February 23, 2025
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a relaxing break whether you were near or far. We will see our students back at WHS on Tuesday February 25th. Tomorrow our teachers will be engaged in professional development. As part of our ongoing partnership with The Challenge Success organization we will be adding to our repertoire of student engagement strategies as well as evaluating some of our school practices and making recommendations for how we continue to evolve and further support students and teachers.
Our music department heads to Disney this Thursday for some exciting performances. We wish them safe travels. This has become a hallmark of our music department and we can’t wait to hear about this experience.
Congratulations to our girls and boys relay teams - the girls 4x400 relay team: Christina Love, Isabella Fournier, Abigail Winslow, and Maisie Rosengarten, took 6th at the State Open Championships and qualified for New Englands! The boys 4x800 team of Nicholas Masters, Brett Martin, Asher Leuzzi, and Markus Soennichson took 3rd at the State Open Championships and will now head to Nationals!
Boys Varsity Basketball
Congratulations to the Boy's Varsity Basketball team on their win on Wednesday. Special shout-out to Kollen Kyle for making the shot of a lifetime on his 17th birthday to lift Weston over Masuk in the 1st round of the SWC tournament. The shot was featured on ESPN’s TOP 5 of the day. You can watch his game-winning shot here.
New Director of Security
Families will have the opportunity to meet the new Director of Safety and Security Mr. James Wiltsie in March. There will be two Meet the Director programs. The first will be Thursday, March 13 from 7 to 8:30 PM at Weston Middle School. The second will be at the HES/WIS PTO meeting on Wednesday, March 26 from 9:30 to 11:00 AM in the WIS cafeteria. You do not have to be in the HES/WIS PTO to join this meeting. We encourage you to attend one of these meetings. 
Soup-er Bowl Pep Rally
Weston High School held a winter pep rally this month to celebrate the student government’s soup-er bowl winter food drive. Students and staff competed in the pep rally in musical chairs, a fruit roll-up gobble, and the main event, the staff vs students basketball game. 840 lbs of food was collected for Person-to-Person. Way to go, WHS!
First Annual Talent Show
Weston High School held its first annual talent show, organized by Class of 2025 President Kat Day. In total, ten various acts were performed. The performances ranged from joke telling to a mini geography bee, singing, violin, piano playing, and even a student showing their talent for listing all British monarchs and prime ministers. The show ended with a sneak peek of Company’s opening number for the spring musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. All of the performances were amazing, and it was a great event!
Seniors - Class of 2025
Our Graduation date has been set! The class of 2025 will be graduating at 6 pm on Friday, June 13, 2025, mark your calendars. We have also set the date for the senior class trip to Six Flags in Massachusetts for Thursday, June 5th.
Seniors also recently met with Ms. Green to discuss their internship. Please see the College and Career Center website for information on the senior internship and expectations. Students are responsible for finding their own internship and getting it approved. If students are having difficulty finding one, please contact Ms. Green. Internship placement information is due by April 11th.
Mock Trial
The WHS Mock Trial “Red Team” started March Madness early as they advanced to the “Elite Eight” in the State Competition. The competition began with fifty-six teams from all over the state. Weston will face Berlin, Fairfield, Ludlowe, Immaculate, Lyme-Old Lyme, Sheehan, Stamford, and Wilton on March 7th in Middletown, CT. Members of the Red team are Neha Aspanna, Sophia Forte, Sarra Grissa, Sophia Kryzynski *Team Captain, Adam Kusak, Chloe Liu, Priscilla Nath, Jay Rajan, Eli Schickler, Christian Seoane, and Will Walker. Good Luck!
Senior Connections Club
Wilson Collins, Ryan Bigin and Kyle Schiffer chose to spend their early dismissal afternoon calling Bingo at the senior center.
DECA
Our DECA chapter is proud to announce that we successfully worked with First Selectwoman Sam Nestor to officially proclaim February as DECA and CTE Month in Weston, CT! We are the first Weston High School Club to receive a proclamation, marking a historic achievement for our chapter!
Weston’s DECA chapter has more big news to share! Junior Gavin Villepigue, Chapter President, submitted an article to the DECA website, which was recently published. You can read the article here. Congratulations, Gavin!
