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event about which I am most excited. In addition to welcoming the class of 2015, there will be some changes to the program. We are weaving an advising model into our schedule. This will pro-vide a much-needed opportunity for stu-dents and an adult to connect on a cho-sen topic. We are also expanding our peer advising model to include all 9th grade students. Positive peer-to-peer interactions are as important those with the adults, maybe moreso. We are also launching a Response to Intervention program. Response to Intervention is a research-based approach to supporting learners when they are struggling aca-demically. I realize that what I have pre-sented are superficial descriptions. I haven‘t the space to do these and the other new programs justice. I thought it prudent to provide you a window into significant changes and improvements for next year and to highlight a theme – connected and personalized teaching and learning. More to come. Next year we shall also play host to one of the most momentous events in the school‘s history. In January 2012, we shall continue our efforts in a much-improved facility. This is exciting, but a bit daunting at the same time. Accord-

Save the Date

May 31: Senior Awards and Class Night, 5 pm, at Lombardo‘s in Randolph

June 1-2: Science MCAS

June 1: Film Festival, 6:30 pm, Little Theater and Com-mons

June 2: Senior Cruise

June 5: Graduation, 3 pm, Stadium Field

June 6: Boosters Spring Sports Awards

June 7: Underclass Awards, 7 pm, WMS Auditorium

June 10: Fine Arts Awards Night, 7-10:30 pm, Natick Longfellow

June 15: Faculty and Staff Appreciation Lunch, 1:15 pm, Commons

June 20-22: Final Exams

June 21: Step-Over Day for 8th Graders, 12:45-2:15 pm

June 22: Last day of school for students

It is the month of June,

The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes,

And pleasant scents the noses. —Nathaniel Parker Willis

Ah, June. I don‘t think I‘m alone in my belief that, to students and educators, June is very much akin to the final lap in a mile run. The end is close and one can feel the boost in adrenaline to the body for a strong finish. Our young scholars have worked hard (and con-tinue to). The promise of the slower, less structured days that June 23 brings is just enough to keep the focus. We‘re almost there. The end of the school year is a time to celebrate, indeed. It‘s also time to reflect. I characterize each year as wonderful, and I mean in it the purest sense. To be sure, there were chal-lenges – a reality for which I am thank-ful. The challenges provide us the stuff upon which to reflect and improve. Further, for the first time in a long time, we have empirical data via the WHS School Council survey to help us shape the focus of improvement. Nearly 300 of you provided useful information for us to consider as we continue our partnered effort to serve young people. We‘re listening. Next year will be an historic one for Wayland High School. There a several exciting things happening. Every fall, we welcome a new group of eager learners to the high school community. Without a doubt this is the annual

Wayland High School Newsletter WHSPO J UNE 2011

Final Exam Schedule 2

Guidance News 3-4

Department News 5-8

Guidance Corner 9

Class News 10-11

WHSPO News 12

Community News 13

Yearbook Info 10, 17

Inside This Issue

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Principal’s Corner

Summer is almost here ...

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WHSPO WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER WHSPO

WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL JUNE 2007 2 JUNE 2011 WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL PARENT ORGANIZATION 2

Pat Tutwiler

ingly, we have spent countless hours planning for this event – an effort that will continue through the summer months and during the fall. This will be a big transition for all stakeholders, and we want the shift to be seamless and supportive. I am pleased with the way the school community handled the twists and turns of the construction project this year. I expect the same success next year. There will be important information in the ‗welcome back‖ letter. I will also keep you posted via eNews. Next year will be an exciting one, indeed! We look forward to next year for all of the reasons I have described and more. Unfortunately, two long-standing members of our teaching community will not make next year‘s voyage with us. June 23 will mark the end of memora-ble tenures at Wayland High School for Emily Norton (science) and Mike Rumrill (art). Be it inspiring students to care more about the environment and challenging them to be agents of change or encouraging them to stretch their think-ing through art, both teachers have positively impacted the lives of scores of young people and will leave an indelible mark on the Wayland High School community. We wish them well in the next chapter of their lives. Last year, I started a very small tradition of asking two favors in the final newsletter. I think I will keep this tradition alive. Summer is quickly approaching. I tend to remain hands-off during the summer for a host of reasons, but these requests are important and I need your help in facilitating them. I ask that each student reflect on this year as the adults charged with educating them do. I think they will find the exercise useful and revealing. I also challenge each student to continue his/her education this summer by doing something selfless. As Nancy Astor reminds us, ―Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.‖ Happy Summer!

Principal‘s Corner, continued

Looking for Some Community Service This Summer?

Wayland Youth and Family Services sponsors community service opportunities for high school students. This year, the Summer High School Community Service Program, open to entering freshmen through graduated seniors, will run from late June to mid August. Participants will meet weekly on Thursday evenings to plan and discuss projects and to participate in fun activi-ties. Volunteer projects will take place on weekdays, evenings, and some weekends. Please see the Wayland Recreation Department website for more information about projects and how to register. This year‘s program director will be Amy Schoeff, our wonderful WHS nurse.

DATE FIRST EXAM (7:45-9:45) SECOND EXAM (10-noon)

Mon., June 20 Languages Mathematics

Tues., June 21 Social Sciences Other

Wed., June 22 Science

Final Exam Schedule

Or How About Being a Fresh Air Fund Host?

