Bomber Bulletin

Our Class of 2026 graduation ceremony is tomorrow night at Bullens Field. We would be remiss if we didn't take this opportunity to thank our Class Advisors and Class Officers. Mrs. Biancuzzo, Mr. Kennedy, along with Colin, Skyler, Morgan, Emily, and Annika have been everything you could ever ask for in Class Leaders. Humble, present, caring, and attentive they have cultivated so many wonderful memories and meaningful experiences for the Class of 2026. From a strikingly gorgeous prom at Great Horse, to an exciting Red Sox game, fun Senior Sunset and emotional banquet, our final few weeks for our seniors have been special. But more than that, they have worked hard to create a culture of Bomber Pride that will long be remembered. As a school community we are grateful for their dedication to our school and their commitment to their Class! Thank you to our Advisors and Class Officers. Congratulations to our Class of 2026!

We celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week the first week of May. The WHS Admin Team had a surprise for each day, including delivering root beer and orange Crush floats to all staff for "Crushing" teaching!

A heartfelt thank you to our local business community for making Teacher Appreciation Week so special at Westfield High School! Thanks to the generosity of area businesses, more than 75 raffle prizes were awarded to our teachers and staff following a cookout sponsored by Firtion Adams and the WHS Administrative Team. We would also like to thank the Polish National Credit Union for generously providing a staff luncheon. This incredible support shown by our community is a wonderful reminder of how much our educators are valued. Thank you for helping us celebrate and appreciate our outstanding teachers and staff!

June 13, 2026 ACT Testing 7:00 AM-1:00 PM WHS

June 19, 2026 Juneteenth NO SCHOOL

June 22, 2026 Last Day of School 1/2 day dismissal 11:00 AM

What an incredible night celebrating our amazing National Honor Society seniors! We gathered at Stanley Park for our annual Senior NHS Banquet, and it was a wonderful evening of celebration.

To our graduating seniors: We are so proud of you! Your hard work, leadership, and dedication have truly paid off, and we can't wait to see what you accomplish next!

A special thank you goes to Pam Collins and Eileen Lynch for organizing such a memorable and enjoyable evening. Their hard work helped make the celebration a special event for our seniors and their families.

The WHS Dear Lina Club visited Westfield River Elementary School to donate supplies to all of their first grade teachers' classrooms. It was exciting to see the connections between the high school students and the first graders.

School Counselors

Merylina Asselin

Tara Bean

David Breglio

Megan Dougherty

Patricia Healy

Jenna Stolarik

Counseling Services

Joseph Fiore

Nicole Griffin (Pathways)

Carrie Hildreth-Fiordalice

Nathan Martins

Anthony Saccomani

Students in Art Club are hard at work creating a new mural to cover the old one. What began as a blank slate has been transformed into a vibrant work of art that will be enjoyed for years to come. Be sure to check out their amazing masterpiece!

Congratulations to our Concert Band, who earned 2nd Superior Jazz Ensemble, 1st Superior Parade Band, Best Jazz Soloist and Esprit de Corp Award! WHS band rocks!

Our choir led by Korey Bruno was in Williamsburg, Virginia for a festival/competition @ Busch Gardens. Congratulations on earning two 1st place Excellent, two 1st place superior, Over-all Superior choir. Shannon K. also won the soloist award!!! Great job by everyone involved in Williamsburg.

On May 26th, three groups of WHS students represented our school at the Massachusetts Civics Project Showcase which was held at the Mass Mutual Center. Students designed and presented projects that were important to them through 4 rounds of judges. Great job by everyone involved.

Westfield High School's Capstone Engineering class visited MassPower in Springfield for an indepth plant tour. The tour was provided to Capstone and other Seniors in the PLTW engineering pathway. Plant manager Robert Escalante highlighted how electricity is produced in a combined-cycle gas/steam turbine power plant, the chemistry, safety, and environmental safeguards in place, as well as a career overview for engineers and professional engineers. Students conversed freely, asking questions that arose throughout the three hour tour and were treated to lunch with on shift employees. WHS thanks MassPower for opening their doors once again to provide valuable insights to our electrical grid and what goes on behind the scene that allows us to simply flip a light switch for power.

Engineering and AP Physics students visited the American Precision Museum in Windsor, VT to learn about the "American System of Manufacturing" or what became the what we know as the manufacturing process for interchangeable parts. Students were able to see tools and mechanical structures that dated back to 1846, including machines build in Springfield, Ma

The Senior Prom was held on May 22nd at Great Horse country club. Students enjoyed a beautiful evening filled with laughter, dancing, great food and unforgettable memories with friends.

We celebrated student achievement at the Senior Awards Ceremony on May 28th and the Junior Awards Ceremony on June 1st. These special events recognized the hard work, dedication and accomplishments of our students throughout the school year.

Congratulations to all of our award recipients on their well deserved honors. We also extend our sincere gratitude to the many scholarship sponsors, donors, organizations, and community partners whose generosity helps support and recognize our students' success.

The Senior Sunset was held on May 29th, the Class of 2026's last day of school. Students gathered on the front lawn to celebrate with games, ice cream, laughter, and lasting memories.

The Senior Banquet was held on June 3, 2026 at Tekoa Country Club. It was a special evening celebrating the Class of 2026.

The Bronze Tablet is awarded annually to a member of the graduating class who has done the most for the welfare, good name, and progress of Westfield High School. That student's name is permanently engraved on a bronze tablet and added to the plaque, which stands prominently in the main entrance to the school near the auditorium.

The Class of 2026 had 8 Nominees listed below.

Makayla Ellis

Lily Gaugh

Kaitlyn Goulette

Morgan Harlin

Andy Liu

Zoey Patterson

Annika Van Oostveen

Colin White

The Class voted and the final four are listed below.

Kaitlynn Goulette

Andy Liu

Annika Van Oostveen

Colin White

Congratulations to all of our Bronze Tablet nominees.The winner will be announced at the Senior Assembly on June 5, 2026.

Students from the WHS Free Web Clinic and paid developers from our Web Development Internship shop presented (and collected client leads) at the Applied Learning Showcase on April 10th at the Reed Institute, gaining valuable client presentation skills and seeing the value of their learning through the eyes of showcase visitors.

When Showcase Coordinator Lindsey Ayers invited Computer Science teacher Bram Moreinis to bring his classes to the event, he had a lot of conditions: the students would need projectors or touchscreens in side rooms to present to groups at a time for 20 minutes instead of 10. He wanted to make sure the students could get into enough depth to be worth losing a few days of their tight development schedule to prepare, rehearse, and deliver these presentations at a level of quality that would benefit the students and their guests. Lindsey loved the challenge and made everything work perfectly for everyone, with support from Tech Coordinator Brian Dutko and the Mestek team.

Free Clinic students shared how they applied the user-based design process to their client sites, including a church, a culinary cafe, a tree removal company, a project manager and a human resources consulting firm. In the photo at left, Ethan and Ihor explain how this process helps web developers decide what to put where on a homepage. Here are a few comments from their guests:

• "VERY Impressed! The clean, clear presentation, thoughtfulness and precision of the presentation was unusually substantive. Ihor and Ethan were better than the people I have worked with on our own website!"
• "Dmytro's presentation skills, confidence and adaptability in answering questions were impressive. I imagine it can be a challenge to get this level of information from a client."
• "I loved how Fatima's presentation made it easy to understand the goals of the website and why she made certain decisions."
• "Anastasiia was very knowledgeable about the process of building websites and presented her ideas well."

Meanwhile, in the guests lobby, paid interns Muhammad, Brock and Marko invited guests from local businesses to submit their sites for a free consult. They "reverse-engineered" the sites, inferring from the designs and content what users (personas), user stories (reasons for coming to the site) and user flows (paths through the site to get what they wanted) were supported. Business representatives were very impressed and asked to be contacted next year when we take on new clients for $500 websites. Web shop prospects included:

• Jenn Donais, masslearning.org
• Matt Kleszczynski, mestek.com
• Richard "Kick" Syllivan, lyonfitzpatrick.com
• Megan Harrington, thereedinstitute.com
• Matthew Frazier, strumsdeliandmeats.com
• Claire Sullivan, one8.org

We are very grateful for Applied Learning Showcase organizer Lindsey Ayers for her incredible dedication and attention to detail, warm support, and commitment to student experience, as well as support and enthusiasm from Science Department Chair Christina Smith. Thank you, Mestek, for hosting and supporting this meaningful event. We''ll see you again next year for sure!

Many thanks to Food Services for the fresh new look in our cafeteria! Out with the old, in with the new!