STUDENT LIFE > DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
WC Can and Bottle Drive Thursday - 2/7/2012
A can and bottle drive has been scheduled for Thursday, February 9 in the West Catholic parking lot from 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Please save your Super Bowl party returnables and donate them at this fund raising event to benefit the WC 2012 Senior All Night Party. Save the hassle of taking your returnables to the store and support our 2012 graduates at the same time! Thank you.
Important Volleyball Meeting This Friday - 2/6/2012
There will be an important meeting on Friday, Feb. 10, immediately after school in the Team Room for all freshmen, sophomore, and junior girls who played volleyball this past fall. Please plan to attend.
Burrito Sale to Benefit Senior Class All Night Party - 2/6/2012
The Senior Class All-Night-Party group is doing a Burrito Sale as a fundraiser. All senior parents have received an order form - extra order forms are available in the main office and the senior teamrooms. All dry burritos are $5 and all wet burritos are $7 - the burritos are being purchased from the El Sombrero Restaurant. Orders are due by 2/15/2012 and the Burritos will be delivered on Thursday, 2/23. Please turn in all orders with payment to the WC office on Wednesday, 2/15 in an envelope marked "burrito sale". Checks are to be made out to "West Catholic 2012 Senior Class". All orders are to be picked up on Thursday, 2/23 in the WC cafeteria from 3pm - 5:30 p.m. Burritos will be frozen at time of pick-up. Thank you for supporting the Senior class while enjoying a quick meal of delicious burritos at a great price! An order form is also attached if needed. Burrito Sale Order Form.
Attention Girls Interested in Tennis - 2/6/2012
There will be a brief, but important, meeting for girls interested in playing tennis this spring, on Thursday, Feb. 9, in the Team Room, immediately after school.
Attention Sophomores and Juniors - 2/6/2012
Registration for KCTC is now open for next school year, 2012-13. Please let your counselor know if you are planning on attending KCTC next year so that they can register you.
Attention Boys Interested in Golf - 2/3/2012
If you are interested in Boys Golf and missed the recent boys golf meeting, please stop by the Athletic Office and sign up.
Crush Sale - 2/3/2012
Have a crush? Give your crush a Crush Pop for Valentine's Day! Pay $1 for a pop. Pay $5 to make it anonymous. The Crush recipient can pay $2 to find out who is "crushing", but only the buyer has not paid for it to be anonymous. Support Student Government and enjoy a pop with your crush, friends, or just yourself. Crushes will be for sale at lunch beginning Feb. 3 thru Feb. 13. They will be delivered on Feb. 14.
Congratulations Students! - 1/31/2012
So far this school year you have completed 3,129 service hours - with the breakdown as follows:
9th=755
10th=882
11th=526
12th=966
Ski Team Pictures Needed for Yearbook! - 1/31/2012
The yearbook staff needs help getting pictures of the Ski Team - either at practice or competition. If you have any - please get to a yearbook staff member or Mrs. Danevicz.
Mary Free Bed Seminar - 10/28/2011
The Mary Free Bed Career Seminar dates have been finalized. The seminars will be held at Mary Free Bed from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. February 22nd and April 18th. Speakers will include: Speech, Occupational, Recreational and Physical Therapists as well as Orthotics and Prosthetics. They will be presenting on educational requirements, typical day routines, pros and cons about the field and answering any questions. Please visit www.MaryFreeBed.com for more information.
All Star Driver Education - 1/27/2012
There is still time to sign up for the next session of All Star Driver Education. To register or for more information, please call 800 967 7719 or visit www.allstardrivereducation.com
Infinite Campus Mobile App - 1/27/2012
For those of you that don’t know, there is a mobile app available to access your Infinite Campus account. Please click here and follow the easy instructions to get started.
2012-2013 PSAS Financial Aid Forms Available - 1/27/2012
The PSAS Student Aid forms are now available in the office. Deadline is March 1.
Send in Used Printer Cartridges! - 1/26/2012
The sophomore class is collecting used printer ink cartridges - please see the flyer that is being distributed in the teamroom folders. All cartridges can be dropped off in Miss G.'s room. Please share with your parents so can remember to bring in from home!
Spirit Day Reminder - 1/16/2012
Spirit day dress code includes uniform pants or skirt and a West Catholic top, which means it needs to have West Catholic on it and showing. You are not allowed to wear tops with other school logos or athletic apparel that is green. It also means you may not cover your West Catholic shirt with a jacket or other non-West Catholic sweat shirt.
If students continue to abuse the privilege of spirit days by wearing tops that do not say West Catholic on them, then the privilege will be removed.
Attention Juniors and Seniors - 1/13/2012
Juniors/Seniors interested in the KCTC Criminal Justice program, please note the following important dates: Students returning to the Criminal Justice program, applications are due February 10, 2012. New students, applications are due March 16, 2012. Applications are available in the Guidance Office.
Parking Reminder - 1/11/2012
Students parking in the school lot and on the drive off of Richmond must purchase a parking pass. The cost is $15. Cars without passes may be towed at owner expense.
Aquinas College Looking For Volunteers - 1/11/2012
Help train teachers at Aquinas College! You will simulate a high school classroom for student teachers who are being video-taped for 30 minutes each. The lessons are active learning experiences. You won't be bored and you get to evaluate each teacher on a short form. This is your chance to eradicate poor teaching. You will be needed on Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 pm, on 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29, 3/14, 3/21
Please call Professor Dan Diedrich at 632-2427 or dan.diedrich@aquinas.edu
2011-2012 Yearbook Orders - 7/20/2011
Our yearbook will capture all the big events of the school year that students will share together. Don't let your student miss out on our yearbook designed by our students, for our students. You can purchase the book at jostensyearbooks.com (or click this link http://jostensyearbooks.com?REF=A03754000) or by returning payment (cash or check payable to West Catholic HS) with your student name, grade and teamroom teacher to Stacey Danevicz, yearbook adviser.
Detention Reminders - 11/11/2011
Detention is held at the following times on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday:
7:15-7:50 a.m. – Mr. Kohane’s room - #233
3:10-3:50 p.m. – Mr. MacGready’s room - #125
Detentions must be served on the first “detention day” after they are received – i.e; received on Monday – may serve Monday afternoon or HAS to be served Wednesday morning or afternoon, received on Tuesday, MUST serve on Wednesday; received on Friday – may serve on Friday afternoon or HAS to be served on Monday morning or afternoon. Having practice, a game, club, part-time job, etc. ARE NOT EXCUSES FOR NOT SERVING DETENTION. Please refer to page 10 in your handbook. Students who fail to serve their detention on the next “detention day” will receive another detention for a “no show.” If you are serving the 7:15 am detention, you must be in Mr. Kohane’s room at 7:15 am., not 7:16. If you have any questions or conflicts, you need to see Mr. Fischer, Dean of Students, BEFORE you are scheduled to serve your detention.
Attention Sophomores and Juniors - 10/27/2011
Kent Career Technical Center invites 10th and 11th graders to participate in a Program Visit this year. A Program Visit allows students the opportunity to experience an on campus KCTC program by getting “hands on”. Students will tour KCTC’s well-equipped facilities, meet current students and staff, and complete a career development activity to help them understand if the program they’ve selected “fits” them. Program Visits are an important step in the career development process. Program Visits will benefit all students that are considering KCTC as a possible option for the 2012-2013 school year.
Please see your counselor for a Request for Visit form.
Program Visits have begun and will end Thursday, April 26, 2012
Visits are not available: Monday’s or Friday’s, February 8, 21, and 29, 2012, April 3 - 5, 2012
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