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.
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.
Thank you to our Parents that Care group as they delivered some fall season treats for the staff today.
Congratulations to Westview's four Lilly Endowment Scholarship Finalists for the Class of 2025: Grace Heyerly, Morgan Riegsecker, Gavin Engle, and Annagail Warrener.
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
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
Conference Champs! Junior high boys XC won NECC tonight. Junior high girls came in 2nd. Congratulations Warriors!
The Westview Jr. High boys cross country team won the big school New Haven Invitational on Saturday, beating 35 other schools. This keeps the Westview Jr. High boys cross country team perfect on the season winning all 4 invitationals and having a perfect 14 - 0 regular season. Placing for Westview on the varsity was Karl Bontrager, Michael Bontrager, Kevin Bontrager, Darin Miller, Kendall Lambright, Jamin Miller, and Coltin Bontrager. Well done, runners!
As September comes to a close, we would like to express our gratitude to Air-Tite Insulation for sponsoring our coffee throughout September. Their support has been a wonderful way to start each morning.
Today, the Westview FFA participated in the LaGrange County Soils Contest. A big thank you to the LaGrange Water and Soil Conservation for organizing and setting up the locations!
Congratulations to everyone who took part! The Westview FFA members gained valuable knowledge and had the opportunity to showcase their soil judging skills!
Congratulations to the High School Girls Varsity soccer team for winning the NECC tournament today! Well done, Warriors!
Congratulations to the Westview Jr. High boys varsity cross country team, who placed first out of 37 schools today at the West Noble Invitational. The Westview Jr. High boys JV placed 2nd overall. Today's race keeps the Westview Junior High varsity boys cross country record perfect at 12 - 0 on the regular season and winning all 4 invitationals that they have competed in up to this point. Great job boys!
Congratulations to the Junior High Girls soccer team for winning the Westview Tournament today!
Congratulations to both the high school girls and boys varsity cross country teams at the New Prairie Invitational today. The girls team finished first in the 1A race and the boys team finished 2nd. Noah Bontrager won the boys race with a time of 16:04.7. Well done, runners!
Unfortunately, not enough people registered for the Color Blast this year, so we need to cancel. If you signed up, your money will be returned to you by Wednesday (9/25/24).
Explore LaGrange County. Visit the website visitshipshewana.org/off-beaten-path or scan the QR code.
State-Bound for FFA Livestock Skillathon! Congratulations to the following FFA members who qualified for State in October by placing 6th as a team at the Area 11 Contest tonight: Audri Martin (2nd overall individual), Ashlyn Martin (20th overall individual), Hadleigh Bontrager (30th overall individual), and Karla Yoder (38th overall individual). Matthew Bibbee was an individual competitor and placed 42nd overall. Well done, Warriors! Best of luck at State.
