PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Newsweek recently devoted a cover article,
entitled “Girls Gone Bad,” to the shallowness of today’s young
celebrities. I won’t argue with the contention that young
people are not being provided with good role models, but I also do
not believe that people like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears
represent the youth who will lead us into the future.
In the last two weeks I have had the pleasure of attending numerous
student performances, academic competitions, and athletic events.
Westview students have produced outstanding efforts in the Science
Olympiad (4th place out of 26 teams), “Guys and Dolls” and
“the Romance Concert”, and playoff berths in every winter sport! While attending these events, I have been impressed by several
things.
First of all, our students benefit from an enormous amount of parent
support. Parents not only attend these events to cheer on our
students, but they provide background work such as coaching, taking
tickets, bringing pizza, making costumes, and much, much more.
Second, our students benefit from outstanding teachers and coaches.
The caliber of the performances and skills that I have observed is
especially remarkable for a school that has been in existence for
such a short period of time.
But the thing that has impressed me the most in the past couple of
weeks is the caliber of young people who represent Westview. I
am referring both to the participants in these events as well as
those who come to cheer them on. Research has shown that
students are more successful, both academically and by other
measures, when they participate in extra curricular activities. Our students are enthusiastic, bright, and energetic, and they make
me optimistic about the future!
Dawn Kastner
Principal
SPRING
SPORTS
Spring sports are
underway. Please click on the links below for more information.
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Baseball
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Dive
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Golf (Boys)
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Gymnastics
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Lacrosse (Girls)
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Lacrosse (Boys)
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Softball
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Swim
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Tennis (Boys)
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Track & Field
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Volleyball (Boys)
What’s coming up...
Check the
school
calendar for more events
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Mar. 16 |
Professional Growth Day
NO SCHOOL |
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Mar. 31 |
Mock SAT, PSAT, ACT Exams |
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Apr. 9 |
Quarter 4 Begins |
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Apr. 12 |
Minimum Day |
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Apr 16-20 |
Spring Break
NO SCHOOL |
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May 25 |
Professional
Growth Day
NO SCHOOL |
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May 28 |
Memorial Day
NO SCHOOL |
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June 20 |
Last Day of
School |
Quick web links
Daily
Bulletin – visit the daily bulletin to see what’s happening today!
School
Calendar – see what events are coming up throughout the year.
General
Information – can’t find what you’re looking for? Try this link.
Athletics – support your Westview Wolverines – visit the athletic
pages to see when your favorite team is playing.
Counseling
– graduation requirements, colleges visiting Westview, scholarships,
course catalog, etc.
College Readiness
College fairs and expo events are listed on our
counseling website.
SPRING
FOOD DRIVE
Food Drive Dates
March
5–March
21
Sponsored by:
The
Palomar Council PTA in collaboration with the Safety Wellness Advocacy Community
Coalition
What we need:
Canned goods (fruits, vegetables, soup, beans)
Peanut Butter
Rice
Pasta
Spaghetti Sauce
Cereal
Students and their families can send in donations to the collection
bags located in each homeroom class.
All food must
be collected by March 21
so it can be delivered before Spring Break. Westview will be collecting until March 21.
Many of our PUSD families struggle to provide 3 meals a day
during the school breaks.
Questions?
Please call:
Becky Palenske 538-2492
(bpalenske@san.rr.com)
Palomar Council PTA
Community Concerns
2006-2007 REFLECTIONS UPDATE
Congratulations to our Palomar Council Reflections award winners! Eight of our 20 submissions to Palomar Council won awards and all
of our 6 submittals for visual arts won awards!
PALOMAR COUNCIL FINALISTS
(these submissions were sent to 9th District for further judging)
Visual Arts: Chris Liu, Olivia Ellen Lui, Rebecca Eichten
Literature: Christine Sun
In January, Ninth District announced that Rebecca Eichten was one of
19 finalists from among 526 entries at that level, and one of only
four in the visual art category that have been forwarded to the
California State PTA for judging. Congratulations, Rebecca!
PALOMAR COUNCIL HONORABLE MENTIONS
Visual Arts: Chris Price, Denise Yen Tran,
Wen-Yuan (Willie)
Yao
Literature: Alice Main
The Palomar Council award ceremony will be held in May. Way
to go Wolverines!
INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT
"The time is always right to do what is
right."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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PTSA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear
Parents,
On April 10, Westview will hold its Annual Meeting. At this
meeting, you will be electing the officers for the 2007-2008 year. Notification will be given to you 30 days in advance of the
results of the nominating committee -- the slate of officers. Our elected officers are President, Executive Vice President, 1st
VP - Programs, 2nd VP - Membership, 3rd VP - Volunteers, 4th VP -
Ways and Means, 5th VP - Grad Nite, Recording Secretary,
Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Auditor and Historian. If
you are interested in serving on the PTSA board, please contact
Parliamentarian, Anne Smith, at annemfs@san.rr.com. We are always looking for new leaders! And please join us at
our election on April 10 at 7:00pm in the Theater.
Join me in welcoming Cindy Lape as our newest board member. She is the new Student/ASB Representative. And thank you,
Millie Domingo, for serving first term! We'll miss you, but
look forward to working with Cindy.
Thank you to Cathy Carpenter, our Mock Testing Chair, for
conducting the 2nd session of testing on February 3. The
final opportunity for your student to take the practice tests is
Saturday, March 31. More information will be forthcoming.
Our Grad Nite Committee continues its work on this exciting and
fun event for our graduating seniors. There are always
opportunities to help! Please call Cindi Wade at cwade2@san.rr.com
for more information or to volunteer.
Westview PTSA continues to support Palomar Council PTA's Adopt-a-Family
program. Over 300 families in Poway Unified School District have been
identified as in need of food, clothing and monetary donations. The
Spring Food Drive began on February 27 and will end on March 25.
Elsewhere in this newsletter is information on needs. Please give
generously -- many families struggle to provide meals during school
breaks; often the only meals these students have are the free and
reduced breakfasts and lunches served at school. For your convenience, a
collection box is in Westview's Volunteer Room.
Carolyn Epple
PTSA President
CHARACTER COUNTS!
PILLAR
– FAIRNESS
The past few
newsletters have contained articles pertaining to the first three
pillars of the Character Counts! program which was adopted by our
school district several years ago – these being TRUSTWORTHINESS,
RESPECT and RESPONSIBILITY. This month’s focus is on the fourth
pillar – FAIRNESS.
We hear it often – that “the world isn’t fair” or “life
isn’t fair”. There are plenty of things that seem unfair
all across the face of the globe that we cannot control, of course.
But we can still affect the world around us by treating people with
equanimity and impartiality, attempting to be as open-minded and
reasonable as possible in all situations, doing our best to “play
by the rules”, avoiding taking advantage of others, and being
considerate of the feelings of everyone who will be affected by our
actions and decisions. Fairness brings to mind the Golden Rule
– treat others as you would wish to be treated – fairly!
Join the Westview PTSA and Student Services on campus in promoting
character education by talking with your teen at home about fairness
- what treating people fairly means and the benefits of being a fair
person. Teens are impressionable – so each and every day do
your best to demonstrate fairness in your own actions – be those
personal or professional.
We encourage you to visit
www.charactercounts.org
for more information regarding the Character Counts! program.
Cindy Ruecker
Westview PTSA Character Counts! Liaison
SURF, SUN & STIX
INVITATIONAL 2007
Westview Girls Lacrosse will be hosting the fourth
annual CIF and NFHS sanctioned tournament – The Surf, Sun &
Stix Invitational.
The venue for this event will be
Westview
with games being played on four fields.
The Varsity division will be playing on Saturday, March 24 and
will offer two levels of play, Gold & Silver. The
Junior Varsity division will be playing on Saturday, March 31.
GRAD NITE PARTICIPATION - FOUNDATION RUMMAGE
SALE
 Please
remember to save items for Grad Nite to sell at the Foundation
rummage sale, which is scheduled for Saturday morning, April 7,
and will be held in the student parking lot.
Anything you have
to be sold would be greatly appreciated - furniture, books, exercise
equipment, sporting goods, tools, shoes, toys, electronics, kitchen
items, clothing, etc.
Donations of items can be dropped off
the night before the rummage sale at a home near Canyon View
Elementary (unfortunately, Grad Nite does not have storage
capability prior to that).
Also, if you are willing to work a
shift or two during the rummage sale in the Grad Nite fundraising
effort, your help would be warmly welcomed. (Bilingual
capability, in either Spanish or Tagalog, would be fantastic!)
Please contact the Grad Nite rummage sale chair, Cindy Ruecker, at
538-0490, or by writing to heycindy@san.rr.com.
She will keep your contact information on hand until the rummage
sale date is firm, and will let you know beforehand exactly where to
drop off your donations (or possibly arrange for pickup of them)
and/or when to work a shift that Saturday morning.
Thanks for
your efforts in making Grad Nite a success. Westview
parents rock!
