West Prairie Jr/Sr High School
Daily Announcements
Friday, April 25, 2025
Today’s Lunch: PIZZA, BROCCOLI, COOKIE, FRUIT/MILK
Monday’s Breakfast: CEREAL AND TOAST
Monday’s Lunch: CHICKEN SANDWICH, BAKED BEANS, FRUIT/MILK
THE CYCLONE CODE: JUST LOOK UP!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO:
Abigail Cooper
Brylee Finch
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We are lucky to have the best teaching staff around, so let's let them know it! Teacher Appreciation week is May 5-9, and we are giving our families and community the opportunity to send a note of thanks to our teachers. Use the link below to submit your kind remarks; you can reuse the same link for multiple submissions. Please submit all notes by Sunday, May 4 - notes will be delivered to teachers Tues-Thurs of Teacher Appreciation week. Thank you to our community for helping our staff feel recognized! https://forms.gle/iiCKsiA9xUngVRpN7
HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Seniors turn in your senior pictures and baby pictures to Ms. Henry or Mrs. Hepner.
COUNSELING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The final NHS ImpactLife Blood Drive of the school year will be held next Friday, May 2nd from 9:30am-1pm in the Media Center. Please sign up to help the National Honor Society finish the year strong by donating blood! A sign up sheet is located outside of Ms. Aurand's office. If you are 16 years old and want to donate, you will need a signed parent permission form returned to Ms. Aurand before the drive.
All of the upcoming scholarships, with deadlines, are listed below. Please make sure you don't miss out on any of these wonderful opportunities!!! Here is the link to the database where you can access all of these scholarships: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u84uEPVfnSp5N9BZirxdF-SIBxqG0AUq?usp=drive_link
Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines:
April 30 - Women's Issues Network
May 1 - Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation
June 2 - Rotary Club of Macomb
JUNIOR HIGH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
ACTIVITIES TODAY:
HS Baseball @ Brimfield @ 10:00am, Saturday, April 26th
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 2nd – NHS Blood Drive 9:30am – 1:00pm
May 3rd – FFA Banquet 5:00pm
May 7th – Jr/Sr Music Concert 7:00pm
May 9th – Variety Show 10:00am
May 13th – Senior Finals 8am – 3pm (Media Center)
NHS Induction 6:00pm
HS Honors Night 7:00pm
May 14th – Senior Finals 8am – 3pm (Media Center)
May 18th – HS Graduation 2:00pm
May 20th – Finals 8am-2:30pm
May 21st – Finals 8am-2:30pm
May 22nd – Finals 8am-11:40am
JH Awards Ceremony 1-3pm
8th Grade Promotion 6:00pm
May 23rd – Last Day of School
WP FFA Weekly Announcements
***Chapter officer applications are available HERE. Please make a copy of this in order to edit the application pages. Mrs. McGrew also has paper copies. If you are interested in applying, please complete, print, sign, and return to advisors by 3:15 pm on May 7th. Officer interviews will be May 12th time TBA.
***Please RSVP to attend our chapter awards banquet on Saturday, May 3, 2025. A list of students receiving awards will be posted by the Ag Rooms. All members and their families are welcome!
***Seniors, please complete your banquet senior spotlight HERE.
***The end of the semester is near! Remember, high schoolers need 30 FFA points which is 10% of your grade. Don’t wait until the last minute to earn points.
Friday, April 25
State Poultry and Livestock CDEs @ U of I (JH/HS limited, 20 pts)
Leave WPHS @ 5:30 am
Wear FFA t-shirt
Livestock team - Dress for the weather!
Bring pencils, $ for breakfast and lunch
Saturday, April 26
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Upcoming Events
May 1: State Ag Mech CDE (HS Limited, 20 pts)
May 1: Alumni Scholarship Interviews, 6:00 pm, WPHS
May 3: Section 11 Dairy Cattle Judging CDE (JH/HS, 10 pts)
May 3: Chapter FFA Banquet (JH/HS, 10 pts)
May 7: Chapter Officer Applications Due by 3:15 pm
May 12: TENTATIVE Chapter Officer Interviews, Time TBA
May 13: Section 11 Banquet @ Illini West (JH/HS, 10 pts)
June 6: Sodbuster Days Pork Chop Meal
June 10-12: State FFA Convention, Springfield (JH/HS)
June 16-18: IAVAT Conference, Springfield
July 18-19: Section 11 FFA Fair, Augusta (JH/HS)
July 21-24: IL FFA Leadership Camp, Monticello (HS Limited)