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Voorhees High School
Principal's Newsletter-October/November 2016
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Important dates to remember:
November
- 4 Senior Breakfast
Spiritfest Pep Rally
Milk Can Game @ North 7:00pm
- 7 Senior Class Photo
- 8 Election Day
- 10 School Closed - NJEA Convention
- 11 School Closed - NJEA Convention
- 15 8th Gr. Parent Night - Auditorium 7:00pm
Board of Education Meeting - D.O. 7:00pm
- 16 National Honor Society Induction
- 17 Teen Pep Family - Night Cafe 6:30 - 8:30
Financial Aid Night
- 19 Music Association Craft Festival
- 23 Early Dismissal 11:55am
AP Scholar Ceremony
- 24 - 25 School Closed - Thanksgiving
- 29 Mind of the Parent: Best Practices for Parenting Today's Student, 7:00pm Auditorium
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CONGRATULATIONS NJ STEM SCHOLARS
Victoria Bigdelle
Class of 2017, is a member of the National Honor Society and the Tennis and Swim teams. Upon graduation, she plans to continue her education in the field of medicine.
Claire Furino
Class of 2017, is a member of the tennis and soccer teams. She is also a participant in Model U.N. she plans to study biomedical engineering upon graduation.
Francesca Puglia
Class of 2017, she plans to explore engineering further as she continues her education. Francesca is an active participant in her high school’s field hockey team, Spanish Club, Key Club, and the Journal of Youth Science Club, B Positive Club, and Relay for Life.
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4th Annual Zombie 5K Run/1 Mile Walk was a success!!!
Thank you to all who came out to support the Education Foundation.
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Students for Change
Traveled to Camden on October 7, 2016, to participate in an overnight exchange with students from Camden. The purpose of the event was to allow the teens to have conversations and activities with people with whom they would otherwise not likely engage. The experience involved a short concert, indoor water park, water polo, basketball and other gym games, board games, video games, and outdoor field games – including kick ball at 3 a.m. Nancy Anne Castello, club advisor, organized the event and was accompanied by chaperones Melanie Kerr and James Whitehead.
The trip was a huge success!
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CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS,
2016 SPIRITFEST WINNERS
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The 2016 SpiritFest competition was held the week of October 31st leading up to the Milk Can Game on Friday, November 4th. Students did a great job showing their school spirit and getting into this year's theme of Decades. Below are photos of the decorations and the winning classes in each competition. Nice job Vikes!
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Competition winners:
- Pie Eating Contest - James Weber of Class of 2017
- Penny Wars - Senior class
- Red and Gold Day - Freshman class
- Decorations - Senior class
- Pep Rally Skits - Senior class
- Tug of War - Seniors
FOOD DRIVE TOTALS
Sophs = 134.6 lbs
Frosh = 163.1 lbs
Juniors = 866.2 lbs
Seniors = 1087.6 lbs
Spirit Fest Food Drive Total = 2251.5 pounds!!! WAY TO GO VIKES!!
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Congratulations Boys Cross Country
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They recently captured their 4th straight HWS County Championship and their 3rd straight Skyland Conference Championship.
Pictured left to right are:
Ryan Morello, Maxwell Page, Joseph Capone, Chris Romero, Evan Minor, Jacob Dispenza, Franklin Musnuff
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Congratulations Field Hockey
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The Field Hockey team captured the North II Group 2 State Sectional Championship with a 1-0 OT win over Hackettstown on November 3rd.
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CONGRATULATIONS MARCHING BAND
1st place
with a score of 80.9 at the Hopewell Valley Competition on October 8th.
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MUSIC ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL
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Winter Festival Features Crafters, Music, Games, Food and Fun!
Do some holiday shopping, have some fun, and support the Voorhees Music Programs at the 7th annual Voorhees High School Music Association Winter Festival on Saturday, November 19, 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE.
The festival, held indoors at the high school, features more than 100 crafters and vendors offering everything from knitwear to soaps to jewelry to baked goods to fine crafted woods and dozens of other unique items perfect for holiday gift giving or for enriching your own home. Many of the vendors and crafters are from Hunterdon, Morris and Warren counties, so it’s a great way to support local small business people.
This year, Winter Festival will also include live performances from the hardworking vocal and instrumental music students at Voorhees High School.
The festival will also have plenty to keep the kids busy so they won’t get bored while you shop. There will be carnival-style games, face-painting, sand art and prizes for the kids. And no one needs to worry about getting hungry, as there will be a variety of foods for lunching or snacking.
The first 1000 adults to attend will get a free chance to win gift cards to local businesses!
Proceeds from the festival benefit the Voorhees High School Music Association, which supports the school’s talented teen musicians and vocalists, by providing instruments, enrichment opportunities and scholarships for Voorhees students.
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UNIFIED P.A.C.T. CLUB ACTIVITIES
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UNIFIED P.A.C.T. CLUB MEMBERS
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Video Club
Something new!
Jeremy Brandt
& members of the
Video Club are producing a new talk show at VHS this year,
The Viking Voice. The first episode of
The Viking Voice was broadcast on October 18th. The show concentrated on the topic of
Bullying, which was influenced by
The Week of Respect. The host of the show was junior
Scott Schenkel, and the guest panel was made up of HIB specialists and counselors
Jen Komoroski and
Beth Nemeth, sophomore
Anna Moffett, and junior
Nathan Pfingst. This episode has been posted online and is being promoted through the Voorhees Facebook page as well as on
The Morning Show.
The
Video Club is currently finalizing its second episode to air on November 8th prior to Veterans Day. A special thank you to local US Veterans Jim Finney, Michael Hafke, and Donald Jordan for coming into the TV studio to share some of their extraordinary experiences.
Click here for:
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On October 20th,
Mr. Mazzella, Mr. Sorg, Mrs. Blaustein, Mr. Gallo and Mr. Schuetz took a group of fifty students from NHHS and VHS on a field trip to the
Exxon-Mobil High Performance Computing Group. The students participated in several activities involving supercomputing and careers in computer science. Students and staff who participated have been surveyed. The resulting data will be shared with ExxonMobil and the Board of Education.
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Seniors went on their first 4th-grade writing mentoring visit to High Bridge Elementary School last week.
Nancy Anne Castello is the mentoring advisor. It turned out to be a great success!
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Voorhees High School, 256 County Road 513, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826. Tel: (908) 638-2199
www.nhvweb.net/vhs
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