Monday, September 23, 2019 Teachers: Please read announcements during 3rd period. Also remind students that they can be found on Canvas every day.

Announcements Coat & Clothing Collection for HCKC and WYAP! Are your closets and dressers filled with coats and clothes your family no longer wears? If so, turn those into some "good" for our community! From Monday, Sept. 30 through Friday, Oct. 11, we'll be collecting gently-used coats (as well as other winter wear, like hats, gloves, boots, etc.) and clothes of all sizes. Donated coats will go to Hamilton County Kids Coats (www.kidscoats.org) to support one of six coat giveaways across Hamilton County in November (see below). Donated clothing will go to Goodwill as a part of their Collect & Connect program. For each bag of clothing, Goodwill will donate a $5 clothing voucher to Westfield Youth Assistance to help support area families. Over the past few years, our school community has donated hundreds of coats, and Westfield Youth Assistance has been provided over $1500 in clothing voucher support!! Thank you!! So... start loading up bags now! You can bring them to the school starting Sept. 30, OR you can drop them by a Centier Bank branch in Westfield, Carmel, or Fishers starting now! In need of a winter coat? Hamilton County Kids Coats will be holding winter coat giveaways at several area locations later this fall -- Arcadia on Oct. 29; Carmel, Sheridan, and Fishers on Nov. 2; Westfield and Noblesville on Nov. 9. If you are interested in getting coats at one of these events, please make an appointment at https://kidscoats.org/appointments or by calling (317) 324-8818. While appointments are not necessary to get a coat, making one is highly recommended. Please know proof of Hamilton County residence is required to receive coats. If you have any questions about donations or the coat giveaways, please contact Brian Sawa at (317) 867-7906 or sawab@wws.k12.in.us. The "Quarry" will now be open after school on Monday-Thursday from 3:45 pm-4:10 pm for students to purchase snacks, drinks and sandwiches, and other grab and go items. Students can use their lunch accounts to purchase items. There is nothing quite like your high school yearbook! The excitement of looking through it the day you pick it up, or five years later, or even 50 years later brings back so many great memories (like the ones we will make this week)! Get your 2019-2020 WHS yearbook now -- sales are open at Jostens.com. Purchase yours today -- prices will increase after Homecoming (that is NEXT WEEK)!! Students can elect to have the book delivered to their house for $10. This is an awesome option for seniors. https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1072241/Westfield-High-School/2020-Yearbook/2019081604542948764/CATALOG_SHOP/ Voting is open for Homecoming Royalty! Check the announcements in your Class Canvas page for the ballot. Voting closes at 4pm TODAY!

Hey Westfield! Homecoming week is upon us. This is a time to celebrate our school and our unity. We will begin homecoming week on Monday, September 23 with the following spirit days:

● MONDAY: Wild Wild West(field) Cowboy, cowgirl, 🤠, ● TUESDAY: Sweets Day Dress up in colors/outfits that represent your favorite

candy or dessert! Red and white stripes for candy cane, M&M/skittles colors, full candy costumes, etc

● WEDNESDAY: Trendy Day Your favorite trends! These can be memes, Tik Toks, VSCO girls, silly bands, fashion trends, Adidas—BE CREATIVE!

● THURSDAY: Class Color Day Wear your class color ALL OUT. Yellow = freshmen, red = sophomore, blue = junior, black = senior

● Friday: Neon day. Just... Neon!

Thursday, September 26 will be the Homecoming Parade at 6:30 -note new start time! We plan to have the same route from WIS to WHS as last year. The theme will be SWEET VICTORY, and it will be followed by the Powderpuff game at the stadium. Friday, September 27, we will have our pep rally at the end of the day. At 7, our football team will play and we will crown our homecoming court. We will wrap up homecoming week with our Sweet Escape hoco dance on SATURDAY evening. Tickets will be sold in the cafeteria this and next week.

Students, the concession stand will be open during the Homecoming dance on Saturday, September 28th. We will have nachos, candy, popcorn, hot dogs and drinks. Remember to bring your cash! The WHS fall blood drive is coming up on Tuesday, October 1, from 9 am -2:45 pm. Local hospitals rely heavily on student donations to help keep their blood supply full. As a reminder it is extremely important to call the attendance line as early as possible when picking your student’s up for early dismissal to allow us time to send a pass to your student. The attendance line is checked every 10-15 minutes throughout the day. Due to the construction in our building it is sometimes difficult to reach a classroom on short notice. You may reach the attendance line directly at 317-867-6801.

Hosted by the Westfield Education Foundation, the Purdue Varsity Glee Club will be coming to Westfield High School.

