Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2017 - Today is the day we celebrate the life's work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King's message of equality and togetherness continues to inspire generations. The Waukesha West "We Are Diverse" club or WAD performed today at an MLK Jr. Day event at WCTC. The event had limited seating and the reviews from those in attendance was that our students were outstanding in their performance! A huge shout out to our WAD club members and their advisors Mrs. Ness and Mr. Watkins for a job well done! Though I could not attend, I was fortunate to hear some of their performance as they practiced this past Friday and I was given permission to capture it and share it with you. WAD Practice Video
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2017 Continued - This video to honor Dr. King was created by West students and features some of them, while also incorporating film work that was created by Butler Middle School students. This video was shared with staff to show to all West students today.
Academic Decathlon - This note is what I received from the Wisconsin Academic Decathlon.....
Congratulations!
We are pleased to inform you that your school has advanced to the 34th Annual State Competition on
Thursday and Friday, March 2-3, 2017 at the Glacier Canyon Conference Center, Wilderness
Resort, in Wisconsin Dells!
I know the expectations for our AcaDec team are very high on an annual basis and once again they have made it to the state competition. This is not an easy feat and their diligent work does not go unnoticed. Please set it on your calendar to come and support the West AcaDec team in March in Wisconsin Dells. Our team continues to work hard in their preparation for the state event. Best of luck to them!
TREK West Personalized Learning Program - New this year to West High School is a student personalized learning program known as TREK. Student design their own learning related to one of the sixteen career clusters and engage in a continuous goal setting process to achieve individual outcomes. The program is an elective and has started with fantastic results. One of the components of the program is a group project or projects that look to better the West community, or the greater Waukesha community. Please enjoy the article about TREK students engaging in their collaborative group project.... TREK Article
Consequences of Distracted Driving (Warning!) - This story is from the Delevan-Darien School District area and contains some images that may make some uncomfortable - Sometimes we need to be shaken a bit from our apathy and remember there are consequences to our actions, and that the actions that can bring life altering consequences, MANY of us engage in daily.....after the video give some food for thought to add a New Year resolution about your habits when you drive. - Distracted Driving Link
Semester 1 Exam Schedule - Please see the graphic below or access think link for our first semester exam schedule:
Graduation 2017 Dates & Times: Graduation day for the all three Waukesha legacy high schools will be June 10th, 2017. Waukesha West High School will be holding graduation ceremonies in the West Fieldhouse on this date beginning at 2:00 P.M. As we are one community divided into three high schools, this year graduation times among all three high schools are staggered to enable friends and family to attend multiple ceremonies if they so choose. South High School ceremonies will begin at 10:00 A.M. and North High School ceremonies will begin at 12:00 P.M. on this date. Please begin informing friends and family who will be attending.
Principal Advisory Council - Here is the link for the minutes of the Principal Advisory Council meetings. We will be meeting this week on Wednesday, January 18th. Your representatives information is below. Please connect with them for bringing questions to the group you may have. We will report information through our monthly minutes linked above:
| Carrie Schuett | carriejschuett@gmail.com |
| Dean Chyla | dean@chyla.com |
| Gretchen Scott | gecscott@yahoo.com |
| Jana Manning | jmanning@waukesha.k12.wi.us |
| Kari Cerny | kcerny@mcw.edu |
| Karie Ruekert-Kobiske | karierknp@yahoo.com |
| Kelly Glesner | kaglesner@wi.rr.com |
| Kim Dutelle | gemini6667@aol.com |
| Laura Witek | gottwins@hotmail.com |
| Leslie Erickson | thatlesliechick@gmail.com |
| Maria Zagorski | me_zagorski@sbcglobal.net |
| Maureen DuPont | maudupont@att.net |
Alumni Panel - Today at West during our advisory time we had an alumni panel for our current West students. We had former West graduates come back to discuss knowing what they know now, what they would have done the same, or differently while in high school. I want to personally thank these alumni for coming in on their own time to give back to our school in such a positive way! Thank you!
Archived Announcements : Please access this link to find all of the information in our daily announcements from previous weeks.
Preview of this week: Please check the calendars on these two links to preview what is happening at West High School this week:
