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Wolverine Community,
Happy Friday! With a
holiday weekend ahead, it seems perfectly timed as I wish all Wolverines some
rest after a full week of SOL testing.
Next week also brings conclusion of Senior SHOUT exams, with those
participating in SHOUT beginning projects on Thursday June 1. We have over 300 seniors with approved
service learning projects who will spend hours making a difference in our
community. The Class of 2017 will no
doubt make another great impact on the surrounding area.
While there are many events going on each day from SOL
testing, to SHOUT finals, it is important that we remind everyone to provide your
child’s sub school a note to properly check out if they are being picked
up. We thank you for following policies and procedures
related to attendance each and every day.
This week showed many more examples of Wolverine Pride. Congratulations to our senior band students
who performed a wonderful Spring Concert yesterday evening. For those that might not have heard, after a
successful run of performances, the cast and crew of Billy Elliot was nominated
for 12 National Capital Area Cappies!
Regional Playoffs continue this weekend with Softball (hosting 2nd
round tonight at 630pm), Tennis and Track.
Recently at the district level five Wolverines qualified for the
Virginia State Track meet! Go
Wolverines!!
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Memorial Day
weekend.
Dale Rumberger
Interim Principal
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ANGC News
Hey West Potomac! What’s
ANGC?
Seniors: ANGC stands for All Night
Graduation Celebration, THE place to be graduation night! Buy your tickets and
come out to Belle Haven Country Club to party all night! Dance, hit the casino, ride a mechanical
bull, throw on a sumo costume to wrestle your best friend or worst enemy, or
just kick back, eat some ice cream, and collect a door prize or two if you’re
lucky! The event lasts until 2 am, so you can ignore those 11 pm and midnight
curfews your parents keep trying to enforce!
Parents: The All-Night Graduation
Celebration (ANGC), created for West Potomac High School seniors, is a
tradition in our community. This event provides a safe, fun,
supervised night, free of alcohol and drugs, for all of our
seniors following their graduation ceremony. The all Night Grad party
will take place June 21, 2017, from 10 pm till 2 am at Belle Haven Country
Club, in our own community, right down the road from the school. The Fairfax
County Public School system does not provide any funding or resources for this
event, so we must rely upon your support to make their graduation celebration a
safe and memorable occasion.
There are several ways you can help.
First, if you have a senior, buy
them a ticket! Encourage them and their friends to attend ANGC, where they can
have fun and celebrate safely with their friends on what can be one of the most
dangerous evenings of the year. The web site address is http://www.angcwestpotomac.com/. Tickets
will also be available for sale during lunch in the cafeteria through May 31,
and again at Baccalaureate and Convocation.
Prices are $55 until June 12, when they will increase to $65. Seniors
must submit a contract (on the website) signed by both student and parent for
the ticket sale to be official. Note* This event is for ALL our seniors! If you cannot afford a ticket, see your
counselor and one may be provided for you.
Second, anyone can make a tax-deductible donation. We
will be providing food, a casino, games, a DJ, photos, prizes, gift cards and
more for the event! You can go to the All Night Graduation
Celebration web site and make a contribution, or drop off contributions to the
PTSA mailbox in the office, prominently labeled ANGC. The web site
address is http://www.angcwestpotomac.com/.
Third, you can volunteer! We are going to need people to
help out the night of the party. We will post a link for volunteer
requests shortly, so keep an eye out for that announcement! Volunteers are NOT
restricted to senior parents! For
parents of younger students, this is your opportunity to get an insider’s view on
how ANGC is run, so that you’ll be prepared to make your child’s celebration a success!
Fourth, The All Night Graduation
Celebration Planning Committee also needs more volunteers! Please
join us at our next
meeting, Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 7 PM in the College and Career
Center. This is an important meeting with many details to be
addressed as we wrap up preparations. ALL parents are welcome! Parents of
underclassmen, please come help senior parents and gain valuable knowledge for
next year!
As a final but important note, we are raising
funds for ANGC through sales of reserved
seats at graduation! Reserved seats may be purchased for $50 per seat on
our website or through our representatives during in person ticket sales. This
is an especially convenient way to care for older guests who may be unable to
wait in lines or deal with crowds when the doors open. These reservations are limited, first come
first serve.
Please contact us if you have any
questions or want to help!
Becky Chittal, ANGC Chair, nmcrfc@cox.net
and the ANGC Committee
School News
Rock Through
the Ages Cabaret, June
3, 7 pm
Join the WPHS Theatre department to
celebrate another year of wonderful performances by the Beyond Page Theatre
Company and raise funds to help our students represent us at the Edinburg
Fringe Festival this summer.
There will be a wonderful dessert
reception following the Cabaret, so you can stay and catch up with old friends
or just congratulate our current students on a fabulous season! Tickets
can be purchased in advance at: http://www.westpotomactheatre.org with remaining tickets for sale at
the door starting at 6 PM.
