Seniors - Your access to Hoopeston Area School District related Google accounts will be suspended by the end of May 2020. You will need to transfer any documents and files you would like to save from your student Google Drive to a personal drive before May 27,2020. You will also need to request copies of your final transcript for colleges, employment and future use through Parchment. You will need to access your Parchment account and update your email address to a personal email account before May 27, 2020.
Class of 2020 Virtual Graduation will start at 3:00pm. Click link to watch ceremony:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hoopeston-area-high-school-hoopeston-il/evt0a09a382ec
You may have to click "play" on the bottom left when it becomes available.
Seniors: Here is a link to all of the audio messages that were left by district staff for our seniors as they graduate. A special thanks to Mrs. Ankenbrand for helping to put all this together! #CornjerkerPride
https://soundcloud.com/kelly-ankenbrand/hahs-graduation-2020
A special thank you to everyone that helped make today’s senior parade so amazing. Thank you to Mayor Cruisenberry, Brad Hardcastle, the Hoopeston Police and Fire Departments, and the Hoopeston Auxiliary for making this event possible. Finally, a special thank you to our seniors! You guys are awesome and I can’t wait to see all the amazing things you do in the future. As a reminder tomorrow our virtual graduation is set for 3:00 pm and will be broadcast on New Wave Channel 16 and posted on our school website. #CornjerkerPride
Shout out to the essential workers and our graduates! We appreciate you all and miss you so much!
#LightsForTheFight
#CornJerkerPride
#StrongerUnited
Freshmen/Sophomores/Juniors: All classwork must be completed and turned in no later than Wednesday, May 20th. As a reminder to students, we are giving grades for the semester. While a student's grades can not be harmed or lowered from the point of when we began the mandated closure if a student had an F in a class and did no work to increase their grades during remote learning that grade will stand. So any student who has yet to do so, please make sure you are getting in the work needed to make sure you are passing all of your classes and thus be on track to graduate.
First, as a reminder, the FFA greenhouse still has a lot of beautiful plants for sale. They are open on Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 and Saturday 9-Noon.
Seniors, as a reminder the senior parade is scheduled for this Saturday at 10:00 am. Please be at the school no later than 9:30. The Hoopeston Jaycees have been kind enough to donate signs for every senior and those will be handed out at that time before leaving to start the parade from the Lorraine Theater. We ask that students all remain in their cars during this time to stay in compliance with social distancing guidelines.
Also, our virtual graduation is set for this Sunday at 3:00 pm. It will be broadcast on New Wave Cable Channel 16 as well as a link will be posted on the district website for graduates and families to view. It will remain available on the site after it airs for anyone who couldn’t view it at that time.
On Monday, May 18th seniors will be able to turn in any remaining books and college express textbooks they have as well as their Chromebooks from 8:00-12:00. Also, All Cap and Gowns must be turned back in at this time with no exceptions. We ask that cap and gowns are returned ironed and on a hanger to be ready for the Aug 2nd graduation ceremony. Once this is all completed, they will be able to pick up their diplomas as well as information on any scholarships or awards they may have received.
Freshmen-Juniors: Chromebook return, locker cleanout, and report card hand out will be Tue May 26th from 8-Noon and 1-3 and then on Wed 8-Noon and 1-6. We ask that students make sure to return all materials and books including those students who have college express textbooks, and have their Chromebooks fully charged when they come.
Seniors: As a reminder, Graduation Caps can not be decorated. They must be returned Monday May 18th along with your graduation gown to be used for the Aug 2nd graduation and then we will be returning them to the rental company.
As a reminder: Senior Locker Clean Out and Cap and Gown pick up is Wednesday from 8:00-Noon. Seniors need to have all financial obligations paid for when picking up their caps and gowns. We will also be distributing senior yard signs during that time as well. #CornjerkerPride
Senior yard signs are done and ready for pick up and can be picked up on Wednesday from 8:00-12:00 at the HS office. #CornjerkerPride
Teacher Appreciation Week
On behalf of the admin team, we wanted to take a second and say thank you to all of the teachers and staff at HAHS. This has been a very difficult and trying year to say the very least. However, each and everyone one of you has handled it so amazingly well. You continue every day to be there for our students and help them to grow and succeed during this most difficult of times. We simply can not thank you all enough for your tireless work, caring, and support for our students. We are truly blessed to work with such an outstanding group of individuals!! #CornjerkerPride
One Team! One Heart! One Goal!
#LightsForTheFight
#CornJerkerPride
#StrongerUnited
Graduation Information
IMPORTANT: All seniors have been emailed individually to their school email address detailing any outstanding fees they have. Seniors must have all cap and gown fees paid and all outstanding financial obligations met in order to get their cap and gowns. Seniors can pay their fees at pick up or any time prior to that during school open hours each week.
Wednesday, May 6th - Locker Clean Out and Cap and Gown pick up from 8:00-12:00. (Any seniors with College Express Books will turn them in as well at this time)
Once seniors have cleaned their lockers they will receive their cap and gowns and they will get their picture taken in front of the Cornjerker Banner to be used for the virtual graduation. Any senior who doesn’t come and get their cap and gown will have their senior picture used during the virtual graduation ceremony. Seniors will have their caps and gowns for pictures with their families up until May 18th. The school banner will also be made available during school open hours for seniors and parents to come in and get pictures if they choose to.
