Congratulations to our Post-Journal Softball All Stars! Tanleigh Bestine, Syd Hotchkiss, and Eva Gnadzinski! You make us proud girls!
Honors for our V Softball team keep coming in! Congrats to Eva Gnadzinski for making 2nd team All State Softball and to Tanleigh Bestine for making 3rd team All State for softball! Thank you for representing Westfield!
Congratulations are in order.
Jennifer Harp, Val Gelsimino, Aryle Goss, and Megan Stotz earned first place in the Union Relief Golf Tournament. Cleary being excellent educators is not their only talent. Way to go Wolverines!
WACS 11th grader David Hoebener came to his band director, Mr. Chagnon, as a freshman two years ago with his laptop open, sharing that he had written a concert band piece inspired by Japanese pentatonic scales. David spent the rest of that year personally playing and recording each instrument's part individually into his computer's music software so that he could have an audio version of his composition.
Fast forward two years to this June's Senior Band Concernt, where Mr. Chagnon chose the theme of "Our home, Chautauqua", honoring music and musicians from our county. It was at this concert that David took to the podium, baton in hand, and as a Chautauqua composer he conducted the Westfield Wolverine Senior Band in the world premier of 'Ancient Tokyo' by David Hoebener.
The performance was remarkable. David's peers were thrilled to be a part of this special moment in time. The audience agreed and gave a standing ovation. Congratulations, David, we admire your musical talent and are so proud of this monumental accomplishment.
This message is for all 8th grade students: If you plan to play a Fall Sport this upcoming fall season, you need to see Mr. Huber to take your IMPACT test ASAP. You will not be able to start the season if your impact test is not completed.
This spring our 6th Grade Science Teacher, Lauren Nelson, attended the NSTA, National Science Teaching Association, conference in Denver, CO. This conference is one of the largest conferences focused exclusively on science and STEM teaching for K–20 teachers of science and includes members from around the world. The conference featured over a thousand peer-led sessions and workshops that directly apply to the work that Mrs. Nelson does in her classroom at Westfield Middle School. The focus of NSTA Denver24 included Instruction and Assessment, Implementing Standards, Student Learning and Inclusion, Teaching Strategies and Classroom Practice, Climate Science and Environmental Justice, Research to Practice, Connecting with Nature, & Leadership and Advocacy.
In addition to the professional learning at NSTA, Mrs. Nelson was a presenter with Dr. Mike Jabot, SUNY Fredonia; Lisa Brosnick, Buffalo State; and Paula Ferneza, E2CCB BOCES. The title of their presentation was "17 Great Ways to Connect the World to NGSS" with a focus on instruction and assessment, and implementing standards. Their session shared a methodology that teaches within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and not just about them. The team shared how to connect NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) to the sustainable goals around some of the most pressing challenges we face in society. Examples were even shared from our 6th grade classroom here at WACS. Attendees learned how to create student solutionaries in the classroom. Mrs. Nelson’s role in the presentation was to share an example of how this can be done with students in typical classrooms. Mrs. Nelson shared that “throughout the year, we have worked on a unit about microplastics right in our community. Our microplastics unit connected our science standards to the UN Sustainable Goals in a way that made sense and interested students, as well as allowing them to become the solutionary-- those in control of acting for change.”
We are proud of the way Mrs. Nelson has represented WACS on a national level, and the skillset that she brings to our middle school. We applaud her effort and dedication to science and STEM instruction, and her eagerness to cultivate a younger generation of forward thinking problem solvers.
Photo Includes: Lisa Brosnick, Buffalo State; Attendee Angela Francis, OCM BOCES; Lauren Nelson, WACS; Attendee Ben Link, GST BOCES; Dr. Jabot, SUNY Fredonia; Paula Ferneza, E2CCB BOCES
#NSTA #National Science Teaching Association
This past weekend, our very own Carson Swanson attended a basketball camp run by Jay Bilas of ESPN, where Carson was awarded the camps toughest competitor, and Carson's team won the team championship and the 3 v 3 tournament at the camp. Special things are happening for Carson and we are excited to be part of it!
