West Hempstead Secondary School

Don't miss out on Homecoming this year as the Rams take on Oyster Bay. The parade will start at Chestnut Street at 12:30 PM. The carnival will run from 1 PM-3 PM.

Parent Family Engagement meeting will be held tomorrow at 7:15 AM. Please report to the main office.

The students in our AP Environmental class designing a lab to test the effect of different types of soil on seed germination.

Please join us this Thursday for Back to School Night which begins at 7 PM. ENL and College information meetings begin at 6 and 6:15 respectively.

Someone has stolen Mr. Okpych’s Forensic quiz leaving behind a white powdery residue. The Forensic class used microscopic examination to determine the prime suspect.

Congratulations to Madison AbiAoun for being voted one of the Top 100 soccer players on Long Island! #WHe

The students in Advertising Class realizing the power of slogans in ad campaigns.

Interested in joining the 7th and 8th Grade Drama Production? Please join us for the informational meeting this Thursday immediately after school in room 36.

Thank you to Mark Leinweaver for providing our students with a powerful message about the importance and power of making positive decisions. #WHe

We were so excited to welcome our students back for the 23-24 school year. We are excited to see what our students can accomplish this year! #WHe

Good afternoon, FamilyID is closing tonight at 8:00pm. FamilyID is the only way to register your child for the fall sports season for grades 7&8. Parents and students I need your assistance if you want to have a 7&8 football team this season. Please encourage parents to register their children by tonight. Currently there are only 14 students registered for grades 7&8 football but only 7 students are cleared to start the season (students that have a valid physical). The other students still need to submit a valid physical. If you received an updated physical from your doctor this past week please upload the physical form to FamilyID and email me as well at cmistretta@whufsd.com. The New York State Public High School Athletic requires use to have a minimum of 16 students to play in a game. Currently we only have 7 students to cleared to play football. If we do not have 16 students then the games become scrimmages. There is no flexibility in the schedule to make changes to move the games to a different date. If we are unable to field a team the two options are the football coaches can run intramurals with the students who want to play football or the students have the option to tryout for another team. This is a difficult task to field a 7&8 football team because we no longer have a community football team (feeder program). If we do not field a 7&8 football team this year this will hurt the future of our football program in West Hempstead. I will have a nurse come in this Monday to clear students to play. As a reminder the nurse is the only person who can clear students to play. The nurse has to review your child’s physical. Thank you

We were so excited to welcome our 7th Grade students to the Secondary school today during the 7th Grade Orientation. Thank you to all of the student volunteers that made today a success! #Rampride

Hello, The fall season for athletics for grades 7&8 begins on Tuesday, September 5th. Please refer to the athletics homepage on the district's website, https://www.whufsd.com/o/whhs/page/athletics. On the website there is information about the start dates for each sport for the 23-24 school year, the SportsYou code for each team, the practice schedule for the beginning of the season, etc. Family ID (online registration- has been extended until tomorrow night (Tuesday, August 22nd- 8:00pm) for the fall sports season for grades 7&8. Please do not wait to register- it’s to your advantage to register early. The nurse is the only person to clear students to participate in athletics. The remaining dates the nurse will be in is August 22nd from 8:30am-1:30pm and Monday, August 28th from 8:00am-10:00am. AFTER AUGUST 28th THERE WILL NOT BE A NURSE AVAILABLE TO CLEAR STUDENTS. There is no need to see the nurse unless you need to speak to her about a specific question or drop off medication for your child. Physical forms should be uploaded to FamilyID. Please check the status of your child's physical. Students need a valid physical to participate in athletics. If you do not have a valid physical or are cleared by the nurse, you cannot start the season. There is a New York State practice requirement to participate in a game. All sports require 6 practices with the exception of football, it’s 10 practices. The following teams are still looking for students to join: football needs 12-15 more students If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com.

Hello, The fall season for athletics for grades 7&8 begins on Tuesday, September 5th. Please refer to the athletics homepage on the district's website, https://www.whufsd.com/o/whhs/page/athletics. On the website there is information about the start dates for each sport for the 23-24 school year, the SportsYou code for each team, the practice schedule for the beginning of the season, etc. Family ID (online registration) for the fall sports season for grades 7&8 will be open until August 20th (8:00pm). Please do not wait to register- it’s to your advantage to register early. The nurse is the only person to clear students to participate in athletics. The remaining dates the nurse will be in is August 21st, and August 22nd from 8:30am-1:30pm. AFTER AUGUST 22ND THERE WILL NOT BE A NURSE AVAILABLE TO CLEAR STUDENTS. There is no need to see the nurse unless you need to speak to her about a specific question or drop off medication for your child. Physical forms should be uploaded to FamilyID. Please check the status of your child's physical. Students need a valid physical to participate in athletics. If you do not have a valid physical or are cleared by the nurse, you cannot start the season. There is a New York State practice requirement to participate in a game. All sports require 6 practices with the exception of football, it’s 10 practices. The following teams are still looking for students to join: football needs 15 more students cross country needs 6 more students to join girls soccer needs 7 more students to join cheerleading needs 4 more students to join If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com.