Would your family consider hosting a Fresh Air Fund child from New York City for one or two weeks this summer? To learn more about the program, come to an information session on Wednesday,

June 1, at 7 p.m. at First Parish Church in Wayland, or contact Janet Foley (508-460-3473) or Penny Beer (508-358-4437).

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DEPARTMENT AND FACULTY NEWS

trained nearly 100 students in the first group of what we are now calling Student Mentors. This will allow every 8

th grader and transfer student to have a per-

sonal connection to the high school before they set foot here -- and beyond. We have also added two more meetings per cycle to our 9th Grade Seminar program to help all 9

th graders develop information

technology and study skills. Guidance is also well represented on the WHS Cul-ture Committee, where we are talking about the cul-ture of the school and what kind of changes we‘d like to see in order to set a positive tone for students and faculty as we move into the new high school next year. And for parents, we are brainstorming ways to better serve you and communicate with you as well. As a start, we hope to have some morning coffees next year – some with a grade-level focus, others on specific topics of interest. So please stay tuned!

Reminder: All Juniors

Please hand in your Junior Recommendation Packet to your counselor as soon as possible, and definitely before the end of the year! We must have these forms in order to begin writing your letters of recommenda-tion early in the fall (some counselors begin in the summer). If you need another copy of the packet, you can download it from the link above or from your Naviance account. Questions? See your counselor.

Junior Parents, You Have Homework!

Please remember that you have an assignment for

the spring and summer. We ask that you write a letter

about your child and send it to your child‘s guidance

counselor. Each year we ask parents of incoming

seniors to do this so that we get the most information

we can to help us write our letters of recommendation

for college and other post-graduate programs. Our

department has developed a brag sheet for you to

use as a guideline if you are having difficulty getting

started.

more Guidance info on the next page

Guidance Department Marybeth Sacramone, Department Head

The Guidance Department would like to con-gratulate all the seniors and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors. We have loved

working with all of you and we hope you will return to visit us next year. We leave you with this simple message from Confucius:

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

Thank You, Nan

A HUGE shout-out to Nan Jahnke, our WHSPO News editor for the past seven years! Nan has taken what we all write each month and turned it into an incredible news-letter that is easy to read and wonderfully designed! Nan, we will miss you next year and hope you will come by to visit Guidance even though your last child has graduated. Thank you for your tremendous service over the years.

Social Networking Information for Parents

We know you have heard of Facebook, but do you know about Xanga? Or Formspring? Although social network-ing sites can be beneficial, helping us all keep in touch, they can also be used to harass and bully others. Want to learn more about some of the lesser-known sites and how to educate and protect your teen? Check out this resource from MARC, the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center. Other valuable resources include: iSafe.org, The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, and Bullying.org.

New Guidance Initiatives

We thank all of you who responded to the School Council survey. We appreciate your many positive comments, your support of our mission, and your constructive feed-back. Throughout the year we evaluate what we do on an ongoing basis and are always tweaking our programs to better meet the needs of our students and families. We are currently revamping our transition program for incoming 9th graders. The old Peer Advisor and Con-necter programs have been changed to serve many more students. Last month we

School’s (Almost) Out!

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Have the Best Summer Ever —

Staying at Home!

TeenLife Boston¹s website lists hundreds of inter-

esting summer opportunities for teens (13-19),

right here in Greater Boston.

Parents, students and teachers can register (for

free) to access summer program descriptions.

Glass blowing, anyone? French camp? Sewing

lessons? Check it out.

Reminder: Sophomore Parents

Please remind your students to log into their Naviance account and complete the "Personality Type Inventory (Do What You Are)" and the "Career Interest Profiler." Students learned about these two user-friendly assess-ments in our Sophomore Seminars. By using these tools, students can begin to learn about careers and colleges that might match their interests. They can also do the ―Learning Style Inventory‖ to discover some things about how they learn best. If students have for-gotten their username or password for Naviance, they should see their guidance counselor.

Students can also keep track of their extracurricular activities and awards on Naviance (using the "Resume Builder") and can do SAT and ACT test prep there as well (using the "Method Test Module"). Ask your sopho-more today to show you what they can do on Naviance.

Summer Programs: Why Go?

Summer is special. It can't come soon enough and it always ends too quickly. Summer is everything that school is not. Where school days often seem to drag on, during the summer whole months skip by before we know it. Some students need a total break and do not want to commit to anything, and that is fine! Other stu-dents want to do a summer program.

The learning that takes place in summer is always of a different sort than the kind you find in school. Summers fill your head with dreams. Summer is about filling your time the way you choose. It is about discovering your own interests, at your own pace, and in your own way. Interested in doing something new, different and mean-ingful with your summer? Here are some resources to check out:

Summer Discovery

Global Works

Education Unlimited

National Outdoor Leadership School:

Outward Bound

My Foot Path

The Experiment in International Living

Please visit the Links for Everyone Page of Guidance Website or Teen Life Boston for more suggestions.

Online Learning Opportunities through TEC

The TEC Online Academy was created for high school

students to provide quality, enriching, and challenging

online learning experiences taught by highly qualified

Instructors. Please click the link for a list of courses and

more information.

Summer School Information

Students needing to make up credits due to failing a

class or loss of credit can do so at any of the follow-

ing summer school programs approved for Wayland

High School students.

