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Student
Achievement: Twenty-one
Schools Earn Placement In Cobb's Advanced Placement
Certified Schools
Program. Eleven high schools have met the
required criteria for inclusion in the District's Advanced
Placement Certified
Schools (APCS) Program. The APCS program began in 2004 as a means of making
challenging honors and AP classes
accessible to
more students and support high achievement in the course work. Hillgrove High School was awarded the
Affiliate
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Dates and Events
to Remember
SAT question of the day
Seniors....Countdown to
graduation! Click
Graduation info
for
updated (05-05-2008) graduation information.
May 5-16......AP Test Administered..............Click
AP Test Calendar
May 6-9....Yearbook Lottery
-We will
have a lottery for the 35 additional yearbooks. Students may come to
room 2317 beginning on Tuesday, May 6th to enter the lottery.
If the student wins a book, payment of $100 must be received by May
13th. Winners of the lottery will be announced on Friday, May 9th.
If a winner does not pay for the book by May 13th, another name will
be drawn.
May 12 End of Course Testing
-Biology, 9th Lit, American Lit
May13 End of Course Testing
-Biology, 9th Lit, American Lit
May 13....How to be a successful Senior
-5:30-6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria
May 13...Hillgrove High School Honor's Night
-At 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium
-This is a night to recognize the best and hard working students
at Hillgrove High.
May 15.....Yearbook distribution
May 19....Seniors 3rd and 4th Period Finals
May 20....Seniors 1st and 2nd Period Finals
May 20......Hillgrove High School Baccalaureate
Ceremony for Class of 2008
-Tuesday @7:00PM at the First Baptist Church of Powder Springs.
All graduating seniors, Hillgrove faculty,
family and
friends are
invited.
May 22....1st and 2nd Period Finals
-Click on the
exam schedule parent letter for
times, and early release form.
May 23....3rd and 4th Period Finals
-Click on the
exam schedule parent letter for
times, and early release form.
May 23......Hillgrove High School Graduation
Commencement
-Commencement (Graduation) for the Class of 2008 will be held at
7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 2008, in the
Hillgrove Football
Stadium. If it rains, graduation will be on Saturday at 8:00 am in
the gymnasium. Detailed information
about the Commencement,
including rehearsal dates/times and tickets, will be provided on or
around February 1, 2008.
Finals Survival Kits
-"Relieve the stress of finals for your student by
purchasing a Finals Survival Kit. Kits are $5 and include
bottled water, pencils,
pen, snacks and a note of encouragement from
you! Send in your order form and payment to the front office by
Monday, May 5.
Please make checks payable to the Hillgrove Academic
Booster Club. The kit will be delivered to your student on the
first day of finals."
For more information click on the
Finals Survival Kit.
June 2-5...Hillgrove Wrestling
Summer Camp (Grade 1st-upcoming high school freshmen)
-Time:
6-8 pm in the Hillgrove main gym
-Cost: $60 per wrestler (Please make checks payable to Hillgrove
Wrestling)
-The camp is designed to help beginning
wrestlers as well as wrestlers with experience. We will concentrate
on offense
and defense from the neutral, top, and bottom positions.
- If you
have questions please contact Coach McSorley at
luke.mcsorley@cobbk12.org.
For more information click on
the
Kids Wrestling Flier.
2009 SPLOST
III...Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax
-Schools
anticipate the Board to act on SPLOST III in their May meeting and
any input from faculty and
community will be valuable. Click on the following link,
Hillgrove's SPLOST
III, to see Hillgrove's list of
items to be completed in a proposed SPLOST III. Cobb County
School District has also setup a website
to help the community with SPLOST III proposal, at the
Cobb County SPLOST III
website.
After School Tutorial Program
-Hillgrove's After School Tutorial Program has started.
Students need to download the ATP form and
turn it in on the first day of tutoring.
Teachers will be working
with groups of students in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social
Studies.
Grove Gear
Hillgrove's school spirit wear store, will be open on
Tuesday and Friday mornings before school from 8-9 a.m. and
on Fridays during lunch
in the cafeteria. Show your school spirit
and get your spirit wear today! New Hawks jewelry collection now on
sale!
eHigh School
-Summer registration for Cobb’s eHigh School begins
Monday, May 5th for all students through Monday, May 19th
at 4 PM. Students and
parents can view course offerings and register for spring session
online by going to
www.cobbk12ehighschool.org Summer session runs
from Tuesday, May 27th through Wednesday, July 9th. with exams being
July 7- 8, 2008. Students taking courses through eHS may access
their courses anywhere internet service is available. For more
information and FAQ’s, please visit the eHigh School website.
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