D A TE S TO R EM EMB ER January 31—School on Saturday 8:00 a.m.— 10:30 a.m. February 9-13—Career Tech Ed Week. Please see calendar of events in this newsletter. February 13—Early dismissal for students at 11:00 a.m. WVTHS 33 Smith Avenue Westfield, MA 01085 January 26—Joint General Advisory/School Committee Meeting 6:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m. Westfield Vocational Technical High School Principal’s Newsletter February 2015 February 14—School on Saturday 8:00 a.m.— 10:30 a.m. February 16-February 21—No School—Winter Recess February 28—School on Saturday 8:00 a.m.— 10:30 a.m. SAVE THE DATE “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin WVTHS will be featured on ABC 40’s Honor Roll Live on Friday, February 13 from 5:00 a.m.—7:00 a.m. SCHOOL NORMS: WVTHS 5 B's: BE Prepared, BE on Time, BE Respectful, BE Accountable , BE Consistent Tel: (413) 572-6533 Fax: (413) 572-6542 wvths.schoolsofwestfield.org Mr. Stefan Czaporowski, Principal Mr. Kevin Daley, Assistant Principal Mr. Peter Taloumis, CVTE Director Mr. Rob Ollari, Student Services Coordinator Mr. John York, Cooperative Education Coordinator CAREER TECH ED WEEK TEAM SPORTMANSHIP AWARD STUDENT MURAL ART PROJECT Congratulations to Coach Kyle Dulude and the WVTHS Boys Soccer Team for receiving the 2014 MIAA Team Sportsmanship Award. Students from our after school Art Club, Friends of Rachael Club, and members of student body are working on painting the walls and hand railings in the stairwell from lower to upper campus. Eventually, murals symbolic of each career technical program, with a focus on integrated academics and community, will be painted on the stairwell walls going up ‘the connector’ between lower and upper campus. Manufacturing Technology is the first program to begin their mural. Other CTE programs are working with Art Club advisor Mrs. Pauline McClaflin to design their murals. WVTHS will celebrate National Career Technical Education Week from February 9-13. Below is our calendar of events for the week. Please contact Mr. Rob Ollari at 413572-6533 ext. 60004 or by e-mail at r.ollari@schoolsofwestfield.org for more information. Academic News Monday, February 9  South Middle School Students CVTE Program Tours - 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (WVTHS Shops)  Allied Health Student CNA Pinning Ceremony – 1:00 p.m. (Tiger’s Pride) Tuesday, February 10  North Middle School Students CVTE Program Tours - 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (WVTHS Shops)  National Technical Honor Society Induction Ceremony – 1:00 p.m. (Tiger’s Pride) Wednesday, February 11  Open House for Prospective Students – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (WVTHS Shops)  Lunch (open to the public) – 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (Tiger’s Pride) Thursday, February 12  WVTHS Student Presentations to elementary students – 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (Franklin Avenue Elementary School)  Lunch (open to the public) – 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (Tiger’s Pride) Friday, February 13  WVTHS on abc40 Honor Roll Live 5:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. WEDNESDAYS AT WVTHS Students interested in finding out more about WVTHS can do so by taking a tour and by shadowing a student as part of our Wednesdays at WVTHS program. Please contact Mr. Rob Ollari, Student Services Coordinator, at 413-572-6533 ext. 60004 for more information. These awards are presented at the state championship final of every MIAA sponsored sport to a worthy team in each division of competition. The awards are presented to those teams who have demonstrated a sincere commitment to the highest ideals and objectives of sportsmanship during their season of play. Presenting the award is Carl Erickson whom the award is named after. DUAL ENROLLMENT WITH WSU WVTHS is happy to announce the continued availability of dual enrollment coursework with Westfield State University starting on January 20. The next class to be offered for college credit is Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies. The course will be held at WVTHS on Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. and is open to juniors and seniors. This class is free to WVTHS students. Students that are interested in signing up for this class should see Mrs. Bean or Mrs. Arvanites in Student Services. NATIONAL CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION WEEK FEBRUARY 9-13, 2015 Materials for this project were provided by a grant from the Westfield Foundation for Education. The mural project will be on going during after school hours and weekends. We would also like to acknowledge senior Susan Mosijchuk who is painting our new Tiger logo in the upper connecter wall. Keep up the great work everyone! NURSES CORNER Shelves are stocked at the WVTHS Food Bank. This free service is available for families of our students. We invite anyone in need of food to come to school at any time during school hours. Just ask for Mr. Bannish, the school adjustment counselor, or Mrs. Swenson, the school nurse, or call 413-572-6329 for more information.