Waldwick High School Principal's Blog

I just wanted to take the time to remind everyone about all the different ways WHS communicates with the Waldwick community.   We have so many great things going on here at Waldwick High School, which is why I try to post the information in as many places as possible.  The information below I have posted before but wanted to share it again.  Naviance Emails (WHS News and Guidance News) WHS News - General school announcements, sports highlights, student achievements, etc Guidance News – Guidance newsletters, scholarship opportunities, Career Café, College Visits, forms, deadlines, etc Waldwick High School Website District news, forms, Student Handbook, Course Selection Guide,  Athletic Schedules, Parent Folder, etc  Facebook Page To all the Facebook users out there, Waldwick High School now has its own Facebook Page.     The page will be another communication tool that I will utilize to keep everyone up to da...

Congratulations  to the new members of the  National Honor  Society   Class of 2012 Elizabeth Levine Class of 2013  Nadine Azari Dawn Cutrofello Samantha Dunn Allison Cowie Erica Dischino Meg Hahn Jessica Lind Joseph Markman Kimberly Marsden Julia Montella Rikuo Nakamoto   Jessica Niblo Katie Panagiotou Christine Scherb Mayumi Skorski The NHS Induction Ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 26th at 7pm in the Little Theater. 

For the third consecutive year Waldwick High School and the Sean Fisher Memorial Foundation have teamed up the Gift of Life Foundation, and CardiacScan Imaging to promote an education and screening program on healthy lifestyle. The screening program is offered at no cost to the freshman class ONLY and will take place at the Waldwick High School throughout the week of April 2nd during school hours. Screenings include: blood pressure, electrocardiogram (EKG), echocardiogram, height, weight, oxygen saturation, waist measurement and body mass index. In order for a freshman to take advantage of this opportunity two forms must be filled out and returned to the main office before Wednesday, March 26th. The forms are attached to this email as well as posted on the high school website. Link to Heart Screening Paper Work  If you have any questions please see/call/email Mr. Carroll or the school Nurse Mrs. Willer.  carrollk@waldwick.k12.nj.us or willerl@waldw...

The next Career Cafe has been scheduled for MONDAY, MARCH 26 The Career Topic is: NURSING Our speaker is a registered nurse. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPEAKERS GENEROSITY IN OFFERING THEIR TIME TO SPEAK WITH WHS STUDENTS ABOUT THIS CAREER.  SIGN UP TODAY!  If you need assistance with the sign-up instructions, please come down to Guidance. SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS: The Career Cafés will be held on a monthly basis during the students lunch period. Students who register via Naviance for one of the Career Café sessions MUST bring a brown bag lunch to school that day. Time is limited, so students will not have time to purchase a school prepared lunch. You cannot be late for a Career Café presentation, and no one will be admitted if they do not arrive on time. The presenters are volunteering their time to the students of WHS, and that time should be respected by being in your seat at the Career Café when the bell rings.  We have a limited number of seats per each Career Café lun...

In our continuing effort to increase communication at Waldwick High School, Principal Kevin Carroll will introduce the use of Twitter ( @WaldwickWHS ) to "tweet" periodic updates about calendar events, student successes, sporting events, school closing and other useful information.  The Naviance emails (WHS News) will continue to be the official source of information, along with our school website and the Waldwick High School Facebook Page . To receive these messages automatically on your computer or web-enabled mobile phone signup for a  Twitter account . This only takes 2 minutes and you can begin receiving updates without searching the web. Start following @WaldwickWHS now by clicking on the link below.  https://twitter.com/#!/WaldwickWHS Please be aware that Waldwick High School is simply using Twitter as a form of increased communication.  Replies to any announcements via Twitter are viewed solely by the Principal with no guarantee of a r...

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FEBRUARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH JAMES MORAN - ATHLETICS James has been a great leader and a tremendously hard working player for the Waldwick Warriors boy’s basketball team this season. He is usually the first to arrive at practice, and the last to leave. James has really improved throughout the season, making strides to become one of the best big men in our league. All of his hard work and commitment culminated in James outscoring and outplaying his match-up (who is a first team all-county selection) in the second round state playoff game on February 29th. CARLY THOMSON - CONSUMER SCIENCE As the only freshman in the class, Carly already exhibits high quality characteristics of workplace readiness skills in class, such as self-motivation, creative thinking, reliability, friendliness, and cooperation. Carly’s group just completed an impressive environmental research project with 3-D models, which you can see on the Consumer Science 1 website. On...