Thank you to all Westview families who use Middlebury, Indiana's First State Bank program and linked your card to Westview. Every time you used your debit card and signed your receipt, you automatically donated 5 cents to the school and directly benefited student needs and programs. Pictured are Jon Miller - Vice President of First State Bank Middlebury, Mr. Rojas - Westiew Junior High Principal, Mr. Wilson - Westview High School Principal, and Cori Vilardo- Marketing Assistant at First State Bank Middlebury. In 2023, your purchases provided $2,181.50 toward student needs and programs! We appreciate your support.
Thank you Westview FFA for making and serving breakfast for the junior high and high school teachers yesterday morning! It was delicious, and we appreciate you and your hard work.
Mrs. Oakley's Applied Skills class at Westview Jr-Sr High School would like to give a shout out to the organizations that have helped make the program successful. Through grants and donations from Views on Learning, National Society of High School Scholars, LaGrange County Community Foundation, Lights of Joy, LaGrange County Chamber's Power of the Purse, Tri-Kappa, Miller's Poultry, and Farm Credit Mid-America, her class has been able to accomplish some really amazing things! For the full article, check out the upcoming issue of the Hometown Treasure.
Shout out to the Westview Jr-Sr High School Music Department for entertaining the large crowd between playing times at tonight's basketball game. Thank you Mr. Brown, Mrs. Hamm, and every student (and their parents) involved in the program!
Hoss the golden retriever was a special guest for a service dog research project in Mrs. Chupp’s ELA classroom at Westview Jr-Sr High School. The students were great with him, and Hoss loved coming to school.
Feb. 17-24, 2024 is National FFA Week, when local chapters share what FFA is (an agricultural and leadership program) and the impact it has on members every day (experiences, knowledge, confidence, and service). This week, all Westview students can participate in many ways - dressing in theme, donating to local animal shelters, and/or driving tractors to school on Friday (permission form needed for driving a tractor).
Congratulations to Lex Thompson on qualifying for the Indiana NASP State Tournament in both the Bullseye and 3D categories. Lex, an eighth grader at Westview Jr-Sr High School, scored 276/300 for Bullseye and 264/300 in 3D. He will be competing at the State Fairgrounds on March 9.
NASP stands for National Archery in the Schools Program. During the season, archers compete in local, state qualifying, and regional events. At the State tournament, teams and individuals attempt to qualify for the Eastern and Western National Tournament.
Best of luck, Lex!
Photo Credits: Michael Yeip, Junior at Westview Jr-Sr High School, and Mr. Jason Stacy, Archery coach
Due to the cancellation of school on January 23rd, school at Westview School Corporation will be held on Monday, February 19th, which is our next makeup day. The regular Monday schedule will be followed.
On February 3rd, several members of the choral department participated in vocal/piano solo and ensemble contest at Fairfield Jr-Sr High School. Overall, 42 students participated from the choral department. Westview came home with 23 Gold medals and 2 Silver medals.
Qualifying for state are: Kaitlin Nuzum, Braden Rogers, Bailey Manns, Kaleb Iddings, Asher Kennedy, Brina Williams, Emily Bontrager, Hope Miller, Miley Mast, Sorcha Stewart, Lilyan Bennett, Tetiana Jones, and Adelyn Rainsberger for their solos; and the Jones Ensemble of Sorcha Stewart, Brina Williams, Lexy Bennett, Bailey Manns, Lilly Mullet, Emily Bontrager, Emilia Mendoza, Ava Hostetler, Eden Mauck, Abbie Ponce, Andreya Bergeron, MJ Canturk, Janell Lambright, Chayenne Diaz, Tetiana Jones, and Lilyan Bennett. These students will perform their music for another judge at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 17th.
A huge shout out to Lanita Mast who helped Mrs. Hamm with all the accompanying!
A reminder that there will be no school for students on Friday, February 16th due to a Staff Professional Learning Day. We will see you back at school on Monday, February 19th.
Westview Jr/Sr High School celebrated the big game last Friday. The Parents that Care group arranged for a Souper Bowl party and brought in a variety of soups for the staff. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to making the soups and helped with the arrangements.
Westview Theatre Department presents Fast Food by Tracy Wells. Come and see what happens in a day at MacBurger's, where the staff are all teenagers, the shake machines never work, chickens are on a break, love is in the air, and the menu choices seem endless.
Friday, Feb 9th, at 7:00 pm and Sunday, Feb 11th, at 2:30 pm in the Wilson Auditorium. Tickets are $5.00 at the door.
Mid-term grades will be coming home today with your student
Mrs. Cowley's Honors English 10 students wrote their own children's books and then read them to Topeka Elementary 3rd graders yesterday. Both the high school and elementary students enjoyed this opportunity!
Congratulations to the Westview FFA teams who competed at District 3 Small Engines Contest at Central Noble High School. Benton Hershberger and Ryan Yoder earned 2nd overall, qualifying them for State in April! Keegan Norberg, Aaron Williams, Keegan Hershberger, and Wyatt Murray also represented themselves well. Way to go, Warriors!
Westview students received three more Scholastic Art Awards in addition to those posted on January 21. Tristan Pearson and Micheal Yeip both received awards for their photography. These students (along with all winners in our region) will be recognized at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art on February 18th. Their work will be on display at the Museum from February 10th through February 25th and March 5th through April 7th.
The Northeast Scholastic Art and Writing Region experienced technical difficulties resulting in the delay of the notification of these awards and extends their apologies while congratulating these additional Scholastic Art Winners.
A big congratulations to all of our instrumentalists who represented Westview Saturday, January 27th at ISSMA District Solo & Ensemble at East Noble High School! Special recognition goes to Kiana Mast and Chris Terrones whose solo performances qualified them for the state event in Indianapolis later in February! All nineteen students earned either gold or silver medal ratings, three of whom were entered in more than one event. We are proud of you!
Educational Travel Opportunity: Your student is invited to join us as we travel to Costa Rica in the Summer of 2025. When students travel, they expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, and grow more confident. Come hear all the details, including itinerary, activities, academic opportunities, and cost at an informational meeting on February 22 at 6:30 PM. RSVP using this link: https://rsvp.eftours.com/k8e5bed
Congratulations to Junior High Semester 1 Outstanding Students. Each quarter, this award highlights a 7th and 8th grade student from each department who went above and beyond in their classrooms through their work, words, actions, or a combination of all three.
Westview School Corporation is on a 2 hour delay, Wednesday, January 24th, 2024.