As I mentioned in last week's Borg Report, interviews for the Westonka Activities Director position were held May 2. The interview panel met with six highly qualified candidates, and I am pleased to report that our top choice has accepted our offer, and we have a new A.D.!

Join me in welcoming Jeff Peterson, who has been serving as interim director these past few months. I strongly believe that Jeff has the qualifications, experience and personal characteristics needed to lead our White Hawks activities.

Please read the Borg Report to learn more. 

Sincerely,

Kevin Borg 

Kevin Borg

Superintendent

Over 16,000 students, including 15 from Mound Westonka High School, participated in the 2013 DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California April 24-27. 

MWHS junior Katy Wetherille took second place among international winners in the Business Services Marketing Role Play Event. Seniors Paige Beyer and Hannah Berg and juniors Willie Maahs and Gabby Smerillo earned top-10 honors, and juniors Alex Riffle and Courtney Simonson earned honorable mention. 

The 2013 Mound Westonka High School prom on May 4 was a celebration ripped from the pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1920s classic, The Great Gatsby. For the annual Grand March procession, the high school gym was transformed into a magical '20s cityscape, fitting with this year's prom theme, "All That Jazz." 

Seniors Hailey Sterne and John Sotirin were crowned prom queen and king.

Pirates stormed the Shirley Hills Primary School stage three times over a 30-hour period as students presented the spring operetta, "Pirates! The Musical," May 2 and 3.

Fifth-grade advanced math students from Grandview Middle School took part in a Math Masters regional challenge in Belle Plaine on April 26.

Students competed in fact-drill, individual and team rounds and earned awards based on their cumulative scores.

The Senior Spotlight Shows, the last school-based performances of the year for the Westonka Pop Singers, will be presented Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Mound Westonka High School. 

What: Pop Singers Spotlight Shows

When: May 17 and 18, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Mound Westonka High School Theater

Admission is $10 adults, $5 students and seniors

Mound Westonka High School celebrated senior athletic achievement May 8 at a breakfast recognizing the 2013 Athena and Yost/Haddorff/Leopold award winners, as well as senior three-sport athletes. 

The winner of the 60th annual outstanding male athlete award, now called the Yost/Haddorff/Leopold Award, is Tyler Hebig. Molly Wollner won both the Athena and the Yost/Haddorff/Leopold awards for outstanding female athlete.