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Dear
Parents and Guardians:
Welcome
to the 2018-2019 school year. We are
incredibly excited to start the school year, and as a staff we look forward to
renewing old relationships, learning about our newest Bulldogs – the Class
of 2022 and other new students to our school and community. We are also counting the days to graduation
with the Class of 2019 and looking forward to their successes throughout the
year.
On
Tuesday, August 21, we have our 19th Annual Bulldog BBQ. Mr. Sims and Mrs. Hoyseth have led this undertaking in conjunction with the
PTSA and other clubs and organizations. The SGA and other student groups will be on
hand to introduce themselves, provide information and demonstrations.
We
anticipate our enrollment will be over 2700 students this school
year. The Class of 2022 will have
approximately 700 members which increased our staffing. We are excited to welcome more than 30 new staff members to our school.
Our theme for the year is
ENGAGEMENT. As educators, we will engage with
each other to continue to improve our practices to improve all
students’ learning and success. We will engage with our students to get to know them as
individuals and learners. We will engage with parents and guardians to work together to promote student learning and success.
An
area of emphasis this school year will be ATTENDANCE. We have a full-time Dean of Students
who will address all attendance issues (i.e. absence from school, absence from
class, tardy to school, and tardy to class).
Consistent school and class attendance are the most effective ways to ensure
academic success. Being on time for
school and class allows students to experience the complete lesson the teacher
has prepared. We appreciate your support
in emphasizing the importance of getting to school and classes on time with your student.
This
school year, we are offering the Westfield App.
It is free on Google Play or the App Store. This tool will afford our students many of the
same functions they had with the paper agenda (i.e. calendar, place to record homework, schedule, etc.).
It will also give us another means with which to communicate with students, staff, and parents. We will share more information about the Westfield
App in the coming days.
We
have a new bell schedule. The new schedule
allows us to better align with our academy schools, so our travel students can
benefit from their programs. School
still starts and ends 8:10 am and 2:55 pm, respectively.
In
closing, I would like to thank you for your support as we continue to make
Westfield High School a wonderful place to learn and grow for our students and our staff. I look forward to seeing you on campus at our events.
GO
BULLDOGS!
Anthony
E. Copeland, PhD
Principal
Westfield
High School
Twitter:
@westfield_hs
Webpage:
https://westfieldhs.fcps.edu/
Here are the links for the forms which need to be returned by our families for ALL students in our building, which is also posted on our website https://westfieldhs.fcps.edu/node/2966 :
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/se71_7.pdf Health Information Form
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/se3_0.pdf Emergency Care Form
Regardless of any changes or lack of health issues, we need both forms completed and returned.
CONGRATULATIONS to Prabhat Tangella. He will represent the USA at the International World Robotics Olympiad competition in Cebu, Philippines from August 30 – September 2.
Volunteers Still Needed at the Bulldog BBQ August 21!
Go to ptsa.westfieldhs.org to
volunteer
Westfield High
School PTSA ONLINE Silent Auction Now OPEN!
www.32auctions.com/WHSPTSAAuction2018
The Silent Auction is the main PTSA fundraiser
for the year and helps to fund student activities, programming, and awards
throughout the school year.
Support
the PTSA with our mission by bidding in our Silent Auction online
August 17 - August 27
and in
person at the Bulldog BBQ on August 21 with
bidding from 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm.
NEW THIS YEAR!!
1) Extended online bidding days- right up until August
27 for those who can't make it to the auction at the BBQ!
2) Specific Live Auction items that will only be available if
you attend the BBQ August 21.
3) Minimum reserve on high-value items- if a high value item doesn't sell for
at least 75% of it's value at the Live Auction, it will be returned to the
online auction for additional bidding until August
27.
* Please consider bidding at or above the fair
market value of these items. All items were donated so that the PTSA could
raise funds, not so bidders could get items at a bargain price. Thank you!
** We will accept both checks (preferred) and
credit cards (4% transaction fee added to your bid).
Go
Bulldogs!
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