Framingham Secondary Summer School

Minuteman Career and Technical High School

Summer Program

Natick High School: registration by mail only;

materials available in the Guidance Dept. Due to

construction, classes will be held at Wilson Mid-

dle School

Acton-Boxboro Regional High School

Waltham Middle School: call 781-314-5610;

high school classes are located at the middle

school

Brookline High School: call 617-713-5185

Virtual High School Online Summer School

Madison Park Technical Vocational High

School: call: 617-635-8970

The Guidance Department wishes all our students and families a healthy, safe and wonderful summer!

Guidance Dates to Remember

June 7: Underclass Awards Ceremony, 7pm,

Wayland Middle School

June 20-22: Final Exams

June 21: Step-Over Day for 8th Graders,

12:45–2:15 pm. Student Mentors should re-

port to the Little Theater at 12:15 pm.

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English Department Brian Keaney, Department Head

As all your children know, the English Department is not administering final exams during the scheduled final exam period (thus shortening the time devoted to final exams by one day). Instead, we are taking two portions of our final exams, the cumulative grammar assess-ment and the reading skills assessment, and adminis-tering them as fourth quarter quizzes over the last few weeks of school. As for a final essay, some teachers will be administering in-class essays, while others will be requiring either individual or group projects that also ―tie together‖ course content. As a result of these changes, students will be able to see graded results on their assessments before departing for summer vaca-tion. We consider summer to be time for our students to choose what they want to read. Rather than requiring the same books of all students at a particular grade level and extending ―school‖ into the summer, we want students to read what most engages them based on their individual interests and reading abilities.

By all means, encourage your children to read over the summer, but let them read

what they choose. Wayland Public Library is developing a list of recommended titles and will be running some events for teens. Happy

reading!

All of us in the English department wish our students and their families a happy, healthy summer vacation. See you in September.

Library Media Center

Erin Dalbec, Director Hey, have you heard that we are moving into a new building soon? Out with the old and in with the new! In the process of boxing up our inventory of books and equipment, we‘ve come across many old items that we will not be taking with us into the new library. These include library-related items such as old plastic maga-zine holders and bookends, as well photography goods (enlargers, tanks, paper, etc.) I would love to find these

items a new home. If you are interested in taking them out of our hands, please e-mail me before the end of the school year. Now to what's new in the Library Media Center. We recently purchased 12 NookColor e-readers. The devices will be available for check-out for two-week periods to all students, faculty and staff. We will have some new fiction books available on them as well as books that are used in English and journalism classes. We are very excited about this pilot project and look forward to seeing more digital and non-digital reading on campus. In June, our 35mm photography students will be exhibiting their prints at the Way-land Town Building. These students are our last 35mm photography class. Next year, our students will have the opportu-nity to enroll in digital photography through the Fine Arts department, so come check out our final 35mm exhibit. Finally, students looking for summer reading recom-mendations should come pick up a book list from the library. Lists will be available June 10.

Classical Studies and

Modern Languages Department Mary Brown, Department Head

Bienvenue! ¡Bienvenidos! Salvete omnes! It is hard to believe that our academic year is coming to an end! It seems like only yesterday that school began. Here in the Language Building we are busy finishing up our curricula, as we prepare for final ex-ams and the year‘s end. The language final exams will be Session 1, Monday, June 20. Extra help for all languages will be given on the afternoon of Friday, June 17, in the Language Building. Please encour-age your children to stop by and confer with their teachers. This is a hectic time of year and we want all our students to feel comfortable and confident as they face the challenges of the year‘s end. Hang in there kids, the end is in sight!

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Did You Know?

No classes are held during Final Exam Week, but the Media Center

is open for a quiet place to study.




It is with much gratitude and appreciation that we say au revoir to Sibylle Pearson. Sibylle has been teaching French for Sara Langelier while Sara has been on ma-ternity leave. We wish Sibylle all the best and thank her for her hard work and dedication to our students. Sara Langelier is returning to the language department in September to resume her duties as a French teacher. Both her colleagues and students have missed her and we look forward to her return. We also say adios and congratulations to Lisa Connors, who finished her stu-dent teaching in May. Lisa was with us for the second semester under the expert tutelage of Jessica Skehan. One last goodbye and thank you, this one to Fred Harri-son, a Latin teacher, who has been filling in for Lee Krasnoo while he recovers from an illness. Meg Smith has just completed two "best practices" tech-nology courses though VHS: The Web Enhanced Class-room and Web 2.0 Tools. Ed DeHoratius has just fin-ished teaching his online archaeology course for TEC, The Education Cooperative. Ed has also published an-other book (Introduction to Latin: A Workbook). Ed, we are all proud of your latest accomplishment! Bravo! Mary Brown will travel to Cincinnati again this June to spend a week as an AP Spanish reader. She found this professional development opportunity last year to be one of the most valuable of her career. She looks for-ward to repeating it. Mary will also travel to Costa Rica in July with ―Costa Rica Adventure‖ to explore travel, home stay, and cultural opportunities for our students. Melissa Bryant will study at the University of Salamanca for three weeks in July. Upon completion of her studies she will tour southern Spain for 10 days. Melissa re-ceived a grant from the American Association of Teach-ers of Spanish and Portuguese for her study abroad. This summer many of us will be taking graduate courses, attending workshops, and/or working on cur-

riculum development. We welcome the time to recharge our education batteries and to spend quality time developing high-level, engaging lessons for our students. In August, Lynne Allen, our Lan-guage Lab Director, plans to travel cross-country and also spend some quality time with her family.

