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Wall High School Knightly News
June 2024
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Happy Summer!
A Message from Principal Davis
Engaging in academic activities during the summer break can prevent the summer slide, where students lose knowledge and skills over the extended vacation period. Summer assignments can help students retain what they learned during the school year, ensuring a smoother transition into the next grade.
Math:
For the 2024-2025 school year, all MATH summer assignments are optional except those for AP high school courses. These optional assignments can be completed by students during the summer who wish to review various math skills. The concepts included in the assignments focus on essential prerequisite skills required for the upcoming math course. For any questions regarding the optional math summer assignments, you can contact the Secondary Math Supervisor Mrs. Laura Kurmin at lkurmin@wallpublicschools.org.
ELA:
For the 2024-2025 school year, ELA summer assignments for all levels at the high school are mandatory assignments. We ask that parents and guardians be actively involved in the summer reading selection process. Please review the grade-level recommended readings with your child to best support their choices, interests, and reading ability. If you have any questions regarding the summer reading selections, please contact the Secondary ELA Supervisor, Mrs. Kelly Weiner, at kweiner@wallpublicschools.org.
Please visit this link, which directs you to the district website, for more information regarding the nature of all assignments.
Have a great summer,
Mr. Kevin Davis
WHS Principal
WHS Summer Assignments 2024
2024-2025 Student Courses Available
Student requests and a list of courses that have been scheduled for your child for the 2024-2025 school year are available via the Genesis Parent Portal on the district website. Click on the Scheduling button to see the list of courses scheduled.
These scheduled courses do not include the classroom, teacher name or period. Final schedules for students will be available in mid-August.
The counselors have been working on resolving scheduling conflicts. Alternate course selections were used when primary course choices were not able to be scheduled. Other conflicts include failures that need to be rescheduled and changes in the teacher recommendations (for CP, H, and AP level assignments, which are based on course prerequisite requirements located in the Program of Studies) that need to be processed. Every effort is being made to balance classes as well.
The counselors have reached out and will continue to reach out to students with scheduling conflicts. They will be meeting with students over the next several weeks to resolve scheduling issues. Should you receive a message from your school counselor, please respond in a timely manner.
SAT π
Test Day #1: Saturday, August 24, 2024
Test Day #2: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Test Day #3: Saturday, November 2, 2024
Test Day #4: Saturday, December 7, 2024
Test Day #5: Saturday, March 8, 2025
Test Day #6: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Test Day #7: Saturday, June 7, 2025
β Important Information
Sheriff Youth Week
July 8-12, 2024
at the Monmouth County Police Academy
- See below flyers for more information and to register
WHS SAT Prep Course
The WHS SAT Prep Course will run preparation sessions for the August 2024, December 2024, and March 2024 administrations of the SAT. This prep course meets for 6 sessions and is designed to help students prepare for the new (2024) Digital Administration of the SAT.
WBFA Internship & Shadow Opportunities for Students
WBFA Internship Program:
Members in the WBFA are required to complete a minimum of a 75 hour internship during their junior or senior year. This experience should provide them with a taste of real-life experience in an area of business/finance (or other applicable industry) that interests them.
WBFA Mentorship:
Goal: To provide a minimum of 35 hours of professional and life experience training and guidance to a WBFA student via weekly check-ins, assignments, and on-the-job shadowing.
- Please see below documents for more information.
24-25 WHS SAT Prep Course (In-Person)
During the mathematics sessions students will engage in methods for applying math taught in the classroom to the questions presented on the SAT. With helpful tips along the way, students will engage in activities to strengthen their critical reading, sentence completion, grammar and SAT writing skills. Diagnostic and practice exams will not be administered during class time, but are available for students to self-administer independently with guidance from course instructors.
π Congratulations to the Class of 2024 π
Graduation
Senior Walk
Thank you to our WHS TV Production crew for putting together the footage!
Gabby Bonet, Devin Andersen, Christian Suckey, Jack Baldasare, and Liam Smith
Senior BBQ
Senior Prom
Senior Night
π Student Spotlight
Knights of the Week ~ May 2024
Congratulations!
Juliana Torres, Reese Shropshire, Danielle Elam, Caitlin McBarron, and Sonny Pechillo
Students of the Month ~ May 2024
Congratulations!
Brianna Young and Sienna Swobodzien, Jack Findley, and Jessica Petillo
June 11th BOE Meeting Student Recognition
The WHS Guitar Club, with retiree Dr. Calmes, performed at the June 11th BOE meeting. Mr. Bradley, his team, and students were recognized for organizing next year's Magnetic Reading books. And, a special thank you was given to WHS students who provide monthly student life updates at each meeting.
Congratulations to Chris Martin!
Chris Martin's (grade 11) artwork "The Bear" (instructed by Ms. Suzanne Ryan in her 3D Design Class) has been selected by the State Teen Arts Committee to be part of a traveling art exhibit. This is a huge honor that hasn't been awarded to a Wall High School student since 2017!
Renaissance Luncheon
Senior Brendan Lang is currently in Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day and is assisting in escorting a WWII veteran!
π° District News
Congratulations to our 2023-2024 WTPS retirees!
Thank you for serving our students, schools, families, and community!
πΈ Clubs & Activities
The Social Club Volunteers at Wall Primary Graduation
AP Bio Class & the Donate Life Club's Butterfly Launch
WHS's AP Bio class and the Donate Life Club teamed up for their annual Butterfly Launch! Bio students learned about energy transfer in ecosystems through an Energy Dynamics Lab, while the Donate Life Club used butterflies to symbolize the cycle of life.
WHS Yearbook Members
π Athletics
π¨ Important π¨
IMPORTANT!! WHS Student athletes are receiving invitations via text & email from NIL Clubs asking WHS Sports Teams to βjoinβ or βsign upβ. DO NOT JOIN or SIGN UP. These NIL Clubs are PROHIBITED by the NJSIAA. Please do not join/forward to teammates.
Important Forms & Documents for Upcoming Sports Season
To View forms & documents see below attachments or
Click Here: https://www.wallpublicschools.org/Domain/152
π Student Health & Wellness
Thank you for a wonderful year!
The Wall Township Wellness Department and I would like to thank our parents, guardians, and community caretakers whose support contributed to the success of The 7 Mindsets program. Year one of implementation surpassed expectations as our community joined together to celebrate each mindset in ways that honor the spirit of the program. To best capture the essence of the mindset experience, we invite you to view the presentation linked HERE and posted on our District website.
Next year, we will embrace our second year of implementation with continued instruction on each mindset, school-wide activities for children to apply positive habits of mind, Wellness in the Works parent newsletters, and monthly showcases to the community at Board of Education meetings. We will dive deeper into the program with some new instructional initiatives including Wellness Webinars for students grades 3-8 to facilitate grade-level discussions in real-time, 9th-grade transitional curriculum aligned to the mindsets, student leadership opportunities a.k.a. Mindset Mentors, and additional curricular connections embedded in classroom instruction.
Before we break for the summer, I would like to offer access to the 7 Mindsets audiobook HERE if you missed the opportunity to read it last year.
With warm regards,
Tiffany A. Steiner
Director of Intervention Programs and Student Wellness
π Wall High School PTO
π½οΈ Food Services
π Transportation
Wall High School: 732-556-2000
Attendance: 732-556-2047
School Counseling Office: 732-566-2000 x2700