Tickets are available at https://whspa.booktix.com/ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019 7:30 PM

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Tickets are

$15 adult K-12 Student $5 Under 5 Free

Do you love to code? Do you have a great idea for an app? Then the Congressional App Challenge is for you!! It is an opportunity for both middle and high school students to showcase their coding skills and create any desktop, web-based or mobile app of their choosing and submit it for a chance to be honored by Congresswoman Brooks. Students can work individually or in groups of up to four persons. For groups who participate, at least 50% of the students must reside in or attend school in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. Sign up for the CAC competition at www.congressionalappchallenge.us. It is open through November 1, 2019. West Point Society of Indiana will put on their 11th annual Leadership & Ethics Conference on Nov. 26. The purpose of the conference is to help make good young leaders better leaders by giving them the tools they can use to impact our school and community. This is a free, interactive seminar led by Cadets from West Point. You must be a Junior (11th grader) to apply. Only two students from WHS will be selected. The application must be completed by Oct. 11. The application can be found at https://forms.gle/hMCEFabJUZqMs1cRA. See Mr. Frederick for more details.

CAFE VISITS: Indiana National Guard - Thursdays during lunches on September 26th, October 10th October 24th, and November 14th

Navy - Wednesdays during lunches on October 2nd, October 23rd, November 6th, and November 20th

Army - Tuesdays during lunch on September 24th, October 8th, October 22nd, and November 5th, November 19th

Marines - Mondays during lunch on October 7th and October 21st, November 4th, and November 18th

SENIORS:

Senior Shots:

There are still many seniors whose Immunizations are NOT COMPLETE. Immunization requirements are set by the state of Indiana, and according to state law, these immunizations must be complete in order to attend school. 1. 2nd MCV4 - Only 1 dose is required if MCV4 #1 was given on or after the 16th birthday

2. Hepatitis A – At least one Hep A is required by the start of the school year and an appointment date for the 2nd Hepatitis A. (Requires 2 doses given at least 6 months apart.) If you have NOT YET provided your immunizations, appointment date to complete them, Religious or Medical Exemption to the School Nurses, you must do so ASAP. WHS Nurses: Cindy Hosking, RN / Jane VanDyne, RN / Amber Mizimakoski, RN Email: whsnurse@wws.k12.in.us Fax: (317) 867-4647

Common Application Workshops: Students using the Common Application to apply to colleges can attend workshops on October 9 from 6:00—8:00 PM in the LGI. This is an informal work time where students can receive assistance from school counselors in completing their Common App. Pizza will be provided. Students must register to attend and can do so here. SENIORS: Arrange a time to get a yearbook picture - please call Prestige Portraits at 317-564-2592 or go online at https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/YCLXQ4J4/ SCHOOL COUNSELING CENTER: The following college visits are during Core time and open to any students in grades 9-12. Students should sign up in Enriching Students. September 23rd (TODAY!) - University of South Alabama and University of Chicago September 24th - Eckerd College (FL) and University of Illinois at Chicago September 26th - Seton Hall University and Bethel College September 27th - Calvin College (MI) and Grand Canyon University (AZ) September 30th - Franklin College and Samford University October 1st - Bellarmine University and Kent State University (OH) October 3rd - Millikin University (IL) October 4th - University of St. Francis October 7th - Manchester University (IN) October 8th - St. Joe Indy of Marian University and The University of Toledo October 10th - Ball State University and Indiana Wesleyan University October 11th - Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo (IN) October 28th - Saint Louis University (MO) and Monmouth College (IL) October 31st - Taylor University and U.S. Air Force (AA) November 4th - Michigan Technological University and St Louis College of Pharmacy (MO)

CLUB AND ACTIVITY NEWS: The CareLikeCate Club will be selling these ADORABLE tshirts for $10! We will be donating all of our profits from T-Shirt Sales to Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Orders are due by October 1st :) Fill out the Google Form below if you would like to order one - you can give your money to Ms. Stephens, Sarah Weglarz, or Allie Hopp. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff8rheBuMv4ojGM9OSliF-rY3g2NWaSOJIwPl9Eu1IBwHN5A/viewform

Student government will meet every Monday up through homecoming week in the LGI East during CORE time The Homecoming Committee is looking for around 10 student volunteers to help at this year's Homecoming Parade! Be a part of the action by getting everyone organized, helping communicate information, and just being available for general help at the event on Thursday, September 26, from 2-7:30 pm! If you are interested, please contact Parade Chairwoman, Mitzi Eichenberger at mkeichenberger@yahoo.com or 317-557-8767. Let her know your name, contact info, and hours that you are available. Check out the WHS 2019-20 Club Magazine! There’s a club for everyone -- and if not, you can start one!!

