Morning Announcements

Unplugged, Etcetera's live performance event, is on Friday, January 24. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5.00. Please come support arts, creativity, and live performance at WPHS.

The ERASE Club will be meeting on Thursday, January 16th at 7:40 am in the library. Field trip details will also be shared and permission slips will be distributed.

Attention all junior year students: invitations to apply for the National Honor Society were sent out via email to your school email address from Mrs. Weber yesterday. Only academically eligible students should have received an email. Please check your inbox for an invitation. If you have any questions please see Mrs. Weber.

The Robotics Club will be having a meeting today and Thursday, January 16th, after school from 3:00 to 4:30 PM in Room 503 to prepare for the upcoming competition. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Blakeley.

Attention all Speech & Debate club members: Our next meeting is this Friday, January 17th in room 205 at 7:45am. We will be working on draft speeches, deciding on an event to participate in this year and a fundraiser. Any questions, please reach out to any officer or Ms. Lynch.

The Chess Club is back and will meet tomorrow, January 15 after school in the cafeteria until 3:45 pm. We will be playing chess and discussing the Blitz Tournament at the end of January. Also, we will be looking into the purchase of Chess Clocks. Bring a friend and come play some chess. Email Mr. DeRosa if you would like to join the Chess Club Google classroom. Again, that's tomorrow, January 15 after school in the cafeteria until 3:45 pm. We hope to see you at the meeting.

Congratulations to the wrestling team on their 39-33 win last night over Secaucus High School. This win brings their season record to 5-4. Wins were recorded by Matthew Facchino, CJ Palmisano, Adam Verchinski, Robert Ehrhardt, Amar Munkh, Alex Birecki, Jusuf Daraku and Gabe Saliani. Next home match is this Friday against Mt Lakes!

Park Hockey secured a 5-3 victory over Gill St. Bernard's. Michael Capozzi scored in the 1st period, assisted by Colin Aker.In the 2nd period, Colin Mullooly scored with assists from Capozzi and Chase Olszewski, followed by Dylan Aker, assisted by Olszewski and Dylan Gnardellis.In the 3rd period, Olszewski scored with help from Giovanni Bruno and Joey Vitale, and Capozzi added another goal, assisted by Landon Link and Frankie Scrocco. Park will take on rival Madison on Thursday at 5:15 PM at Mennen Arena.

The word of the day is surreptitious (sur·uhp·ti·shuhs) (adj.) secret, stealthy.