Principal's Update

Congratulations West Boca Theatre earned 11 nominations, one of the ONE OF THE MOST NOMINATED SHOWS IN SCHOOL HISTORY!

I am so excited to share that West Boca Theatre earned 11 nominations at the South Florida

Cappie Awards for our Spring Musical this year! Special shoutout to the Band Academy for their crucial contribution to the show - earning them a nomination.

We are thrilled to be represented in the Lead Actor in a Female Role (Marni Gass), Vocalist in a Female Role (Gabriella Estabrook), Supporting Actor in a Male Role (Brady Lord), Dancer in a Male Role (Ethan Slavic), Sophomore Critic (Grecia Ortiz), Marketing and Publicity (Mila Freiheit, Becca Rayman, Justin Swab), Costumes in a Musical (Maia Stein), Props in a Musical (Nolan Balais and Rebecca Swanson), Best Song (Shy), Orchestra (West Boca Band), and Best Musical (Once Upon a Mattress)!

Please congratulate any cast members you see! Thank you all for coming to support the show.

Ms. Foster

Congratulations to Abbey Hagensick for representing West Boca and District 10 at Florida State Thespian Festival as the technical district rep! She earned a Superior and an Excellent for her amazing costume design of James and the Giant Peach! West Boca is so proud!

Just wanted to share some good news, this past Sunday, 3/30, our Winter Percussion ensemble competed at the FFCC Percussion Championships at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. With their best performance of the year, our group scored an 89.1 and took home a state title in the Scholastic Concert Open class!

Please congratulate any percussion students you see today!

Congratulations dancers on their Spring Dance concert! And shout out to our seniors on their last performance! Follow @wbhsdance on Instagram to stay updated on all of our events!

The student members of our school's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club competed in the 2025 FBLA State Leadership Conference over the weekend of March 28-30 in Orlando. These academic competitions span various Business and Computer Science topics.

Congratulations to all the student members who represented our school at this conference. The following two students placed in the top 4 in State Competitions in their respective topic:

• Camila DiConza took 4th Place in Business Communications
• Dylan Gaynor took 2nd Place in Public Speaking

Both Camila and Dylan advance to the National Competitions this June.

Notable mention goes to Jeri Lubag who made the Final Round in her topic.

Congratulations to all of our student members for their accomplishments at the States event.

This past weekend, over two brutal days of competition, your West Boca Speech and Debate Team qualified to represent us at the National Championship Tournament! Dylan Gaynor had already auto-qualified to Nationals. Joining him after this weekend's competition are Dennis Crowley and David Hain! Also of note were Michael Zbib placing as a finalist, and Max Korotkiy earning a spot as an alternate to Nationals. Be sure to congratulate all of the kids on their hard work and success when you see them!

Congratulations, Hunter Martin, WBHS Senior who Passed his FAA Private Pilot Written Exam! Hunter currently has over 35 flight hours and is on track to getting his Private Pilot License before he graduates in May!

Congratulations to our West Boca High students who were promoted to Civil Air Patrol Cadet Airmen!

Ticus Atkinson, Alejandro Sanchez, Omar Culcouglu, Nicolas Aguaron, Thomas Moto, Layna Sigelakis, Mason Tedrow, Eva Beckerman, McKenzi Saulsberry, Lucca Magliato, Marco P, Demitri Pinto-Campana, and Alice de Negrios.

The boys weight lifting team had their district competition over spring break and had multiple district champs and top 3 placers. Along with 16 regional qualifiers.

