These AP Biology Hawks got their "glow on"! 🌟
They completed a bacterial transformation which inserted a jellyfish glo gene into a strain bacteria! After incubating overnight, the bacteria can now glow under UV light! 🧫🦠
🚨We appreciate our awesome security staff! They SOAR above ensuring staff, students, & community members are safe and follow school policy. Chase Morgan designed and built a shelving unit for the security booth to assist their efforts for our Hawks! #safety&security #hawkyeah
Ms. Finlay’s AP Psychology classes are wrapping up their “case study” people, applying new knowledge of the sympathetic nervous system, brain structures, neurotransmitters, and endocrine system with creative stories to match! #brainscience #appsych #flyfearlessly #hawkyeah
Congrats to chorus members Trista Coltellino and Ava Gorman for being selected to All-VA Chorus! ✨ They will go to the event in April to perform with some of the best singers from across the state. 🎵🎶 #chorus #sing #hawkyeah
Señora Yates' Spanish students created their own "alebrije" after learning about their cultural significance as Mexican folk art 🇲🇽✨
We are so proud of our talented 20 Hawks who represented Hickory for District Chorus this past weekend! They had a great time with their guest conductors making wonderful music 🎶
Our Chesapeake Virtual Academy (CVA) is proud to offer fully online courses to students enrolled in Chesapeake Public Schools. Serving students in grades K-12, CVA offers a wide range of core and elective classes, including Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment courses, and provides special education services for students with disabilities, gifted enrichment opportunities, and services for English language learners.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-2025 school year. Students remain connected to their home schools and may participate in all sports, clubs, and extracurricular activities. New and returning students should apply online by March 5, 2024. Learn more and apply online: http://cpschools.com/cva
Middle and high school families are invited to a family forum about the fentanyl epidemic on Feb. 20 at Indian River High School. In partnership with Chesapeake Police, we will discuss the epidemic and how to support your child. Register to attend: http://tinyurl.com/CPSNotMyKid
📢 Calling all artistic Hawks! 🎨✏️Have you seen this awesome opportunity posted on Mr. Burkhart's door (room 243)? If you're interested in this art competition stop by to see him for more information!
Our PTSA is "souper"! They hosted a "Souper Bowl" lunch complete with various soups, chilis, salad, and dessert for our Staffulty! We appreciate their hard work and commitment to our school community ✨🫶🏽 #PTSA #hawkyeah #flyfearlessly #chiefsorniners
Hickory High Staffulty has accepted the challenge of Second Semester✌with open arms! They are pumped to finish the school year strong, full of fun, and collaboration! #flyfearlessly #gameon #hawkyeah #secondsemester
Hawks kick off second semester! 🥈
Mrs. Reed's Biology class did a STEM challenge last week of trying to make the tallest free standing spaghetti noodle tower that would hold a marshmallow. 🗼The winning tower was 65m tall! #hawkyeah #secondsemester
Literary Magazine is so excited to see the works of all of our creative Hawks! Below is a link for submission form for any art or literature pieces; prizes will be passed out biweekly to homeroom teachers.
https://forms.gle/nAGXR9UAxM2UzV2C8
VHSL One Act Festival Region 5A Sectionals 2024! A special congratulations to Mason Allen and Dylan Lucas who won Outstanding Achievement in Acting Awards! #congratulations #vhsl #oneact #region5A
Seniors: If you are looking for scholarships please check the Class of 24 Canvas Group and ScholarshipVue regularly! 💵 Many scholarships have been posted in recent weeks. If you have questions or need any help with your scholarship search please see Mrs. Lennon in the Guidance Office.
🎉 Join us in saluting the service of over 800 school board members in Virginia for School Board Appreciation Month! The 2024 theme — The Heart of Education: Our School Board — acknowledges that the school board is at the heart of the education system, guiding it with kindness and care. The month-long observance is an opportunity to build a stronger understanding of the crucial role school boards assume in a constitutional republic. School boards voluntarily tackle the enormous job of governing public school divisions, while preserving the core of our democratic values. #CPSCelebrates
EVMS Health Science Academy: Rising 10th-graders may be eligible for a special learning opportunity this summer through the EVMS Health Sciences Academy. To learn more, read the EVMS Health Science Academy Fact Sheet. The deadline to apply is February 29, 2024. Applications are available here. If you have any questions, please contact Lori Martin, Supervisor for Career and Technical Education at Lori.Martin@cpschools.com
Mrs. Mooring's AP Government Capstone Project: our Hawks filled backpacks with food and school supplies for students in need! #servicelearning #community #HawksHaveHeart #wearehickory
Join us on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. to learn how students in grades 11 & 12 can get a start on college through dual enrollment courses offered in collaboration with Tidewater Community College. 🎓📚
Register at: http://tinyurl.com/CPSdualenrollment
Students in Mrs. Reed's Honors Biology class made bread in a bag this week to show the process of respiration! #biology #wearehickory
