Date

Event

Time

location

4/24

Faculty Meeting Treats

By 2pm

follow this link to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/whsbulldog

4/26 & 4/27

Mulch Days

Your driveway!

4/26 & 4/27

WHS Theatre Rock of Ages

7pm

Auditorium

4/27

Turbo-Tutoring SAT Prep

9:30am – 12:15pm

Rm A111

4/28

Mulch Spreading

Your yard!

4/28

WHS Theatre Rock of Ages

2pm

Auditorium

5/3

PTSA Scholarship Applications Due

Career Center

5/3 – 5/4

WHS Theatre Rock of Ages

7pm

Auditorium

5/9

Teacher Appreciation Dessert Bar

By 10:45am

Main Office – sign up coming soon!

5/11  & 5/18

Bulldog Blitz Tutoring

10am – 11am

Library

5/14

May PTSA Meeting

7pm

Library

5/18

More than Sad program

4pm – 6pm

Library and Cafeteria

5/18 – 5/19

SAT Bootcamp

9am-1pm

N141 (Health Room)

5/27

NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day

5/31

Deadline to register for All Night Grad Party!

https://ptsa.westfieldhs.org/parents/angp-homepage.html.

6/5

Senior Awards Ceremony

6/6

Class of 2019 Graduation and ANGP!

6/13

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL – 3HR Early Release

1.

Please join the 2018-2019 WHS PTSA!  Your membership is vital to the success of the PTSA! Please help support the students, teachers, and Westfield community by joining the PTSA this year. You can join online or by printing a membership form. Information can be found here! Questions? Please contact Membership Chair Christina Black at membership@westfieldhs.org

2.

Westfield Theatre Presents: Rock of Ages

April 26, 27, May 3, 4 at 7pm and April 28 at 2pm

Tickets $10 online or $12 at the door: https://www.itickets.com/events/421880

As the sun sets on the L.A. Strip, rock 'n' roll comes alive inside the doors of the Bourbon Room. Lonny (Harry Schlatter) emcees this rockin' '80s story as busboy Drew (John Henry Stamper) strives for the attention of aspiring actress Sherrie (Keeley Rogers) and rock stardom. But the owner of the renowned bar, Dennis Dupree (Josh Moore), doesn't have time to notice his talent as he receives word that the strip has been rezoned, dooming all rock venues for demolition. The father-son city developing duo Hertz (Braeden Anderson) and Franz (Alan Gutierrez-Urista) have convinced the mayor to embrace their “clean, efficient living” initiative, to the dismay of the mayor's rock enthusiast assistant, Regina (Faith Cho). 

Dennis books rock sensation Stacee Jaxx (Colin Brown) to save the Bourbon Room and keep rock alive in L.A. When the big shot rolls into town, he drives a wedge between potential lovers Drew and Sherrie. With impending demolitions and the struggles of young love, the people of the Strip are still “looking for nothin’ but a good time” in this electrifying tale of Rock of Ages.

The cast and crew of Westfield Theatre's Rock of Ages will be collecting donations for Shelter House at each performance. Shelter House is an organization that works to provide for families in need. A collection bin will be at the ticket sales table in the lobby before each show. Possible donations include shampoo, conditioner, feminine hygiene products, toothpaste, toothbrushes, toilet paper, household cleaning items, laundry detergent, etc. Visit shelterhouse.org for the full list of items they need.

For more information, visit https://www.westfieldtheatre.com/ or email westfieldtheatreboosters@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support!

3.

May PTSA Meeting: Join us Tuesday, May 14 at 7PM in the WHS Library for the PTSA Meeting.

4.

The "Happily Ever After" All Night Grad Party (ANGP) will be here quicker than we know and we are determined to get 100% participation!  The ANGP is an all night, lock-in celebration for our 2019 Graduates and is held in a drug and alcohol free safe environment.  This years' celebration will be held at Uptown Alley & Autobahn Indoor Speedway in the Manassas Mall. Registration is now open!  The cost is $75 per student and food, drinks, and ALL activities are included.  What activities?  

·       Black-light bowling lanes!

·       Autobahn go-kart racing!

·       Laser Tag!

·       Arcades!

·       Dancing all night!

Students will be taken by charted bus to and from WHS and the ANGP.  Security will be provided.  Any student who may be in need of financial assistance can see their counselor.  The last day to register is May 31st, and students/parents can register here: 

https://ptsa.westfieldhs.org/parents/angp-homepage.html.  Food, prizes and monetary donations are welcome! 

Let's send our Seniors off in style!

5.

Mulch Days Volunteers Needed: Bulldog Parents, Coaches & Club Leaders

We need your help to make Mulch Day a success!

What the heck is Mulch Day?

It’s the primary fundraiser for the PTSA that funds a large chunk of the All Night Graduation Party for the senior class and many other PTSA initiatives. We deliver over 13,000 bags of mulch to approximately 400 homes in the Westfield boundary in two days. It takes a huge number of people – students & parents – to pull

this off.

