Shamrock Blast

Westfield High School hosted retired professional basketball player Jared Newson. He spoke to students about how to recognize and harness the power you hold within yourself with a daily routine for letting go of your ego and allowing your greatness to shine bright.

Newson is a player development trainer for NBA, WNBA, college, high school and middle school athletes. He played professional basketball player for 13 years in 5 different countries, including a stint in the NBA with the Dallas Mavericks and the NBA G-League.

Today is the last day to register to vote this Election Day, November 8. You have until 11:59pm tonight, October 11, to register to vote in-person or absentee.

Early voting is available to any voter registered in Hamilton County. No application is necessary. Just bring your ID (Indiana Driver’s License, Indiana State ID, U.S. Passport, or U.S. Military ID). Below is Westfield's early voting information.

Locations

• Westfield City Hall, 130 Penn Street, Westfield
• Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000-1 E 151st St, Carmel

Times

• October 26 & 27 from 2-7 pm
• October 28 & 29 from 10 am-3 pm
• November 2 & 3 from 2-7 pm
• November 4 & 5 from 10 am-3 pm

Do you have any questions that you'd like to ask the head of our school district? Do you want to hear about some of the district-wide initiatives that we are working on? Do you want to get a tour of our newly-renovated high school? Then please join us for Coffee with the Superintendent.

This is a free, public event so please RSVP below to help us plan for space and coffee.

Schools are opening up for volunteers, lunches and many more opportunities. Anyone who would like to come into our school buildings will need to register with SafeVisitor and do a background check. Check with your child(ren)'s teacher and/or principal for opportunities to visit.

The Pride of Westfield had an absolutely awesome day of competitions this Saturday! First, they performed their show The Dark Horse at the ISSMA State Scholastic Marching Band prelims - where they earned a gold rating with distinction in music, visual, and general effect, advancing them to state finals on October 22.

Then, they headed to Center Grove High School for the Cavalcade of Champions Invitational, where they not only received first place in Open Class A, but also best music, best visual, and best general effect.

Do you have a child in grades 4-12 who would like to be a part of The Pride of Westfield's winter programs? Bring them to the call out meetings and consider joining the team!

We are two weeks away from the football sectional showdown between the Rocks and the Greyhounds of Carmel. Get ready to show your support by loading up on your Rocks spirit gear from the Rock Shop today!

The Rock Shop is a student-run, student-operated shop with student-designed items. So, in addition to getting the latest apparel, you're also helping students get real entrepreneurship experience before they even graduate!

There is a new parent-driven council forming in partnership with district leaders for our school community! They are asking district parents to fill out a survey to find out what is important to you.

Westfield Washington Schools is now using TalkingPoints to communicate with families! TalkingPoints allows for seamless multilingual two-way communication between teachers and families. Families can choose to receive messages via SMS text messaging or through the free FAMILIES | TalkingPoints mobile app for Apple or Android.

This platform has enhanced translation capabilities, so families can receive and send messages in their preferred language. Additional tools like speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and closed captioned videos make this program accessible to all of our Westfield families.

The most important thing you can do to ensure you are receiving messages from your child’s teacher is to make sure your contact information for the “Father” and “Mother” fields in PowerSchool is correct. When a teacher sends out a message, TalkingPoints will automatically use those two phone numbers. If you’d like to add additional contacts, please reach out to your child’s teachers.

FCCLA Foodies Rock is a fully functioning foodservice operation that is student centered and fostered through the Westfield High School Culinary Arts program. Our members are highly trained in customer service, hospitality, culinary techniques, food safety and sanitation. Foodies Rock holds a Food Permit by the Hamilton County Board of Health, Advisors Nikki Heflin and Bryan Ferreira are ServSafe Manager certified, and will follow the National Restaurant Association’s Guidelines for food preparation. Chef Heflin and Chef Ferreira each have over 20 years of industry experience, and love guiding their students in making both the optics and cuisine for your event out of this world! Check out this full list of opportunities to work with FCCLA Foodies Rock and book today!

Inquire with Chef Nikki Heflin for booking

whsfoodiesrock@wws.k12.in.us

(317)-701-4440

To find out who and where our 7th and 8th grade Shamrock sports teams are playing this week, click the button below and select the team you want to watch!

Click the button below to find out who and where all of our high school sports teams are playing this week.

We want to celebrate our Rocks! If you are a Westfield Washington Schools student, teacher, staff member or parent and have a positive story to share, please send us the details! Send an email to comms@wws.k12.in.us. We encourage you to send stories that include personal achievements of your child such as: attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, performing in a community play, earning Scout badges, serving as a volunteer in a non-profit organization, etc., etc. You might just see your story in a future edition of the Shamrock Blast, on our Facebook page or website!

If you do not have a student in our school district but would like to receive the Shamrock Blast each week, please fill out the form below. If you are an alumnus of the district, a family member of one of our students, or just someone in the local community who wants to keep up with the latest and greatest of Westfield Washington Schools, click the link below.

Westfield Washington Schools is the fastest growing school district in the state. With an “A” rating from the Indiana Department of Education, WWS enrolled nearly 8,600 students, in 2020-21, across six elementary, one intermediate middle and high school. The district employs more than 600 teachers and nearly 250 support staff. Westfield High School is ranked in the top 3 percent nationally by U.S. News and World Report, and has a graduation rate of 98.3 percent with 86 percent of its graduates continuing onto higher education.

Email: comms@wws.k12.in.us
Website: wws.k12.in.us
Location: 19500 Tomlinson Road, Westfield, IN, USA
Phone: 317-867-8010
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westfieldschools
Twitter: @WWSweb