Portsmouth West High School

THE PORTSMOUTH WEST HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB IS SPONSORING A CANNED FOOD DRIVE FROM 10-20 TO 10-31. ALL ITEMS COLLECTED WILL BE DONATED TO OUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY PROJECT BY BRINGING/SENDING YOUR CANNED ITEMS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL

Dear Parents, Teachers and Guidance Counselors, The Gifted Services Department of the South Central Ohio Educational Service Center offers scholarships to students currently enrolled in grades 5 through 11 who have been identified as Gifted (through Ohio Dept. of Education approved assessment) to attend Summer Enrichment Programs. We do not offer our own Enrichment Programs, but rather help students with the costs of attending their own chosen educational Enrichment Program. The costs of Summer Enrichment Programs can vary a great deal. The amounts we award will fluctuate from year to year according to the amount of money available from sponsors and the number of students who apply for the scholarships. Generally speaking, the ESC will award up to $500 for elementary students (grades 5 & 6), up to $1,000 for junior high students (grades 7 & 8), and up to $1,500 for high school students (grades 9-11). In order to be eligible for scholarships, students must apply to both the ESC and to the Ohio Association for Gifted Children (OAGC). In order for parents to better understand the application process we will be holding an informational meeting to explain the procedures involved in applying for our scholarships. The meeting will be held at the ESC (located at 522 Glenwood Ave. in New Boston) on Thursday, December 1, at 5:30pm. You will need to enter the building through the gym doors under the black awning (between our building and the church) and follow the signs to Room A on the 2nd floor. If you drive through the alley between our building and the church there is parking behind our building near the entrance that you’ll use. There is also parking in the lot across the street from our building. In order to attend this meeting you must pre-register with Sharee Price by emailing her at sprice@scoesc.org or by calling her office at 740-354-0229 no later than Friday, November 18 at 4:00 p.m. Packets containing application materials and explanations of the application process will be made available for each family that pre-registers for the meeting. Students who wish to apply for an ESC Scholarship must also apply for an OAGC Scholarship and both applications will be available on our website at https://www.scoesc.org (click on GIFTED, then on ESC Summer Enrichment Scholarships). OAGC Applications are due on February 15, 2023 and ESC Applications are due on March 10, 2023.

PWHS will be holding a FAFSA night on November 9th at 6:00 pm in the high school library. This is a good opportunity for you and your parents to complete the FAFSA or have any questions answered. For more information, contact the Guidance office.

Please enjoy our West Senators Media Morning Minutes for the week of 10/17/22 https://youtu.be/bX6z34XGago

IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION FOOTBALL PRESALE TICKETS IN THE OFFICE. ADULT TICKETS 6.00 (1.00 WILL GO TO UCAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND) STUDENT TICKETS 3.00 (STUDENT TICKETS WILL BE FULL PRICE AT THE GATE) GATES WILL OPEN AT 5:00. NO ONE WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE STADIUM PRIOR TO GATES OPENING. SECTIONAL VOLLEYBALL TICKETS TO PURCHASE TICKETS, CLICK THE LINK BELOW, CHOOSE VOLLEYBALL, SCROLL TO DIVISION III AND CHOOSE WAVERLY III. ALL TICKETS ARE ONLINE FOR THIS EVENT. https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets

Tickets are now on sale for our Soccer Tournament Match at Fairland next Tuesday! To purchase tickets click the link below, choose boys soccer, scroll to Division III and choose Jackson 1. All ticket sales are online for this event. Be sure to come out and support our West Senators as they compete in tournament play! https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets

Please enjoy our West Senators Media Morning Minutes for the week of 10/10/22 https://youtu.be/sR_JJ8MamBE

PWHS media team has been assembling our weekly news that runs around 3 minutes long. We have finally completed our MONTHLY news called "Senators Shenanigans". This video will recap the month of September and run around 15 minutes. https://youtu.be/dQdX-cDlX0o

Please enjoy our West Senators Media Morning Minutes for the week of 10/3/22 https://youtu.be/2L0gLzBlspE

