
Wildcat Wisdom Newsletter
Wesley Chapel High School 9/1/2023
WCHS Vision
Wesley Chapel High School provides a community in which students become life ready citizens with confidence, empathy, and perseverance.
To ensure our students are college, career, and life ready, we are:
Accountable
Resourceful
Compassionate
Principled
Inspirational
Message from Mr. McDermott
Wildcats,
Just like that, it is September! Progress reports will be here before you know it. Please make sure you are monitoring your student's grades and reaching out when help is needed. We want all of our students to succeed and are here to support them.
Thank you,
Mr. McDermott
Early Release Day
September is Attendance Awareness Month!
Parents are essential partners in making sure students get to school. With September being Attendance Awareness Month, Kurt Browning, Pasco County Superintendent of Schools, wants to talk to students about the importance of having good attendance. Watch the video below with your child to learn how making attendance a priority today will help them later in college, career, and life.
Student Parking
Athletic Events Security Procedures
Tardy Policy
Homecoming Dance
Loss of Privileges Due to Unexcused Absences
• May be excluded from attendance reward incentives as defined at the school level.
• Lose the privilege of participating in extracurricular activities. These include but are not limited to dances, special events, club activities and athletics, until the end of the following grading quarter.
• Lose the privilege to drive to campus until the end of the following grading quarter.
Absences accumulated in the fourth quarter will result in loss of privileges during said grading quarter only and will not carry over to the following year. The principal or designee may review extenuating circumstances resulting in a loss of privilege(s).
The principal’s decision is final. Principal review is only intended to reinstate privileges that have been lost as described above. It is not intended to impose harsher discipline than what is outlined herein and in another district policy
Sunshine Committee
Our Sunshine Committee invites you to support our teachers! We are a group of Wesley Chapel High School teachers who believe that teacher appreciation should be year round. Teachers are the heart of the school and need the occasional treat or activity to boost their morale!
We organize a fall treat and activity and other small treats and activities throughout the year. However, our biggest task is to give the teachers a great Holiday party in December! We would love to give gifts, games and treats during this event.
If you are so inclined to donate supplies, a treat, a discount or an activity to the teachers of WCHS, please contact Erica Rodriguez at eprodrig@pasco.k12.fl.us
Shine On, Wildcats Community!
Volunteers
Breakfast and Lunch
Just a reminder all Pasco County schools now offer FREE breakfast and lunch for all students. There are no forms to fill out or anything to sign. Students will have more time to eat their food as well because there is no need to check out with a cashier.
Testing Central
- 10th Grade FAST PM1 Testing has been rescheduled to 9/8/23. Rosters are posted in the 200 commons, 300 commons, and in front of the media center.
- Retakes for our EOCs for the Fall window are as follows:
- Algebra 1 - 9/11/23 (Seniors & Juniors)
- Algebra 1 - 9/12/23 (Sophmores)
- Biology, Geometry, US History - 9/13/23
- FAST ELA - 9/14/23 (Seniors)
- FAST ELA - 9/15/23 (Juniors)
- FSA Writing Retake (Seniors only) - 9/18/23 & 9/19/23
- FSA Reading Day 1 (Seniors only) - 9/20/23
- FSA Reading Day 2 (Seniors only) - 9/21/23
- FSA Algebra 1 Day 1 (Seniors & Juniors only) - 9/25/23
- FSA Algebra 1 Day 2 (Seniors & Juniors only) - 9/26/23
- EOC Make-ups (if needed) - 9/27/23 - 9/29/23
Balancing Classes
YOUTH LEADERSHIP PASCO: APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR SOPH/JR STUDENTS!
ATTENTION SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS!! LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY!!
Youth Leadership Pasco is recruiting Pasco County sophomores and juniors for its 2023-24 program. Online applications are due by Friday, September 8.
Youth Leadership Pasco is a leadership development program that informs, motivates, and increases the awareness of selected high school-aged students through issue-oriented seminars and interaction with community leaders. This is a PREMIER leadership experience for our students as you meet peer leaders from Pasco High Schools and adult leaders in Pasco County.
Information about the program, requirements, dates, application, and more are at the link below.
COLLEGE APPLICATION NIGHT (PRESENTATION NOTES)
ASVAB SIGN-UPS: OCTOBER 3
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may test for ASVAB on 10/3 at 7:10 am in media. This test can be taken for military eligibility or as a career interest tool.
Student Fees
Student Fees - Rycor
A Simpler, Safer Way to Pay
Student Fees — Rycor is a secure, streamlined system that replaces SchoolPay and enables parents to add school purchases to their shopping cart for multiple children at different schools. Parents can complete transactions through credit card or debit card.
In order to make payments for Student Fees, you must have a myStudent account. If you do not have a myStudent account, click here to create one. Once your myStudent account is established, on the following day, your Student Fees account can be activated. Please make sure to enter the email address associated with your myStudent account.
To activate your Parent Portal Account:
- Go to https://www.studentquickpay.com/pasco/
- Select "Activate Parent Account"
- Enter the email address associated with your myStudent account and select "send email"
- This will generate an email that prompts you to activate your account
- Open your email and click the link
- Continue by creating your password and activating your account
- Once this is completed, you can view fees and items that can be purchased
Partial payment plans and financial assistance options also are available.
Senior Pictures
Seniors, schedule your appointment for your senior portraits with Gigante. In order for your photos to appear in the yearbook, they must be taken by Gigante no later than November 3rd. Email pingram@pasco.k12.fl.us with any questions!
Senior Parking Spots
The Senior parking Space painting fundraiser link is active in student fees. The cost to paint your spot is $30, and payments will be accepted until 8/25/23. Painting will be on Saturday, 9/16/23 from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm.
In order to paint your spot, you must:
- Have a valid 23-24 parking pass
- Have your design approved prior to painting
- Bring your own supplies (paint, brushes, etc...)
2023-2024 Student Code of Conduct
Please review the student code of conduct for attendance procedures, dress code, and much more.
https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/library/student_services/conduct/csc_eng.pdf
Pasco eSchool
How Do I Excuse An Absence?
YEARBOOK/SENIOR AD/SENIOR PORTRAITS INFORMATION
Yearbooks are $90 and can be purchased through the school's online pay portal or by visiting our publisher's website, www.yearbookforever.com. If you want anything extra like a name stamped onto the cover, extra autograph pages, or a clear protective cover, you must make your purchase through our publisher. The only way to guarantee you get a yearbook is to preorder no later than January 23, 2024.
Senior ads must be purchased through our publisher's site, www.yearbookforever.com. Cost starts at $100, and ads can be designed by you or by the yearbook adviser. The deadline to purchase senior ads is December 23, 2023.
Seniors, in order for your senior photo to appear in the senior section of the yearbook, you must have your portrait session with Gigante no later than November 3rd. Visit their website, www.giganteproductions.com to schedule your session.
Contact Mrs. Ingram at pingram@pasco.k12.fl.us if you have any questions about yearbooks or school pictures.
GoFan.com Purchase tickets to all of our events!
Athletic Eligibility
1. 9th Graders must be regularly promoted.
2. All athletes after 1st semester as 9th grader must maintain 2.0 for semester eligibility.
3. The Athletic Director will conduct a 9-week grade check. Athletes must have 9 GPA points (1.5) and no more than 2 F’s. Any Athlete with fewer than 9 quality points or having 3Fs will become ineligible until the next grade report (progress reports). Any athlete with fewer than 12 Quality Points must be put on weekly progress reports.
4. Any athlete not meeting FHSAA 2.0 CUM is also ineligible for practice.
SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL
Pasco County School board policy dictates that any student assigned Out-of-School suspension may not practice or participate in an athletic contest while suspended. This suspension will also apply during any appeal process. Suspensions involving multiple days will be dealt with on an individual basis and may result in game suspensions or dismissal.
Any Athlete receiving in-school suspension will be ineligible for the next contest.
COMMITMENT
An athlete must understand that playing a sport is very demanding on his or her time for practice and games. Many of these occur during holidays, on Saturday, etc. The coach and team expect you to be there. An Athlete missing any contest during holidays for club/travel type teams will be considered unexcused and subject to the coaches policy regarding unexcused absences. Any other absences must be pre-arranged and approved by the Head Coach. Any athlete, who quits a team or is dismissed for disciplinary reasons, will be ineligible for another sport until the current season is over.
PSAT OCTOBER TESTING (SOPHOMORES)
ALL JUNIORS WHO HAVE NOT MET THEIR MATH EOC GRADUATION REQUIREMENT AND ARE DIRECT CERTIFIED FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED TO TEST.
New MyStudent App for Communication
WCHS COLLEGE AND CAREER S'MORE
Are you College and Career Ready? Check out Mrs. Faysash’s Smore for events, scholarships, and planning resources for all grade levels!
Free SAT prep available through Khan Academy
Emergency Card Information and Directions (Please read)
Parents, we currently have over 600 emergency cards that have not been updated. If you have not updated your student's emergency card, please download the step-by-step instructions below for completing the emergency card. If you have questions or need assistance, please email myStudenthelp@pasco.k12.fl.us.
Stay in the know, never miss an activity
WCHS ABC Program
If your family needs supports or has any needs from the WCHS ABC program, please fill out the following form. If you would like more information about the ABC program, the flyer is attached and/or call the front office, 813-794-8702.
How to create a parent portal account in myStudent
Advertising Opportunity for Local Businesses (Please make sure you are dealing with a WCHS staff member. We have had a few local businesses give money to an outside company not affiliated with Wesley Chapel High School.)
District School Board of Pasco County Intent to Advertise
Need more customers? Advertise with WCHS! Each year thousands of people come to events on our campus and see advertisements for local businesses. This is an opportunity to get affordable advertising and help out the students of WCHS. Banners are printed by the school using your artwork with several sponsorship options. The term of the advertisement is one full year.
Please make sure you are dealing with a WCHS staff member. We have had a few local businesses give money to an outside company not affiliated with Wesley Chapel High School.If you have any questions, please reach out to the Assistant Principal over Athletics, Mr. Emperator at aemperat@pasco.k12.fl.us or call the school at 813-794-8700.
Wesley Chapel High School
School Information
Principal:
Mr. Matt McDermott
30651 Wells Road
Wesley Chapel, FL 33545
Phone: (813) 794-8700
(352) 794-8700
Fax: (813) 794-8791
Office Hours:
M-F 7:00AM – 3:30 PM
Website: https://wchs.pasco.k12.fl.us/
Location: 30651 Wells Road, Wesley Chapel, FL, USA
Phone: 813-794-8700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildcat.pride.63
Twitter: @WCHS_Wildcats