Sunday Message 5/4/25

Principal’s Message: 

This Quarter we celebrate the Class of 2025! Throughout the next few weeks, we will highlight all of the Senior activities quickly approaching. As a reminder to all Seniors, grades will be submitted on Thursday, June 5, 2025. 

At Hoover we encourage all of our students to “Dream Big, Achieve More!”

I encourage all of our students to strive to do their very best everyday, build lasting relationships, and be engaged in all activities. 

Every week we hear from our Seniors about the universities they have gotten into. Several have gotten into the college of their dreams! We are so proud of our Seniors! We will be celebrating all of our Seniors at Decision Day 2025 later in May!! 

At Hoover we believe all students should be respectful, responsible, and engaged everyday! Students are expected to be in class on time everyday and follow our new cell phone and electronics policy. Violations of these policies will lead to consequences.

At Hoover, we continue to promote a College-Going Culture. Our mission is to ensure that all students graduate meeting the minimum requirements for college access. This will be accomplished through increasing access to rigorous course offerings and promoting academic engagement. 

We are proud to share with our Hoover Community that we received our official Accreditation from the WASC Commission, which granted Hoover a six year Accreditation, which is a full Accreditation status!!! Congratulations to our students, Faculty, our families, and the alger Hoover Community for this achievement!!!

Attendance is important!!! We know that when students are in school, students achieve! I want to share with our Hoover Community that our attendance data does not reflect our shared commitment to ensuring students are in school everyday. We need your help!!! We highly encourage any appointments are scheduled outside of school hours so as not to miss instruction. However, if your child has an appointment, please ensure that your child still attends school outside of their appointment time, even if they are only able to attend some periods. We want to see your child every day even if it is only a portion of the school day. Please call an administrator for any questions. 

We are proud of our Hoover athletes. This past week several of our Boys and Girls Track and Field and our Boys and Girls Swim athletes placed at League Finals and will be moving on to CIF. We are excited for their accomplishments and look forward to their continued success. Additionally, our Softball team will be hosting the League Tournament this week at Hoover on Tuesday, and they have a great shot at making the playoffs!

Our Spring Musical- “Mamma Mia”, will be live in the historic Hoover Auditorium, this Thursday-Saturday nights. We look forward to seeing you all at the show!

As a reminder to all students and families, at Hoover we promote a safe and inclusive environment for all students and staff. We have no tolerance for any hate speech or hurtful language. Any students using such language will receive serious consequences.

As always, Tornados are Responsible, Respectful, and Engaged!

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COUNSELOR'S CORNER Check your counselor’s Google Classroom & student email regularly for important updates! Click HERE to visit our Counseling Department’s web page.

AP Exams Start this week!  Make sure you’re reviewing key concepts, practicing past free-response questions, and getting plenty of rest. Create a study schedule, focus on your weak areas, and don’t forget to bring your pencils, calculator (if needed), and a positive mindset. Check out your counselor’s Google Classroom post which includes the AP schedule, testing room locations, and other important information for AP Testing. You've got this—finish strong! 💪📚✨

Seniors, the mandatory exit Senior Survey has been posted as an assignment by your English teacher. You must complete and submit the survey by Friday, May 16 as it is one of the senior exit graduation requirements. In order to pick up your cap and gown, the survey must have been submitted by the deadline. Be sure to talk to your English teacher, especially if you are not able to access the survey. 

Hey Seniors! Final transcripts must be ordered via Parchment as they will NOT be sent for you automatically. Click HERE to go to the Parchment website and follow the steps to order. You have to make an account using your personal email (not your school email) so you can still use it after you graduate. When you order, make sure to choose “Hold for final grades.” 📌 If you used the Common App: You must go to the registrar and pay in person for each school you applied to. Mrs. Araxi sends out 3 transcripts during the year, but you only need to pay once per school. That one-time payment includes your final transcript. Questions? Go see Mrs. Araxi or our registrar in the counseling office! 

MATH 110 is an accelerated precalculus course which prepares students for calculus. Topics include polynomial, absolute value, radical, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions and their graphs, inverses, zeroes and applications. Inequalities, trigonometric identities, conic sections, polar equations, parametric equations, systems of equations and mathematical induction are also covered. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Prerequisite: Prior achievement of A or B grades in both semesters of Algebra 2 with Trigonometry or Integrated Math IIIB along with a teacher recommendation. This precalculus course serves as preparation for AP Calculus AB in the following semester. Students who meet this prerequisite are strongly encouraged to review basic trig concepts before taking the class.

MATH 110: Class #1249

Days: Mondays - Thursdays 8:00am to 11:30am

Dates: Starts June 16 & Ends July 24th 2025 (6-weeks)

Location: GCC Administration Room 209 

Summer School 2025 - Double Check Your Enrollment regularly! Counselors automatically enroll students in summer if they earned an “F” grade in a graduation required class. In addition, ELD Emerging students are also automatically enrolled in either an ELD or English class. Our goal is to ensure that students earn their high school diploma and graduate with their class on time! To check your summer school schedule, log in to your Student or Parent Portal. Follow the instructions on the flyer below.

Also, if you signed up for summer school to advance in history or science, open up an elective, or to retake a class where you earned a “D” grade to stay A-G eligible, you can also view your course request. How to check your summer school enrollment? Please see the flyer below for instructions.

Q Connection & Student/Parent Portal: Download Important Documents - Need access to your transcripts, progress reports, semester report cards, and more? You can download them anytime through your Student or Parent Portal. Please see the flyer below for step-by-step instructions.  

Your Guide to californiacolleges.edu - Create your californiacolleges.edu account (This account takes 2 minutes to set up) today. Click HERE for more information and videos to help you.

Scheduling an Appointment with Your Student’s Counselor - To schedule an appointment, parents/guardians should contact our counseling clerk, Mrs. Moses, at hmoses@gusd.net or 818-242-6801 ext. 81131 during school hours, Monday–Friday.

GCC is on campus every Tuesday at lunch outside the College & Career Center, Room 2101: Get answers to many of your questions on Dual Enrollment, ECA, certificate programs, important dates, enrollment steps, online application, etc. Go to glendale.edu/hs to learn more.

Follow counselors on Instagram! Our goal is to reach 1500 followers by June.

Additional information: 

California Coastal Commission Student Contests! Submissions Due May 29, 2025

The California Coastal Commission offers two student contests every year.  Available now to apply: California students in 6th through 12th grade are invited to submit a podcast, narrative essay, or photo essay to the Climate Storytelling Contest. Students choose one of the three mediums and answer the following prompt: What are your feelings towards climate change? How can those feelings be turned into action?

Entries can be submitted online by 5pm on May 29 , 2025. For prize information, rules, contest flyer, entry form (and helpful links for teachers and students), please visit https://www.coastal.ca.gov/climatechallenge/