As we inch closer to graduation, we would like to highlight Valedictorian Ian Bontrager and Co-Salutatorians Gavin Engle and Silas Haarer. To be in the top 3 of the Class of 2025 took 13 years of dedication, perseverance, and academic excellence. Your hard work sets a great example for your peers and school community. We look forward to seeing what else you accomplish!
Come and join us as we celebrate the fine arts at Westview Jr-Sr High School. The Junior High fine arts gala will take place on Wednesday, May 14. Doors open at 6, and the spring concert will begin at 7:00.
The High School fine arts gala will take place on Sunday, May 18. Doors will open at 1:00 and the concert and awards will begin at 2:00. We look forward to showcasing all the impressive ways our students show their creativity.
Poster designs created by Landin Weirick (junior high poster) and Raylynn Meyers (high school poster).
Teachers and staff were spoiled here at Westview Jr-Sr High School this past week! We had breakfast from Colleen Hostetler and Joanna Hochstetler, sweet treats from Parents that care, lunch from the administration, a different day of lunch from Parents That Care, and sweet notes from students! Westview is the best view!
Congratulations to 8th grade student Sara Bontrager! She tied the school record in the 100 hurdles on May 8, 2025 by running a time of 16.84.
On May 8th, local emergency services and Westview Theatre presented a mock crash to Junior and Seniors to illustrate the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. The volunteer victims are pictured, ready to stage the scene. Westview alumni Taylor Davis was their makeup artist.
Grand March will take place tomorrow (Saturday, May 10, 2025) at 6:45 pm. Students participating should be lined up by 6:30 pm at the auditorium.
Yesterday morning, the Junior High Student Council presented a donation check to the LaGrange Food and Clothes Basket to help fill their shelves with food. The students raised the money by holding a “Pie the Teacher” contest earlier this Spring. Mr. Rojas and Mr. Carter collected the most money in their jars and were the lucky recipients of pie to their faces! Accepting the check on behalf of the Food and Clothes Basket is Mr. Dick Yoder of Emma. We are thankful for the chance to teach Warriors who give back to their community. Well done, Warriors!
We are halfway through Teacher Appreciation Week, and we hope all of our teachers feel our gratitude for the time, effort, and care they put into training students for the future!
We want to send a heartfelt thank you to our community for your continued support of the Westview district, and for passing the referendum renewal at 90.02% approval. We appreciate you!
The Westview Jr-Sr High School 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 28th at 1:30 PM. Doors will open at 1:00 PM.
The Westview boys Junior High school record in the 4x100 relay was broken 4/28/25 in a home meet against Prairie Heights. The previous record was 48.22 and was broken by 2 hundredths of a second and is now set at 48.20. The record was set by Beckham Misner, Kevin Bontrager, Karl Bontrager and Jaron Bontrager.
April showers bring May flowers. However, the staff at WJSHS saw the Kiana Mast family bring us some wonderful coffee and flavor additives during April. Thank you to our April coffee sponsors and to ALL of our sponsors throughout the school year.
On Friday night (4/25/25) Carmel High School hosted a 2-mile showdown. Top runners from Indiana and some from Illinois participated. Noah maintained his first place position the entire race and broke his own school record from last year with a 2-mile run time of 8:55.79! Congratulations, Noah!
Thank you again to Maple Lane Farm and Cedar Creek Meats for making today's Beef to Table event possible. We really enjoyed it!
Westview Jr-Sr High School is proud to recognize eighth grader Janessa Stutzman as @nationalhonorsociety NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award recipient. Janessa will receive a $500 deposit into a 529 account and a gift from The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the office of the National Junior Honor Society in honor of this accomplishment. Congratulations, Janessa!
State Champion! Faith Beechy competed on April 12th in Indianapolis in the 2025 Indiana Skills USA Championship and won first place for cosmetology. The Skills USA competition is designed to determine each contestant's preparation for employment and recognize students for excellence and professionalism in their field. Faith completed 3 timed challenges and an assessment and finished at the top.
Faith will compete at Nationals in June in Atlanta, GA. Best of luck, Faith!
LIFE Members presented LIFE Grant Awards to recipients for the 2024-2025 school year. LIFE is LaGrange County Community Foundation's youth philanthropy program.
Pictured LIFE members giving out the awards are Ava Williams, Brina Williams, Kaine Reinhold, and Elijah Watts. Recipients this year include Mr. Don Williams/Ms. Erica Mohr - Cross Country, Mrs. Jesse Martin - Garden Club, Mrs. Everage/Mrs. May - aMAYzing Candles, Mr. Kidder/Mr. Wilson - E-Sports, and Rainbow Years Learning Ministry - Literacy Night.
Congratulations to all the recipients and thank you to LaGrange County Community Foundation, the LIFE program, and the LIFE members and sponsors who make these opportunities possible.
School Record! Max Engle is now the record-holder for career strikeouts at Westview. He currently has 335 and has more games to play in his Senior season. His record beats the previous 332 strikeouts by Ben Bailey from 1992! Congratulations, Max!
Design Credit: Senior Gavin Engle
There are 3 (THREE!) new school records as of last night's track & field meet hosted at Westview (4/22/25)!
The 4 x 400 team of Dallas Yoder, Ian Bontrager, Kaiden Liechty, and Noah Bontrager beat the school record with a time of 3:26.11.
Kaiden Liechty broke the 200 M record he set only 21 days prior with a new time of 22.43.
Noah Bontrager broke the 400 M record with a time of 50.31.
Congratulations on these accomplishments!
On Friday, April 25th, Westview students will enjoy a Burger Bash featuring locally raised and processed beef. Thank you to Maple Lane Farms and Cedar Creek Meats for this wonderful opportunity.
