Take Flight 🦅

Congratulations to the seniors, Class of 2026, for winning this year's Junior Olympics! They'll get bragging rights until next year's games. What an energy-packed competition it was! Special shout outs to:

• StuCo and Ms. López, who chose the games and spirit days;
• The junior helpers who expertly ran the events;
• Mr. Dempsey, who was Ms. Gruettner's fearless co-emcee;
• All of the event competitors (and their class sponsors);
• Ms. Ratini and Operation Snowball for providing the pep station during the lunch periods;
• Spinnin' Discs for their music accompaniment;
• Admin, faculty, and staff who competed, refereed, and supervised; and
• Maintenance for setting up and cleaning up the Fieldhouse.

West Leyden has almost 60 clubs, including academic, cultural, general interest, honors, performing arts, and service clubs. To learn more:

• Visit the West Leyden Clubs page.
• See a list of clubs and sponsors here.
• See a calendar of when all clubs are meeting here.

Starting this year, all Leyden students in any club will need to use the 5-Star Students app or link. You can access 5 Star Students via your cell phone or Chromebook. To log in, use your Google Leyden account info (email and password).

📲 Mobile App: To download the 5Star App on your phone, click HERE.

📲 Chromebook: Go to www.5starstudents.com & click on "sign in". BOOKMARK this link!

Helpful 5 Star Students Resources:

📲 To see an overview on how to use the mobile app, click HERE.

📲 To learn how to check yourself into meetings & events using the mobile app, click HERE.

We want you HERE! Leyden's new "Strive for 95" campaign offers a lot of cool prizes for students who strive to maintain 90% or higher attendance.

• Monthly raffles to win Leyden clothing, free Prom tickets, Stanley drinking cups, Javaccino dollars, pizza parties for you & your friends, and much more.

• $20 off Prom tickets (juniors & seniors only)

Click on the image above 👆 for more information!

We Are... Awards nominees can qualify to receive Javaccino (students) / Gold and Bold Café (staff members) gift cards. In addition, students may be recognized at Student of the Month breakfasts and staff members may be recognized at staff meetings.

To nominate a student or staff member, you need to fill out this We Are... Awards Google Form.