ATHLETICS: Attention Students: Wednesday and Thursday night will be "Fill the Hill" nights for Girls and Boys Soccer. All WHS students will get in free by showing their school ID. Girls Soccer celebrates senior night on Wednesday and takes on Brownsburg with a 5:30 JV start and 7:00 varsity start. Thursday Boys Soccer takes on Columbus North with a 6:00 JV start and 7:30 varsity start. Thursday night is also powder puff night so you can go back and forth to support your classmates and the boys soccer team. GIRLS VARSITY GOLF The Westfield Lady Rocks Golf Team captured it's fifth sectional title in six years at the Ben Davis Sectional on Friday at South Grove Golf Course. The Lady Rocks shot a team score of 286 which is the second lowest sectional score to date and is four shots better than the Rocks best sectional score. Leading the team was senior Natalie Shupe with an impressive 69. Shupe finished tied with Becky Williams from University and had to have a playoff to determine the overall medalist. Shupe hit a great drive on the first playoff hole and had about 25 yards to the pin and proceeded to hole in out for eagle and earned medalist honors. Following Shupe was Sophie McGinnis with an even par round of 70 in which she had seven birdies. Jocelyn Bruch finished with 73. Brette Hanavan carded a 74 and Allie Hildebrand rounded out the scoring with a 78. The Lady Rocks will compete in the Roncalli Regional next Saturday at Smock Golf Course. GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER The Lady Rocks defeated Pike 4-0 Saturday. Goals were scored by Madison Niehaus, Allison Bullock, Ari Teles. and Amiah Sprunger. BOYS VARSITY SOCCER The Boys Varsity soccer team earned a nice win against a good Pendleton Heights (3 to 2) team despite having a difficult time getting their footing early in the match. In the first half, after going down a goal, Senior Nathan Hewitt got on the end of a corner kick from Junior Jordan Donsky to level the game at 1-1. In the second half a strong showing from the central midfield led by Senior Captains Miguel Ayala and Max Von Arx helped

establish the team as the better side to get the win. The team was able to get the win behind two goals from David Green, first on a free kick from just outside the box and second only moments later after Junior Colin Maris drove a ball up the field and Green was able to beat his defender and the goalie to it and head it into the back of the net for the game winner. The team is back on the road in conference play at Brownsburg on Tuesday night. GIRLS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY The #21 ranked girls cross country team placed 10th in the championship division at the Riverview Health XC Invite on Saturday. The team was led by junior, Julia Clark. The team had a solid 20 second 1-5 split. BOYS VARSITY AND JUNIOR VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY The varsity boys cross country team performed well at the Riverview Health FlashRock Invitational, finishing 8th - just four points out of 7th - in the championship race in an elite field featuring eight top 25 teams, including six top 11 teams. The Shamrocks were led by the trio of Kai Connor, senior Mahamat Djour, and Tyler Smith, all of whom earned medals and finished in the top 34. Kyler Koning, Garrett Mowry, senior Clay Kipper, and Max Woehler rounded out the top 7, and all had solid races. The JV team finished 3rd in an equally elite field, led by senior Johnny McClure’s continued impressive streak of races. McClure finished 3rd overall in the field, and was close to a season best on a tough course. Also scoring for the Shamrocks were senior Bradley McManus, Aidan Wright, Evan Besinger, and Owen Flynn. Other fine races included Sam Hinds, Samuel Schmidt, senior Michael Simpson (coming off injury), Owen Krisch, and Lewis Kaufman. BOYS VARSITY FOOTBALL Last Friday, your Rocks traveled to Hamilton Southeastern to take on the Royals, falling 34-10. The loss is the first one on the season, dropping the Rocks to 4-1 (2-1 HCC). The Rocks had about as good of a start as they could hope for, scoring on the first drive, and then picking off a pass on their first defensive series. The field goal unit converted, and the Rocks had a 10-0 lead to end the first. The Rock D yielded a Royal touchdown in the second, which led to the 10-7 score at the break. In the second half, however, it was all Royals, as they scored 27 unanswered points. The Shamrock offense was simply never able to get going, and the Rock D struggled in the second half. Special mention should be given to McGwire Graybill, Ian Bruch, and Mario Chalmers. These Rocks made significant contributions in preparing the team for the Friday contest. During the week, they show us what it means to be united, providing the best possible look for their fellow teammates. Next week, your Rocks will come home to face the Bulldogs of Brownsburg. Kickoff is scheduled for 7pm. Students can purchase a season pass for all home athletic events for only $50. Single game tickets are $6 each so if you plan on attending more than 8 athletic events this year, this is a great value. Stop by the Athletic Office for more yum information or to purchase one.