Does my kid’s specific club or team benefit?

Yes! Students and parents can designate two clubs or teams to support. A pot of $6,000 is split amongst the clubs/teams that participate based on hours worked! And, your kid gets volunteer hours!

How can you help?

Volunteer for 4 hours in one of these time slots :

Shift #1: Friday, 4/26 - 4-8pm

Shift #2: Saturday 4/27 - 7-11am

Shift #3: Saturday, 4/27 - 11am-3pm

Parents DO NOT need to lift mulch bags! The students do the heavy lifting!

Here are the jobs we need filled:

1. Navigators for our Mulch Delivery Trucks – You ride shotgun in a delivery truck, follow printed route to the delivery addresses, manage the kids unloading the truck, count the bags for accuracy and move on to the next home. This is a critical job – it’s fun working with the kids but you need to pay close attention to correct delivery addresses and number of bags delivered.

2. Drivers of Students – Drive students and follow the delivery trucks to the delivery homes. You may have kids you know or may be matched up with kids who just need a ride. You can choose to stay in your car or jump out and help – totally up to you! Click here to sign up today !

If you are unavailable to volunteer your time, we need food donations to feed all these hungry workers! Click here to donate food!

For any questions you have about how Mulch Day works, visit our FAQ page at:

http://ptsa.westfieldhs.org/parents/mulch-event/angp-mulch-faq.html or simply click here .

6.

Dance Team Fundraiser: The Westfield High School Varsity Dance Team is doing kids birthday parties and Brownie dancer badge workshops to fund raise for Nationals. If you know of any families with young children who may be interested, please spread the word. See attached flyers for details or contact Coach Jessica Davis at westfieldhsdanceteam@gmail.com.

7.

Eagle Scout Project – Help Needed!: Gavin Peppler is a freshman at Westfield with an Eagle Scout project that will benefit the Westfield Art Department.   His project is rebuilding two outside patios that used for outdoor Clay firing. The patios are currently not level, overgrown, and sinking.  Some of the cement square tiles used to build the patios are cracked and need replacing. His job is to use as many of the old tiles as possible and rebuild the patios. Gavin requests funding support and volunteer help.  He is with troop 893 and his email is gavinswim3@gmail.com .

8.

New Tutoring Program – Bulldog Blitz!: This year, we replaced BITS with Bulldog Blitz. Bulldog Blitz is a FREE tutoring program for students currently enrolled at Westfield HS. Students seeking assistance with homework or other assignments work with Westfield HS student volunteers who previously mastered the content. The sessions will be held in the library from 10: 00 am to 11:00 am on the following dates:

May 11, 18

To register for Bulldog Blitz you can bring your Emergency Care Card to the session, or email your Emergency Care Card to jpsimmons@fcps.edu, or give your Emergency Care Card to your counselor. For more information about Bulldog Blitz, contact your counselor or Mr. Simmons, Assistant Principal at 703-488-6341.

9.

SAT Bootcamp at Westfield High School: Just $195 Per Student Catalyst's SAT Bootcamp is a confidence-boosting weekend seminar that teaches students strategies for every type of question they're guaranteed to encounter on the SAT. Selected topics include how to:

·  Shortcut math questions that stump more than 90% of test-takers

·  Spot hidden clues that reveal the main idea in lengthy SAT Reading passages

·  Avoid the three sneaky ways the SAT's Writing & Language test tries to trick students

·  Use a proven template to earn perfect scores in reading, analysis, and writing on the SAT Essay 

Catalyst's SAT Bootcamp is not a mock test or an infomercial for our services. Catalyst's SAT Bootcamp is a two-day seminar that ignites confidence and momentum by teaching students proven, step-by-step methods for cracking every type of question they're going to encounter on the SAT. Participants Catalyst's SAT Bootcamp book, bonus online instruction, and personalized feedback.

Saturday, May 18th, 9am - 1pm & Sunday, May 19th, 9am - 1pm (Students attend both days.) Tuition is just $195. For more information on this special prep opportunity or to enroll, call 800.235.0056, sign up at https://catalystprep.com/bootcamp_su, or email info@CatalystPrep.com. The deadline to enroll in this special prep opportunity is Wednesday, May 15th.

10.

WHS Food Pantry: If you are able to make a donation of pasta, rice, canned vegetables, granola bars, cereal or other non-perishable items you may reach out to Ms. Johnson in D209, Ms. Bristol in B205, Ms. Violett in subschool 3, or Mrs. Williams in student services.

11.

PTSA Scholarships: ATTENTION SENIORS! The Westfield PTSA Scholarship committee plans to award several scholarships to well-rounded, outstanding seniors who uphold the ideals of the PTSA. These scholarships are available to graduating seniors who plan to go to two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and vo-tech schools. Class of 2019 Seniors must have become PTSA members by October 31, 2018 to qualify. All scholarship applications are due to the WHS Career Center by 2:30pm on Friday, May 3, 2019. Applications are available in the Career Center or at ptsa.westfieldhs.org.