Saturday, May 16th - Senior Parade at 10:00 am (Using Sweetcorn Festival parade route)
Seniors will meet at the High School in the front parking lot at 9:30 am. Seniors are to be in their cars wearing their Caps and Gowns. Students will get instructions and then HAHS Teachers will be on hand to send off the seniors as they leave via police escort for the start of the parade at the Lorraine Theater. Seniors will have the chance to be honored by the community as they travel in their cars using the Sweetcorn Festival parade route starting at the Lorraine Theater and ending at McFerran Park.
Sunday, May 17th - Virtual Graduation at 3:00 pm.
HAHS will be broadcasting our virtual graduation ceremony at 3:00 pm to honor the planned graduation time of our seniors. The virtual graduation will be played on New Wave Cable Channel 16 and will be posted on the district webpage for people to view. The virtual graduation will include many of the traditional graduation ceremony components such as speeches, the senior class video, acknowledgment of each graduate, and presentation of the Class of 2020. The video will be left on the district website for people to view and DVD copies of the virtual graduation will be made available to seniors in the weeks that follow.
Monday, May 18th - Cap/Gown/Chromebook Turn In and Diplomas Handed Out
The school will be open on Monday, May 18th from 8:00-12:00 for seniors to come and turn in their Caps/Gowns/Tassels and their Chromebooks/Chargers. When a graduate has everything turned in, they will be issued their high school diploma. HAHS staff will be putting away the Chromebooks for next year. Seniors, when you return your gown please have it ironed and on a hanger so it is ready to go for August 2nd. Gowns will be hung up on racks and individually labeled for each student to have ready for them when we convene again for our traditional graduation ceremony.
Friday, July 31st - Graduation Practice at 9:00 am in the MS Gym
Any senior wanting to walk in graduation will be required to attend graduation practice at 9:00 am in the MS gym to prepare for the graduation ceremony.
Sunday, August 2nd - Traditional Graduation at 3:00 pm in the MS Gym
On Sunday, August 2nd we will be holding our traditional graduation ceremony. More specific details will be given closer to time. Note: Seniors will not have to rent their cap and gowns a second time as we will still have them on hand.
#LightsForTheFight
#StrongerUnited
#CornJerkerPride
#LightsForTheFight
#StrongerUnited
#CornJerkerPride
I wanted to give everyone a few updates regarding some events and happenings.
First of all, I wanted to take a second and thank all of our students who are working so very hard to stay engaged and active during our remote learning instruction. Your hard work and dedication is truly inspiring.
In terms of updates, to begin with, I wanted to give everyone an update on prom. A makeup date for prom has been set for Saturday, June 13th and we were able to reserve the civic center for the event. However as we have been working to get things finalized, Governor Pritzker has extended the stay at home order through May. We will be keeping the makeup date for prom set for June 13th as we had planned. If however future orders or directives would prohibit us from having prom on that date, we will, unfortunately, have to cancel prom for this year. If this were the case, we would be extending an offer to all current seniors to join us for prom next year.
The next few messages I have are for our seniors.
In today’s announcements, we have shared a Senior Shout out form for every senior to fill out. This form can be found in the HS office google classroom. We are needing these forms to be filled out by this coming Friday, May 1st. Starting May 1st, we will be running a senior spotlight where we feature a handful of seniors every day that will be posted on our district website and our school social media accounts. We will be focusing on new seniors every day from May 1st through May 17th.
The next thing I wanted to let our seniors know is that currently, our Cornjerker Spirit store is selling Senior yard signs. I am pleased to announce that the school district will be purchasing an individual sign for every HAHS senior. Once these signs are ready, I will send out an alert for all seniors and they can be picked up at our normal school open hours on Mon and Fri from 10:00-12:00 and Wed from 4:00-6:00. If seniors would like to purchase additional signs they can be purchased for $15.
In addition to the senior signs, we will be using the money that the senior class has raised to purchase gift cards from local area businesses. These gift cards will then be distributed out to our senior class to use later in May.
In terms of senior awards and scholarships, we will begin mailing those home directly to the students who are receiving them in the coming weeks.
Finally, and I am sure most importantly on our seniors’ minds, is what is going to happen with graduation. I want to let everyone know that we are in the process of finalizing details now for a parade for our seniors, a virtual graduation to be held on May 17th when our graduation was originally supposed to occur, and finally, we will be announcing a rescheduled date for us to hold a traditional graduation ceremony. All of the specifics and details will be formally announced early next week.
SENIORS: Hoopeston Area will be purchasing one yard sign per senior. Additional signs will be $15. Please contact customdesigns@hoopeston.k12.il for additional signs. #cornjerkerpride
Thank you essential workers for putting your lives at risk each and every day! Also, thank you to all the seniors that have touched my life and now are left hanging in the balance for your final prom, field trip, and graduation we miss you all!
#CornJerkerPride #StrongerUnited