In closing, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude to the entire Wayland community for their steadfast support throughout the school year. Best wishes for a happy and restful summer. ¡Hasta septiembre!

Fine Arts Department Susan Memoli, Department Head

With the year coming to a close, I would like to ac-knowledge Mr. Michael Rumrill, as he is about to "graduate" from WHS. Mike has spent well over three decades serving the students and community of Wayland as, for many years, THE art teacher. Countless hundreds of students have passed through the art room and developed skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, 3D, metalwork, ceramics and other creative pursuits under Mike's artistic, watchful eye. Students have gone on to study art, prospective teachers have honed their skills with Mike as their co-operating teacher, and his colleagues have benefited from his perspectives on art, humor and life. For all that you have given to WHS, thank you, Mike Rumrill! Everyone is cordially invited to the re-maining events of the year. The Senior Chamber Ensemble will perform at Senior Awards and Class Night on Tuesday, May 31. The WHS Film Festival featuring works of the Script to Screen course and Honors Dramatic Arts will be held on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. (walking of the red carpet at 6:45 p.m.) in the Little Theater. The WHS Band will per-form as part of the Class of 2011 Graduation Exer-cises on Sunday, June 5 at 3:00 p.m. The WHS Orchestras and the Troubadors Chorus invite you to the final concert of the year on Wednes-day, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theater. Our Sundresses, Shorts and Sundaes Casual Concert will wrap up the 2010-2011 performance season. Come enjoy some pops favorites and then join us under the Fine Arts Building awning for make-you-own sundaes! Sweet and sweet!! Lastly, the CAPA-sponsored Fine Arts Awards Night will be on Friday, June 10, at the Natick Longfellow Club. All students who participated in any of the Fine Arts programs this year are invited to attend. The awards ceremony, to which families are invited, will be from 7-8 p.m., and then students stay on for food (please bring something to share or $5), swimming and basketball. This is a wonderful way to celebrate the accomplishments of all our amazing WHS Fine Arts participants. The evening will conclude at 10:30 p.m. See your Fine Arts teacher for more details. Thank you for another wonderful year of music, art, dance and drama. This year was exceptional and the Fine Arts staff wishes the Class of 2011 all the best and looks forward to next year!

Exams coming up?

Don’t forget, kids,

in the words of

Cesar Chavéz,

¡Sí, se puede!



Health Office News Amy Schoeff, RN

As this school year comes to a close, I‘d like to wish our senior students the best of luck as they move on to the next chapter of their lives. And to the parents of seniors - congratulations! Please contact me if you would like a copy of your student‘s immunization record. A few reminders for parents of the rest of our student body. Medication pick-up. If you dropped off medication for your student, please come by the health room to retrieve it yourself. I cannot store medications over the summer months, and the only medica-tions students are allowed to carry are epiPens and asthma inhalers. Medication forms. We require new medication permis-sion forms for each new school year. You can download them or stop by the office for a copy.

Physical Exams. All incoming 10th graders are re-quired to have had a physical exam on or after Sep-tember 1, 2010. Please send those in to me ASAP. If you don't know the date of your child's last physical, call and I‘ll check for you. Fall Sports. If you know that your son/daughter will be playing a fall sport, PLEASE get a copy of a re-cent physical to my office as soon as you can. Those few days immediately before sports begin tend to be fairly chaotic, so the earlier the better. MIAA rules state that sports physicals are ―current‖ for 13 months. Please check the Athletic site to see when

your student‘s sport begins. We cannot allow any student to participate – including practice or try-out - without a current physical exam. Again, if you are unsure, call and I‘ll check.

I will be in the office occasionally during the summer months, so you can reach me via e-mail, U.S. mail, or phone messages. I wish you all a restful and rejuvenating summer break.

Wow! The 2011 All-School Talent Show

Made $2,325 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research! The Little Theater was filled on May 25, and teachers and students rocked the house! Many thanks to all the students and staff who participated, including the T-Tones, Window, Mr. Page's EBM class, 70 students performers from all classes, 20 teachers, 3 WHS alumni, many bands and solo acts who brought us music, poetry, dance, and performance art. Special thanks to Haylee Rosenblatt, our Student Coordinator, to Richard Weingartner for his guid-ance, to our anonymous donor for motivating us to ―fill the house,‖ and to the Wayland Community for their continued support. We raised $2,325 for Leukemia and Lymphoma research, and we couldn't do it without you. Many thanks from science teachers Corey Lowen and Helen Rainoff, who began fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in 2009. You can support them on their team website.

Congratulations, Seniors!

Goodbye and Good Luck!