Hello, The fall season for athletics for grades 9-12 begins on Monday, August 21st for football and all the other fall sports begin on Monday, August 28th. Please refer to the athletics homepage on the district's website, https://www.whufsd.com/o/whhs/page/athletics. On the website there is information about the start dates for each sport for the 23-24 school year, the SportsYou code for each team, the practice schedule for the beginning of the season, etc. Family ID (online registration) for the fall sports season for grades 9-12 will be open until August 22nd (8:00am). Please do not wait to register- it’s to your advantage to register early. The nurse is the only person to clear students to participate in athletics. The remaining dates the nurse will be in is August 21st, and August 22nd from 8:30am-1:30pm. AFTER AUGUST 22ND THERE WILL NOT BE A NURSE AVAILABLE TO CLEAR STUDENTS. There is no need to see the nurse unless you need to speak to her about a specific question or drop off medication for your child. Physical forms should be uploaded to FamilyID. Please check the status of your child's physical. Students need a valid physical to participate in athletics. If your child needs a physical, please contact your physician as soon as possible or your child can get a physical when the school doctor is in on August 21st. You need to bring in the permission slip to see the school doctor and hand it in to the nurse and arrive by 9:00am. The nurse needs to take your child's vital signs prior to the doctor's arrival. The doctor will be in at 9:45am. If you do not have a valid physical or are cleared by the nurse, you cannot start the season. There is a New York State practice requirement to participate in a game. All sports require 6 practices with the exception of football, it’s 10 practices. The following teams are still looking for students to join: football needs 15 more students to have two teams (varsity/jv) girls swimming needs 6-8 more students girls tennis needs 6 more students cheerleading needs 12 more students to join to have 2 teams (varsity/jv) boys soccer needs 8 more students to have 2 teams (varsity/jv) cross country needs 6 more students to join girls soccer needs 6 more students to join If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com.

Hello, Family ID (online registration) has been open since July 31st for the fall sports season for grades 9-12. FamilyID will be open until August 21st. Please do not wait to register- it’s to your advantage to register early. The nurse is the only person to clear students to participate in athletics. The remaining dates the nurse will be in is August 14th and August 15th from 12:00pm to 2:00pm; and August 21st, and August 22nd from 8:30am- 1:30pm. AFTER AUGUST 22ND THERE WILL NOT BE A NURSE AVAILABLE TO CLEAR STUDENTS. There is no need to see the nurse unless you need to speak to her about a specific question or drop off medication for your child. Physical forms should be uploaded to FamilyID or you can personally hand in the medical form to the nurse. Please check the status of your child's physical. Students need a valid physical to participate in athletics. If your child needs a physical please contact your physician as soon as possible or your child can get a physical when the school doctor is in on August 21st. You need to bring in the permission slip to see the school doctor and give it to the nurse and arrive by 9:00am. The nurse needs needs to take your child's vital signs prior to the doctor arriving. The doctor will be in at 9:45am. This is very important if your child plans on playing football in grades 9-12. Starting Monday, August 14th football starts their camp at 8:00am. It’s open to everyone but starting on Saturday, August 19th the varsity/ junior varsity football season officially begins. If you do not have a valid physical or are cleared by the nurse you cannot start the season. Make sure you get cleared by this Tuesday by the nurse. There is a New York State practice requirement to participate in a game. All sports require 6 practices with the exception of football, it’s 10 practices. If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com.

Hello, Family ID (online registration) is now open for the fall sports season. Please do not wait to register- it’s to your advantage to register early. The nurse is the only person to clear students to participate in athletics. The nurses are only in on the following dates: (August 10th, August 21st, and August 22nd) this summer. The nurses will be in from 8:30am to 2:00pm. There is no need to see the nurse unless you need to speak to her about a specific question or drop off medication for your child. Physical forms should be uploaded to FamilyID or you can personally hand in the medical form to the nurse. Please check the status of your child's physical. Students need a valid physical to participate in athletics. If your child needs a physical please contact your physician as soon as possible or your child can get a physical when the school doctor is in on August 21st. You need to bring in the permission slip to see the school doctor and give it to the nurse and arrive by 9:00am. The nurse needs needs to take your child's vital signs prior to the doctor arriving. The doctor will be in at 9:45am. After August 22nd the nurses are not in until school starts and your child will not get cleared to play a sport. Please register now for FamilyID. There is a New York State practice requirement to participate in a game. All sports require 6 practices with the exception of football, it’s 10 practices. Currently here are how many students registered for each team (grades 9-12) but this does not mean they are cleared to play because a lot of students still need to bring in their physical form: football 22 boys volleyball 17 girls swimming 2 girls volleyball 12 girls tennis 9 cheerleading 8 boys soccer 20 cross country 9 girls soccer 10 If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com or call the athletic office at 516 390-3253. I will be in the office this Thursday if you have any questions. Thank you.

Hello, Please refer to the athletics homepage on the district's website. https://www.whufsd.com/o/whhs/page/athletics (all the information about the fall season is posted). You will find information about the start dates for the 23-24 school year, the physical form to see your physician, the SportsYou codes for each team, the practice schedule for the beginning of the season, etc. FamilyID (online registration) is open for grades 7&8 for the fall season. FamilyID will be open until August 18th. Do not wait to register. The nurse is the only person to clear students to register. The registration directions are listed on the website for FamilyID. As of today this is how many students registered for each sport: cross country 4 girls soccer 4 football 5 cheerleading 5 boys soccer 9 If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com.

Family ID (online registration) is now open for the fall sports season for grades 9-12. The nurse is the only person to clear students to participate in athletics. The nurses are only in on the following dates: (August 8th, August 10th, August 21st, and August 22nd). After August 22nd the nurses are not in until school starts and your child will not get cleared to play a sport. Please register now for FamilyID. There is a New York State practice requirement to participate in a game. All sports require 6 practices with the exception of football, it’s 10 practices. If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com. Thank you.

Family ID (online registration) is now open for the fall sports season for grades 9-12. The nurse is the only person to clear students to participate in athletics. The nurses are in on the following dates: (August 8th, August 10th, August 21st, and August 22nd) this summer. After August 22nd the nurses are not in until school starts and your child will not get cleared to play a sport. There is a New York State practice requirement to participate in a game. All sports require 6 practices with the exception of football, it’s 10 practices. If you have any questions, please email me at cmistretta@whufsd.com.