APRIL 2015 The Husky Newsletter

Westbury

Calendar

4/7/2015

4:30 PM

Boys JV/Var

Baseball vs Madison

@ Madison HS

4/7/2015

4:30 PM

Boys Track

FR/JV District

@ Butler Stadium

4/7/2015

4:30 PM

Girls Track - District 6A

@ Barnett Stadium

4/7/2015

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Open artistic Night

@ Cafeteria

4/7/2015

7:00 PM

Boys Var

Baseball vs Sam Hou

@ Cowart

4/10/2015

4:30 PM

Boys JV/Var

Baseball vs Bellaire HS

@ Westbury HS

4/10/2015

4:30 PM

Boys Var

Baseball vs Reagan HS

@ Delmar Stadium

4/10/2015

4:30 PM Girls

Track FR/JV District

@ Butler Stadium

4/11/2015

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

AP Spanish Tutorials

4/11/2015

1:00 PM

Boys Var-

Baseball vs Milby HS

@ Butler Stadium

4/11/2015

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Fine Art Dept.

@ Hermann Park

4/13/2015

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

PAIR

Location: Library

4/13/2015

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

PAIR

@ WHS Library

4/13/2015

4:30 PM Girls Track - FR/

JV District

@ Butler Stadium

4/14/2015

4:30 PM

Boys Track - Distrct 6A

@ Barnett Stadium

4/15/2015

PSAT

4/15/2015

8:00 AM

Early Dismissal

4/15/2015

4:30 PM Boys Track -

District 6A

@ Barnett Stadium

4/16/2015

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

E-Merge

@ Lecture Hall

4/17/2015

4:30 PM

Boys JV/Var

Baseball vs Lamar HS

@ Lamar HS

4/17/2015

4:30 PM

Boys Track - -District 6A

@ Barnett Stadium

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The Westbury Concert Choir participated in a Master Class with

the Fisk University Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee. The

students enjoyed a presentation by the Jubille Singers' director,

Dr. Paul Kwami, followed by a mini concert. Four students from

Westbury performed with the Jubilee Singers at the Wortham

Center's Cullen Theater They are: Sam Le, Lucia Ramos, Kiara

Garcia, and William Carr. The event was an exciting experience

for our students!

B. York

Music Director

WHS Fine Arts Department Chair

Westbury high school had its first ever state qualifier for girls powerlifting! Chasity

Carter left Westbury ranked 16th in the state and when the dust cleared she had

moved into 8th! She squatted 265, benched 170, and deadlifted 290. 725 was her total

weight lifted. She won a total of 3 first place medals in local meet and one second

place medal at regionals. This is an amazing accomplishment for a sophomore! We

look forward to competing and moving closer to a championship next year!

On Thursday, April 2nd….HISD School Board Representative Wanda Adams, with Fox 26 News Anchor Isaiah

Carey, and 40 of Westbury High School Students participated in a forum on Race Relations.

Their national origins included Vietnam, Burmese, Eritrea, Honduras, Congo, Nepal , Mexico, Asia, India and

America. The scholars were separated by gender, and participated in a thirty minute segment dealing with

social and racial concerns at Westbury. The program aired on Fox 26 News on Thursday, April 9th at 9:30 pm

and again on Sunday, April 12th at 9:30 pm.

Westbury High School refugee students from Nepal, India, and Burma read their stories about their

experience as refugees and immigrants.

Ladies & Gentlemen,

This past weekend at the Yates High School UIL Meet, the team continued to be awarded the 1st place speech team award. In

addition, the team was presented with the 2nd place sweepstakes award for the entire meet.

I honestly do not know how this happened. We did have one scholar participating in Science and another in two Journalism

events.

In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, we closed out the event.

Jaliyyah Hodge came in 1st place;

Jala jones came in 2nd place;

David Ramos & Martha Aguirre were 3rd place co-champions.

In Informative speaking:

Jaliyyah came in 4th place & Michael Morales was 5th.

In Persuasive speaking:

Adriana Moczygemba came in 2nd;

Martha Aguirre was 4th;

Miguel Bravo was 5th;

Lorenzo Moore was 6th.

In Poetry Interpretation:

Aaron Arceneaux was 2nd.

Now we have a nice little break before UIL District on April 11.

Greg Mayo

Director of Speech & Debate UIL Academic Coordinator Westbury High School 713-723-6015 ext. 429

tmayo@houstonisd.org

Well Husky Family! We've done it big! On March 25, 2015, two cast members of the Performance Lab's production of

Miss Evers' Boys competed against 5 other schools in the UIL

One Act Play 6A-2 Zone

Competition. We walked away with 4 awards!

HISD UIL 6A-2 Zone All Star Cast Member 2015- Aaron Arceneaux

HISD UIL 6A-2 Zone Overall Technician Award 2015- Chance Nichols

HISD UIL 6A-2 One Act Play Alternate Play- Miss Evers' Boys of Westbury HS

Congratulations to Princess Jefferson, Aaron Arceneaux, Chance Nichols, Katherine Nedd, Christopher Contreras,

Aviance Obie, Mr. Buskey and The Performance Lab on a Job WELL DONE!!!! We came, we performed and we

brought awards home!!!

Jhory T. Buskey

Westbury HS Theatre Artistic Director

The Performance Lab, Sponsor

Curtis Guillory Structured Learning Class/

Autism Teacher, and Robert Bosie Skills for

Learning and Living Teacher at Westbury High

School, wanted their students to learn how plants

grow and develop. They took their classes to the

Westbury Community Garden to begin their

quest for a school garden.

When Mr. Guillory and Mr. Bosie decided they

wanted a garden on the school campus, they

contacted the Friends of Westbury High School

Foundation for funding. They submitted their

garden plans and received $857 to start a garden

on the campus of Westbury HS.

With a donation of plants and seeds from Home

Depot, Mr. Guillory and Mr. Bosie were ready to

plant their spring garden.

They are now in their 2nd year of producing

vegetables!!!

This past weekend the UIL District Meet, at Davis High School, the following scholars faced off against Bellaire, Lamar,

and Westside High Schools in addition to others.

In Science: Kezia Flores finished at 12th place.

In Editorial Writing: Teresa Nguyen placed 6th and Jaliyyah Hodge came in 4th place and is the 1st Alternate

for Regional.

In Prose Interpretation: Jasmine Gabriel placed 5th and Jamin Pedroso finished as the 4th place champion

and is the 1st Alternate for Regional.

In Poetry Interpretation: Shawn Callis finished in eighth place.

In Informative Speaking: Martha Aguirre came in 4th place and is the 1st Alternate for Regional.

In Lincoln-Douglas debate: Jala Jones was a Quarter Finalist and came in 5th place; Princess Jefferson was

also a Quarter Finalist and came in 6th place; and Laura Martinez finished

as a semi-finalist and in a sudden death debate round against Lamar High School,

Laura defeated the Lamar debate and was awarded 3rd place and advanced

to the UIL Regional Meet.

A Big Thanks to all of the Scholars who participated and represented Westbury High School at this year’s District

Academic Meet.

I would like to acknowledge with thanks to Mr. Granier and Ms. Keswani for being there. A HUGE thank you to Dr.

Thompson for all of her help.

Greg Mayo

Director of Speech & Debate

UIL Academic Coordinator