{"id":3075,"date":"2024-10-17T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/?p=3075"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:00:49","slug":"thursday-october-17-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/thursday-october-17-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, October 17, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To all faculty and students our annual spirit week leading up to the milk can game begins next week.\u00a0 For all those who are not aware this is our annual competition amongst the grades.\u00a0 Each grade will be scored on a variety of different events and competitions which include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first competition is Penny wars where each grade will have a jug in the cafeteria where pennies count towards their score and any silver coins count against their score.\u00a0 So, start bringing those pennies in to support your grade and donate your nickels, dimes and quarters against the other grades!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second competition is Dress up days!\u00a0 The themes are as followed:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday &#8211; Animal Kingdom (Worth 2X the points)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday &#8211; Decades Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday &#8211; Neon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thursday &#8211; Red and Gold<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The third and very important competition is the non-perishable food drive.\u00a0 There are a large number of local families in need during this Holiday season.\u00a0 Voorhees has always been a major contributor to this food drive hosted by Kiwanis to help our local families enjoy a holiday season with their loved ones.\u00a0 There will be green bins on the first floor across from the elevators to donate food.\u00a0 Place your donations in your grade\u2019s bin each day and Key Club will weigh the food.\u00a0 Each grade will be scored on the overall weight of the food brought in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday\u2019s food donations are worth 4x times the points and the bonus item for double points is containers of peanut butter and containers of jelly.\u00a0 Lets kick the week off strong with our donations!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday &#8211; 3x points and bonus is cornbread mix (Read Monday)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday &#8211; 2x points and bonus is canned sweet potatoes (Ready Tuesday)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thursday is normal points and bonus is stuffing mix (Read Wednesday)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday is normal points and bonus is canned vegetables (Read Thursday)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The other competitive events are decorating on Wednesday night and tug of war, skits, and pie eating during the pep rally.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will be a Pride Club Meeting L1 and L2 in room 326 on Friday, 10\/18<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first photo club meeting will be on Tuesday October 22 in room 245.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next video club meeting will be on Wednesday October 23 in room 245.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A reminder that key club will have a general meeting after school in the new cafe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mock trial will be meeting after school on Monday October 21 from 2:30-3:10 in room 321.\u00a0 See Ms. Leonelli with any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bus V-20 is split all week<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attention to all those attending the Fall Rally for Key Club at Six Flags.\u00a0 We are meeting at Voorhees at 7:00 AM to depart for Six Flags.\u00a0 You\u2019ve been emailed some other important information as well.\u00a0 See you Sunday!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attention seniors, there will be a decorating meeting in room 322 today and tomorrow from 2:30-4:00.\u00a0 We could use as much help as possible!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seniors, there are still 15 extra tshirts for sale for spiritfest.\u00a0 All those interested should come to room 322 with $20 to secure your shirt!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Juniors, our spirit fest t-shirt sales are still happening, people who filled out the google form must get their money in to Mrs. Hance or Ms. Nicholson by the end of this week, Friday the 18th. People who haven\u2019t filled out the form but would like a shirt, find Mrs. Hance or Ms. Nicholson ASAP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boo Bags are on sale during L1 and L2!\u00a0 Surprise a friend by purchasing an assortment of candy in a Halloween Boo Bag for $3.\u00a0 Boo Bags will be distributed during period one on Halloween, October 31st.\u00a0 Help raise money for the class of 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual winter festival craft show hosted by the VHS Music Association will take place on Saturday, November 23rd from 9 AM &#8211; 3 PM.\u00a0 There will be over 100 vendors, great food, and music!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Images Art &amp; Literary Club meets every Wednesday after school in the Media Center\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The class of 2028 will be meeting every Wednesday after school in Room 137 from 2:30-3:10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English SAT &amp; ACT Help will be meeting every Thursday after school in room 225 with Mr. Crane\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday Morning Lights (Bible Club) meets every Friday in room 135 at 7am.\u00a0 All are welcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National English Honor Society is holding its October Flash Fiction Contest. The theme is Alien Invasion. For more information about rules and requirements visit the Media Center. Submissions are due by the end of the month<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Juniors &amp; Seniors &#8211; If you are interested in signing up for a college rep visit, do so in Scoir.\u00a0 You must sign up at least two days in advance.\u00a0 If you have questions, please see Mrs. Guidi in the counseling office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can now pre-order a 2025 Voorhees yearbook! Pre-order at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/track.spe.schoolmessenger.com\/f\/a\/pb-C7Xfx9tJr13Vq_Jj38g~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRoyWICP0QkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueWVhcmJvb2tvcmRlcmNlbnRlci5jb20vVwdzY2hvb2xtQgpmz4Iu6GYVZ0zOUhRtbWNnZWVoYW5Abmh2d2ViLm5ldFgEAAAAAQ~~\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.yearbookordercenter.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, use code 4917 for Voorhees.The deadline to order is December 1st, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SAT and ACT Math help will be held in room 340 on Mondays after school with Ms. Wieteszka.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 To all faculty and students our annual spirit week leading up to the milk can game begins next week.\u00a0 For all those who are not aware this is our annual competition amongst the grades.\u00a0 Each grade will be scored on a variety of different events and competitions which include: The first competition is Penny [&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-3075","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\/3075","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=3075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3076,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions\/3076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/vhs\/morning-announcements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}