ESPN Zone

Westfield HS All Night Grad Party 2009

Dear Seniors and Parents of Seniors!

WOW! What a super busy time this is! Be sure to include on your "to-do" list, purchasing an ANGP ticket. Ticket prices go up after June 1st, and this year, NO tickets will be sold at the door! Tickets may be purchased in the cafeteria (5/27-5/29) or on line through June 10th. June 10th is the LAST DAY to buy a ticket. To purchase a ticket or for answers to many of questions about the All Night Grad Party, go to the Westfield High School Homepage and click on the ANGP link or visit PTSA ANGP information page. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunches can talk to their school counselor about a discounted ANGP ticket. This party is last a chance for your graduate to celebrate with their classmates in a safe but exciting atmosphere! If you have questions, call Pam Murdoch, ANGP Chair at 703-502-9327.

Forty (40) parent volunteers are needed to help at school immediately following graduation, Thursday night, June 18th. Volunteers would assist with student check-in and security from 10:30pm until approximately 12:30am. Volunteers who do not have Seniors are asked to come at 10:15 to assist with set-up. For those parents coming from graduation, please try to get to the school as soon as you can, but we understand if you are delayed! It will be busy but fun to see and send off of our new grads on the buses to the ESPN Zone. To volunteer, please contact volunteerCoord@westfieldhs.org.

According to the Virginia Operation Prom/Graduation Project, peer pressure is the highest for teens on prom night and graduation. Many students don’t feel that they have truly celebrated unless they have consumed alcohol or have used some type of drugs. The All Night Graduation Party (ANGP) celebration "provides a safe environment without alcohol, drugs, and tobacco."

On June 18, 2008, over 775 seniors graduated from Westfield High School at the George Mason Patriot Center.  Later that evening, approximately 687 of them once again filled WHS with laughter and excitement as they attended an All Night Graduation Party, held in their honor.  Since Westfield first opened its doors in September of 2000,  each graduating class has been provided the opportunity to attend a safe, fun and memorable drug- and alcohol-free celebration.  That tradition carried on for the Westfield High School Class of 2008 because the citizens and businesses of Chantilly, Centreville and Herndon understand the importance of such an event. (Read more volunteer/support recognitions)

The ANGP is an event for senior class and will will be held at the ESPN Zone June 19, 2009 from 12:00 am—4:00 am. THIS  FOLLOWS THE GRADUATION ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 18.

• Students will be transported by bus from Westfield High School to the ESPN Zone beginning at 11:00 p.m. until 11:45 p.m. This is a LOCK IN and students will not be allowed to drive.
• Students will be transported by charter bus from Westfield High School, following the graduation ceremony on June 18th to the ESPN Zone from 11:00 p.m. until 11:45 p.m.
• The event at the ESPN Zone starts at midnight. This is a LOCK IN and students will not be allowed to drive under any circumstances.
• The party ends at 4am on June 19th and the buses will bring the grads and chaperones back to Westfield High School.
• Food will be provided by ESPN Zone. STUDENTS WILL NOT NEED ANY MONEY THAT NIGHT FOR THE EVENT.
• Students will be given a game card to play arcade/virtual games
• We will have a DJ to provide music and additional amusements
• Slide shows will be played on the TV screens
• ESPN Zone is only allowing a max of 40 volunteers/chaperones. This will include essential Committee Chairs, WHS Security Personnel and any Games Personnel needed.
• More volunteers (30—50, depending on shift times) will be needed at Westfield High School all night to manage buses, prizes and security in parking lot before, after, and during the event.
• T-shirts will be given to students along with a purchased ticket; A T-shirt design contest will take place and a design chosen. Listen for announcements at school for more details about how students can enter their design.

If you're interested in the Mulch Committee, please contact Denise Stalnaker at bulldogmulch@westfieldhs.org.

• Volunteer Coordinator—coordinate many volunteers for mulch
  
• Mulch Food—Coordinate food for the mulch delivery date for volunteers (Mulch Day is April 25, 2009)
  
• Mulch Advertising Publicity—get word out—thru Bulldog newspaper, flyers
  

Contact Pam Murdoch at angp@westfieldhs.org if you're interested in attending or joining a committee. Sign up to volunteer

Meeting Dates:

Date                         Time        Location

June 10, 2009             6:30pm     A101

Pam Murdoch
Chair, All Night Graduation Party 2009