Originally delivered on 6/10/2024 8:00 am

SUBJECT: Hoover Notes June 10, 2024

Newsletter
HOOVER NOTES

Hoover Notes will be sent out weekly to help you keep track of important school community news and events. New items are bolded.  Links are blue.

PTA News

This is the last Hoover Notes for the 2023-2024 school year. Many thanks for your incredible support of the PTA and Hoover.  Have a wonderful summer!

  1. Thank you to everyone who bought Amazon gift cards.  We are so close to our goal to give cards to all 118 Hoover staff.   We only need 17 more.  Please purchase physical gift cards from the Hoover Staff's Amazon Wishlist and have them delivered to the "Gift Registry Address" at 11208 River View Drive, Potomac, MD 20854.  
  2. You can still sign up here for the parent sponsored Grade 8 Graduation Pool Party on Thursday 6/13 at Potomac Swim and Tennis.  Please RSVP by 6/12.
  3. Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to the Together in Education program to earn money for Hoover. Click here for more details.
  4. Stay up-to-date with PTA activities when you join the Hoover PTA Facebook Page.
Hoover News
  1. Dr. Kim's May Message is available here.  
  2. A Clap Out for 8th graders is on 6/11 at 2:50 pm.
  3. The 8th Grade Kings Dominion Trip is 6/12 from 8:15 am-7:30 pm.
  4. The Winston Churchill Incoming Ninth Grade Orientation is on 6/13 from 7:45-11:40 am with an optional lunch.  Click here for more information.
  5. Yearbooks are still available but selling fast.  Order here.
  6. Hoover's Music Department is holding a Krispy Kreme donuts fundraiser. You can donate here. Donors will receive an e-certificate for Krispy Kreme donuts. This link will be open until 6/13.
  7. Please use turn signals when entering and exiting the Hoover parking lot at drop off and dismissal. This will help Hoover's Security Staff better direct the flow of traffic.
MCPS Community News
  1. Here is this week's Things to Know newsletter.  In this issue, meet the MCPS graduate who successfully completed three programs, learn more about high school programs for incoming students, deadlines for summer school registration and payments, this summer's back-to-school fair, how you can support students during the GIVE Backpack campaign and more. 
  2. Read the last edition of MCPS QuickNotes, which includes a calendar of events and MCPS news and information.
  3. Churchill HS is offering two WCHS Local Summer and Prep Program opportunities for rising 9th graders.  The classes will run based on enrollment.  Click here for more information.
Student Service Learning (SSL)

Student Service Learning is a Maryland state graduation requirement. 75 SSL hours are required to graduate.  All SSL forms for any service completed after June 1, 2023, must be submitted to a student’s SSL middle school coordinator or high school coordinator by the systemwide deadline of Friday, May 31.  Learn more about the required SSL documentation and find opportunities ahead of the summer months.  If you have questions, email Hoover's SSL Coordinator, Amalia Triantis at Amalia_D_Triantis@mcpsmd.org.

Week of June 10, 2024

6/11  8th Grade Clap Out, 2:50 pm

6/12  8th Grade Kings Dominion Trip, 8:15 am-7:30 pm

6/12  RSVP Deadline for Parent Sponsored 8th Grade Pool Party

6/13  Winston Churchill Incoming Ninth Grade Orientation, 7:45-11:40 am

6/13  Last Day of School, Early Release for Grades 6&7, 12:30 pm

6/13  Parent Sponsored 8th Grade Pool Party, 1-4 pm

6/13  Last Day of the Music Department's Krispy Kreme Fundraiser

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