District Champs: (Double District) Ryan Schultz - 183 for Traditional and Olympic and Luan Freitas - Unlimited (Traditional)

Top 3 place: Nick Bouras - 2nd Place (Traditional) - 183, Megh Chatterjee - 2nd Place - 199 (Traditional)

Regional qualifiers:

Noah Chapman - 119 (Olympic)

Alex Justus - 129 (Traditional)

Chase Hillstead - 129 (Traditional)

Leonardo Satini - 139 (Traditional)

Austin Molonon - 154 (Traditional)

Issac Gomes - 154 (Olympic)

Ryan Schultz - 183 (Both)

Nick Bouras - 183 (Traditional)

Megh Chatterjee - 199 (Both)

Edward Abreu - 219 (Both)

Micah Monds - 219 (Traditional)

Jean Lukas Deneus - 238 (Traditional)

Joshua Blyahker - 238 (Traditional)

Mason Rockwell - UNL (Olympic)

Luan Freitas - UNL (Traditional)

Dequan Bradley - UNL (Traditional)

Students get a closer look to the historic spacecraft and will get immerse in the epic story of space exploration from the Apollo mission to the Space Shuttle era.

ATTENTION FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORES, applications are currently being accepted for the 25/26 AP Capstone Program.

All successful AP Diploma students earn college credit, stand out in the highly competitive college application process, and develop transferable skills to potentially continue their research as an undergraduate. AP Capstone students are mentored as they grow in confidence as independent thinkers and skillful problem solvers. Personal integrity and respect for the scholarly endeavor is paramount in all AP Capstone candidates.

The Capstone courses (Seminar and Research) do not teach a specific subject, but rather use an interdisciplinary approach to develop truly valuable skills like how to think critically, how to conduct scholarly research, how to collaborate with peers, how to manage time and meet expectations and how to construct and deliver informative and dynamic presentations with confidence and clarity.

The program consists of two classes taken sequentially and over the course of two years (either sophomore and junior years or junior and senior years).

The big day is here! Cap & Gown portraits and exclusive products are now available online for your parents and students to view and order.

This is our favorite and most meaningful milestone of the year and we need your help letting parents and graduates know their portraits are available.

The deadline to order and receive prints/products by Graduation is Thursday, April 3rd.

Please click the link below and follow the instructions to help spread the word via email and your school's social media accounts:

Cap & Gown Adviser Communications Kit: Click Here

To raise the stakes, we're hosting a camera raffle! What do you need to do? Simply share our graphic on social media or share the news via email by March 3rd. After you post, click the link below to submit screenshots and you'll be entered to win for every post or message you send out. It’s that easy!

If you'd like, I’m also happy to reach out to the person who manages your school’s social media, just let me know who so I can assist.

If you have any questions or need further help, feel free to reach out!

Most items on this newsletter are clickable and will open to a website for more information.

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Hello West Boca Raton Community,

Below is a link to the Spring 2025 Testing Schedule. All State, AICE & AP test dates are listed in chronological order. Please utilize the schedule when planning for April and May. On days when your child is testing, pens, pencils and charged laptops are required. If you have questions regarding testing, please reach out to Gail Sigelakis at gail.sigelakis@palmbeachschools.org.

The in-school SAT for 11th grade students will be held on March 4th at 7:30am. All 11th grade students are automatically signed up. This is a digital exam and all students will need to bring their school device and charger in order to take this exam. A digital readiness check will be held on February 25th at 9am. 11th grade students need to complete this check in order to take the SAT on exam day. Students should also bring their school device on February 25th. For any questions, please email Ms. McElwain (fallon.mcelwain@palmbeachschools.org).

Please see below for practice material.

SAT Practice Tests: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/practice/practice-tests

The free and reduced lunch has an exception- Cambridge AICE Tests are not included. We still encourage everyone to do the paperwork though if they are eligible.

SAT/ACT Fee Waivers - SAT and ACT offer a test fee waiver program to eligible students that covers the regular registration cost of the exam. To determine eligibility, you must complete the survey at this link EVERY YEAR, so please visit the link today. Once you receive your eligibility letter, please contact your child's school counselors for your waiver.

Emails sent with important testing information will always have IMPORTANT in the subject line. Please be sure to read them! Please email cassandra.bray@palmbeachschools.org for the fastest response to your testing questions. We hope you have a great year!

PSAT Scores are now available through the student's collegeboard account.

For more information understanding your scores, please click on the links below.