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
Pictured from left to
right: Bonnie Jiang, Secretary; Linda Ge, President; Taylor
Yi, Vice President; Benjamin Young, Treasurer; Mary Lines, Club
Advisor
MOCK
TESTS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 31
To score your best on the SAT, ACT, or PSAT, you need to
prepare. To get started, Westview PTSA and Princeton Review offer
full-length mock exams on campus - in a proctored setting - just
like the real thing!
The mock SAT, mock ACT and mock PSAT will
be offered on Saturday, March 31. In addition, there is a
Scores Back Seminar at Westview where you will get a detailed score
report and learn some valuable SAT strategies to beat the test! The
fee is $20 per test, in the form of a check made out to Westview PTSA.
For additional questions, please email Cathy Carpenter @ cathyann@san.rr.com
(858-484-4300) or Magna Sundstrom @ magnas@review.com
(858-558-0500).
Click here to find out how to sign up.
Space is limited!
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Airbands
ASB
Bamboo
Hut Fundraiser
Bunco
Donations
Character
Counts
Class
of 2008
Class
of 2010
Club
Rush
College
Fair
College
Readiness
Counselor
Accomplishments
Counselor's
Corner
Course
Request Forms
Honor
Roll Students
Inspirational Thought
Incoming
Freshman
Juniors
Mock
Testing
Principal's
Message
PTSA President's Message
Reflections
Rummage
Sale
Scholarship
Assistance
Science Olympiad
Seniors
Spirit
Day
Spring
Sports
Surf,
Sun, & Stix Invitational
Tutoring
Options
Quick
Web Links
What's
Coming Up
ASB
Class
Competition Airbands
Congratulations to all the classes!
They all did a wonderful job in choreographing, dancing, and set
design. Seniors won first place with their theme of Peter Pan.
Juniors came in second with the Ninja Turtles. Third was given to
the Sophomore class with their theme of Cinderella, and finally
fourth to the Aladdin theme of the Freshman class.
Club
Rush
The date for Club Rush is Thursday, March 8,
during lunch in the quad. Come support all the clubs by checking out
their booths and purchasing food.
Spirit
Day
We had a great Valentine’s Spirit Day.
The
whole school was dressed up in red, pink, and white as they
collected spirit points for their classes.
Honor
Roll Students
Get ready for a luncheon coming up in May!
Class
of 2010
Our class is getting stronger and stronger.
We
are working on many fundraisers to raise money for our class. If you
have any ideas or suggestions please let us know. Meetings are
during lunch every Tuesday in room J103.
It is a chance to support
your class, state your opinions, and get involved. Go Class of
2010!!
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Corinna Lee or Natasha Golper.
Class
of 2008
We just finished with class airbands. Our
class put in a lot of effort to put our dance together and we can
proudly say that we placed 2nd overall.
The most important day for the juniors and seniors is underway. Prom will be held on
Saturday,
June 2, 2007. We are very excited and we hope that everyone will
attend. Currently, we are working on prom expo and
fundraisers. The theme and place of our prom will be revealed
at prom expo on Friday,
April 13. DON'T FORGET TO COME!
Prom planning is going very well, and we are sure you will be
impressed.
Students: Please come to room L114 every Tuesday at lunch to
support your class.
GO CLASS OF 2008! GO WOLVERINES!
Support Westview! Wear BLACK WHITE AND
GOLD every Friday!
Tiffany Lee: tiffylee148@prodigy.net
Hulya Poyrazoglu: hulyapoy@yahoo.com|
Junior Class Co-Presidents
BAMBOO HUT GRAD NITE FUNDRAISER
The wonderful people at Bamboo Hut in Mira Mesa
would like to invite you to visit the restaurant. Every time you go
bring one of the coupons and they will donate 10% of your total bill to
Westview Grad Nite!
Print out all three coupons and give them to
your friends. See coupon for map and restrictions. If you have any
questions email Beth Byloff.
P.S. You can find the Wades and the Byloff's there most Friday evenings,
come and join us!
View Coupon
BUNCO
PLAYERS - THERE IS STILL TIME!
Thank you to the four bunco groups who donated their February
“pot” to Grad Nite 07. We
are on our way!
If your
group is getting together this month or next, please consider
participating. Your individual $5 contributions will really add up
and make a big difference to this worthwhile event while you still
enjoy your evening of gab and gaming (likely in this order!).
Jennifer Kuhlman
will be happy to come and collect your donation of cash or checks.
Checks should be made payable to “Westview PTSA Grad
Nite.” Please
pass the word to ensure the success of this hassle-free fundraiser.
THANK YOU!
Jennifer Kuhlman
484-2701
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