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Teen Alcohol Use Down,

Marijuana Use Level in Wayland Heidi Heilman, director of the drug and alcohol abuse pre-vention group WaylandCares, offers this summary of some results of last year's MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey. In April, Wayland Public Schools received the data from the fall 2010 MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey taken by all Wayland students in grades 6 to 12. The results show under-age drinking in Wayland has sharply declined. The percentage of Wayland High School students who have used alcohol at some time in their life (lifetime use) has dropped over 10 percentage points, from 61.8 percent in 2006 to 50.5 percent this year. Past 30-day use (current use) is now at 29 percent, down almost 10 percentage points (38.9 percent) from 2006. Binge drinking rates, however, remain roughly the same at just under 20 percent, indicating that although nota-bly fewer teens are drinking alcohol in Way-land today than four years ago, of those who do use alcohol, high-risk drinking be-havior continues at a steady rate. For Wayland Middle School students, there is a similar rate of decline in students reporting lifetime alcohol use, from 18.3 percent in 2006 to 7.5 percent last fall. The drop in current use is also striking. Four years ago, 8.2 percent of middle schoolers reported using alcohol in the past 30 days, where only 1.2 percent made the same claim last fall. For Wayland-Cares, this is great news! Clearly, local prevention efforts that target underage drinking in the community are working. Regarding local teen marijuana use, however, the news is not so good. Results show that in the past four years abso-lutely no progress has been made in reducing youth mari-juana rates, indicating the need to step up prevention efforts to address this youth substance abuse priority. Since 2006, 33 percent of WHS students have used mari-juana in their lifetime, with one in five reporting past 30-day use. By the 12th grade, nearly half the class has smoked pot (45.8 percent), and one in every three teens report current marijuana use (29.1 percent). Wayland youth typically begin experimenting at age 14, and by November of their freshman year, almost 20 percent of students have used marijuana. There is a great deal the community can do to bring local youth marijuana use rates down, and WaylandCares will con-tinue to prioritize and address this serious public health issue for Wayland‘s young people. Read the whole story on WickedLocal.com.

News from the Academic Center Barb Wolfson, Director

I cannot believe it is the end of the school year and the final newsletter. It has been a great year in the Academic Center. Our peer tutors have been out-standing in offering their tutoring services to the many students who have accessed this opportunity through-out the school year. I also thank Jay Harmon and Amruta Mundambi for volunteering their time to help our students. Review sessions for finals have not been set yet so please watch the Academic Center website for this information. As soon as teachers announce it, I will post the details. Students should listen carefully for these details from their individual teachers. Please consider our call for volunteers for our 3rd An-nual Career Colloquium for the rising junior class. The date is Wednesday, November 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:05 a.m., during Blocks 1 and 2. Current sophomores will be filling out career interest forms in their home-rooms during the next week. We will use this informa-tion to put together the career sessions for the morn-ing. We are looking for volunteers who would like to share information about their professions with our students. If you are interested in participating please e-mail Barb Wolfson. If you participated last year, it would be great to have you back. We look for-ward to hearing from you. Congratulations Class of 2011 and happy summer to everyone.

Lights Camera, Action We hope you'll join us for the WHS Movie Festival, a night of short movies produced by students in the Script to Screen class, on Wednesday, June 1. The red carpet event begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by

screenings in the Little Theater from 7 to 9:30 pm. There will also be a spe-cial awards ceremony. Tickets are available at WayCAM and in the WHS Library Media Cen-ter: $5 for students, $10 for adults.

Check out some of the movie trailers before you come!

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Does your teen need someone to talk with over the summer? Would you like to have your teen learn some stress-reduction strategies before the next school year? Would you like some parenting ad-vice? Wayland Youth and Family Services (WYFS) is a good place to start. WYFS is a department of the Town of Wayland. The program is overseen by the Youth Advisory Committee, which is made up of community repre-sentatives. Staff members are licensed mental health professionals with extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and their fami-lies. The Friends of WYFS is a volunteer group that helps fund, plan, organize, and support parent edu-cation and prevention programs. Staff members are available Monday through Friday year-round. The office is next to the Senior Center in the Wayland Town Building. Here are some of the services that WYFS provides.

Parent Consultations

We will meet informally with one or both parents to discuss their concerns. Sometimes one meeting is enough. If not, we may recommend counseling.

Family Therapy Meeting with family members is often the most effective way to

resolve problems because of the powerful resources for healing that exist within the family.

Individual Therapy We meet individually with children and teenagers when needed. These meetings are coordinated with parent meetings, which are focused on sup-porting parents‘ efforts and ensuring that we are working together. We carefully balance the teen-ager‘s right to privacy with the importance of help-ing parents understand their teenager‘s needs.

Group Counseling We provide some groups for students in collabora-tion with the Wayland schools. Please request a group if you know of a need. We may be able to start one.

Referral When expertise in a particular area is needed or we are unable to provide the needed service, we can provide referrals to other providers.

Consultation We are available on an informal basis to provide consultation on issues related to the emotional and psychological well being of children, teenagers, and families. Anyone working with children and families is invited to call.

Parent Education We organize monthly discus-sion groups for parents led by professional counselors and parent educators. Groups are organized by grade or by topic and a fee is charged. New groups are often initiated by parents who let us know of their interests. We also collaborate with the Friends of WYFS and with the PTOs to sponsor speakers on a range of topics.

Diversion Program In collaboration with the Wayland Police Depart-ment we provide an alternative for youth who com-mit a misdemeanor. This includes an assessment, short term counseling and community service.

Prevention and Outreach

We participate in the WaylandCares program (formerly the Wayland Substance Abuse Pre- vention Coalition).

We sponsor community service opportunities

for high school students.

We provide a Summer Community Service Pro-

gram for high school students.

A staff member is on the Wayland Charitable

Committee, which provides financial assistance for Wayland residents.

For more information and appointments, call Way-land Youth and Family services at 508-358-4293. For more information about Community Service

opportunities, see page 2.