PARENTS: Coming on 9/30, the Wellbeing Coalition of Westfield in cooperation with Westfield Washington Schools and St. Vincent Behavioral Health would like to invite you to a free community suicide prevention and intervention training on September 30, 2019, @ WWES from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. It is open to parents, community members, friends, siblings, teachers, aunts, uncles -- ANYONE and EVERYONE! You will learn to recognize the warning signs, learn how to offer hope and know how to get help to save a life. Please join us!! Please join us for our first PTO Meeting! When: Tues, Sep 24th from 12:00-1:00 pm Where: Community First Bank of Indiana, 707 State Road 32 E, Westfield, IN 46074 (on the corner of SR 32 and Oak Ridge Road). Everyone is invited (you can bring your kids too if needed)! Please come join us and get updates on what is going on at the High School! We also need to fill some vacancies for Teacher Appreciation and our Holiday Cookie Exchange, if interested please email rockspto@gmail.comor attend the PTO Meeting next Tuesday. PTO Coffee with Dr. McGuire on October 2, 7:45-8:45am in the LGI-East There is nothing quite like your high school yearbook! The excitement of looking through it the day you pick it up, or five years later, or even 50 years later brings back so many great memories (like the ones we will make this week)! Get your 2019-2020 WHS yearbook now -- sales are open at Jostens.com. Purchase yours today -- prices will increase after Homecoming (that is NEXT WEEK)!! Students can elect to have the book delivered to their house for $10. This is an awesome option for seniors. https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1072241/Westfield-High-School/2020-Yearbook/2019081604542948764/CATALOG_SHOP/ Senior Shots: There are still many seniors whose Immunizations are NOT COMPLETE. Immunization requirements are set by the state of Indiana, and according to state law, these immunizations must be complete in order to attend school. 1. 2nd MCV4 - Only 1 dose is required if MCV4 #1 was given on or after the 16th birthday 2. Hepatitis A – At least one Hep A is required by the start of the school year and an appointment date for the 2nd Hepatitis A. (Requires 2 doses given at least 6 months apart.) If you have NOT YET provided your immunizations, appointment date to complete them, Religious or Medical Exemption to the School Nurses, you must do so ASAP. WHS Nurses: Cindy Hosking, RN / Jane VanDyne, RN / Amber Mizimakoski, RN Email: whsnurse@wws.k12.in.us Fax: (317) 867-4647 As a reminder it is extremely important to call the attendance line as early as possible when picking your student’s up for early dismissal to allow us time to send a pass to your student. The attendance line is checked every 10-15 minutes throughout the day. Due to the construction in our building it is sometimes difficult to reach a classroom on short notice. You may reach the attendance line directly at 317-867-6801.

Applications are now open for Westfield Washington Schools' Meal Value Plan (MVP) which will help your child/children receive nutritious school meals for free or at a reduced price. For those that qualify, the MVP plan also will help with Consumable and Student fees. Please note: A new application must be completed each school year. And new this year, the MVP process moves completely online - no more paper forms. You can find the online form on our district website >Parents tab>Student Nutrition> top right Meal Assistance tab. You will need your student’s ID number for the form. https://westfieldwashingtonsd.sodexomyway.com/index.html If you do not have computer access, please visit the Westfield Washington Schools administration office (1143 E 181st St, Westfield, IN 46074) to complete the online application. Families will be notified by mail once their application is processed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact WWS’s Food Service office at 317-867-8062. Consumable and Student Fees (formerly Textbook Rental) - In prior years, WWS families received an invoice mailed to your home with textbook and student fees. This year, fees will be posted to your student’s PowerSchool account and the payment process will be online. For students in grades 7-12, fees will be posted September 1 and due October 1. Additional instructions, including information on payment plans, will be forthcoming. Family Make Night is back for another year family fun! We kick off on Wednesday, September 25 with an electronics project to build electronic bagpipes. This is an ambitious project that requires soldering so students must bring an adult to help with the build. Family Make Night is open to any Westfield student from 3rd grade up. We will start at 6:30PM. You can enter through the cafeteria entrance, door #7. Spots are limited so sign up early. Let's make something awesome! Sign up at https://forms.gle/aaS7heTxRiBJErc77. This is a reminder from the WHS Nurses that PowerSchool Parent Portal must be updated EVERY YEAR.

● If you have not updated medical information for your student, please submit info through the PARENT PORTAL of PowerSchool in order for your child to be treated in the health clinic. ● If your student comes to the clinic for treatment, we CANNOT administer over-the-counter

medications or treatments, such as Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, Benadryl, Hydrocortisone cream, etc. until you have updated PowerSchool.

● We will not be calling parents for permission to give medications unless the student is significantly ill.

● If you have difficulty with the PowerSchool Parent Portal, please contact the Central Office. Parents are you hoping to create a Canvas Parent account and/or add students to your Canvas Parent account? This might help! Canvas Parent Observer document = bit.ly/WWSCanvasParent Spanish version = http://bit.ly/CanvasParentSP

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