Congratulations to our Portsmouth West High School Scioto County Fair 4-H Exhibitor Winners Projects including Still, Nutrition, and all Livestock Kaden Bentley First Place Quilting the Best Better Fifth Place Intermediate Swine Showmanship Sydney Burchett Fourth Place Horse Pole Bending Fifth Place Ranch Showmanship Brianna Coleman First Place Western Showmanship Second Place Champion Showmanship Fourth Place Hunter Under Saddle Hannah Deaver Fourteenth Overall in Market Poultry Grand Champion Pack Goat Carter Essman Third Place Senior Swine Skillathon Jadyn Hedge Third Place Overall Fancy Poultry Fifth Place Fancy Poultry Pullets Fourth Place Poultry Skillathon Second Place Class 15 Market Hog Third Place Intermediate Swine Showmanship Third Place Swine Skillathon Second Place Dairy Calf Holstein Second Place Dairy Intermediate Skillathon Logan Hurst Third Place Junior Feeder Calf Third Place Market Steer Hannah Hutchinson First Place Hunter Under Saddle Horse Third Place Hunt Seal Equitation Elijah Kasper First Place Mini Rex Sr. Doe First Place and Overall Creative Writing Trophy Will Kegley First Place Class 4 Market Goat Division I Best Scioto County Market Goat Overall Reserve Best Scioto County Market Goat Fourth Place Intermediate Showmanship Fourth Place Intermediate Skillathon First Place Class 7 Jr. Doe First Place Class 9 Jr. Doe First Place Class 10 Senior Kid Third Place Class 11 Yearly Doe Second Place Class 12 2- year- old Doe Second Place Dam and Daughter Goat Grace Lucas First Place Class 13 New Zealand Sr. Doe Second Place Intermediate Swine Showmanship First Place Intermediate Swine Skillathon First Place Dairy Calf Jersey First Place Intermediate Dairy Skillathon First Place Intermediate Gilt Showmanship Owen Moore First Place Netherland Swarf Buck Rabbit Solomon Norman First Place Class 9 Market Hog Division II Champion Market Hog Division II Best of Scioto County Hog Levi Pickelsimer Second Place Market Goat Ava Potters Third Place Market Lamb Third Place Holstein Calf Third Place Dairy Skillathon Nichol Rapp Fourth Place Class 13 Market Hog Georgia Roe Second Place Driving Horse First Place Driving Reinmanship Second Place Driven Trail Emily Scaff First Place Global Gourmet First Place Dashboard Dining Overall Outstanding Chef First Place Leadership Road Trip First Place Am I Ready for Work Overall Scrapbooking Third Place Driving Horse First Place Small Equine Third Place Trail in Hand Horse Alayna Sites Second Place Self Determined Project Alyvia Sites Fourth Place Senior Self Determine Project Kamryn Spriggs First Place Class 2 Market Hog Division I Champion and Best Scioto County Market Hog Overall Best Scioto County Market Hog First Place Senior Showmanship Swine Showman of Show Swine Representative First Place Senior Gilt Showmanship Kayla Throckmorton Sixth Place Class 3 Market Lamb Wyatt Weghorst Grand Champion Gilt First Place Class 5 Market Hog Division I Reserve and Reserve Best of Scioto County Market Hog Second Place Senior Showmanship Swine Abigail Winters First Place Trail in Hand Western Horse First Place Driving Trail Second Place Driving Reinmanship First Place Get Started in Art

It's homecoming spirit week!

Pleast note that PWHS picture day has been rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 28, starting at 8am.

Please enjoy our West Senators Media Morning Minutes for the week of 9/26/22 https://youtu.be/vbzLUOO6tXs

Congratulations to the PWHS 2022 Football Homecoming Queen and her court: Queen: Adriana Quirasco Senior Attendant: Haley Coleman SCCTC Attendant: Mackenzie Shope Junior Attendant: Emily Moore Sophomore Attendant: Tehya Hazelbaker Freshman Attendant: Naomi Luster

This week's activities 9/5/22

Welcome Back to Football @ The Rock! After our extended absence, football will return to the Rock this Friday September 2nd as our Portsmouth West Senators will take on the Adena Warriors. Please join us in the stadium or online as we break in the new FieldTurf. Student pre-sale tickets will be available during the school day for $3.00, all tickets at the gate are $5.00. In addition to the change in playing surface we do have a few other changes to highlight this year as well. This year our Athletic Boosters will be hosting a “tailgate party” in Celebration Plaza (outside the ticket gate) from 5:00pm-6:15pm before each home game this year. There will be games and concessions will be open for all to enjoy as we ramp up to kickoff. Additionally, entrance to the stadium will be at the main ticket gates this year, Both ticket booths will be open and a separate “Pass Gate” will be available as well. The fence to the lower parking lot will be opened at the end of the game to allow for visiting fans to exit more quickly. (Diagram below). As always, vehicular traffic behind the school building by the ticket gates will be for emergency vehicles and handicap parking only.

Good Evening! Each year we require that parents complete emergency medical, mailing address, health, and a variety of other updates using our FinalForms system. If you have not done so already, please complete your students FinalForms for the 2022-2023 school year. It is extremely important to complete these forms as quickly as possible as we must have the most up to date emergency medical information, as well as a host of other pieces of information which are collected in the forms. Please login to FinalForms (https://washingtonnile-oh.finalforms.com/) and complete your students forms.

SCHOOL VACCINE CLINIC for 7TH & 12TH grade required vaccines! The Scioto County Health Department will be at West Portsmouth Schools Wednesday, August 31 Middle School: 9:30 – 11:00 am High School: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm 7 th graders: Tdap and 1st Meningitis vaccine 12th graders: 2nd Meningitis vaccine PARENTS/LEGAL GUARDIANS: You do not need to be present, but YOU MUST COMPLETE AND SIGN BOTH PAGES of the vaccine registration / screening / consent form((linked below)) and send it to school with your child. If your child has insurance or a medical card, please fill out that info on the registration form or send in a copy of their insurance card with your form. If your child has no insurance, they can still get vaccine. Please attach a copy of your child’s shot record (if you have one) to the completed form. https://5il.co/1ggzv

Good Evening! Each year we require that parents complete emergency medical, mailing address, health, and a variety of other updates using our FinalForms system. If you have not done so already, please complete your students FinalForms for the 2022-2023 school year. It is extremely important to complete these forms as quickly as possible as we must have the most up to date emergency medical information, as well as a host of other pieces of information which are collected in the forms. Please login to FinalForms (https://washingtonnile-oh.finalforms.com/) and complete your students forms.

2022 Fall Meet the Teams and Band View the link for more photos https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VA_-KXWS6mNSjbic9b_0bCbTn7eInJdn?usp=sharing