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Parents please download the attached Health Service form and return it to Student Services. Printed copies of the form are available in Student Services and the Main Office. Students must have this form on file to see the Nurse. Thank you!

Yearbooks are currently on sale for $90

Order yours at yearbookordercenter.com using the school code 831.

Prices increase to $100 on January 1st. Order yours today!

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Tomaszewski at rachel.tomaszewski@palmbeachschools.org

The School District Counseling Team, in collaboration with Palm Beach State College TRIO, will host a District-wide Virtual FAFSA/ Financial Aid Information Night. The event will take place on December 18, 2023 at 6:30 pm. This workshop is designed to help students, parents, and guardians understand the process of applying for FAFSA. The PBSC TRIO professionals will walk participants through the application process and be available to answer questions. Seniors and their parents/guardians are encouraged to join. Participants must pre-register for the event using the link below:

https://bit.ly/eocevents

PSAT Scores are now available and can be viewed through your child's personal College Board account.

https://studentscores.collegeboard.org/home

Check Out the Following PSAT/NMSQT Score Resources:

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PSAT/NMSQT: Understanding Scores for Students and Families (.pdf/3.48 MB): Share with students and their families to help them interpret their PSAT/NMSQT score report and find information about next steps.

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Understanding Your Digital PSAT/NMSQT Score Report video: You can direct students to this video, which will help them interpret their score report.

West Boca HS will be closed for the December 9th ACT test. If you already signed up, please check your test ticket for the new test location. There are other available test centers in the area.

The School District Counseling Team, in collaboration with Palm Beach State College TRIO, will host a District-wide Virtual FAFSA/ Financial Aid Information Night. The event will take place on December 18, 2023 at 6:30 pm. This workshop is designed to help students, parents, and guardians understand the process of applying for FAFSA. The PBSC TRIO professionals will walk participants through the application process and be available to answer questions. Seniors and their parents/guardians are encouraged to join. Participants must pre-register for the event using the link on the flyer.

This virtual session is to inform families about the new FAFSA application process so they can start preparing. It is not in place of hosting school-based FAFSA/ Financial Aid Nights. Each High School should complete this High School FASFA Night Survey by December 15, 2023, to let us know the date and time of your upcoming Financial Aid Night so we can include it in our promotional materials district-wide.

Senior Transcripts:

If your student needs an “unofficial transcript” (not sending to schools) the student should email their school counselor. Unofficial transcripts will be available within 24 hours.

For official transcripts, please click the link(s) that apply and complete the form:

Common application request - https://forms.gle/fJAsCjB4bm78xTjR9

Florida PUBLIC institution request - https://forms.gle/5sxhYpq3E1h1jmmZ6

Out of state/Florida private institution request - https://forms.gle/Cs1Dzhn1bYjxqwpMA

Transcripts cost $3.00 per transcript, except for Common Application which costs a total of $3.00. (Note: You do not pay $3.00 per transcript for Common Application)

This is an important announcement regarding Edgenuity courses this school year. Students with a D or F in their core classes can retake the course and make up the credit in night school on Edgenuity via credit recovery.
The credit recovery lab will be open Monday-Thursday from 3:00pm -7:00pm throughout the school year. There will be transportation via activity bus .
Should you have any questions, please contact your guidance counselor.

If you would like to view your students results from the 1st ELA progress monitoring assessment, please go to the SIS Parent Gateway and Student Portal which will provide direct access to the State Family Portal that houses their results.

If you do not have access to the SIS Parent Gateway, please contact Student Services for your security pin.

Walk-in refers to a student that is not taking the course associated with the exam they want to take.

Retake refers to a student wants to retake an AICE exam to meet the exam course requirement or to extend the 25-month AICE diploma window requirement.

You must pay for the exam yourself.

AICE exams: $116 for all exams except $185 for A Level exams and $146 for Global Perspective.

and pay the the exam to by the deadline or your exam will not be ordered. Late fees will apply if you register after the deadline.

AICE exams deadline: January 31, 2024

Please plan head. Below are the AP and AICE exam dates for the spring. State Testing dates will be posted at a later date.

Keep in mind, there are NO makeup dates for AICE exams!

This past weekend, we hosted 700 performers from public and private schools around Palm Beach County for the Florida Thespian District 10 Festival. In addition, we brought 87 kids to compete in 80 performances.

Each performance is critiqued and scored. In total we took home 59 Superiors and 24 Excellents. In addition, we took home 16 Critic Choice Awards, the best of the best in each category out of all the schools. More than any other school.

Finally at the end of the night, all the critic choices performed and we were selected as the best of the festival for our performance of Sweeney Todd and will perform in opening ceremonies for over 10,000 students in Tampa.

If you see any theater students, please congratulate them. This was a fantastic showing, and they represented West Boca as the Best.

Thank you for continued support of the Arts here at West Boca!

Lance Blank

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Congrats to the following fourteen Vanguard members for being selected to represent West Boca in the 2024 Palm Beach All-County Band!!!

Olivia Avila Campos - Clarinet
Jordin Birch - Trombone
Matteo Botero - Trumpet
Lakar Davis - Percussion
Elizabeth Hopkins - Clarinet
Natalie Jacobson - Oboe
Dylan Janoff - Trumpet
Annaleise Mastro - Bassoon
Katelyn Oechsle - Flute
Luis Pancorbo - Euphonium
Isaac Ribas - Trumpet
Daniel Silva - French Horn
Angie Stancampiano - Flute
Luigi Vechiatto - French Horn

They will be performing alongside the best student musicians in Palm Beach County at the All-County concert on January 25th at 7pm at Jupiter HS.
Way to go all!

Mr.Shane

It's a little late, but we've just uploaded Calliope's performance from the FLACDA Convention in Orlando, Florida, on YouTube.

We teamed up with a string quartet from the Orlando Philharmonic for these two works: Adam Schoenberg's Never Shall I Forget (inspired by Elie Wiesel's Night) and Srul Irving Glick's Psalm 23.

Please congratulate these students when you see them, they had a remarkable performance.

We are currently accepting lightly worn party dresses and suits for prom to be donated for students that may have a need for homecoming this year. Please clean out your closets so that students that may not be able to purchase a suit or dress will be able to feel their best at homecoming this year. Students can contact me anonymously and set an appointment time to go shopping in the closet. All we will ask is that they clean the garment and return it after homecoming for someone else to borrow.

Donations can be brought to the front office, room 12, 107, or let me know and I can have students pick them up from a class room.

Stephanie Stiepleman

Thank you so much !

• Girls Team finished 10th Place
• Tori Stern finished 10th Place overall and earned a qualifying spot to the State Championships with a season best of 20:04
• Omar Taoussi was a Regional qualifier who finished 36th in the Region. Season Best 17:27

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