Principal’s Message - Week of April 25-29
Marc J. Cohen, Ed. D.
Please note that it is not my intent to be all-inclusive in this message. There are far too many school
events happening every day for me to mention them all. Please continue to read our Eagles Bulletin and
Twitter feed for important announcements and visit our school homepage regularly for updates. Have a
great week.
Announcements
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Primary Election Day – Tuesday, April 26th is Primary Election Day. All schools and offices are
closed that day to facilitate voting.
Prom – Friday, April 29th is the 2016 Prom. All juniors and seniors will participate in a Prom
Promise assembly that morning, whether they are planning on attending prom or not. Students
attending the prom are required to attend school on Friday. Any student requesting an early
dismissal before the end of 4th period will not be allowed to attend the prom. All students
attending the prom but leaving school early are required to sign out immediately following the
Prom Promise assembly at tables that will be set up in the auditorium hallway.
The Senior Panoramic picture will be re-taken on Friday, April 29, 2016.
May 2-May 6 is Staff Appreciation Week. This is a great opportunity for you or your child to
express their thanks to our hard-working, committed, tenacious, and caring staff.
AP and IB testing starts next week. For a full schedule of exams, please visit
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/senecavalleyhs/news/AP%20IB
%20Testing%20Calendar%20MAY%202016%20rev.pdf
Parents of seniors: This is a reminder that third marking period report cards were distributed to
students last week. My staff is working hard to identify seniors for whom graduation is now at risk as a
result of failing grades. While they will be sending home letters and making phone calls home in the
coming days, it is a really good idea to review your child’s report card yourself as well and to contact
his/her guidance counselor or administrator right away if you see something that concerns you. I am
looking forward to handing your child a diploma on June 3rd and would hate to have anyone miss out
when they are this close to graduating.
Senior Exam Schedule: A copy of the senior exam schedule can be found at the bottom of this
message.
Lunch at SVHS in 2016-2017:
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I want to thank our students, parents, and staff for your active engagement in the examination
of Open Lunch at SVHS. Hundreds of you took the time to send emails, complete surveys,
and/or participate in focus groups as we discussed issues related to school safety, class
attendance, hallway traffic, pedestrian safety, and the logistics of lunch management should a
change be made. Well over 90% of parents and staff who provided feedback supported closing
lunch all together. While most student responses advocated for keeping lunch open, the
majority of the comments from student surveys supported closing lunch in grades nine and ten.
Some students suggested opening lunch to juniors in the second semester of their 11th grade
Updated 4/25/2016
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year. Nearly all supported keeping lunch open for seniors, primarily because so many of them
already leave the building for internships or other college/career related activities at that time.
Effective the first day of school in the 2016-2017 school year, lunch at SVHS will be closed for all
students who are not designated as 12th graders. When a student reaches 12th grade status,
they may request permission to participate in open lunch. This will require a parent permission
slip. Students who are given permission will receive an alternate student ID card that must be
shown when students leave and return from lunch. The logistics required for students to take
advantage of what will now be a senior privilege will be explained to students in my summer
welcome back letter and at our opening class meeting.
Athletics Schedule – Looking for dates and start times or the latest stats on Seneca Valley sporting
events? Don’t forget to visit http://www.svhsathletics.com/.
As always, please don’t hesitate to call me or any member of my administrative team if you have any
questions or concerns. Thank you for your continued support of Seneca Valley.
Marc Cohen – Principal
Ivan Aranha – Assistant School Administrator (Students with last names A-Geg)
Brian Beaubien – Assistant Principal (Students with last names Geh-Ore)
Dyan Gomez – Assistant Principal (Students with last names Orf-Z)
Monique Riddick – School Business Administrator
SENECA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
2016 HSA Testing and Senior Exams/Activities Schedule
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The bell schedules for the weeks of HSA Testing is listed below. If you are not scheduled
to take a HSA test on Monday or Tuesday, then your arrival time to school is 11:10am.
The buses will run on a normal schedule. If you use bus transportation and do not have to
take the HSA test on Monday or Tuesday, you will be expected to remain in the
cafeteria/study hall until the regular schedule resumes. All students taking the HSA test
on Monday or Tuesday must report on time (7:45 am) for each test.
Seniors must be present for senior exams. The senior exam for each course counts
as 25% of the Quarter 4 grade. All seniors must report to classes on the days of their
exams.
Once a senior completes a senior exam on the designated day, the senior does not
return to that class again.
Seniors will not have access to their lockers after May 27th. All items left in lockers
after May 27th will be removed.
Senior Exam Review Day is WEDNESDAY, the 18th.
Updated 4/25/2016
MONDAY, MAY 23
7:45 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. GOVERNMENT HSA
11:10 – 11:57am
Lunch
12:02pm – 12:35pm
Period 1
12:40 – 1:13pm
Period 2
1:18 – 1:51pm
Period 3
1:56 – 2:30pm
Period 4
TUESDAY, MAY 24
7:45 a.m. –11:10 a.m. BIOLOGY HSA
11:10 – 11:57am
Lunch
12:02am – 12:47pm
Period 6
12:52 – 1:39pm
Period 7
1:42 – 2:30pm
Period 8 ---Senior Exam
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
Regular Bell Schedule
Period 6---Senior Exam
Period 7---Senior Exam
Seniors leave at 1:37 pm
THURSDAY, MAY 26
Regular Bell Schedule
Period 3 – Senior Exam
Period 4 – Senior Exam
Seniors leave at 11:57am
FRIDAY, MAY 27
Last day of school for Seniors
Regular Bell Schedule
Period 1 – Senior Exam
Period 2 – Senior Exam
Senior Locker Cleanout (9:30 – 9:50 am)
Seniors leave after Senior Locker Cleanout
MONDAY, MAY 30
MEMORIAL DAY – NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY, MAY 31
GOVERNMENT Make-up
Regular Bell Schedule
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
BIOLOGY HSA Make-up
Regular Bell Schedule
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
Regular Bell Schedule
Graduation Rehearsal (7:30 – 11:30am)
Senior Picnic (12 – 5pm)
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
GRADUATION – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Updated 4/25/2016