SEE ATHLETIC SCHEDULES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS NEWSLETTER
Things to Know/Do:
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Monday, 8/18 - Wednesday, 8/19: Club Registration
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Wednesday, 8/20: Focus Wednesday (Club Registration embedded; Technology Checklist)
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Thursday, 8/21: VHHS Rebel Family Partnership event at 6:00 p.m. (see details below)
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Friday, 8/22: Pep Rally (Seniors: Out-Wise Westside; Juniors: White Out Westside; Sophomores: Rock Out the Rams; Band: White Lie Westside)
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Monday, 8/25: Bus Evacuation Drills during Study Periods)
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Wednesday, 8/27: Focus Wednesday: Meet the Teams for all grade levels
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Thursday, 8/28: Fall Fundraiser Kick Off (Pep Rally Schedule); Senior Night for Football/Cheer
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Friday, 8/29: Wear College Colors Day
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Monday, 9/1: Labor Day Holiday for all students and employees
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On behalf of VHHS Rebel Family Partnership, you are invited to attend an exciting visitor talk by Po-Shen Loh, who was the national coach of the USA Math Olympiad team for a decade and is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University. When not teaching, he travels the country giving public talks about updating approaches to education to face the age of AI.
Date: Thursday, Aug 21
Time: 6:00–7:30pm
Location: Vestavia Hills High School Auditorium
This is part of a speaking tour which will take him through OH, IN, KY, TN, AL, GA, SC, NC, and VA over two weeks: https://poshenloh.com/tour.
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If you would like to join us as we read The Disengaged Teen, J. Anderson and R. Winthrop's insightful, practical, and perspective-shifting book on engagement, please fill out the form linked HERE. We will offer a few options for times to meet and discuss the book. |
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Attention Senior Parents:
Destination College, our senior parent program, will be on Wednesday, August 27th at 12:00 PM at the Vestavia Hills Civic Center (Magnolia Room). The College Counselors will provide an overview of the college admissions process. Representatives from different universities will also be in attendance to answer questions. Please register and pre-submit questions using this link https://forms.gle/mFauBiBL4G4t8rrv7. Questions? Call the Counseling Office 205.402.5260.
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Get your VHHS spirit car flags! Flags are $15 and may be purchased through the MySchoolBucks/School Store (link below) or in person at most events with cash/check/card. Flags may be picked up at the VHHS front desk (or on site if purchased in person at event).
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Senior parents,
Here's how to purchase a senior ad in the 2025-26 VHHS Yearbook:
- Print and complete the ad contract. The contract can also be found on the VHHS website under "Students and Families, For Parents"
- Choose your favorite photos and download them to a flash drive.
- Submit the contract, flash drive, and payment to the main desk at VHHS.
- Please note that due dates are in August. See contract for specific dates.
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- Seniors, if you ordered a hot pink senior shirt at the end of last school year, come by the cafeteria during lunch periods to pick up your shirt next Monday, August 18, through Wednesday, August 20th. If you forgot to order a shirt, we have a few extras that you can purchase in the library starting Thursday, August 21. They are $30 cash or check made out to VHHS.
- Club registration starts Monday, August 18, and runs though Wednesday, August 20th. See club descriptions and registraiton locations posted outside the counselor's office and outside the library. To sign up for a club, you will go to the registration location and sign up with the club's sponsor. Some clubs may fill up quickly, so consider signing up on Monday! You will also have time to do this during FOCUS Period on Wednesday. If you don't sign up for a club, you will be assigned to a study hall during club times.
- Students eligible to apply for Mu Alpha Theta, the math honor society, will have information posted on their math teacher's google classroom. Please note that applications are due September 2nd and this will be the only opportunity to apply this year. Please come by A235 and see Mrs. Hyde if you have any questions!
- Students interested in competing on the VHHS Mock Trial Team should attend an interest meeting before or after school in H260, Mr. Sinnott's room, at 7:50 am or 3:35 pm, on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025.
- Tryouts for the Vestavia Hills High School Men’s Soccer Team will be held August 25th through 28th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM at Sicard Hollow Sports Complex. All players must have a completed physical and have a DragonFly account in order to participate. If you have any questions or need more details, please see Coach Di Piazza in Room E148.
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PSAT/NMSQT Test Preparation Class (Given October 28, 2025): Math Skills - Taught by Kay Tipton starting 9/25; Verbal Skills - Taught by Jennifer Cotney starting 9/23; location - VHHS; for more information, call Kay at (205) 837-8804 and click HERE.
- Applications for Vestavia Belles, official junior hostesses for the City of Vestavia Hills will be available August 11-September 12, 2025! Sophomore and Junior candidates have the opportunity to apply online by visiting https://vhal.org/community/vestavia-belles/. Paper copies are also available in the City Administrative office on the 2nd floor of City Hall, or by download on the Vestavia Belle page. For qualifications and more information, please visit the link above. Deadline to apply is September 12, 2025. Find us on Instagram @vestaviabelles!
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A message from the VHHS Counseling Department:
For the 2025-2026 school year, we will advertise our scholarships and opportunities in a new way!
We now have two live links that will be continuously updated throughout the year. We recommend that students and parents bookmark these pages for easy access. We will no longer individually list them in the weekly News to Know emails. We hope this new format will make information easier to find and keep things more organized. We will continue to list college visit information in the weekly email.
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Juniors and Seniors: The following colleges will visit VHHS:
Aug. 18 Mississippi College 4th Period
Aug. 25 Rice University 5th Period
Aug. 26 William and Mary 4th Period
Aug. 26 Amherst College 5th Period
Aug. 28 Lafayette College 4th Period
See Mrs. Tinney if you have any questions.
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Vestavia Hills High School
2235 Lime Rock Road
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
(205) 402-5250
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