PSAT NMSQT Understanding Scores for Students & Families

PSAT NMSQT Score Information

Understanding Your Digital PSAT/NMSQT Score Report Video

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today officially released the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), 10 days before its Dec. 1 goal. The online FAFSA form is available to all students and families at fafsa.gov, and the Department is processing submissions and sending them to schools. The paper form is also now available for students to submit.

See announcement from U.S. Department of Education

Student Resources (resharing):

• “Creating Your StudentAid.gov Account” Page—A new resource that explains what families and partners need to know about creating a StudentAid.gov account.
• Pro Tips for Completing the FAFSA Form—Updated tips for preparing to fill out and submitting the FAFSA form. This resource will also be linked from the StudentAid.gov Dashboard to promote easier access for students and their required contributor(s).
• Federal Student Aid Estimator—Provides an estimate of the 2025–26 Student Aid Index (SAI) and Federal Pell Grant eligibility calculation.
• “Who’s the Parent on the FAFSA Form?” Wizard—A new, stand-alone tool to help students and families determine who will need to provide contributor information on the 2025–26 FAFSA form prior to starting the application.
• Federal Student Aid YouTube Channel: FAFSA Videos—Updated videos to help students and families understand the importance of the FAFSA form, who is a FAFSA contributor, and what happens after submitting the

SAT scores are now available! Students can easily view their scores, including career insights, using the BigFuture® School mobile app. Students who provided their mobile number to access BigFuture School during exam setup will receive a text outside of school hours when their scores are ready.

With the BigFuture School mobile app, your students can:

View scores and career insights snapshot starting on April 3.

Discover careers aligned to their interests with our newest feature: Career Quiz!

Access everything without a password to remember.

If a student didn’t share a mobile number during exam setup, they can still get their scores by logging in to their personal College Board accounts or viewing the PDF score reports that schools can distribute.

Additionally, students can engage with Connections™ within BigFuture School to discover relevant postsecondary options. Students have the power to choose if and when they want to share their personal information directly with the institutions that interest them. They can opt out of Connections and BigFuture School at any time.

Thank you for helping students access this free resource to maximize their experience with the SAT Suite of Assessments. Please see the big Future flyer about BigFuture School (.pdf/1.05 MB).

Students can also access their scores through their personal collegeboard account.

HIGH WAGE CAREERS? Unsure about what you want to do right now? Maybe a career that is in demand could be for you! Palm Beach State College (PBSC) has AMAZING post-secondary options for students that are interested in hospitality, event planning, culinary arts, cosmetology, manufacturing, construction, carpentry, plumbing, automotive services, and marine service technology. Many of these programs lead to extremely profitable careers! Take a look now!!!

Students can now submit their community service hours through SIS. Students must complete the entire form and upload supporting documentation in order to get approved.

Please see attachment for further information.

Tap below to view our Underclass info night presentation.

Attention Seniors, the Bright Futures application is now open. Please make sure you apply by August 31, 2025 in order to qualify. It will only take about 10 minutes so please do not wait. You are able to apply and continue testing until August 31, 2025. Even if you plan on attending out of state, please make sure you apply as you are eligible for up to 5 years after you graduate high school.

• Our mission as counselors is to provide services for students to meet their academic, career, and social/emotional needs. We also aim to create a nurturing and safe environment by creating inclusive spaces and advocating for diversity. This is accomplished through collaboration with parents/guardians, staff, and community members to ensure the success and achievement of all our students
  

• Counselors

  Please join the Guidance Department Google Classroom! It is a GREAT way to keep up with ongoing announcements, student opportunities, and useful information! We are consistently updating our Google classroom, so please sign up!
  
  Jodi Mochel
  (A -C)
  Lauren Marciante
  (D-H)
  Lindsay Wolfe
  (I-M)
  Suzanne Prince
  (N-R & W-Z)
  Fallon Canepa
  (S - V)
  ESOL
  

  Elena Singer
  (Coordinator)

  Daniel Keller
  Academic Coach, Grades 9-10
  Daniel Keller
  Graduation Adviser, Grades 11-12

  
  

-Yearbooks are currently on sale on yearbookordercenter.com using the school code 831. The cost is $100. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. T at rachel.tomaszewski@palmbeachschools.org