
HHSO March Newsletter
2021
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
State Testing
Student Appreciation Month
- Student Appreciation Month is this month and HHSO wants to celebrate you!! To check out how you can participate in various activities and WIN SOME PRIZES, check out your email from HHSO Staff every week until the end of the month!
New Team Members
- Please help us welcome our newest staff members…
- Mr. Walsh - Academic Coach, who joined us in December
- Mrs. Vipperman - ELA Teacher, who joined us in January
- Ms. Tribble-Bryant - Math Teacher (Algebra II, Financial Math, PreCalculus & Trigonometry), who joined us in March
- Kalae Wong - Academic Coach, who joined us in March
Scholarships!
Research various scholarship opportunities available through Niche!
The scholarships are renewed monthly! Keep checking this site for updated information!
Student Highlight: Alyssa A.
Alyssa is a graduating senior this year who has been enrolled with HHSO since 2017! Her creativity and her hard work ethics combined has allowed her to create some amazing projects in her classes. Recently, she created a podcast for her ELA 12 A class where she discusses her interests in Hamlet, how she finds joy in reading, and how she was successful in this class and how she can relate it to her own life and future classes! To listen to her podcast “When Life Gives You Lemons, But You Don’t Know How to Make Lemonade” please check it out below!
ARTICLES!
Executive Functioning
What is Executive Functioning and why is it useful to know? Check out this article below to know how executive functioning skills can help your child be more self-managed to better achieve their goals! Please be advised that Hope High School Online is not in any way partnered or affiliated with Beyond Booksmart.
https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/what-are-executive-function-skills
Best Apps to Improve Executive Functioning
Or, check out the following link for the additional resources that are easily accessible on your smartphone or tablet on how to help improve your child’s executive functioning skills. Please be advised that some of these apps do have a fee and/or not compatible with our current school’s platform.
https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/best-apps-and-sites-for-improving-executive-function
Healthy Lifestyle
Need motivation in getting your teenager more active? Check out the following link to learn how you can help encourage a healthy lifestyle in your child (and self)!
https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=exercise-and-adolescents-90-P01602
Arizona Fun Facts!
- Arizona is a right-to-work state.
- The Arizona trout is found only in Arizona.
The saguaro cactus blossom is the official state flower.
Arizona leads the nation in copper production.
Petrified wood is the official state fossil.
The bola tie is the official state neckwear.
Arizona's Five C's are: Copper, Cattle, Cotton, Citrus and Climate.