Wednesday February 14, 2018

Post date: Feb 14, 2018 3:18:11 PM

Attention Seniors: Scholarship applications are now on Naviance.  

Be sure to get your scholarship number and instructions for accessing the applications at the Counseling Center.

The cafeteria is conducting a student survey to find out how we can improve your school breakfast and lunch experience.  Please visit www.studentvp.com/WFUFSD to take this survey and be entered for a chance to win a pair of Beats Headphones.

 Attention Seniors:

Important Graduation Information:

  Herff Jones will be here Tuesday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 7 in the Senior Food Court during all lunch periods to measure for caps and gowns.  The cost is $25.00.  Only cash or a money order will be accepted.  Personal checks will not be accepted.  Money is due the day of the measurements.  If you do not have a lunch period, please see your Assistant Principal for a pass to the Food Court.  If you have any questions, please go to the 1 West Office.

Attention Seniors: The Colonial Fund Scholarship is now accepting applications.  To apply go to www.colonialfund.org.  The application deadline is April 1, 2018.

Attention all spoken word poets, singers, songwriters, and other performance artists:  William Floyd’s esteemed Coffee House event is back! Tryouts will be in Room 120 on Wednesday, February 28 starting at 1:45. Schedule your tryout time with Ms. Andreopoulos in Room 120. Coffee House will be held on March 28. More details about ticket sales to come!

February is Black History Month.  In order to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of African-Americans throughout our history, we will highlight an extraordinary individual each morning.  Today we profile Dr. Marin Luther King.  Martin Luther King Jr. was an African-American clergyman who advocated social change through non-violent means and shaped the American civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s.  King was the pastor of a Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott, becoming a national figure. On the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1963, King organized a march on Washington D.C. that drew 200,000 people demanding equal rights for minorities.  Upon signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Lyndon Johnson credited King with helping to achieve the most significant federal legislation regarding civil rights since Reconstruction.

 Did one of your students, faculty or staff members do something wonderful this past month?  Please take a moment to recognize this act by nominating him/her for student of the month or faculty/staff member of the month.  We need nominations for students from 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade.  Please submit all forms in blue or black pen only!  Just as students deserve to be recognized, teachers and staff do as well.  Please take a moment to stop by any Assistant Principal’s Office to pick up a form to nominate a teacher or staff member who has had an impact on you in a positive way.  Please drop off all nominations to the 1 West Office.

Attention Stony Brook STEP Students:  There is a mandatory meeting Wednesday, February 14 from 2:15-3:15 in Room 228.  We will be taking our yearbook photo at 2:15. Please be prompt.  All students must attend.  Shirt orders are also due February 14.  Go to STEP Google classroom to fill out a form.  Please see Ms. Hernandez or Ms. Swiss with any questions.

 Attention all writers and other artists:  Our William Floyd literary magazine Enigma is in the process of collecting original student poetry, short stories, photographs, paintings, and drawings for the launch of our online student magazine. Please submit your work for evaluation to any English teacher or Art teacher, or bring your work to Ms. Andreopoulos in Room 120. Take this opportunity to get your creative voice heard, and get published this year!

Splish Splash will be in the Senior Café today from 9:00 until 12:30.  If you are interested in working at Splish Splash this summer, stop by and speak with the representative.

 The WFHS Senior Cosmetology students have Client Services available every Friday from 11:30 – 3:00.  Would you like a relaxing paraffin treatment for your hands or a special hair conditioning treatment or haircut?  Stop by Room 135 or call 874-1764 to make an appointment.

 Are you thinking about going to the Prom this June?  Make sure you are in good standing, which means on track to graduate.  You can have no more than 18 absences in a full-year course and no more than 9 in a half-year course.  You must also attend one of the mandatory Prom Lawyer Meetings!

Please join the William Floyd HS Medical Club on Monday, February 26 from 2:15 – 3:00 in Room 245 to discuss the Hippocratic Oath and its modern day implications.  Anyone interested in pursuing a career in a Medical or Allied Healthcare field is encouraged to come.

Attention all Girls Inc. Members:  Girls Inc. will be meeting on Thursday, February 15 beginning at 2:10.  If you would like to attend Girls Inc. at 2:10, please make arrangements to attend extra help before coming to Club.

 There will be no after school credit recovery on Thursday, February 15 and Friday, February 16.

 Attention all GSA members:  We will be taking our yearbook photo tomorrow, February 15 so dress in your best Pride wear!  Please meet us in the Rotunda during extra help to have our photo taken.  See you there!

Congratulations to the Girls Track Team on an outstanding performance at the State Qualifier Meet this past Monday night! 

Just a friendly reminder that Yearbook Club Photos will be taken February 14 and February 15 in the Rotunda Area.  Please remember to be patient!  See you then!

There will be a baseball meeting in Room 149 today during extra help for anyone interested in trying out. This meeting is mandatory.

 The Athletic Leadership Meeting is today in the LGI at 1:30pm.