HHS FEE NIGHT Tuesday, August 30 from 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

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1 August 26, 2016 CFA Newsletter (w/o attachments) Dear CFA Students and Parents, Is it Friday already the week has FLOWN by! We have been working diligently at getting our school ready for our teachers to return next week and for our students to return in two weeks! We are putting plans in place for a great school year We would like to start this CFA Newsletter with a HUGE THANK YOU to our CFA student volunteers who helped as tour guides and ushers at our Freshman Orientation yesterday. Many, many, many thanks to Genie Atran, Raychel Bond, Olivia Dunham, Jada Dandridge, Parris Hague, Jianna Hurt, Grace Mewborn, Adelaide O Connor, Nick Rice, Asia Wright, and Isabelle Zoulis for making orientation day a great day for our new Warriors! CFA NEWS HHS FEE NIGHT Tuesday, August 30 from 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. The HHS Fee Night will be on Tuesday, August 30 from 2:00-7:30! This is a change from the past years we are holding only ONE FEE NIGHT this year! There are NO ASSIGNED times you just simply stop by at your convenience anytime between 2:00-7:30. At Fee Night you will get your class schedule, pay fees, visit the CFA and FCFA table!, and pick up your laptop computer (if you have paid your fees and completed your agreement form.) Here s what you need to do on FEE NIGHT you might want to print this out and bring it with you so you know where to go! 1. COURSE SCHEDULES you can pick up your course schedule from Ms. Johnson in the SOUTH COMMONS 2. CFA INFO and TRANSPORTATION you can visit Dr. Poxon at the CFA table in the SOUTH COMMONS if you have any questions about CFA/Transportation 3. TO PAY FEES ALL CFA students will report to the CFA BLACK BOX THEATRE to pay fees! 4. LAPTOP COMPUTERS you can pick-up your laptop computers in the?? after you have paid your fees in the BLACK BOX THEATRE 5. JOIN FCFA and purchase FCFA SPIRITWEAR the FCFA will have tables in the SOUTH COMMONS and in the BLACK BOX THEATRE! Please note if you cannot attend Fee Night, you can pay your fees online in fact, you can pay your fees online now! Ms. Johnson, our HHS Counseling Director, wants to send this cautionary note:

2 Dear Parents, Some of you may have experienced some discrepancies in the new online fee payment system. Those discrepancies are being corrected. Please give the system at least 24 hours to be updated. If you have already paid fees, please double check the system in the next 24 hours to ensure all fees are reflected for your student. Sorry for this inconvenience. Please contact Ms. Johnson if you have any questions. So please contact Ms. Johnson if you have any trouble paying fees online! Also if you cannot attend Fee Night, you can also view your class schedule in Power School beginning Friday, September 2. BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT Please mark on your calendars that Monday, September 19 (NOTE: the wrong date was posted in last week s Newsletter (sorry!!) make sure you have the correct date! Time still TBA) will be Henrico s BACK-TO-SCHOOL night. This is a great opportunity for you to meet your student s teachers and to get to know the HHS campus. More information about BACK- TO-SCHOOL night will become available as time gets closer. TRANSPORTATION School bus information will be available for ALL students this year in PowerSchool. This includes specialty center students riding to/from the transfer hub as well as exceptional education students. All students eligible for transportation should have a bus assignment. The only exception will be those that did not complete the registration process. Parents will be able to access bus information on September 1, Refer your parents to the Henricoschools.us website for more information and links to powerschool. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Any parents or students having specific questions can contact our main number at We will have a Call Center opening the last week in August to assist as many people as we can prior to the first day of school. Alyson Beverly Technical Support Specialist III Department of Pupil Transportation (804)