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What Can Wayland Youth and Family Services Do for You?



Class of 2013 Corey Lowen, Jessica Imbornone, &

Heidi Friedlander, Class Advisors It's Krispy Kreme donut time again! In order to raise funds for our class, representatives from the Class of 2013 will be selling donuts on June 11 at the Way-land Town Dump and in front of Donelan's grocery store. We really appreciated your support during this fundraiser in the fall, and we hope this sale will be just as successful. Thanks for supporting our class. Mark your calendars for next year's Prom. We will be dancing the night away at the Hyatt Regency Boston on Saturday, May 19, 2012. We are excited to begin our plans for next year! We will begin selling our "Lucky '13" long-sleeved Class T-shirts the first week of June. The price will be $13. We would love for students and their fami-lies in the Class of 2013 to order a T-shirt to support our fundraising efforts.

Class of 2012 Kathleen Thompson & Carolyn Crary

Class Advisors

The Prom was fabulous! The weather finally cooperated and we saw the sun for the first time all week. The boys looked handsome and the girls looked like runway mod-els. The students danced the second they entered the hall and did not stop until 11 p.m.! Late Night was also a big hit. The students enjoyed the games, the gambling, the photo booth, the tattoos, the personal picture T-shirts, and the favors. Many thanks to Karen Munsey and Beth Junkin for coordinating the event and to all the volunteers who made Late Night a success. Congratulations to our new officers: Carolyn Jones, president; Claire Bailey, vice president; Taylor Elias, secretary; and Matt Gutschenritter, treasurer! The Class BBQ scheduled for Friday, June 3, has been cancelled. Red Sox Ticket Raffle! We are raffling off two tickets (first baseline) to the Red Sox vs. Milwakee Brewers game on June 17, 7:10 p.m. The winner will be drawn on June 10. Tickets are 1 for $2, 3 for $5, and 5 for $10. Students can turn in tickets and money to their home-room representatives each day! Thanks to the Hoopes family for donating the tickets! Students are invited to showcase their Prom dresses for the residents at Sunrise Assisted Living. The event will take place on Sunday, June 12, at 1 p.m. at Sunrise. We are looking for male volunteers to escort the female stu-dents in their dresses. Students will earn community service hours for their efforts. It has been a great year. Happy summer to everyone!

CLASS NEWS

Incoming Freshman Families: Be sure to sign up for the High School eNews!

Thanks to Mr. Gavron

and Mr. Weingartner

from the Class of 2011!

Come Get Your 2011 Yearbook! Seniors will receive their yearbooks on Tuesday, May 31, at Class Night. Yearbooks will be distrib-uted to underclassmen, faculty, and administra-tion during all lunches on Thursday and Friday, June 2 and 3. Lists of students who have purchased books will be given to all homeroom teachers and posted on Wednesday, June 1, so everyone can check to see if they have a book to pick up. We have received an over-shipment of 20 books which we will sell during lunches on June 2 and 3. The cost is $95. Make checks payable to WHS Reflector or submit cash in a sealed envelope. Junior parents, please be on the lookout for a mailing with impor-tant yearbook information and deadline dates for your soon-to-be-seniors! This information is also available at the end of this newsletter.

http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/listserver/subscribe.html



Welcome to the

Class of 2015!

Your Class Advisors are

Mr. Krasnoo and

Ms. Dalbec.

He’s a Latin teacher and

she's director of the Media

Center (that’s the Library).

The Education Cooperative (TEC)

is now accepting

applications for internships

for the 2011-2012

school year.

“Do What You Love”

TEC

A Summer Reminder …

New drivers are not permitted to drive with friends under

18 in the car until 6 months after they get their license.

Attention Sophomore Parents

Thanks to all who volunteered at

Late Night and the Pre-Prom Event.

What a great group of parents!

Now it’s your turn. Late Night is

organized by Junior parents.

Anyone interested in chairing Late

Night next year, please contact

Beth Junkin or Karen Munsey.

Goodnight from Late Night 2011! Late Night was a huge success! Almost 300 students at-tended Late Night, had a great time, and all arrived home safe and tired! The Late Night Committee would like to thank the parents, office staff, and the Wayland community for their generous support for Late Night, including donations of money, gift certificates, prizes, and food, as well as all the time spent setting up, chaperoning, and cleaning up after Late Night. The Class of 2012 had a fantastic time! We would like to thank the entire 2011 Late Night Committee for their many hours of hard work and dedication. Thank you one and all! Beth Junkin and Karen Munsey Late Night 2011 Co-Chairs

http://www.tec-coop.org/IWC_Internships.html





The WHSPO team would like to thank outgoing board members and volunteers for their service. Karen Stack graduates her youngest from WHS this June, and was WHSPO Secretary for seven years (that's a lot of meeting minutes!) Steve Murray, our VP for the last two years, brought us a terrific dad's perspective.

After four years as WHSPO Co-Chair and President, I am pleased to hand the reins over to Jeanne Downs. Most of you know Jeanne as a tremendous supporter of many Wayland organizations; it will be wonderful to have her energy and experience as we move to the new high school. Joining Jeanne on the board will be Sue Mitrano as VP and Sally Cartwright as Assistant Secretary. Rounding out the board will be returning board members Sarah Hubbell as Treasurer and Maura McInerney as Secretary.

