Student Life

Blue Devil TV 

Blue Devil TV produces all student-run video programming for the school. Every morning during homeroom, BDTV produces a morning show that is aired during each homeroom. Students can submit announcements for the morning show, and can access previous episodes of the show by clicking on the BDTV web page. 

Class Advisors 

Senior Class (2024) - Ms. Megan Breitenbach / Ms. Amanda Nicastro 

Junior Class (2025) - Ms. Lynne Michalski / Ms. Caitlyn Altieri 

Sophomore Class  (2026) - Ms. Erica Wright / Ms. Allison McDermott

Freshman Class  (2027) - Ms. Jillian Scott / Ms. Nicole Malvasio

Clubs and Activities 

Westfield High School has many different clubs and activities. Clubs meet in designated classrooms at times convenient to their members. Plans, activities, and functions of clubs are decided upon and carried out by the club members and officers, with the help of faculty advisors. If students are interested in starting a new club, there are forms for doing so available in Office A. Each fall, clubs gather in Nelson Yard for Club Day, to invite fellow students to join. In addition, the school website features information about clubs. 

Students must attend school on the day of a club meeting or event in order to be eligible to participate in the day’s extracurricular activity. In addition, schoolwork always takes precedence over clubs, and advisors will accommodate students who wish to meet with a teacher for extra help after school at a time when a club meeting or event has begun.

Field Trips 

The Board of Education’s field trip policy includes a requirement that students submit a consent form, signed by a parent or guardian, in order to participate in a school trip. That form must include any medical needs that a student has. Students with excessive absences, overdue classwork or disciplinary concerns may be denied permission to participate in a field trip. 

Publications 

Westfield High School is proud home to several high-quality, student-run publications. Hi’s Eye: Student-run since 1935, Hi’s Eye is one of the longest-running, uncensored, student-coordinated newspapers in New Jersey. Students on Hi’s Eye have taken Journalism I and II, and coordinate the reporting, writing, editing, sales and distribution of the weekly paper. The Hi’s Eye website features both news and subscription information. 

Optic: Student-run since 2020, Optic is a quarterly news magazine also reported, written, edited, sold and distributed by WHS students who have taken Journalism I and II. The magazine’s web page also features articles and subscription information. 

Weather Vane: The high school’s student-run yearbook staff meets twice a week to produce a comprehensive book full of photos and text about student life, athletics, academics and student photos and quotes. The yearbook’s web page features important yearbook information. 

Folio: As Westfield High’s school literary magazine, Folio is published in the spring of each school year by a student editorial staff. Folio provides a forum for creative expression in literature, art, and photography. The staff meets regularly throughout the year to produce this literary publication. 

Student Government Association 

The Student Government Association serves as the elected voice of the student body, with several officers elected by students in the spring prior to the school year. Those students meet regularly to organize school activities, charity work and communication with administration. The SGA also approves all fund-raising requests, to ensure that clubs are not overlapping days and causes for fund-raising. The SGA website features a copy of the fund-raising form and the new club application form (as well as much more). 

Transition Program 

The Transition Project is a comprehensive peer program that aims to provide sustained support for ninth-graders as they adjust to high school life. The program involves 125 trained junior and senior Transition leaders who meet regularly with small groups of ninth-graders throughout the first semester and informally throughout the school year. Each Transition meeting, or “outreach,” incorporates a carefully planned activity that promotes discussion around important themes related to transitioning to high school.