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BW Book Club Holds Informational Meeting
The BW Book Club will hold a short informational meeting this Thursday, August 23, at 3:30 in room B323.
The Belleville West Book Club is open to students in all grade levels. The group meets four times during the school year (in October, December, January, and April) to discuss books selected by the club members. Discussion sessions are held after school at The Abbey on West Main Street.
All interested students are encouraged to attend this meeting to learn more about the group.
Auditions for the Fall Play Take Place This Week
Auditions for A Midsummer Night’s Dream—the 2018 fall play—will be held this Tuesday, August 21, at 3:45 in the BW Performing Arts Center. Roles are available for approximately two dozen young men and women. Students from all grade levels are encouraged to audition.
Audition packets are located on the theatre bulletin board and outside the English office (room B331). The packets include material to help students prepare for the audition. Applications for student directors and student technical directors are also available.
English Department Offers Free Tutoring Services
Any student who would like some extra assistance with an English class can now receive tutoring through the Belleville West English Department. Tutoring will be offered during all lunch hours (3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, and 5B) each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. To attend a tutoring session, the student simply needs to request a pass from his/her English teacher.
English Department Welcomes the Class of 2022
Members of the class of 2022 enjoyed their first day at Belleville West on Wednesday, August 17. Students attended a shortened version of each of their classes, met their teachers, received information about various procedures at West (using the library, finding buses, getting lunch), and learned about the array of extracurricular opportunities at the school. The freshmen, along with all other students, will have their first full day on Thursday, August 16.
Belleville West Theatre Announces Fall Play Auditions
Belleville West Little Theatre will open the 2018-2019 season with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the beloved comedy by William Shakespeare. Auditions for the play will be held after school on Tuesday, August 21.
The show requires a cast of approximately two dozen men and women. Some of the roles will be cast in a gender-blind manner, meaning that the parts can be played by either men or women. Students in all grade levels are encouraged to get involved.
Auditions packets are available on the theatre bulletin board (located in the hallway by the Performing Arts Center) and outside the English office (room B331).
Finish Your Summer with One (or More!) of These Popular Books
With two weeks until the start of the new school year, you still have time for a little more pleasure reading this summer. Why not pick up one of these student favorites?
Keep Summer Reading Alive with New Abe Lincoln and RFL Books
Looking for some good books this summer? Check out the 2018-2019 Abraham Lincoln and the 2018-2019 Read for a Lifetime books. Then sign up to participate in the Abe Lincoln and RFL programs in the BW Library when school starts in August.
2018-2019 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BOOKS
All We Have Left by Wendy Mills
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders: Gabe Johnson Takes Over by Geoff Herbach
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
A List of Cages by Robin Roe
Ms. Marvel, Volume One by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Paper Girls, Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Whem Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
2018-2019 READ FOR A LIFETIME BOOKS
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
Gone by Michael Grant
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Heartless by Marissa Mayer
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
Renegades by Marissa Mayer
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Warcross by Marie Lu
We are Okay by Nina LaCour
Speech Team Members Earn National Accolades
At the NSDA (National Speech and Debate Association) national tournament, held June 17 through 22 in Fort Lauderdale, Belleville West was named one of this year’s “Speech Schools of Excellence.” That distinction is presented to the top 20 schools in the contest.
The following students placed in the top 25 in their events:
JoJo Holm — 11th place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Jaylon Muchison and Cassidy Farrar — 11th place in Duo Interpretation
Maxwell Juhas — 13th place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Delaney Holliday — 17th place in Poetry Interpretation
Wade Cook and Cassidy Farrar — 22nd place in Duo Interpretation
The team coaches are Mr. Adam Jenkins, Mr. Russ Reidelberger, Ms. Julie Schloesser, and Mrs. Leigh Reidelberger. Congratulations to them and to their team!
Belleville West Students Make Summer Reading Recommendations
Throughout the 2017-2018 school year, Belleville West students recommended some of their favorite books. Below is a list of all the student suggestions. If you’re looking for some summer reading, this list includes something for everyone!
Ahgottahandleonit by Donovan Mixon
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
The Beach House by James Patterson
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
The Big Picture by Sean Carroll
Black Hearts by Jim Frederick
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Boxing: A Concise History of the Sweet Science by Gerald R. Gems
Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
Buzzkill by Beth Fantaskey
Caged Warrior by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
The Cellar by Natasha Preston
The City of Sand by Tianxia Bachang
The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales by H.P. Lovecraft
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Cracked by K.M. Walton
Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii by Vicky A. Shecter
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Dear Killer by Katherine Ewell
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
The Death Cure by James Dashner
Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Did I Mention I Love You? Estelle Maskame
Diva by Alex Flinn
Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Dune by Frank Herbert
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Far from You by Tess Sharpe
The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore
Fated by Alyson Noel
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Foul Trouble by John Feinstein
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Her Secret Life by Tiffany L. Warren
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The Illustrated History of the American Farm Tractor by Randy Leffingwell
I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
I am the Traitor by Allen Zadoff
I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
It by Stephen King
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Last Man by Vince Flynn
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
Let’s Talk about Love by Claire Kann
Lies my Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay
March by John Lewis
Madness by Zack Brewer
Marley and Me by Josh Grogan
The Martian by Andy Weir
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Paul Richard Evans
Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Not a Genuine Black Man by Brian Copeland
Notorious by Jack Slack
Olivia Twisted by Vivi Barnes
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Paper Towns by John Green
Perfect Ten by Nicholas Sparks
The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
The Reader by Traci Chee
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Revenge of Seven by PIttacus Lore
The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Slaying the Dragon by Michael Johnson
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
This is Not the End by Chandler Baker
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson
Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks
Tyrell by Coe Booth
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto by Israel Gutman
Warcross by Marie Lu
We Should All be Feminists by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
We Should Hang Out Sometime by John Sundquist
What Waits in the Woods by Kieran Scott
When Victoria Laurie
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Where the Heart is by Billie Letts
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra