This week (Thursday and Friday) will be Fall Break with no school in session. We look forward to seeing you in person tonight at parent-teacher conferences!
If you ordered soap from the fundraiser this year, your soap will be available to pick up next Thursday 10/31 and Friday 11/1 in the hallway facing the courtyard. Thank you to everyone who ordered!
Congratulations to Noah Bontrager for winning the boys Varsity Sectional Cross Country race today at Ox Bow Park in Elkhart with a time of 15:18.6, about 19 seconds ahead of the second place runner!
REGIONAL CHAMPS! Congratulations to the Varsity girls soccer team who won the regional championship game today!
Congratulations to the High School Varsity girls cross country team, who qualified to move on to regionals this morning. Cole and Noah Bontrager on the Varsity boys team will also be moving on as individuals. Shout out to Noah Bontrager - Sectional winner in the boys race.
Westview Jr-Sr High School will be holding Parent-Teacher Conferences. Monday the 21st, 4:00pm-8:00pm will be walk-in meetings. Tuesday the 22nd, 3:30pm-7:30pm will be phone conferences for any guardians not able to attend Monday.
Sectional champs! Congratulations to the High school boys Varsity soccer team for winning sectionals tonight!
Congratulations to the Junior High girls soccer team who won the NECC championship today and went undefeated this season.
Sectional Champs! Congratulations to the High School Girls Varsity soccer team for winning sectionals 3-0 in penalty kicks!
Congratulations to Senior Gavin Engle and Junior Kaden Grau, the doubles Sectional Champions of the individual state tennis tournament! They will compete at Regionals on Saturday, October 19.
Attention Staff and High School Students Ages 16 and up:
On Friday October 11th Westview National Honor Society will be hosting a blood drive:
As Hurricane Helene has brought widespread, life-threatening storm surges, flooding and high winds throughout the Southeast, dozens of American Red Cross blood drives have been canceled, impacting blood and platelet donations. The Red Cross also sent hundreds of blood products to Florida to ensure blood products remain available for patients in affected areas.
If you are in an area unimpacted by the storm, please make an appointment to donate. You can register at redcrossblood.org for a blood drive near you.
Together, we can help the blood and platelet supply weather this storm and ensure patients continue to get necessary and lifesaving blood products.
Students - this is a reminder that we will be administering the PSAT (Practice SAT) for all Sophomores and interested Juniors tomorrow, October 9 at 8:10am. Please have Chromebooks charged and ready, and bring your charger with you to the test.
Congratulations to Westview's four Lilly Endowment Scholarship Finalists for the Class of 2025: Grace Heyerly, Morgan Riegsecker, Gavin Engle, and Annagail Warrener.
Westview Junior-Senior High picture retake date will be tomorrow, October 8th, starting at 10:45am . If you did not already have your picture taken, please plan to take your picture for your ID. If you want to re-take your picture, the cost will be $8 and you will need to return your original picture package.
Tickets for “The Little Mermaid” go on sale to the public on Tuesday, October 8th at 7:00am! Details are on the poster! Go to www.cur8.com and search Westview! Our event will pop up! We appreciate our community filling the seats each and every year and are excited to share this show with you! All seats are $12 and reserved.
Poster design by Junior Ian Donat
Thank you to our Parents that Care group as they delivered some fall season treats for the staff today.
Morgan Alexander from Westview Jr-Sr High School successfully completed the 2024 Agricultural Mechanics Academy, a national agricultural educator training event hosted at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Miss Alexander was one of 20 participants from across the United States selected to participate in the 2024 Agricultural Mechanics Academy. The academy was an intensive 10-day training that included hands-on learning and train-the-trainer style lessons in agricultural mechanics focused on small gas engines, residential wiring, and welding. This first of its kind training was held from July 30 - August 8, 2024 under the direction of Dr. Ryan Anderson, associate professor in agricultural education and mechanics at Texas State University.
Dr. Anderson was able to develop and host this training through funding by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy Priority Area, award #2020—08590.
Participants of the academy received numerous classroom items and teaching resources for being selected and participating in the academy. Those items include a classroom curriculum and tools from Briggs & Stratton with training provided by Power Distributors; welding gear packs, curriculum, and training from Lincoln Electric; and Agricultural Technical Systems and Mechanics textbooks from American Technical Publishers. Participants in the academy exceeded over 120 Continuing Education Credit hours for participating. Well done, Miss Alexander.
STATE CHAMPIONS! The Junior High Boys Cross Country Team won the State meet at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course today in Terre Haute, beating the 2nd place team by 124 points. This is Westview's 8th Junior High Boys Cross Country State title, the most State titles in any Junior High sport in the history of Indiana! What an incredible accomplishment. Shout out to coaches Don Williams and Erica Mohr for your integral part of this legacy.
See you tonight for the annual Fall Festival! The show begins at 6:30 with Jazz Band, followed by Dynamic Singsations! National Art Honor Society will have a silent auction and will be serving pumpkin cake and ice cream for a donation.
Congratulations to Senior Jonathan Roth for joining the National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist list.
Last year, 1.3 million Juniors took the PSAT. Of those, 50,000 are named as a Commended Student by the National Merit Scholarship Program. Current Senior Annagail Warrener received this recognition. Only 16,000 (within the top 2%) are named National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists.
Next, Jonathan will try to make the Finalist round (top 15,000) and/or earn a scholarship (top 8,000). Best of luck, Jonathan!
Former Westview students who have reached this list include:
2014 Finalist Kimberly Stutzman; Semi-finalist Micah Hunsberger.
2008 Semifinalist Joshua Hunsberger
1992 Semifinalist Vamsi Yarlagadda
1988 Semifinalists Scott Kwilinski and Wes Thompson
1986 Semifinalists Heather Thompson and Brian Darr
1981 Semifinalist Matt Petgen
1980 Semifinalist Jay Showalter
1979 Semifinalist Doug Hayes
