This is homecoming week! Show your school spirit and participate!
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday - VSCO Day
Wednesday - Cartoon Day
Thursday - Jersey Day
Friday - Homecoming Shirts/ Spirit Day
Portsmouth West Girls Basketball team is selling SENATORS over-sized sweatshirt blankets. Take it to a sporting event, wrap up at home or use it as a cover on a twin size bed (54 x 84 inches). Blanket cost is $35 and will be on sale 10/4/19 at the football game versus Waverly.
Seniors &Senior Parents: PWHS will be hosting a FAFSA Night on 10/15 @ 6:00pm.*Start and complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid with the help of financial aid experts. You need: SSN, Driver's License #, 2018 W-2s and returns, income and asset records ($$), FSA Id
Tonight's Boys Soccer game vs. New Boston (10/1) has been moved back until 7pm at New Boston stadium. Bus will leave at 5:45pm.
Tackle for the Cure shirts are now on sale for $15. "Chain" links may be purchased for .25 or 5 for $1. Our goal is to have enough ribbon links sold to surround the football field for the Oak Hill game on October 25.
All proceeds go to the local Breast Cancer Compassion Fund.
Swim team fundraisers:
*RADA knives-100% American made & mailed directly to you. No students will have contact with knives. Follow this link:
https://radafundraising.com/?rfsn=3148379.f0946a
*Scentsy: To order something from Scentsy, please follow this link:
Rigaz.Scentsy.us
PWHS Swim team car wash this Thursday from 10-2 (or later if needed). Get a shiny car and support your school! Donations accepted.
ACT has extended the registration deadline for the Oct. test😱 Register for the Oct 26 ACT test date *without late fees* thru Sep 27! The PWHS site is full, so you must choose another location as a test site.
https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act.html
Please review the Sept. 2019 Scioto County Health Department Flyer. The first page discusses severe respiratory illness associated with vaping. The back page titled "Teen Corner" targets teen health topics. This issue's focus is Popcorn Lung, which is linked to vaping.
Mr. Gilliland is starting a Leadership Academy every Friday beginning tomorrow, 9/20/19. Any PWHS students may attend. Meetings will take place every Friday @ 7:15 a.m. in Mr. Gilliland's room. Parents, please encourage your students to attend.
ACT registration deadline for OCT 26 test is 9/20. PWHS is a test site! http://bit.ly/2kHuaMX
Resources to review:
YouTube playlists for ACT review
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOTuAx-on8GtiFDNdfqDnw/playlists?view=1&flow=grid
Ohio Means Jobs ACT help
http://bit.ly/2lXNdTq
Volleyball info: The game at Minford originally scheduled for 9/25 will now be played on 9/23.
The game at Oak Hill originally scheduled for 10/10 will now be played on 10/9
Attention volleyball players, parents, and fans: The volleyball game originally scheduled for September 25th at Minford has been moved to September 23rd.
The PWHS football game on Friday, 9/13/19, at Coal Grove has been pushed back to 7:30 p.m. due to the heat.
Seniors and parents of seniors: To get info specific to seniors, sign up for the Senior Info Remind updates. You will receive text updates for all things "senior" - scholarships, college info, ACT tests, graduation, & etc.- also for CTC students
https://www.remind.com/join/pwhsse
The deadline to register for the Oct. 26 ACT is Friday, Sept.20.
*Seniors, many scholarship deadlines will be coming up Jan. - April of 2020. You have two ACT tests available before January -October and December- so these are the most desirable dates for scholarship purposes.
Softball is holding rotational/scheduled conditioning workouts on Sept. 11. The workouts will be 5:00-7:00 at the facility. Contact Dani Colemen and to be scheduled for a time frame to work and get better! Wear appropriate attire, tennis shoes, glove, and bring a drink.
Members of the Swim Team should plan to meet in the high school tiered room on Monday, September 2, at 7pm. We will be finishing our lock down buckets. Anyone else that is seriously interested in being part of the swim team should plan to attend.
Reminder: The football game this Friday, August 30, versus Columbus KIPP has been changed from an away game to a home game beginning at 7pm. Come out and support our players to victory!! Season passes will not work for this game. Cost is $5 per adult and $3 for students.
Reminder: PWHS students, school starts at 8:05 a.m. Welcome back, Senators! Let's make this a great year!