Upcoming Events At Westfield Schools
- Friday, April 28 – Laugh It Off: Westfield Washington Schools, in partnership with the Westfield Education Foundation, will be putting on its second annual teacher appreciation comedy show at Carmel’s Center for Performing Arts. This year, it is scheduled to be headlined by YouTube comedian and former teacher Gerry Brooks.
- Sunday, May 7 – Men of Westfield will be holding its kickoff event with former San Diego Charger and Purdue Boilermaker Nick Hardwick as the speaker. Hardwick will hold space for the fathers and men of Westfield to discuss how to form strong bonds with their kids, families, friends and the community. The event is hosted at West Fork Whisky in Westfield.
- Friday, May 12 – Kindy 500: Each year, fourth graders at Monon Trail Elementary School mark the greatest spectacle in sports with a big race of their own. Each kid makes a box car for the Kindy 500. There is a parade so all the students and staff can see the creations, and then they hit the bricks for a tournament-style set of races to crown one winner. This event is something kids look forward to for years and have a lot of fun participating in.
- Friday, May 24 – Senior Celebration Day: This is an annual tradition where Westfield elementary schools invite the graduating seniors who once went to their schools to come back and share memories and experiences with their former teachers, classmates, and staff. Each school’s event looks different, but they are all full of nostalgia.
- 50 years in Westfield schools – Marcie Durbin is currently a literacy teacher at Oak Trace Elementary, but she has held many different instructional positions during her 50 years in Westfield schools. She is scheduled to retire at the end of this year, but she has not yet submitted her paperwork and is still mulling coming back for another year because she loves it so much.
- Two-time innovation champion – Westfield High School’s Liam Lloyd is headed back to Innovate WithIN, the state’s biggest pitch contest for high school entrepreneurs. Last week, Liam won the regional competition for the second year in a row after winning the innovation competition hosted by Westfield’s Chamber of Commerce for the second year in a row. His company, Red Applications, is a suite of school-focused apps designed to improve student achievement that is already being shopped to school districts and has been adopted by Westfield High School. The idea for these companies was sparked by Lloyd’s experience moving to Westfield from Mexico and speaking little English. He turned his situation into a successful business with a thriving business model and is already preparing for his second appearance in the state competition. Lloyd hopes to improve on his second-place showing last year.