WHS Staff News - Week of 2/22/22

If you believe in things like certain dates matter, this might be one of those days ... 2/22/22.  Might be a good day to play the lottery! lol

I hope everyone had an enjoyable long weekend! March is coming quickly and hopefully, there will be some nice Spring-like weather here before we know it.  I don't know about you, but these cold temperatures are starting to get to me.  

Here are a few updates: 

State Testing Change for the NJGPA
My plan to test in the morning and afternoon for NJGPA is not allowed by the NJDOE. I tried! So the new plan is we will be testing for 4 straight mornings instead of 2 during the week of March 14. All other grade levels will follow a normal schedule. Penny is in the process of updating the proctoring schedule. Donna will update the Google Calendar. 

HIGH SCHOOL TESTING CALENDAR 21-22 SY 

AM Testing Only 8 - 9:55am (Approximately)

Tuesday, 3/15 - Day 3 (ELA Unit 1)
Wednesday, 3/16 - Day 4 (ELA Unit 2)
Thursday, 3/17 - Day 1 (Math Unit 1)
Friday, 3/18 - Day 2 (Math Unit 2)

Blog for parents - State Testing 

Senior Cut Days - FYI, I sent this to senior parents this morning:

Senior Parents/Guardians,

Over the last two weeks we have had two days where a large majority of seniors have taken the day off. Parents call the school letting us know that their child is taking part in senior cut day. Senior cut day is not an excused absence and is not something the school condones.

I understand the right of passage that seniors feel they are entitled to a senior cut day, but not multiple days throughout the year. We have an attendance policy that will be enforced and these days are not excused absences.

Keeping seniors motivated and on task as we head to June is always something we deal with. In the past when parents and the school work together on emphasizing the importance of finishing the school strong, we have seen great success.

There are a lot of senior events that will be coming up over the next few months and I don’t want any student to miss out because of attendance issues.

Heart Screening 

Heart screening will be done this year on Wednesday, 3/23 - Friday, 3/25.  This service will be offered to all 9th and 10th graders for free because of the Sean Fisher Memorial Foundation. More details will be shared with the students/families later this week.