Whitney Young Weekly
April 2016
Congratulations to all of the members of the Young Company for their work on the spring play "Fools" by Neil Simon!  Also, congratulations to our Theater Director, Mr. Winkler, on another amazing production!
Report Card Pick Up is April 14

Report   Card   Pick  U p  for grades 7 - 12 is Thursday, April 14 from 7:00am - 6:00pm .   Report  cards will be distributed by the Main Office.

Teachers will be available for conferences from 12:00pm - 2:00pm, 2:15pm - 4:00pm, and 4:15pm - 6:00pm.  A list of teacher room numbers will be emailed out later next week.
PARCC Testing Continues

Please see the PARCC schedules below.  All Academic Center students finished the English test last week.  Any high school student enrolled in English I will continue to test this week.  Math tests will take place after Spring Break.


Monday, April 4:  PARCC Blue Bell Schedule
Tuesday, April 5:  PARCC Orange Bell Schedule
Wednesday, April 6:  PARCC Blue Bell Schedule
Monday, April 11:  PARCC Orange Bell Schedule
Tuesday, April 12:  PARCC Blue Bell Schedule
Calling all Whitney Young Mothers and Daughters

Join us on  Wednesday, April 27th  for an open conversation on the importance of girls leadership and how we can join forces to empower girls around the world. With so many critical conversations happening throughout our country and the world right now, we aim for a dialogue that encourages our girls to standup, speak up and rise up on the issues that mean the most to them. We will be joined by Anna Blue, Deputy Director of the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign, as well as members of our very own Whitney Young Girl Up Club and their mothers. This event will be held in the library from  5:30-7:00 pm ; refreshments will be served. Please RSVP here.
Academic Center Math Team Wins City

Congratulations to the Whitney Young Academic Center Math Team for winning the city competition last weekend!  Over 550 students from 25 schools competed at the competition.  The Whitney Young team earned a first place win for both the 7th Grade - Division A and 8th Grade - Division A teams.  Congratulations to all of the students who participated as well as Coaches Au and Moran!
Service Award

Congratulations to Lev Serxner for earning the Youth Service Medal of Honor Award!  We are very proud of your accomplishments!
LSC Student Election Results

The Local School Council Student Election is over and we have a winner. Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite candidate. The administration and LSC of Whitney Young High School would like to take this time to thank all the candidates for running for the position of the LSC Student Representative. You all were GREAT candidates. We would like to congratulate and introduce the next Local School Council Student Representative for 2016... GLORIA OLADIPO!
Here are the results:

TOTAL VOTES - 386

Gloria Oladipo - 38.6%
Adheli Gonzalez - 32.6%
Jonathan Marek - 25.6%
Maya Hopkins - 3.1%
Thailand Student Trip Discount Ends Monday

EF Tours has informed us the $100 discount on the June 2017 trip to Thailand has been extended to Monday, April 4.  Please click here to sign up for the trip of a lifetime.

Science Olympiad Accomplishments

Congratulations to the following students for earning awards and recognition with the Science Olympiad team!

Anusha Ebrahim,  Kayla Huang, Mercy Oladipo, Maansey Rishi, Samual Wischnewsky, Michaela Zollicoffer, Taft Hammond, Ryan Newkirk, Jules Goduco-Buting, Jonah Blake, Joselyn Chavez, Jack Fetsch, Isabel Shanahan, Veronica Garklavs, Luna Max-Williams, Nathan Bradley, Joey Padmanabhan
Lucy Hoying

Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad, Science Olympiad sponsor, as well!
Dates to Remember
Monday, April 4:  PARCC Blue Bell Schedule (see above)

Tuesday, April 5:  PARCC Orange Bell Schedule (see above)

Wednesday, April 6:  PARCC Blue Bell Schedule

Thursday, April 7:  Last Day of Quarter 3

Friday, April 8:  No School - Staff Professional Development Day

Friday, April 8:  Senior Luncheon

Monday, April 11:   PARCC Orange Bell Schedule

Tuesday, April 12:  PARCC Blue Bell Schedule

Tuesday, April 12:  Whitney Young College Fair 7pm-9pm

Wednesday, April 13:  Monday/Friday Bell Schedule

Wednesday, April 13:  LSC Meeting

Wednesday, April 13:  Band Concert

Thursday, April 14:  No School - Report Card Pick Up

Friday, April 15:  Wednesday Bell Schedule

Monday, April 17 - 23:  Spring Break
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