Students will enter F&M Bank as the institution name. If you have any questions, call Nicole Davis at 540-437-3471
Summer Courses Through LFCC
Senior Information Page on JHHS Website
Seniors, be sure to check out the Senior Information page on our website for lots of important information, including scholarship opportunities (scroll down on this page for a full list of scholarships and links)!
Attached you will find the form for this year's baby ads for the yearbook.
If you are interested in getting one of these baby ads please print off and fill out the form, attach the pictures you would like in the ad, and bring a check to Mr. Balio in room 204 by Friday, Feb. 25th at 3:15 pm.
No late forms or payments will be accepted because of limited space.
If you need to email the pictures, you can do so by putting the pictures in an email to Mr. Balio (balioc@wps.k12.va.us) and in the subject line put your name's BABY PICTURES. You must still bring the form and a check all by Friday, Feb. 25th at 3:15 pm in order to get your baby ad in the yearbook.
Senior Event's Information from Senior Class Sponsors
Student Request for Research Assistance
Library News
March is finally here, and so are some beautiful new books. Take a look at this presentation created by our COE student to find out about our newest arrivals in the JHHS Library. Then march right in to check one out before they fly off the shelves like the birds coming back from their winter migration.
Counseling News
Please find attached the application for Mountain Vista Governor's School for the 2022-2023 school year.
https://www.wps.k12.va.us/Page/12461
2022 Student Application with Essay Fillable PDF.pdf
This Week's Much Respect Winners!
Congratulations to our Much Respect Award recipients for this week! Keep showing your Handley pride - RESPECT for self, others and your school!
This Week's Winners:
Daliya El Abani nominated by Ms. Strigel
Erlix Umanzor nominated by Ms. Escalante and Ms. Espinosa
Marco Velez nominated by Ms. Green
Blessed Makahamadze nominated by Mr. Aboutaj
Jakiaya Cook nominated by Mr. McKiernan
Twilight School Recommendations
As we approach the middle of the 2nd grading period for the 2021-2022 school year, it is important to keep students on-track for on-time graduation. Twilight School is available to help students to make up work and gain classroom assignment assistance so that each may have the opportunity to experience success for the grading period. We have teachers just waiting to help our students in our after-school program, Monday-Thursday, 3:20 PM-4:20 PM and transportation is provided. Please note: there will be no Twilight School on Monday, March 14th and Wednesday, March 23rd. Please complete the Twilight School Parent Referral form at this link (https://bit.ly/30qgdIf) if your student will enroll.
Parents/guardians, please take a moment this week to check your student's currents grades in PowerSchool.
SchoolCash Online
Loaner Chromebooks
Loaner Chromebooks have moved to the library. Please see the following procedures for borrowing a Chromebook.
If you forget your Chromebook, you will need to pick up a loaner in the library BEFORE school starts or as soon as you arrive from the EGSIC in the afternoon.
You should NOT return the loaner at the end of each block, but instead keep it until 3:00 or until leaving for the EGSIC in the afternoon.
We do not have loaner CHARGERS. Please ask your teacher if they have a charger you may borrow while in their classroom. If not, you will need to come to the library to borrow a Chromebook.
Losing your loaner privileges:
You may not check out a loaner more than 9 times per quarter. You will need to get in the habit of bringing the chromebook that was issued to you.
If you fail to return the loaner to the library at the end of the day 3 times in one quarter, including leaving the device unattended or in a teacher’s classroom, you will not be allowed to borrow a Chromebook for the remainder of the quarter.
If you lose a loaner Chromebook or damage it in any way, you will be held financially responsible for replacement of the device, and you will not be allowed to borrow another Chromebook until this has been taken care of.
Handley Parking Permits
Students are permitted to park on school premises as a matter of privilege, not of right. If you are going to be driving to school for the 2021-2022 school year and parking in the Handley parking lot, you must obtain a parking permit. Below you will find instructions on how to register your car and obtain a parking permit.
Vehicle’s year, make, model, & color
License plate number, Driver’s license number, & owner of the car
Paying for and receiving your parking permit
See the school treasurer (main office) to pay the $25 parking fee.
Take the receipt to the main office administrative assistants, and they will assign you a parking space and give you a parking permit.
Last: Hang the parking permit from your rear view mirror
The parking permit must be visible.
The permit will have a number on it. That number is your assigned spot for the year.
You may only park in your assigned spot during school hours. If you fail to park in your spot or break any parking lot rules, you may lose your privilege to park in the lot and on school property.