Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Parents: 26-27 course selection verification sheets were sent home with students on April 14th.   Please review the selections and make any desired changes.  Then, sign and have your student return them to the front office by tomorrow, April 20th. 
• Parents: The VMCCA PTSA is excited to invite students and families to our upcoming Create with Kindness event this Thursday, April 23rd, an evening focused on community, connection, and service. Dinner will be catered by Outback Steakhouse and will be served from 6:00–6:30 PM upon arrival. Please visit our PTSA website to view the flyer and RSVP with your total number of attendees.
• Parents and Students: VMCCA’s Prom is scheduled for this Friday, April 24th, from 7:00 to 11:00 PM at the Tally Center on the NCSU campus.  Permission forms are required for out-of-school guests.  Please note that students cannot leave and re-enter the prom.  If your student leaves the area, they cannot be re-admitted.  
• Parents - Each year WCPSS conducts the Panorama Survey for Parents.  The purpose of this survey is to:
  
  • To support school sites in creating and strengthening partnerships with families and strengthen family engagement to support strong student academic and social outcomes for students
  • The link to take the survey will be live on April 5th: surveys.panoramaed.com/wakecounty/family
• Seniors/ Senior Parents:  May 1st (college decision time) is right around the corner!  If you need help with college award letters or getting started with FAFSA, please reach out to our Financial Aid Advisor, Ms. Lee at Anlee@wcpss.net.  Appointments will be available until 4/28/26.
• Parents: Please note that four weeks remain in the semester before we begin final exams.  Exams will begin on Friday, May 15th, and end on Thursday, May 21st.  
• Parents: Your student may be taking an EOC exam between May 15th and May 18th, 2026.  This year, students who score “Not Proficient” on their state assessment will have the opportunity to take the test a second time. This retest gives students another chance to demonstrate their learning and growth.  While we encourage you to consider allowing your student to participate in retesting if they qualify, please know that participation in retesting is completely voluntary and requires parent/guardian permission. A letter will be sent home on Tuesday, April 21. If you would like your student to have the opportunity to retest if they score “Not Proficient” on their first attempt, please return the form by this Friday, April 24.  For your planning purposes, the retest dates for the end of the school year are:  May  21st, May 22nd, and May 26th.
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Carpool Parents: This is a reminder that school starts at 7:25 AM. Please be certain to drop your student off before 7:20 AM to ensure they are not late to first period.  Also, parents should not be parking in visitors' spots to drop off students; they should be dropping off in the carpool lane.
• Seniors: Tomorrow, Monday, April 13th is the last day to pay for the Senior Trip.  Please see Ms. Price for details.
• Parents - Each year WCPSS conducts the Panorama Survey for Parents.  The purpose of this survey is to:
  
  • To support school sites in creating and strengthening partnerships with families and strengthen family engagement to support strong student academic and social outcomes for students
  • The link to take the survey will be live on April 5th: surveys.panoramaed.com/wakecounty/family
• Parents: The VMCCA PTSA would like for you to save-the-date, Thursday, April 23rd, to attend the Create with Kindness event sponsored by PTSA, open to all students and caregivers. Dinner will be provided. Please visit the PTSA website on the VMCCA webpage for more details.
• Parents and Students: VMCCA’s Prom is scheduled for Friday, April 24th, from 7:00 to 11:00 PM at the Tally Center on the NCSU campus.  Permission forms are required for out-of-school guests.
• Parents: Please note that five weeks remain in the semester before we begin final exams.  Exams will begin on Friday, May 15th, and end on Thursday, May 21st.  
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Parents: All students received third quarter report card last Friday.  If you have any questions, please contact the school.
• Parents: Please remind your student that VMCCA follows the WCPSS dress code policy, even as temperatures begin to rise.
• Parents - Each year WCPSS conducts the Panorama Survey for Parents.  The purpose of this survey is to:
  
