Wall High School Knightly News

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

• ELA & Math Summer Assignments
• AP Summer Assignments

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 Test Dates

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

July 8-12, 2024

at the Monmouth County Police Academy

• See below flyers for more information and to register

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.

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.

• Click here for more information & to register

Thank you to our WHS TV Production crew for putting together the footage!

Gabby Bonet, Devin Andersen, Christian Suckey, Jack Baldasare, and Liam Smith

Congratulations!

Juliana Torres, Reese Shropshire, Danielle Elam, Caitlin McBarron, and Sonny Pechillo

Congratulations!

Brianna Young and Sienna Swobodzien, Jack Findley, and Jessica Petillo

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.

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!

Senior Brendan Lang is currently in Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day and is assisting in escorting a WWII veteran!

Congratulations to our 2023-2024 WTPS retirees!

Thank you for serving our students, schools, families, and community!

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.

IMPORTANT!! WHS Student athletes are receiving invitations via text & email from NIL Clubs asking WHS Sports Teams to “join” or “sign up”. DO NOT JOIN or SIGN UP. These NIL Clubs are PROHIBITED by the NJSIAA. Please do not join/forward to teammates.

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