Special thanks to all the volunteers who supported our WHSPO-sponsored activities. Graduating committee leaders include Dottie Shelton, who as head of Faculty Appreciation has organized dozens and dozens of par-ent volunteers for luncheons, weekly staff breakfast, and more. Ann Drouilhet, who heads up Beautification, is handing over her trowel and watering can after many years creating a beautiful campus with flowers and plants. Sylvia Greene and Jeannie Hanlon have done a terrific job shepherding Graduation and our student award ceremonies. And finally, to our newslet-ter editor extraordinaire, Nan Jahnke, who has kept us informed and entertained for the past seven years as the WHSPO newsletter editor---thanks, Nan!

Best wishes to all WHS families for a safe and enjoy-able summer. See you all in September!

Roberta Powell, Chair

WHSPO 2010-2011

WHSPO NEWS

Thanks, Roberta and Steve!

WHSPO Team

2011-2012

President Jeanne Downs

Vice President

Sue Mitrano

Secretary Maura McInerney

Asst. Secretary Sally Cartwright

Treasurer

Sarah Hubbell

Newsletter Editor Tracy Scheidemantel

with the help of

all our WHS families and friends!

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Thanks to the Beautiful People

Many thanks to retiring Beautification chair Ann Drouilhet and to Russell's Garden Center and Fran's Flowers for all they have done for Wayland

High School over the years. You guys make us look good!

And welcome to Janet Schwartz, who will be taking over

Beautification next year.

We Need Help With Our

Teacher Appreciation

Lunch!

WHSPO is serving our annual Teacher Ap-

preciation Lunch on Wednesday, June 15, at 1:15

p.m. in the Commons, and we need your help! Please

consider signing up to make food, buy food, set up,

arrange flowers, serve, or clean up. There are many

different opportunities! Click this link to sign up or con-

tact Amanda Demersky.

http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/342345638735930095




COMMUNITY NEWS

SAT Prep with Alex Alexandra Ivker, a 2006 graduate of Wayland High

School and a 2010 graduate of Northwestern Univer-

sity, is bringing Revolution Prep's " Ivy Insiders" SAT

prep programs to Wayland this summer. She will be

offering private tutoring and 3-week SAT prep courses

in July and August. She's also holding a free SAT

practice exam on June 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the high

school; the test will be professionally scored and ana-

lyzed to help students learn about their testing

strengths and weaknesses.

If you think your student might benefit from a summer

course with a local grad, check out Alex's website.

Did You Know?

There will be 90-100 parking spaces for

seniors at the high school again next year

… The Commons in the new high school

will have a grill station and a salad bar …

The Wayland Monopoly Board, the mural

currently attached to the Arts Building,

will be moving to the new WHS campus …

The poolside parking lot will be entirely

repaved this summer … The traffic pat-

tern for student drop off will be a little dif-

ferent in the fall … And we can’t wait for

the new building to open!

Congratulations to Maggie Hojlo, Class of 2013, winner of this year’s

Wayland Veterans Memorial Freedom prize for her essay

“High Standards: Looking at Women’s Rights in Iran from an American Point of View.”

Why Bother With Composting?

Cut our waste! Americans throw away more than 25% of food served to them. In 2005 alone, almost 12% of the total municipal solid waste generated in American households was food scraps.

The waste of food scraps directly contributes to landfills being the second largest source of human-related methane emissions in the United States. Methane is a lesser known greenhouse gas, ac-counting for 20% of greenhouse gases, but has over 20 times the impact of carbon dioxide.

Food scraps can be composted to create healthy soils that give nutrients to growing plants.

Composting organic matter continues the natural life cycle of or-ganic matter by returning nutrients into the Earth‘s soil to grow healthy plants and trees.

The compost we produce can eliminate the need to buy fertilizers, pesticides, and water for gardens at our schools and homes.

Less matter will need to be transported to a landfill; collection and landfill costs will be reduced.

Taken from EarthdayNETWORK's The Decomposition Breakdown: Action Plan for High School Composting, and brought to you by the Wayland Public Schools Green Team.

http://www.revolutionprep.com/ivy_instructors/alexandra_i

ALL SCHOOLS CALENDAR

STUDENT DIRECTORY

2011–2012

Dear Parents: The Wayland PTOs will again be offering the ―All Schools Calendar and Student Directory Grades K–12.‖ We will continue to use the same format as in previous years. The directory will list your child‘s name, parents‘ first names, address, telephone number, school, and grade level. If you need to list more than one address and phone number for your child(ren), please do so at the bottom of this form. We will try to accommodate you. Please also note any changes that need to be made to last year‘s directory. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS DIRECTORY, or if there is some information you would pre-fer not be listed, please fill in the form below. Completed forms should be returned to your child‘s school office by June 15, 2011. If you are registering for school during the summer, please return this form by August 5.

IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU, YOU WILL BE LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY.

Thank you from the Wayland PTOs.

ALL SCHOOLS DIRECTORY

□ Please do not include my family in the All Schools Calendar/Directory.

□ Please add the following address and phone number to my child‘s listing:

Please use this space to let us know of any other changes to your child‘s information you would like included in next year‘s directory: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Child’s name School Grade

1.___________________________________________ _____________ ______

2.___________________________________________ _____________ ______

3.___________________________________________ _____________ ______

4.___________________________________________ _____________ ______

Child’s name Additional Address Phone

1.___________________________________________ ______________________________ ______________

2.___________________________________________ ______________________________ ______________

3.___________________________________________ ______________________________ ______________

4.___________________________________________ ______________________________ ______________

Looking for a way to acknowledge a special teacher

or staff member? Or honor one of our retirees?