Women in Film Club
Women in Film's amazing first guest speaker of the year will join us virtually after school on Friday, February 28th, in room D-10. A little bit about her:
Anne Hubbell is a respected film industry veteran with over 25 years of extensive corporate, not-for-profit, and production experience. She is the Vice President of Motion Picture at Kodak. She negotiates contracts and consults on studio and independent movies, episodic content, commercials, and music videos and is a liaison to the global film community at large. If you love movies or are interested in pursuing a career in film/entertainment or business, this would be a great person to come listen to. Can’t wait to see you there!
Black History Month
We honor Black History Month with our displays in the library and a selection of books highlighted for students to choose from. The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.
The Filament Contest - Deadline Extended
The contest deadline for Filament, Weston High School's art and literature magazine, has been extended to March 30th. For any artists or writers interested in submitting something for a chance to win a 50-dollar Amazon gift card, feel free to email samanthaleeds@students.westonps.org for submission and a quick blurb highlighting how your art writing or photography captures the theme, the Weston High School experience by the extended deadline.
Company Advertisements
Company is selling 1⁄4 page, 1⁄2 page, or full-page ads in either black and white or color- they have pre-made templates to make things easy, or if you have your own artwork, they’ll happily print that as well!
The money raised through advertising goes to support Company, the theater club at Weston High School. The shows bring in hundreds of audience members of all ages, and they print 600-700 programs per production- many people will see your ad! Please complete this form to place an ad in the program and support theater at Weston High School. Payment details are included on the form. The deadline for submission is February 28th. Please email averymacrae@students.westonps.org with any questions!
Scholarship Opportunity Class of 2025
Sharing an exciting scholarship opportunity for students—the New England Service Scholarships, offered by the Red Sox Foundation. This program recognizes 100 high school seniors committed to community service and academic excellence.
Selected students from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont will receive a $1,000 scholarship to support their education. As applications open in early March, we would love and greatly appreciate your support in spreading the word to eligible students.
In addition to the scholarship, recipients will participate in a service project in Boston before being honored on the field at Fenway Park before the Friday, June 27th game against the Toronto Blue Jays at 7:10 pm. The application opens on March 3rd: https://www.redsoxfoundation.org/servicescholarships/ This opportunity is open to all 12th-grade students in New England.
Important Reminder!
A reminder about the delivery policy (taken directly from the student handbook). To reduce the number of visitors on our campus and ensure the safety of our students and staff, deliveries of any kind must be directly related to school business and approved by the building administration. Food deliveries will not be permitted on the Weston Public Schools campus. Failure to comply with this expectation will result in confiscation of the delivered item(s) and a 1-hour detention. Weston High School food services provide healthy, nutritious, and delicious lunch and morning snack options. We kindly ask our families to refrain from sending food and beverage deliveries to our students during the day.
Pickup & Dropoff
A reminder to please continue to use the access road for picking up and dropping off students. We also must keep the fire lanes clear on each side of the crosswalk, especially at the end of the day, with so many students pouring out of the building. We want to make sure we aren’t inhibiting anyone’s line of sight, especially our security guards, as they man the crosswalk. In addition, please make sure you do not use any parking lots to drop off students. I have recently received some feedback that parents are parking in student parking spots while dropping off their students. Please understand that this creates a lot of confusion in the parking lot AND makes the student whose space you park in late! Thank you to all who support our students' safe entrance and exit.
Communication Protocol
Please remember we have a Communication Protocol to help you navigate the common occurrences in the daily lives of students, families, and staff. For many of your concerns, this protocol will let you know how to proceed.
Previous Letters:
February 2, 2025
February 9, 2025
Upcoming Events:
February 24 Professional Development - No School for students
March 13: Side By Side Band Concert (8th Grade Band & WHS Wind Ensemble)
March 28,29: Company - Spring Musical
April 3: Save the Date: Workshop - The Well-Balanced Student
April 7-9: NEASC Visit (Accreditation)
April 29: Rising Freshman Forum
April 30: STEM Night
May 1: WHS Band Concert
May 6: WHS Orchestra Concert
May 7: WHS Choir Concert
May 15: Art Jam - National Arts Honor Society Induction
May 16: Junior/Senior Prom - Amber Room
June 5: Senior Class Trip - Six Flags, MA
June 13: Graduation 6 pm
As always, should you have any questions or concerns, please call the main office, and we can provide you with support to find the information or person you need to speak with.
Kindly,
Meghan
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