  • To support school sites in creating and strengthening partnerships with families and strengthen family engagement to support strong student academic and social outcomes for students
  • The link to take the survey will be live on April 5th: surveys.panoramaed.com/wakecounty/family
• Parents: The VMCCA PTSA would like for you to save-the-date, Thursday, April 23rd, to attend the Create with Kindness event sponsored by PTSA, open to all students and caregivers. Dinner will be provided.
• Please visit the PTSA website on the VMCCA webpage for more details.
• Parents: Please note that six weeks remain in the semester before we begin final exams.  Exams will begin on Friday, May 15th, and end on Thursday, May 21st.  
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Parents: Please remind your student that VMCCA follows the WCPSS dress code policy, even as temperatures begin to rise.
• Parents and Students: There will be no school this Thursday and Friday, April 2nd and 3rd, due to a Wake County Teacher workday and the Good Friday Holiday.  VMCCA will be closed for business for these two days. Students will return to school on Monday, April 6th.
• Parents: The VMCCA PTSA would like for you to save-the-date, Thursday, April 23rd, to attend the Create with Kindness event sponsored by PTSA, open to all students and caregivers. Dinner will be provided. Please visit the PTSA website on the VMCCA webpage for more details.
• Parents: Please note that, as we begin the fourth quarter, only seven weeks remain in the semester before we begin final exams.  Exams will begin on Friday, May 15th, and end on Thursday, May 21st.  
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Parents and Students: Spring Break is this week! There will be no school for students from Monday, March 16, through Friday, March 20th.  Students begin their fourth quarter on Monday, March 23rd.
• Senior Parents:  Please make sure your student has reserved their spot on the bus for the senior trip.  The cost is $35 and partial payments are now accepted on the VMCCA website online payment portal. The final due date for all payments is tomorrow, March 23rd. 
• Parents: The VMCCA PTSA would like for you to save-the-date, Thursday, April 23rd, to attend the Create with Kindness event sponsored by PTSA, open to all students and caregivers. Dinner will be provided. Please visit the PTSA website on the VMCCA webpage for more details.
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Seniors/Senior Parents:  If you haven't completed the FAFSA, it's time to get started!  Need help/have questions?  Contact Audrey Lee, Financial Aid Advisor at anlee@wcpss.net.
• Senior Parents and Students: Jostens will be on campus tomorrow, Monday, March 9th to deliver Cap and Gown and senior products during lunch hours.
• Juniors:  All VMCCA juniors will participate in ACT testing this Wednesday, March 11th during the morning hours. North Carolina requires all students take the ACT during their junior year.   
• Senior Parents:  Please make sure your student has reserved their spot on the bus for the senior trip.  The cost is $35 and partial payments are now being accepted on the VMCCA website online payment portal. The final due date for all payments is March 23rd. 
• Freshmen Parents: VMCCA is happy to partner with the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro on a virtual field trip for all freshmen this Wednesday, March 11th.  From a VMCCA classroom, freshmen will be taken on a live, guided tour by museum staff.  If you do not want your student to participate in this, please email Ms. King at tking2@wcpss.net. No later than next Monday, March 9th.  You can also reach Ms. King at this email if you have any questions.
• Parents: As part of our commitment to student safety and well-being in addition to a new state law, all WCPSS middle and high schools are required to show the Protecting Our Students videos to students in grades 6-12 each year.  The training will take place this Friday, March 13th.  
• Parents and Students: Spring Break is next week! There will be no school for students from Monday, March 16, through Friday, March 20th.  Students begin their fourth quarter on Monday, March 23rd.
• Parents: The VMCCA PTSA would like for you to save-the-date, Thursday, April 23rd, to attend the Create with Kindness event sponsored by PTSA, open to all students and caregivers. Dinner will be provided.
• Please visit the PTSA website on the VMCCA webpage for more details.
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Parents: As a part of Severe Weather Awareness Week in North Carolina, all public school students are required to participate in an annual Severe Weather Drill on Wednesday, March 4th.  VMCCA will be participating in this drill.
• Seniors/Senior Parents:  If you haven't completed the FAFSA, it's time to get started!  Need help/have questions?  Contact Audrey Lee, Financial Aid Advisor at anlee@wcpss.net.
• Freshmen Parents: This Tuesday, March 3rd, freshmen students currently enrolled in Health and PE will receive the Human Trafficking Awareness lesson during their class period. The parent letter with additional information was sent home on Friday, February 20th.
• Parents: As part of our commitment to student safety and well-being in addition to a new state law, all WCPSS middle and high schools are required to show the Protecting Our Students videos to students in grades 6-12 each year.  Your student has received a parent letter, and an email has been sent to you with access to the video links and process for opting out.
• Senior Parents and Students: Jostens will be on campus next Monday, March 9th to deliver Cap and Gown and senior products during lunch hours.
• Juniors:  All VMCCA juniors will participate in ACT testing next Wednesday, March 11th during the morning hours. North Carolina requires all students take the ACT during their junior year.   
• Senior Parents:  Please make sure your student has reserved their spot on the bus for the senior trip.  The cost is $35 and partial payments are now being accepted on the VMCCA website online payment portal. The final due date for all payments is March 23rd. 
• Freshmen Parents: VMCCA is happy to partner with the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro on a virtual field trip for all freshmen next Wednesday, March 11th.  From a VMCCA classroom, freshmen will be taken on a live, guided tour by museum staff.  If you do not want your student to participate in this, please email Ms. King at tking2@wcpss.net. No later than next Monday, March 9th.  You can also reach Ms. King at this email if you have any questions.
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• VMCCA would like to congratulate our own Mrs. Sarah Greene, on her selection as a Semi-Finalist for Wake County Teacher of the Year.
• Juniors/Junior Parents: This Tuesday and Wednesday, February 24th and 25th, all juniors will participate in ACT Bootcamp in the Media Center to prepare for taking the ACT in March.  
• Seniors/Senior Parents:  If you haven't completed the FAFSA, it's time to get started!  Need help/have questions?  Contact Audrey Lee, Financial Aid Advisor at anlee@wcpss.net.
• Parents: As part of our commitment to student safety and well-being in addition to a new state law, all WCPSS middle and high schools are required to show the Protecting Our Students videos to students in grades 6-12 each year.  Your student will get this parent letter with more information tomorrow during first period, and an email will be sent to you with access to the video links and process for opting out.
• Senior Parents:  Please make sure your student has reserved their spot on the bus for the senior trip.  The cost is $35 and partial payments are now being accepted on the VMCCA website online payment portal. The final due date for all payments is March 23rd. 
• We would like to note that VMCCA has been selected this year as a National School of Excellence by the Magnet School of America.
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Parents and Students: This is a reminder that tomorrow, Monday, February 16th has been changed to a regular school day for students.  This is to replace the inclement weather day on Monday, February 2nd.
• Senior Parents: If your student is interested in pursuing Grade 13 next year, please have them fill out and return the Grade 13 Intent Form.  The form can be picked up from the front office or from Mrs. Beaudry.  The forms need to be submitted by tomorrow, Monday, February 16th.  As a reminder, Grade 13 students walk with their graduating class but do not receive their diploma until completion of Grade 13.  If you have any questions, please reach out to Tracy Taylor at ttaylor5@wcpss.net or contact Gina Beaudry.
• Seniors/Senior Parents:  If you haven't completed the FAFSA, it's time to get started!  Need help/have questions?  Contact Audrey Lee, Financial Aid Advisor at Anlee@wcpss.net.
• Junior Parents and Students:  All juniors will participate in ACT Bootcamp on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 24th and 25th, during the school day.  This bootcamp is to prepare students for taking the ACT in March.
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.

