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PTSA E-blast 3-21-14
DATES TO REMEMBER:
3/24-RESCHEDULED: Senior Parent’s “3 months til graduation” meeting, 7 pm (Cafeteria)
3/24- “Little Known Secrets of Paying for College” seminar, 7 pm (auditorium)
3/26 & 3/27- WHS Blood Drive, volunteers needed
3/27-“Marijuana Harmless? Think Again” community forum (details below)
3/29-MULCH DAY! Volunteers and food donations needed! (details below)
4/1- Price goes up for All Night Grad tickets
4/1-Drawing for Sony wireless speaker system (for all seniors whose ANGP ticket is bought by 3/31)
Here are several updates from the PTSA and several groups around WHS:
- Senior Parents: RESCHEDULED: “3 months til graduation” meeting on Monday, 3/24 at 7 pm in the cafeteria. Come learn about what you and your student need to do to navigate toward graduation (6/18!), as well as graduation ticket information, Balfour information, All Night Grad Celebration information, and more. You can check to see if your student has any unpaid financial obligations and pay them at the meeting. Please attend this important information meeting. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
- “Little Known Secrets of Paying for College” seminar, presented by the College Funding Coach, will be held at 7pm on Monday, March 24th in the WHS auditorium. All community members are invited! Please help us spread the word to the community!
- WHS Blood Drive: The blood drive has been rescheduled to March 26th and 27th. Students aged 16 or older, weighing 110 pounds or more can donate but must have a signed permission slip. Adult volunteers needed to help with registration and the canteen area. Shifts are 7:15 am-10:00 am, 10:00 am -1:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. To sign up, please visit: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/whsbulldog or contact Mr. Mandigo at mjmandigo@fcps.edu
- Hundreds of volunteers are needed for Mulch delivery day. Sign up on the right side of the page at http://www.westfieldhs.org/. Parent and students volunteers are needed. Teams and clubs that are registered by their sponsor/coach can earn a portion of a pot of money for their group, based on student hours worked! And, great prizes will be given away on mulch day!
- Food donations needed for mulch day. Please check out the requested items at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F4EA9AA238-food
- Senior Parents: Did you know that the ticket price for the 2014 ANGP goes up on March 31st? Tickets on sale now at http://ptsa.westfieldhs.org/students/order-angp-tickets.html You can buy online or download the form and send it in to the main office. See if your senior is on the list yet: http://www.westfieldhs.org/students/see-who-is-coming-to-the-party.html
- Senior Parents: There will be a drawing for a Sony Wireless Speaker System (“Make.Believe”) on April 1st. Every student whose ANGP ticket was purchased by March 31st will be entered into the drawing!
- Casino Dealers Needed for the June 18th All Night Grad Casino! Please email Nicole Ohanian at jnjjo@msn.com or Ellen Ryder as lsryder@cox.net with questions or if you are interested.
- A.C.E. Co-chair needed: The PTSA seeks a co-chair for the Academic Celebration of Excellence program. Work with a great co-chair on the Honor Roll and the PTSA scholarship program. Please email: andriagregory@gmail.com with questions or if interested.
- “Marijuana Harmless? Think again!” community forum: Thursday, 3/27 at 7 pm at Providence Presbyterian Church, 9019 Little River Turnpike. Presented by the United Prevention Coalition of Fairfax County. Register by noon on 3/26 at www.unifiedpreventioncoalition.org
- Congratulations to Jessica Kim who was awarded a National Scholastic Silver Medal for Digital Art for her art titled “Bat Girl”!
- Congratulations to the Regional Science Fair participants and sponsoring teachers! Westfield had its best showing ever! Congratulations to : Jaspreet Ranjit, Eirenn Velardi, Vaishnavi Madhavan, Heather Secrest, Zainab Calcuttawala, Erika Turflinger, Asmita Shah, Manjari Sriparna, Naman Singh, Ajay Potluri, Aditya Sapre, Celina Paudel, Yashaswi Pinnamereddy, Gabriel Perez, Vyshnavi Pendala, Swetha Kota, Kaley Haller, Ankur Mittal and Alexandra Hicks.
- Congratulations to the Band which has earned “Honor Band” status yet again! This is earned when a band earns superior ratings from a panel of judges at both the marching (in the fall) and concert assessment (spring).
- Do you believe Human Trafficking only affects immigrants? Or that victims of Human Trafficking will immediately seek help? On Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 from 7:30-9 P.M. the Citizen’s Advisory Committee will host an expert to debunk the myths of Human Trafficking and talk about how it affects Fairfax County. You will also learn to recognize the signs of Human Trafficking and where to seek help. R.S.V.P. is not required to attend this presentation. Presentation is at Sully District Police Station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd, Chantilly, VA.
- Did you know there are approximately 33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs and prison gangs who are criminally active in the United States today? Join us on Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 from 7:30-9 P.M. to learn about various gangs affecting Fairfax County as well as a look into the gang lifestyle. R.S.V.P. is not required to attend this presentation. Presentation is at Sully District Police Station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd, Chantilly, VA.
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