Principal`s Newsletter February 2015 WVTHS

D A TE S TO R EM EMB ER
January 31—School on Saturday 8:00 a.m.—
10:30 a.m.
February 9-13—Career Tech Ed Week. Please
see calendar of events in this newsletter.
February 13—Early dismissal for students at
11:00 a.m.
WVTHS
33 Smith Avenue
Westfield, MA 01085
January 26—Joint General Advisory/School
Committee Meeting 6:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Westfield
Vocational
Technical
High School
Principal’s Newsletter
February 2015
February 14—School on Saturday 8:00 a.m.—
10:30 a.m.
February 16-February 21—No School—Winter
Recess
February 28—School on Saturday 8:00 a.m.—
10:30 a.m.
SAVE THE DATE
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin
WVTHS will be featured on ABC 40’s Honor
Roll Live on Friday, February 13 from 5:00
a.m.—7:00 a.m.
SCHOOL NORMS: WVTHS 5 B's:
BE Prepared, BE on Time, BE Respectful,
BE Accountable , BE Consistent
Tel: (413) 572-6533
Fax: (413) 572-6542
wvths.schoolsofwestfield.org
Mr. Stefan Czaporowski, Principal
Mr. Kevin Daley, Assistant Principal
Mr. Peter Taloumis, CVTE Director
Mr. Rob Ollari, Student Services Coordinator
Mr. John York, Cooperative Education Coordinator
CAREER TECH ED WEEK
TEAM SPORTMANSHIP AWARD
STUDENT MURAL ART PROJECT
Congratulations to Coach Kyle Dulude and the
WVTHS Boys Soccer Team for receiving the
2014 MIAA Team Sportsmanship Award.
Students from our after school Art Club,
Friends of Rachael Club, and members of student body are working on painting the walls
and hand railings in the stairwell from lower to
upper campus. Eventually, murals symbolic of
each career technical program, with a focus on
integrated academics and community, will be
painted on the stairwell walls going up ‘the
connector’ between lower and upper campus.
Manufacturing Technology is the first program to begin their mural. Other CTE programs are working with Art Club advisor Mrs.
Pauline McClaflin to design their murals.
WVTHS will celebrate National Career
Technical Education Week from February
9-13. Below is our calendar of events for the
week. Please contact Mr. Rob Ollari at 413572-6533 ext. 60004 or by e-mail at
r.ollari@schoolsofwestfield.org for more
information.
Academic
News
Monday, February 9
 South Middle School Students CVTE
Program Tours - 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
(WVTHS Shops)
 Allied Health Student CNA Pinning
Ceremony – 1:00 p.m. (Tiger’s Pride)
Tuesday, February 10
 North Middle School Students CVTE
Program Tours - 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
(WVTHS Shops)
 National Technical Honor Society Induction Ceremony – 1:00 p.m. (Tiger’s
Pride)
Wednesday, February 11
 Open House for Prospective Students –
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (WVTHS Shops)
 Lunch (open to the public) – 10:45 a.m. –
12:15 p.m. (Tiger’s Pride)
Thursday, February 12
 WVTHS Student Presentations to elementary students – 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
(Franklin Avenue Elementary School)
 Lunch (open to the public) – 10:45 a.m. –
12:15 p.m. (Tiger’s Pride)
Friday, February 13
 WVTHS on abc40 Honor Roll Live 5:00
a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
WEDNESDAYS AT WVTHS
Students interested in finding out more about
WVTHS can do so by taking a tour and by
shadowing a student as part of our Wednesdays at WVTHS program.
Please contact
Mr. Rob Ollari, Student Services Coordinator, at 413-572-6533 ext. 60004 for more information.
These awards are presented at the state championship final of every MIAA sponsored sport to
a worthy team in each division of competition.
The awards are presented to those teams who
have demonstrated a sincere commitment to the
highest ideals and objectives of sportsmanship
during their season of play. Presenting the
award is Carl Erickson whom the
award is named after.
DUAL ENROLLMENT WITH WSU
WVTHS is happy to announce the continued
availability of dual enrollment coursework with
Westfield State University starting on January
20. The next class to be offered for college credit
is Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies. The course will be held at WVTHS on
Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30
p.m. and is open to juniors and seniors. This
class is free to WVTHS students. Students that
are interested in signing up for this class should
see Mrs. Bean or Mrs. Arvanites in Student Services.
NATIONAL CAREER
TECHNICAL EDUCATION WEEK
FEBRUARY 9-13, 2015
Materials for this project were provided by a
grant from the Westfield Foundation for Education. The mural project will be on going during after school hours and weekends. We
would also like to acknowledge senior Susan
Mosijchuk who is painting our new Tiger logo
in the upper connecter wall. Keep up the great
work everyone!
NURSES CORNER
Shelves are stocked at the WVTHS Food
Bank. This free service is available for families
of our students. We invite anyone in need of
food to come to school at any time during
school hours. Just ask for Mr. Bannish, the
school adjustment counselor, or Mrs. Swenson,
the school nurse, or call 413-572-6329 for more
information.