3 CFA Calendar of Events For those of you who like to plan ahead, this is the CFA Calendar of Events for the school year. Please mark your calendars now!! Please note that all performances and galleries are MANDATORY for CFA students all students receive a GRADE for their rehearsals and performances so please plan ahead NOW! For performing arts students (dance, musical theatre, theatre), you must also plan on being at rehearsal every week night leading up to a performance, and you will receive a grade for each night of rehearsal. For Visual Arts students, you must plan on hanging the show at least one night and attending the Showcase at least one night the Arts Teachers will give you more information about this. A more detailed performance/rehearsal schedule will be available in the fall, but please mark your calendars now! The CFA faculty and staff thank you in advance for your cooperation Performance Dates for all current and incoming CFA students 2016 September 15 FCFA Ice Cream 7:00 p.m. HHS Main Commons FCFA fall partnership drive November 18 and 19 Visual Arts Fall 5:00 7:00 p.m. CFA Jeff Hall Gallery November 18 and 19 Performing Arts Fall 7:30 p.m. HHS Auditorium (Tech week night November 14-17) 2017 January 21 February 4 March March 31-April 1 April April 22 May 12 CFA Audition Workshop for new students CFA Auditions for new students (Audition snow date is Saturday, February 11) Theatre Spring 7:30 p.m. HHS Auditorium (Tech week night March 20-23) Dance Spring 7:30 p.m. in HHS Auditorium (Tech week night March 27-30) Musical Theatre Spring 7:30 p.m. in HHS Auditorium (Tech week night April 17-20) Visual Arts Spring 5:00-7:00 p.m. CFA Jeff Hall Gallery Senior Theatre 7:30 p.m. in CFA Black Box Theatre

4 May 16 May 19 May 26 June 2 June 3 CFA New Student 7:00 p.m. in HHS Auditorium Senior Musical Theatre 7:30 p.m. in HHS Auditorium Senior Visual Art Showcase 7:00 p.m. Art Works 320 Hull Street, Richmond, VA ( ) Senior Dance 7:30 Grace Street Theatre, VCU Tickets $5 and SOLD IN ADVANCE in the CFA Office. CFA Honors and Awards 11:00 a.m. HHS Auditorium Picnic to follow in HHS Main Commons/lawn For more information about these events, please call or visit our website: CFA TRIP TO SPAIN 2017 Dear CFA Spain Trip folks, Please remember that we are now meeting on TUESDAY, September 27 at 6:30 in the CFA Black Box Theatre. I hope you got my over the summer (late June) and that you have been working on your homework getting passports, luggage and walking shoes! I ll send a separate reminder with more details very soon, but in the meantime, please mark your calendars for September 27!! Please mark your calendars for TUESDAY, September 27 at 6:30 p.m. for our next Spain Trip Meeting!

5 SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS I m guessing that you have finished your summer assignments, right?!! If not, you d better get started soon! You should have a summer assignment from your CFA teacher, as well as summer reading assignments for your English classes. *The CFA Summer Assignments/Syllabus/Supply List can be found on the CFA website: (click on the tab for current students and scroll down to Find your course syllabus and summer assignment here ). *The English reading lists and AP Assignments are posted on the HHS website: If you can t find your assignments, please let me know and I ll do what I can to help. ****************************************************************************************** Friends of Center for the Arts (FCFA) Corner Website: friendsofcfa@gmail.com Like our Facebook page: Ice Cream Extravaganza & Friends of Center for the Arts Membership Meeting

6 Join us Thursday, September 15th at 7:00pm in the Commons outside of the Auditorium Ice Cream, Bowls, spoons, scoops provided. Bring your favorite topping - chocolate, fruit, sprinkles, caramel, etc. or a case of bottled water. Come meet other CFA students and parents and meet the officers of the FCFA, committee heads and learn about the Friends organization. Join the friends, and sign up to be a part of CFA events! There is also a CONTEST the individual CFA class with the highest percentage of PARENTS in attendance at the Ice Cream Social will win a PIZZA PARTY for their class! So parents please come to the Ice Cream Social there will be a special Sign-In Sheet for you to sign and help your student s class WIN! Please use the link to the Sign Up Genius listed below to let us know what you would like to bring and if you would like to help set up, serve, or clean up. **RSVP by Tuesday, September 13th to the CFA Office( so we have enough ice cream!)** ********************************************************************************************* HENRICO HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Attention rising seniors. The deadline to register for the October 1 st SAT comes early this year. If you are a senior that has yet to take the SAT s this would be a good time to take it. Please go to and select the SAT link to register by September 1st for the October 1 st test administration. Thank you,