Green Day's
American Idiot is
BACK, for 3 performances only! Missed it last time? Aching to see it
again? Get your
tickets now before they are gone: June 22-24
at 7 PM. It's a Beyond the Page Reunion
performance with alumni and current students. Tickets can be purchased
at: http://www.westpotomactheatre.org with remaining tickets for sale at
the door starting at 6 PM.
All Night Grad Celebration
Tickets: On Sale Now!
All Night Grad tickets can be purchased online at: angcwestpotomac.com The celebration is Wednesday, June 21,
10:00 pm -2:00 am at Belle
Haven Country Club. Tickets cost $55 and can also be purchased during lunch on May 25 and May 26.
We have many volunteer opportunities for ANG – stay tuned for more info next
week.
All Night Grad Meeting
Tue., May 30
The next ALL Night Grad meeting will be Tuesday, May 30,
at 7:00 pm in the College and Career Center.
Baccalaureate June
4
SENIOR
FAMILIES: The Baccalaureate for seniors and parents will be held Sunday, June
4, at 2:00 pm at Aldersgate Church.
JUNIOR
FAMILIES: It is a tradition for the junior class families to host the
reception. Please sign up to help set up and serve, or to bring finger foods
for the event. Thanks for your support of our graduating seniors! Click here for the sign-up page.
Prom Tickets: Sale Extended
Prom
ticket sales have officially been extended! Starting Tuesday, May 30,
tickets will be sold after school from 3 to 3:30, in front of the main
office. The price is $75 and we only accept cash.
Prom 2017: Looking for Chaperones
and Helpers
This
year's prom will be on Saturday, June 10, at the Gaylord National. We would
love to get as many parents and faculty members to chaperone or help out as
possible and to share this amazing night before we send off our senior class. Please click here
to sign up as a chaperone.
Math
Boot Camp
There is one Math Boot Camp
session left on Saturday, May 27. Interested students should ask their teachers
for more details and sign-up procedures.
WPHS
Student Leadership Hosting Food/Clothing Drive
Some of the West Potomac Leadership students have started a permanent
food and clothing pantry at West Potomac for the benefit of the student body
and their families. They will be collecting food and clothing donations
every Friday morning for the rest of the year. There will be a box for
donations in the front office. Contact Nicole Borghard (nmborghard@fcps.edu) if you
have any questions.
Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA)
Updates
DATE CHANGE: PTSA Meeting Wednesday, June 7, 6:30 pm
Join us at our final PTSA
meeting of the school year Wednesday, June 7, as we thank our volunteers and
hand over the keys to the new executive board for 2017-18:
President:
Katie Savage
1st
VP: Lynn Taylor
2d VP:
Carrie Sessine
3d
VP/Volunteer Coordinator: Lisa Johnson
Treasurer:
Robyn Zevin
Corresponding
Secretary: Sue Capper
Recording
Secretary: Monica Mulvihill
College & Career Center (CCC) News
Class
of 2017 Senior Convocation June 20, 9:00 to 11:00 am, Springbank Auditorium
Convocation is our Senior Honors and Awards ceremony where
seniors are recognized for their academic accomplishments and scholarship
awards. ***SENIORS: PLEASE turn in
copies of scholarship awards you will be using to attend college next fall
to Mrs. Carter in the College and
Career Center (Rm 332) by June 1. We must have documentation of scholarship
awards in order to include in awards program. Questions? Contact Mrs.
Carter: eecarter@fcps.edu
College Test Prep Opportunities
Now Live: Summer, Fall (and Beyond)
Test Prep Classes
SAT and ACT
classes will start July 29 and target prep for the August
26 official SAT and September 9 official ACT test. Classes will be
held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
Mock (Practice) Tests
WPHS, Gunston Building, Rooms
153/154. Check-in opens at 8:30am; see link below for mock test dates
and start times. Cost is $23. Walk-in registration ($28) as space allows. Bring
registration, photo ID, pencils, calculator, snack/water. Note: WPHS student scholarships (need-based)
for mocks and classes are available through the WPHS College and Career Center
Specialist, Liz Carter (eecarter@fcps.edu). Online registration closes at midnight
the Wednesday before the test.
Click here for the
full schedule of Mock Tests and prep classes through May 2018.
SAT/ACT Information
For more information on the
ACT and to register: www.actstudent.org. For more information on the SAT and to
register: www.collegeboard.org.
PTSA Program Manager – Marilyn
Aboff, marilynaboff@yahoo.com
Liz Carter, WPHS College & Career Center, eecarter@fcps.edu
Activities News
Seeking Golfers and Sponsors • 11th
Annual WABC Golf Tournament, Thursday, June 8
Register
at www.wabcgolftourney.com. Don't wait because spots are
limited. All proceeds will go to help finish our state-of-the-art Athletic
Training Facility for all the student athletes.
For the most current news in
West Potomac athletics, please check the athletics website.
Fundraising Information
Get
Your Car Nice and Shiny and Help a Great Cause Too!
Car wash at
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 8009 Ft. Hunt Road, Saturday June.
3, 8:00am - 12:00pm. Proceeds go to the West Potomac Dance Team.
