Warren Early College High School

Greetings WECHS family,

Our school year is off to a wonderful start! It has been so refreshing to have our scholars back in the building. With in-person learning, there comes a risk of contracting COVID-19. Parents, we need your help to ensure that our learning community remains safe and healthy.

If your child is sick, please do not send them to school. If someone in your household tests positive for COVID-19, please do not send your child to school until they have been tested and received a negative test result. Children can have the virus and be asymptomatic, or not show symptoms. They can also unknowingly spread the virus to others. Please help us keep our scholars in school as long as possible. In addition, it is important to remember that wearing a mask is mandatory. If your child is a car rider, check to make sure that they are wearing their mask properly before exiting your vehicle.

Many of you have inquired about vaccination clinics. Please see the flyer below for Hope Regional Medical Clinic. Please call them if you would like more information. Lastly, help us keep our school safe by practicing safety protocols when outside of school. We can do all we can in school to keep our learning community safe, however, the same must be done outside of school.

Remember, EXCELLENCE IS NO ACCIDENT! We are champions for our scholars!

Principal Judkins

Thank you for making sure that your child has either a school-issued device or a personal device that can be used at school! For your convenience, we are accepting online payments for damages to Chromebooks and for lost chargers. Please click here to pay for damages to your child's Chromebook.

PLEASE NOTE: For the Name section, please type your name and put your child's name in parentheses; Ex. John Smith (Jane Smith). This will ensure that your child's account is credited.

If you would prefer to pay in person, we also accept payments at school. If you have any questions, please call us at 252-257-6810.

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At WECHS, we believe that student dress and overall appearance should foster a positive and productive environment and should reflect pride in one’s self as well as in our school. We further believe that student dress and appearance is a shared responsibility of the home and the school and shall be appropriate at all times and shall not be disruptive to the school environment. It is our sincere desire to provide adequate leeway for individuality, but at the same time to maintain a standard of good grooming and personal modesty.

Additional dress code information and common concerns are outlined below:

• Shoes must be worn at all times. Bedroom slippers, shower shoes, and slides are not appropriate.

• Tops must not have straps less than three (3) inches in width (spaghetti straps), midriff tops, or halters. Tops must cover the shoulder (no off-the-shoulder sweaters or sweatshirts, spaghetti straps or tank tops). Boys may not wear tank tops.

• Clothing must cover undergarments. Undergarments should not be visible. The outer clothing should not be transparent so as to reveal the undergarment.

• Pants and shorts should not be worn well-below the student’s waist, in such a way that their undergarments are revealed.

• The student’s torso, including the midriff area, must be covered at all times.

• Students will not wear biking-type pants or biking-type shorts, lounging pants or tops. Fashion leggings may only be worn under jeans with rips. Ripped jeans may be worn, however, no skin above the knee shall be seen. Students are required to wear clothing that covers skin under ripped jeans.

• Students may wear shorts, skorts, or skirts as long as they are longer than mid-thigh and no shorter than two inches above the knee.. We recognize that very short shorts/skirts are popular however they are not appropriate for a school setting and students will be asked to change or cover-up should they violate the stated length minimums.

• Female students should refrain from wearing any t-shirt, blouse or top that reveals undergarments or excessive cleavage.

• Hats, headbands, head scarfs of any kind and sweatshirt hoods worn over the head are not acceptable during school hours. Students will be instructed regarding this expectation at the beginning of the school. Subsequent violations may require the students to relinquish the item and a parent or guardian to come into the school to retrieve the hat, headbands, head scarfs or sweatshirt.

• Apparel which advertises, promotes, or displays illegal substances, (alcohol, drugs, tobacco products, etc), racially charged words or pictures, illegal activities, or alcohol establishments, profanity, sexual innuendos or double meanings are not acceptable.

Please help support our rules and policies, thereby facilitating your son’s or daughter’s growth as learners, citizens and young adults. We ask that you speak with your student(s) about the policy and guidelines and consider these expectations when shopping for clothing or evaluating their day to day dressing and grooming habits. If you have any additional questions or concerns contact the school.

Hannah is a junior at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Yonsei University in South Korea. She is a Nursing major and will graduate in the spring of 2023.

