Westwood Weekly
March 17, 2024
Westwood High School
Email: fossittc@nice.k12.mi.us
Website: https://nice.k12.mi.us/
Location: 300 Westwood Drive, Ishpeming, MI, USA
Phone: 906.485.1023
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BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA STUDENTS WIN AWARDS AT STATE CONFERENCE
Seventeen WHS students earned 14 awards at the Business Professionals of America
State Leadership Conference in Grand Rapids March 6-10, 2024, with seven students qualifying
to compete at the BPA National Leadership Conference, “Seize The Opportunity,” in Chicago,
IL, from May 9 – May 15, 2024.
This includes six State Champions! Westwood chapter members Kaya Etelamaki, Gabriel Grondz, Niko Heinzel, Clara Kruger, Isabelle Grochowski, Laretta Boburka, and Emily Hytinen earned the right to join over 5,000 other conference delegates from across the nation to participate in national-level business skill competitions, workshops, general sessions, and the national officer candidate campaigns and elections.
The following students were state finalists in their events:
*KAYA ETELAMAKI 1st – Legal Office Procedures
1st – Meeting & Event Planning Concepts
5th – Advanced Office Systems & Procedures
*GABRIEL GRONDZ 1st – Advanced Office Systems & Procedures
1st – Integrated Office Applications
*NIKO HEINZEL
1st – Fundamental Word Processing
*CLARA KRUGER
1st – Health Administration Concepts
*ISABELLE GROCHOWSKI
2nd – Advanced Office Systems & Procedures
2nd – Legal Office Procedures
*LARETTA BOBURKA
4th – Human Resource Management
4th – Intermediate Word Processing
*EMILY HYTINEN
5th – Basic Office Systems & Procedures
HANNAH NIEMI
7th – Advanced Office Systems & Procedures
7th – Integrated Office Applications
*Denotes National Qualifiers
Mid-Winter Band Concert
For those of you who could not make the band concert last week, below is a portion of the one of the pieces the band performed. Once again, the band and percussion ensemble performed beautifully. Job well done!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwOilrazzGyPLxfbsI_fPj3YqaWOC3Td/view?usp=sharing
Science Investigators Showcase
Physical Science students would like to invite you to attend our Community Science Investigators Showcase on March 18th from 6-7pm in the Westwood Cafeteria. Students are hard at work researching, experimenting, and putting together a nice display of their work to share with families and community members.
Spring Chorus Concert
Spring Chorus Concert
Thursday, Mar 21, 2024, 07:00 PM
Westwood High School, Westwood Drive, Ishpeming, MI, USA
Spring Break Marks the End of the 3rd Marking Period
The third marking period ends on Friday, March 22nd. Students should have all of their assignments turned in before leaving for break. It is crazy to think that we only have 9 more weeks of school!
Spring break begins Friday, March 22nd at 3:00 pm. There is no school on April 1st so students will return to school on Tuesday, April 2nd.