7 The College Board is hosting a monthly webinar series to help parents support their children on the journey to college. The topics include preparing for the SAT test, learning about AP courses, applying for financial aid and more. I encourage you to post information about the upcoming SAT webinar on your website, newsletter, or on social media. Getting Ready for the SAT Start this school year with the latest information about the SAT and how your child can be successful on their path to college. The College Board and Khan Academy have teamed up to help students (and parents) get ready for test day with free, personalized SAT practice tools. We want parents to know what s on the test, how students can prepare for free on Official SAT Practice, and how colleges use test scores. Don t miss this information, straight from the makers of the test! When: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 7:00 pm EST Panelists: Aaron Lemon-Strauss, The College Board; Elizabeth Slavitt, Khan Academy; and Patty Peek, Director of Admission at Fordham University Register Here Janet Swandol, Senior Director, K-12 State and District Partnerships The College Board T M jfswandol@collegeboard.org Challenging all students to own their future. STUDENT OPPORTUNITES ATTENTION all Performing Arts Students (and parents) Attached to this CFA Newsletter is a listing of theatrical plays and musicals that will be performed at various venues during the school year. This list will come in handy if you are searching for a performance to attend for your Theatre Log projects. This list will also be posted on the CFA Website: Many thanks to Ms. Moody for compiling this list for us! So go out and see some shows! No excuses! Spotlight Gallery to Host Through the Eyes of a Foster Child Richmond, VA The City s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities in collaboration with Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) will host an exhibit at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Road. The Spotlight Gallery exhibit titled Through the Eyes of a Foster Child will open on August 26 with a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Spotlight Gallery exhibit will be on display until September 9 when it will close with a poetry reading inspired by the exhibit.

8 The art exhibited will represent works by international children who are or have been part of the CCC Foster Care services. The exhibited works will express the themes of family, love, friends, freedom and hope through a variety of mediums, says Bebe Tran, coordinator of the project and CCC Foster Parent Specialist. Our budding youth artists were able to choose from creative writing, painting, drawing, sculpture, 3-D art, or photography to produce their works of art. Spotlight Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. For more information please contact Shaunn Casselle at (804) ### Visit our website at VIRGINIA THIS MORNING -WTVR Get to Know Fellowships: Free Funding for Virginia s Artists and Art Historians Untitled, Kyle Falzone, Undergraduate Fellowship Recipient Learn more about the VMFA Fellowship Program with this free discussion open to practicing and aspiring artists and art historians. Fellowship Program Coordinator Jenny Harding will provide a history of the program and review the eligibility requirements as well as helpful hints for navigating the application process. When: Fri, Sep 16, 1 2 pm Where: VMFA Pauley Center Parlor Cost: Free, no tickets required Go to website

9 Visual Arts Fellowships Virginia Museum of Fine Arts VMFA is NOW accepting applications for the following fellowships: $8,000 Professional $6,000 Graduate $4,000 Undergraduate. Professional artists, graduate and undergraduate art students, graduate art history students, and college-bound high school seniors may apply. Visit where you will find details about eligibility and an application. Application deadline: 5pm, November 4, 2016 Jenny Harding Fellowship Program Coordinator Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N. Boulevard Richmond, VA t: e: jenny.harding@vmfa.museum

10 ***************************************************************** Thanks for reading all this! Have a great weekend! And teachers enjoy your last weekend and see you Monday Best, Dr. P