Congratulations to our very own Keara Kincaid for signing to play volleyball next year at SUNY Fredonia! Great job Keara!
The September 5th capital project vote is approaching. These transformative upgrades will benefit our school and community for years to come. Continue to learn about the project by visiting our website. OR feel free to call 716-326-2151 with any questions.
https://www.westfieldcsd.org/o/wacs/page/future-capital-project-building-our-future
Come support Coach Shawn and our 4 senior softball girls Keara, Drew, Brynn, and Tanleigh, as they play in the Senior All-Star game tomorrow at Frontier HS at 5 pm!
The gray skies and raindrops didn't stop us from enjoying our PBIS picnic on Friday afternoon!
We work hard all year long to earn paw prints for kindness, making safe choices, working together, showing respect, using good manners, and doing our best! WE ARE WOLVERINES! 🐾 💙
We are grateful for our PBIS committee for planning these special events! Next Friday is PBIS FUN DAY and we are so excited!
Readers of the Galaxy- Unite!
It has been a stellar year full of setting and achieving our reading goals! Congratulations to our top astronauts and year-long readers! You are AMAZING! 🌟
Thank you to all of our participants and to our STAR Committee of Miss Bena, Mrs. Holt, and Mrs. Stoughton!
Fourth grade put on a great STAR Program all about Neptune today! We especially loved their poems and projects on display! 🪐🌚⭐️
Updates on our partnership for the 2024-25 school year with the YWCA for before and after school programing.
Congratulations to Nora Robison! She competed at the Sectional Meet for Modified Track and finished the 1500m in 6th Place with a time of 6 minutes 45 seconds (A new personal record for Nora). Great job Nora!
Congratulations to the following Wolverines on earning their tenure this year.
Andrea Gundlach
Emily Colt
Samantha Eklund
Brianna Hunt (December)
Christopher Kelley
Tiffany Travis
Thank you for your dedication to our students and school! We are proud of you!
The Class of 2024 is taking in all that NYC has to offer on their class trip. Here they are all dressed up for their dinner cruise.
Congratulations to our Softball seniors on amazing careers and achievements: Tanleigh, Drew, Brynn, and Keara! Your leadership, talent, and sportsmanship will all be greatly missed! Thank you for all you did for Westfield Softball!
Congratulations to our V Softball Allstars!
Eva Gnadzinski: Pitcher of the Year!
1st Team: Tanleigh Bestine, Sydney Hotchkiss, and Drew Ernewein
2nd Team: Keara Kincaid, Mackenzie Schumaker, and Maddie Burgess
Honorable Mention: Brynn Ernewein and Avery Smith
Sportsmanship Award: Arielle Corbett
Great job ladies!
This May the Westfield High School Chorus participated in the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) major organization festival at Chautauqua Lake High School. High school choirs, bands and orchestras can be evaluated at one of six difficulty levels, with one being the easiest and six being the most difficult. The Westfield Senior High Chorus song for two NYSSMA adjudicators and received a special honor, that being the Gold With Distinction award for their performance that day. This is the highest honor a school music group of any kind can receive from NYSSMA. “I was just so proud of our students” state Westfield music teacher, Kent Knappenberger “It’s almost unheard of high school our size receiving this rating, and with a group that is non-auditioned and open to any student in the Westfield High School population. They are a super-talented group. Normally school music ensembles that receive this honor are from suburban schools. Being a product of a rural school myself, I love the fact that we can show the rest of the state what great things go on in rural schools. It is estimated that only 6-10 singing groups in the entire state will receive this honor this year, and that is not dependent on school size, but only their performance that day.” The Westfield High School Senior Chorus previously received this honor in 2002.
Picture: Members of the Westfield High School Senior Chorus proudly display their level 6, Gold with Distinction award from the New York State School Music Association.
