[WHMS-Parents] WHMS Update 3-5-10
WHMS Parents Information Email List
Dear Parents:
There is NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, March 9th for students. Teachers will attend professional development. School will resume on Wednesday, March 10th.
AN IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Please slow down and take your time when driving through our parking lots and driveways when arriving or leaving the school. Our students’ safety is very important both inside and outside of the building.
The West Hills Forensics Team was busy last weekend as they competed in the Frankenmuth High
School Tournament. The team worked hard as they faced 300 high school
students from 27 high schools. West Hills finished in 12th place, beating
15 high schools!!! Congratulations to the following team members:
Jolie Sherman 3rd
place Poetry
Mia Matic semi-finalist
Poetry
Jenna Weberman semi-finalist
Dramatic Interpretation
The team will take this weekend off and then head out to Birmingham
to compete at Groves
High School.
8th Grade Parents Only: 8th Grade Party Planning Meeting Follow-up
Thanks to all that came out in the cold last Tuesday evening for the kick off meeting for the 8Th grade EOY party! We had this meeting so that anyone interested in participating had the chance to get involved right from the start.
We had a good turn out and lots of discussion as well as many signed up to work on various committees.
We still need volunteers for setup, clean-up and a few more chaperones. Please email Melissa Gerndt at meliss...@hotmail.com if you would like to help on any of these committees.
The next step is that the co-chairs for the party will decide on the distribution of the budgeted money available. This will be done in a manner very similar to prior years distribution percentages. We will meet with the committee co-chairs and let them know how much money they have been allocated for their committee and get the process rolling. We will then meet with all the co-chairs in about a month to hear what the committees have come up with and decide as a group on theme, food, entertainment, class gift etc.
We have decided to incorporate some kind of community service project for the kids to participate in. At the initial meeting last Tuesday the group in attendance came up with three charities that will impact our local community. Laura Silberman and Karen Weiss have met with Mr. Honeyman to help us with this. He was very interested and excited about the idea. He plans to help us enlist the students participation. Thanks Mr. Honeyman!!
Again, thanks to all that attended. There will not be another general meeting. All meetings from here forward will be the individual committee meetings and the committee co-chairs will notify those that signed up to help on their committee via email of the meeting time and date.
We are off to a great start!!
Karen Weiss, Melissa Gerndt, Laura Silberman and Cathy Bank
Athletic Events
Contact Scott Grippo with any questions sgr...@bloomfield.org
5/6 grade Intramural Volleyball meets M-Th @ 7am
7/8 grade Intramural Volleyball meets 3:00-4:30, follow the schedule
Monday, March 8
Boys' Swimming vs EH @ Andover 5:00 warm-up, 5:30 start
7/8 grade Travel Volleyball vs Anderson, 7th grade starts at 4:30, 8th grade starts 5:30
Wednesday, March 10
Wrestling vs Royal Oak @ West Hills 4:30
Boys' Swimming @ Cranbrook 6:00 warm-up, 6:30 start
Thursday, March 11
Wrestling vs Derby @ West Hills 4:00
7/8 grade Travel Volleyball @ BH 4:00
Friday, March 12
All practices cancelled
4/5/6 grade Piston Clinic 3:00-4:30
Monday, March 15
Boys' Swimming League Meet @ Cranbrook 4:00 warm-up, 5:00 start
Tuesday, March 16
Wrestling @ BH 4:00
7/8 Travel Volleyball @ Cranbrook 4:00
Thursday, March 18
Wrestling vs EH @ West Hills 4:00 (last meet)
7/8 Travel Volleyball @ EH 4:00
Tuesday, March 23
7/8 Volleyball vs EH @ WH 4:00 (last match)
I wish everyone a wonderful weekend. Enjoy the sunshine!
Heidi S. Kattula
Principal
West Hills Middle School
Bloomfield Hills Schools
"Comprehensive Education at its Finest"
