Email: fossittc@nice.k12.mi.us
Website: https://nice.k12.mi.us/
Location: 300 Westwood Drive, Ishpeming, MI, USA
Phone: 906.485.1023
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/niceschools

On Monday, April 28th, area students and influential educators were honored at the Excellence in Education Banquet held at Northern Michigan University. Thanks to generous donations from area businesses, each student recognized was awarded a $1500 scholarship. In addition, professional development awards were given to teacher and administrators from the area schools.

Congratulations to everyone who was honored at the event!

Congratulations to Alex Polkinghorne and Magan Lantagne on being chosen as the 2024-25 Teachers of Year!

Mark your calendars and join us in celebrating 50 years at Westwood High School, Tuesday, May 6th, from 6-7 pm! We will have a guest speaker and there will be some light refreshments in the Patriot Performing Arts Theatre and Commons Area. There will be old yearbooks displayed and an opportunity to tour the building

The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Showcase on Tuesday, April 29th was an expansion of last year's Science Showcase. Not only did students from Mrs. Hamel's Physical Science participate, but also her Applied Chemistry classes, students from Mrs. Grout's Biology class, and Art students! In Mrs. Hamel's classes, students were given a choice of around 75 topics to choose from related to physical or chemical science to research. Students were to develop an experiment or create a model to represent their topic, write an academic lab report, and construct a visual trifold to display their research and work. Feedback from students last year indicated that this project was one of their favorite parts of science that year, which led Mrs. Hamel to expand the opportunity to more students. Increasing student engagement in scientific research into topics of their own interest advances motivation and relevance of science in their lives. Inclusion of the arts this year recognizes how the pursuit of science is connected to the creativity and beauty around us.

Monday, May 5th - Senior Awards Banquet. 7:00 pm in the Theater

Friday, May 16th - Senior Breakfast and Seniors Last Day

• All classes, online or in person, should be completed by the end of the day on May 16th.

Wednesday, May 21st - Graduation Practice. 1:00 pm in the gym

Thursday, May 22nd - Commencement. 7:00 pm in the gym

Class of 2025 Valedictorians:

• Gabriel Grondz
• Isabelle Grochowski
• Abby Hinze
• Ian Kauppila
• Clara Kruger
• Libby Ollanketo

Class of 2025 Salutatorian:

• Kaya Etelamaki

This years guest speaker is Mr. Fran Sevengny, a 1995 graduate of WHS.

WHS Senior Parents and Guardians: As we do every year, we will be putting together a senior memory video to be shown on your student's last day of school during the breakfast. It is a fun video and the students love to see the memories.

We would like to include as many pictures as possible from their lives. But we aren't looking for individual shots. We need pictures, with two or more seniors in the shot. These can be from birth through their senior year. We would love to see pictures from school, summer activities, preschool, holiday events, etc. The more we have to work with, the better the video turns out.

These pictures can be sent to me via email at villars@nice.k12.mi.us or to Madisyn Gregorich at msgregorich@nice.k12.mi.us. You can also send in hard copies to be scanned and returned to you.

We will need to have all pictures in by the beginning of May in order to have the video completed in time.

Please let me know if you have any questions and we cannot wait to see the pictures!!

All school districts in Michigan are required to share the Sexual Harassment and Information Guide with students in grades 6-12. I have attached the information guide as and some additional informaton including the districts Title IX coordinator information and specific school policies related to sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Click on the picture for this month's lunch menu.