Before attending UNC-G, Hannah was really worried if the university was the right place for her. Now, after almost 3 years, she has realized that it was exactly what she needed. Hannah joined the Filipino American Student Association Club and it was exciting seeing how fellow Filipino students were sharing their culture with other students. She is also part of Alpha Lambda Delta, which is a national honor society. First-year students that earned a 3.5-grade point average or higher, are invited to join the honor society. Finding friends in these clubs really made UNC-G feel like home.

During her senior year in high school, she knew that she wanted to study abroad. As soon as she got to college, she took the steps that were needed to make this happen. Hannah started consulting with her advisor during her first semester of college. Next, she consulted with the study abroad office about her choices for studying abroad. After COVID hit, it seemed like this dream would never come true, however, she was still determined to make it happen. She wanted to go to South Korea to pursue her interest in learning Korean. Hannah was also worried about finances and that studying abroad would be too expensive. She decided to apply for the Gilman Scholarship. Students who receive the federal pell grant are eligible to apply for this grant. She was awarded $5,000 to help with her study abroad opportunity. Hannah was accepted to Yonsei University in South Korea, her first choice! Since she had earned an Associate's degree from VGCC while in high school, she was able to take only Korean language and culture classes during her first semester there. It was quite an eye-opening experience living in a country independently without knowing much about the culture.

While in South Korea, she was accepted into Nursing School. She is currently taking various nursing classes and learning different things, such as how to administer different kinds of shots and how to give a patient a bed bath. She also has clinicals that allow her to go to the hospital to help out and learn even more. In addition, she was also given the opportunity to learn skills in the cardiovascular unit and behavioral health unit.

When parents/guardians join Classroom, they receive regular, automatic email summaries for each of their students. Parents/Guardians choose the frequency of the emails—daily or weekly—and can unsubscribe at any time. Please click here for detailed directions on how to sign up!

Parent/Guardian email summaries include:

• Missing work—Work that’s late at the time the email was sent

• Upcoming work—Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or work that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails)

• Class activity—Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers

If you have any questions about Google Classroom Guardian Summaries, please contact our MTSS/Instructional Coach, Mrs. Cicelia Aguilar at caguilar@warrenk12nc.org.

A booster dose for Meningitis (MCV) is required for individuals entering the 12th grade or by 17 years of age, whichever comes first. Individuals who entered seventh grade before July 1, 2015, are not required to receive the first dose. The booster dose does not apply to individuals who entered the 12th grade before August 1, 2020. If the first dose is administered on or after the 16th birthday, a booster dose is not required. Individuals born before January 1, 2003, shall not be required to receive the meningococcal conjugate vaccine.” (https://www.immunize.nc.gov/schools/schools)

What does this mean for you?

Proof of vaccine needs to be provided no later than the 30th day of school (September 22, 2021).

If you have any questions about immunizations, please contact Mrs. Heidi Hughes, our School Nurse at hhughes@warrenk12nc.org.

Other testing options in the area are listed below. It is strongly recommended that you call them before going to get tested.

Warren County Health Department

544 W Ridgeway Street A, Warrenton, NC

(252) 257-1185

CVS Pharmacy

109 Dabney Drive, Henderson, NC

(252) 438-2337

Henderson Wellness Center

414 Dabney Drive, Henderson, NC

(252) 430-8000

FastMed Urgent Care

903 South Beckford Drive, Henderson, NC

(252) 654-1020

Impact Urgent Care

315 Franklin Plaza, Louisburg, NC

(919) 496-4976

Vance Family Medicine

381 Ruin Creek Road, Henderson, NC

(252) 430-0666

South Hill Urgent Care

518 W Atlantic Street, South Hill, VA

(434) 584-2025

September 2021

9/6 - Labor Day holiday

9/23 - Early Release (12:15 PM)

9/30- Parent-Teacher Conferences, 1:00 PM-7:00 PM

Email: earlycollege@warrenk12nc.org
Website: https://www.warrenk12nc.org/o/wechs
Location: 212 West Ridgeway Street, Warrenton, NC, USA
Phone: 252-257-6810
Facebook: facebook.com/WECHSvanguards
Twitter: @wechsnc