Weekly Memo:  Good evening Silver Hawk families, this is Principal Carter Hillman with your Weekly Memo:

• All information provided in this Memo is posted on the VMCCA website under the “Principal’s Message.”
• Parents and Students: This is a reminder that next Monday, February 16th has been changed to a regular school day for students.  This is to replace the inclement weather day on Monday, February 2nd.
• Senior Parents: If your student is interested in pursuing Grade 13 next year, please have them fill out and return the Grade 13 Intent Form.  The form can be picked up from the front office or from Mrs. Beaudry.  The forms need to be submitted by next Monday, February 16th.  As a reminder, Grade 13 students walk with their graduating class but do not receive their diploma until completion of Grade 13.  If you have any questions, please reach out to Tracy Taylor at ttaylor5@wcpss.net or contact Gina Beaudry.
• Seniors/Senior Parents:  If you haven't completed the FAFSA, it's time to get started!  Need help/have questions?  Contact Audrey Lee, Financial Aid Advisor at Anlee@wcpss.net.
• Parents: Just in time for Valentine's Day, student council and the PTSA present Valentine's teddy bears and candy grams! Parents, surprise your student with an adorable buddy. Students, treat your friends. Large bears are $10, small bears are $5, and candy is $3. Order now at the PTSA school store (link https://vernonmalonecca.givebacks.com/shop?category=5988 ) or in person at lunch next week, February 9th through the 12th. Valentines will be delivered in first period classes on Friday, February 13th. 
• Keep your students safe, keep in contact with your teachers, and have a good evening.
• Todas las familias hispanohablantes deberían recibir este "mensaje semanal" a través de un correo electrónico una vez por semana. Si no recibe este correo electrónico, comuníquese con la oficina principal para agregar su correo electrónico a la lista.