{"id":2777,"date":"2023-12-08T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:45:09","slug":"friday-december-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/friday-december-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, December 8, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swimmers &#8211; there will be no practice today for boys or girls.\u00a0 You can go home at 2:25.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blue Mountain Skiers and Riders, Ms. Luckhardt has your passes. If you would like to Ski or Ride before school trips start see Ms Luckhardt in Room 144 for your pass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The VHS Key Club is teaming up with the United Way to provide unwrapped gifts for Hunterdon County families in need.\u00a0 Please check your email for the signup genius and a list of items needed.\u00a0 All items need to be brought to VHS by TODAY .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hockey Fans &#8211; The North Hunterdon-Voorhees Hockey Team is playing their first ever game TONIGHT night at the Flemington Ice Arena at 6pm. They are taking on Watchung Hills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">VHS Unified Theatre is presenting High School Musical Jr. TOMORROW\u00a0 at 6pm and Sunday 12\/10 at 2pm.\u00a0 Tickets can be purchased in advance by completing the order form that was emailed to you or by seeing Mrs. Colangelo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Math SAT &amp; ACT help meets EVERY MONDAY after school\u00a0 in room 340 with Ms. Wieteszka<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English SAT &amp; ACT help meets EVERY MONDAY after school in room 225 with Mr. Crane<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next Spanish Club meeting: Wednesday, December 13th afterschool in room 257.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The newly approved Art Club is going to have an interest meeting on Wednesday 12\/13 after school in the art room &#8211; 243.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Voorhees Outdoor Pursuits Club will have its first meeting on Wednesday December 13th in room 247 after school. The OPC is for anyone interested in activities such as rock climbing, adventure courses, hiking, and more. See Mr. Makoski for more info or if you are interested but can&#8217;t make the meeting. ALL are welcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The VHS Music Department has some performances coming up in December:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">December 12th is the\u00a0 WINTER INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT featuring Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble &amp; String Ensemble.\u00a0 December 14th\u00a0 is the WINTER CHORAL CONCERT featuring Concert Choir, Freshmen Choir, Madrigals &amp; Show Choir.\u00a0 Both shows are in the Auditorium at 7pm and are free admission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are just a couple of gift tags on the giving tree in the main office.\u00a0 Please come get one before they are all gone!\u00a0 Remember the following instructions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1) take a tag<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2) sign the spreadsheet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3) purchase the gift(s)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4) wrap the gifts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5) return the wrapped gifts by Friday Dec 15 in the main office<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any questions, contact Mrs. Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Video Club will be having a general interest meeting after school on Monday 12\/18 in room 245.\u00a0 Reach out to Mrs. O\u2019Halloran with any questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Black Student Union will have their first meeting after school on Monday Dec. 18 in room 321, if you are interested and have questions, reach out to Audrey Devine or just show up at Monday\u2019s meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ESEA is collecting bottle caps of all shapes and sizes for a recycling project.\u00a0 There are collection bins outside room 333 and in the media center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Skiers &amp; Snowboarders &#8211; If you are interested in attending the Smugglers\u2019 Notch Overnight Ski Trip the weekend of March 1-3, please be sure to get in all the forms and payment to Mrs. Kerr in room 317.\u00a0 Please reach out to Mrs. Kerr or Ms. Luckhardt with any questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sophomores and Juniors &#8211; If you&#8217;d like to take a course at Hunterdon County Polytech next school year, the early decision deadline to enroll is Friday, December 15th.\u00a0 Applications received after December 15th will be considered as rolling admissions.\u00a0 Please check your email or see your counselor for more information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seniors, please check the Local Scholarships on the Counseling Department website. Please look under Scholarships and Awards at Voorhees Local Scholarships. Check the list bi-weekly for new postings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ice Hockey vs. Watchung Hills &#8211; Flemington Ice Arena &#8211; 6pm \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tomorrow &#8211; vs. Newton &#8211; Skyland Ice World &#8211; 6:30pm\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tomorrow &#8211; Varsity Boys Basketball \u2013 Scrimmage @ Manville &#8211; 10am<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Swimmers &#8211; there will be no practice today for boys or girls.\u00a0 You can go home at 2:25.\u00a0 Blue Mountain Skiers and Riders, Ms. Luckhardt has your passes. If you would like to Ski or Ride before school trips start see Ms Luckhardt in Room 144 for your pass.\u00a0 The VHS Key Club is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-announcements","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2778,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions\/2778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}