12.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Presents: More Than Sad “Take the shame out of the pain.”: Saturday, May 18 (4pm-6pm) Groups will meet in the WHS Library & Cafeteria The More Than Sad family of programs has taught over a million students, parents, and educators how to be smart about mental health. Participants learn how to recognize mental health conditions, warning signs of suicide, and the steps to take to get help for those who are at risk. *Middle school and High school students as well as adults are welcome. Sponsored by WHS PTSA & Centreville Presbyterian Church

13.

3^rd Quarter Report Card “A” Day Raffle Winners: Congratulations on all those A’s!!!

Dr. Copeland will provide your 4th or 5th period class with a pizza lunch: Izzy Yawson

5 - $10 Chick-fil-A Gift Cards

1. Amal El-Muqayed

2. Kaitlyn Rubens

3. Kevin Martinez

4. Kevin Martinez

5. Kevin Martinez

5 - $10 Game Stop Gift Cards

1. Beth Belay

2. Sebastian Andreu

3. Jacob Leach

4. Major Bibb

5. Nishkarsha Sigel

5- $10 Starbucks Gift Cards

1. Beth Belay

2. Summer Duba

3. Katie Weston

4. Deepika Reddy

5. Anson Duo

5- $25 Shell Gas Cards

1. Juliet Chicapello

2. Jessica Carmona

3. Anna Mattfeld

4. Sami Robinson

5. Sami Robinson

5 - $10 Chipotle Gift Cards

1. Brian Matallana

2. Fredericka Walker

3. Nick Newkirk

4. Anika Joshi

5. Bhavya Pulugujja

5 - $10 CAVA

1. Ryan Voung

2. Piper Serabin

3. Piper Serabin

4. Tessa Orwat

5. Savannah Jeffries

6- $10 Dunkin Donuts Gift Cards

1. Medha Tadavarthi

2. Ben Varner

3. Laurel Rubens

4. Sean Lee

5. Katie Weston

6. Beca George

14.

All Night Grad Party: Seniors will celebrate with their friends at Uptown Alley and Autobahn Indoor Speedway in Manassas! This safe, all-inclusive, lock-in style event is from 12AM-4AM. Online registration will begin in early March on the PTSA website (www.ptsa.westfieldhs.org). Many volunteers are needed to make this a successful event. Please contact Becky Martin, ANGP Chair, ANGP-co-chair1@westfieldhs.org, if you are interested in volunteering before and/or during the event.

15.

News You Choose: Be sure to opt-in to the PTSA’s News You Choose emails so you can be informed about PTSA events. To opt-in, follow the directions via this link.  Please help spread the word to our rising Freshman Parents! Please encourage them to sign up for News You Choose, e-blasts, and the PTSA's Facebook page!

16.

Blood Drive: Thank you to all the students and adults who donated blood March 28 & 29.

We ended up getting 165 units of blood!  For perspective, the average drive done at a business is approx. 30.  So we did great!  Chantilly beat us by about 40 however, so next year we will push even harder.   Either way, it was a great drive and our school did a great thing and we should all be very proud.

Thank you!  Class of 2020

17.

Turbo-Tutoring: SAT Prep Courses: Taught by WHS’s very own Gregg Grentree & Dan Harris  

April 27 at WHS, 9:30am-12:15pm, Room A111

May 1 at Briar Woods HS, 6:30pm-9:15pm, Room 309

May 29 at Briar Woods HS, 6:30pm-9:15pm, Room 309

 Want to experience the SAT prep course which parents and students have called “Energetic, informative, entertaining, and confidence-building”?  Sign up for Turbo-Tutoring, and see why people are calling it a class “unlike any other.”  In a single, affordable, accelerated session, you will learn all of the essential skills and material necessary to improve your SAT scores.  Give yourself a better chance of getting into the college of your choice.  Sign up for a Turbo Tutoring SAT/ACT prep seminar now! 

For more information and to register go to: turbo-tutoring.com

18.

Easy ways to Support Westfield – Please note that Giant and Harris Teeter require yearly registration!

• Harris Teeter: Register your VIC card at this link   Our school code is 8134. You must reregister each year. 
• Giant: Program restarts September 7th. The program requires yearly registration. Please update your card (and encourage your friends and families to also) and select Westfield as your school of choice. Westfield’s code is 03798.  Simply log in at the Giant website, then “manage my account” and register Westfield. You may register up to two schools. Thank you!
• Office Depot:  When checking out at the register, please ask them to credit Westfield HS. The code is 70115228. They’ll give 5% back to the school!
• Amazon: Please click on the link on the right side of the PTSA’s webpage before ordering! www.ptsa.westfieldhs.org
• Shutterfly: Please click here  to give 13% of your purchase back to the school.