A Teacher Appreciation Program of the

Wayland Public Schools Foundation

The end of the school year is only weeks away! Please consider honoring special teachers and staff members with a gift to the Wayland Public Schools Foundation‘s HATS Off Program. Honorees will receive certificates acknowledging that a donation has been made in their honor and will include your personalized message. The amount donated will not be disclosed. For 25 years, the Wayland Public Schools Foundation (WPSF) has supported our schools by funding teacher-led classroom innovations and creative units of study not covered by the regular school budget. This year, the Foundation provided funding for a number of unique and innovative programs at Wayland High School including:

A year-long collaborative professional development program for all Wayland High School and Wayland Middle School teachers aimed at further developing student-centered learn-ing environments using Web 2.0 technology;

A data collection interface that can collect physical science data from a variety of probes and interface with computers;

iBooks for project-based learning initiatives in the Social Studies department. The WPSF is encouraging donors to order HATS Off certificates through our website. Certificate forms can also be downloaded and mailed to P.O. Box 97, Wayland, MA 01778, along with a check made payable to the Wayland Public Schools Foundation. Certificate forms also appear on the next page of this newsletter. Donations also qualify for matching gifts at participating companies. The deadline for HATS Off donations is Friday, June 17. For late submissions, delivery of certificates

before the end of the school year cannot be guaranteed. In 2011, HATS OFF is celebrating the retirement of the following longtime and dedicated teachers and staff members. Please consider making a contribution in their honor or in honor of another educator of your choice. Dr. Gary Burton, Superintendant of Schools Emily Norton – Wayland High School - Biology Mike Rumrill – Wayland High School - Art Questions? Contact Sue Mitrano or Jen Murray.

http://www.WaylandPublicSchoolsFoundation.org



Yearbook Office -- Wayland High School Old Conn Path Wayland, MA 01778

May 2011 To parents of Wayland Juniors – IMPORTANT YEARBOOK INFORMATION: Believe it or not it is time to start planning for your child‘s senior year. Our school yearbook is called the Wayland High School Reflector. Seniors have a dedicated section in the yearbook with space allocated for their senior portrait, for a personal message called a senior ―blurb‖, and usually for a baby pic-ture as well. Senior portraits are not taken at school. Each senior is responsible for submitting their own senior portrait. Yearbook senior portraits are only accepted via electronic submission and are due into the yearbook by Fri-day, October 14

th, 2011. In order to ensure that your son/daughter has a spot in the senior section it is recom-

mended that they take their senior portrait photos over the summer. This will give them plenty of time to look over their proofs and choose a photo for the yearbook. If it is not possible to schedule a photo shoot over the summer due to work or travel, it is best to get a portrait session scheduled before they leave or early in the school year. The yearbook does not endorse one specific portrait photographer. We have three wonderful local photog-raphers in town who all provide the yearbook with complimentary and much appreciated photography services. All three companies have a myriad of senior portrait offerings, convenient scheduling, and work directly with the year-book to electronically provide us with your child‘s chosen yearbook portrait. You will likely be hearing from these photographers over the summer. Their contact information (in alpha-betic order) is as follows:

An important tradition at WHS is for seniors to have a baby picture and senior ―blurb‖ included along with the senior portrait. The baby picture can be any size and can be submitted to the yearbook staff in the fall. We will do our best to get these photos back to you, but if they are one of a kind it would be best to scan them in and pro-vide us with an electronic version. The senior ―blurb‖ is a quotation or combination of student reflections and inspira-tional quotes. The allowed length of the text varies from year to year. Your son/daughter will be given the 2012 specifications early in the year. A chart of yearbook deadlines is provided at the end of this memo for your convenience. In September you should be on the lookout for a mailing from yearbook that will include information on ordering yearbooks and parent congratulatory advertisements. Please call or email me at any time (508-358-3725) if you have any questions about the yearbook.

Mrs. C. Lowen – Yearbook Advisor [email protected]

Keep this list of important WHS YEARBOOK deadline dates!!

WHS Reflector Web Site : Click YEARBOOK Link on WHS home page!!!

WHS REFLECTOR IMPORTANT YEARBOOK INFORMATION FOR JUNIORS

Photography by Anna Meliones Phone - 508-358-6163 Web: [email protected]

Robb Portraits Phone - 508-655-5870 Web: www.robbportraits.com [email protected]

Janet Wolbarst Photography Phone - 508-358-6173 Web: www.janetwolbarst.com [email protected]

Item Specifications IMPORTANT DEADLINE DATES

Baby Pictures Baby Pictures: Any size, name on back. -- Senior submits to yearbook staff.

To yearbook via website or to staff by 10/14

Senior Portraits Appointments scheduled through local photographers – electronic submission.

To yearbook via web site only by 10/14

Senior Blurbs Computer file emailed to yearbook. Details on allowed size and how to send it in will be provided in homerooms.

To yearbook via web site only by 10/14

Parent Ads You can purchase 1//8,1/4,1/2 or full color pages. A rate sheet and specifications will be mailed to you in the fall.

To yearbook by Christmas break

Book Orders Done online via website Online via website by 1/13/12



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