Please join us on Wednesday, April 6th at 7pm for an LGBTQ+ Family Allyship Workshop webinar, brought to you in partnership with Dave Edwards of Gender Inclusive Schools.

This workshop will provide examples of ways to teach your kids about S.O.G.I.E (sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression) organizing family diversity events, advocating for LGBTQ-inclusive policies and training for school staff, and concrete language your family can use to interrupt bias-based behaviors in community settings. Every participant will leave with a wealth of resources to share with the members of their school community!

Please click here to register for the event. For those who are unable to attend, a recording will be made available.

Speaker Bio: Dave Edwards, PhD (ABD), MAT, has served as a teacher and administrator in multiple school districts across the country. He has held full-time faculty positions in the teacher preparation programs at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Hamline University. As the founder of Gender Inclusive Schools, and a Welcoming Schools national facilitator, Dave provides whole-staff training and consultation to wide-ranging audiences across the United States and Canada. Over the last 3 years, he has trained and supported educators in over 200 different school districts and independent schools! Dave serves on the board of the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition and his family is heavily involved with Transforming Families MN, an organization that supports families/caregivers with gender-expansive children. As a parent advocate, Dave has been quoted in national publications such as the New York Times, NBC News, and Rolling Stone. Dave and his wife Hannah were recognized with the 2019 Ann Kaner-Roth Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign.

Similarly, if you would like to be placed in a course for which you do not meet the prerequisite (as listed in the 2022-23 HVCHS Program of Studies) please submit a Course Waiver Form to your counselor prior to the April 15th deadline.

Please be sure to complete your Graduation Survey in Naviance by clicking "About Me" on the top menu bar, then "Graduation Survey" (see screenshot below). This is a very quick and simple task, but also extremely important!

Class of 2024 - Please complete your Student and Parent Brag Sheets in Naviance ASAP. These brag sheets are required so that your counselor can write you the best letter of recommendation possible. College paperwork cannot be processed with out this letter!

You can log into Naviance here, and if you forget your password, you can click "Forgot Password" and Naviance will send a temporary password to your school email that you can go in and reset. In Naviance, you can access your brag sheets via "About Me," then "Surveys from your School."

Note: Parents do not have a separate parent account.

Option II allows students to obtain credit for learning experiences outside of the traditional classroom environment, which meet or exceed the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and are based on student interest or career goals. Students may elect to apply for HVCHS credit and/or advancement of a course level through distance learning, college coursework or coursework taken outside of HVCHS.

All Option II courses must be approved ahead of time, and applications are due by May 15th, 2022. The application can be found here.

For more information please visit our Option II FAQ page and contact your counselor with any questions!

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

Rachel Curran - School Counselor - rachelcurran@hvrsd.org x3525

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

Una Hong - School Counselor - unahong@hvrsd.org x3518

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

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

Ryan Stingel - Virtual Pathways Counselor - ryanstingel@hvrsd.org

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

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

Molly Lytle - Administrative Assistant - mollylytle@hvrsd.org x3523