CHICK-FIL-A
Drive Thru or Dine on the GREEN • Thursday, June 8, 4-7pm
The Wolverine Green Team is
hosting a CFA fundraiser; all proceeds will go directly to the WG project and
help pay for the water and electricity.
Pre-order sales begin on Monday, May 22. Send
orders to marilynaboff@yahoo.com
Reserve NOW as they will go
quickly!
Chick-Fil-A Meal (sandwich,
chips and drink) $6.00
Chick-Fil-A Sandwich only $5.00
Chips $1.00
Drink $1.00
For
dessert, we'll also have a Bake Sale on the GREEN. We need volunteers
to help sell meals and also to donate food and drinks for the event. Please see
how you can help us. Thanks for your support! Click here to donate some goodies to help raise
money for the Wolverine Green.
RAIN DATE
RE-SCHEDULE: St. Luke's Boot Sale Saturday, May 27, 8-12 pm
The
British-style “Boot Sale” at St. Luke’s will raise money for the UCM food
pantry. A boot sale is a yard sale in which items are sold from the trunk,
or “boot,” of the car. Sellers can rent out a parking space for $20 and
buyers can take advantage of the great bargains being offered. All
proceeds from the parking space rentals will go to UCM. Click here for more information.
Summer Camps
Boys Basketball Camps at West Potomac
July 5-7 – Ages 6-12; 9am – 1pm
July 10-14 – Ages 6-16; 9am – 3pm
July 24-28 – Ages 12 – 16; 9am – 1pm
Contact Camp
Director Tyrone Strother or Head Coach David Houston for more information.
djhouston@fcps.edu
TLStrother@fcps.edu
www.tufwestpotomac.com/wp-summer-camps.html - for registration information.
Summer 2017 Drama Camps Open for Booking
The
Wolverine Athletic Boosters Association is sponsoring summer drama camp
sessions with the West Potomac Theatre Department. Register today at westpotomactheatre.org
MONOLOGUE
AUDITION BOOT CAMP
July
10 - 14
Rising
7th–Rising 12th grade
Full
Day ONLY 9am-4pm - $300
This
week-long camp offers practical tools for preparing audition monologues. Class
work concentrates on tricks to relax you & helping you focus more on
storytelling. Guest instructor Mark Lee Addams will help you put together
monologues for any audition.
Special
performance will take place on Friday at 3:00
IMPROV
CAMP
July
17 - 21
Rising
6th–Rising 9th grade
Half
Day 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm - $195
Full
Day 9am-4pm - $300
Explore
the fundamentals of improvisation as taught and performed by the award-winning
Great Whales team of West Potomac High School. Develop skills like
creative thinking, self-confidence, listening, brainstorming, team building,
empathy and communication, while having loads of fun and laughs. Special
performances will take place on Friday at 11:30am & 3:30pm.
DRAMA
CAMP
July
17 - 21
Rising
K–Rising 9th grade
Half
Day 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm - $195
Full
Day 9am-4pm - $300
Creative
exploration and the development of individual potential are the primary goals
for this summer drama camp. In addition to rehearsing for a final performance, students have
acting classes in which they investigate the world of theatre through exercises
that activate their voices, bodies and imaginations.
Special performances
will take place on Friday at 11:30am & 3:30pm
MUSICAL
THEATRE CAMP
July
24 - 27 (NOTE:
This is a four day camp; no camp on Friday)
Rising
K–Rising 9th grade
Half
Day 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm - $155
Full
Day 9am-4pm - $240
In
the musical theatre camp, you will work with a team of theatre counselors and
other talented theatre students to explore the world of musical theatre, songs, characterizations, vocal work
and choreography, culminating with a showcase on Thursday at 11:30am & 3:30pm.
EXTENDED
HOURS BEFORE/AFTER CAMP
Must
be a registered camper for add-ons; available for Week 2 and 3 camps only - not available
for Week 1 camp (Monologue Audition Boot Camp)
Before
Camp 8am-9am - $50 for July 17-21 camps; $40 for July 24-27 camp
After
Camp 4pm-5pm - $50 for July 17-21 camps; $40 for July 24-27 camp
We
will provide before and aftercare for students, in an effort to make camp
practical for working & busy parents. During this time, students will
be involved in games, entertainment, and stage crafts.
Summer Dance Camp Opportunity: Enroll Now Before We Fill Up
Come
learn exciting dances in Hop Hop, Jazz, Kick and Pom from members of the West
Potomac High School Dance Team and other guest instructors.
When: July 10th-13th,
2017
Times: Dance 1 9:00-1:00;
Dance 2 9:00-3:00
Who:
Rising 1st – 9th grades
Where: West Potomac High
School
Cost: 9:00-1:00 = $160.00 and 9:00-3:00 = $190.00
To
register, click here to download the Dance Camp Flyer and send it along with a check made
out to WABC to West Potomac High
School, Dance Summer Camps, 6500
Quander Road, Alexandria, VA 22307. Questions or Concerns? Please email
Coach Gen at gadwilliams21@gmail.com, 703-209-6802.
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