Monday, February 27, 2017

February 27th Weekly Blog

Celebration of Excellence by the Waukesha Education Foundation: I want to personally thank all of the West staff and students who were involved with showcasing West High School at this event this past Sunday, February 26th. Thank you Mr. Duffy and the students in our smooth and eclectic jazz band, thank you to Ms. Ness and Mr. Watkins and the students who our part of WAD (We Are Diverse) club for your engaging, interactive and authentic performance, and thank you to Mr. Ajack and the students in our chamber/jazz choir for harmonious melodies in union. Anecdotal feedback from those in attendance was that they were blown away by your talent! Your representation of our building was nothing short of amazing! Thank you for your time and commitment to this.

 
Another thank you goes to Mr. Mueller and our TREK students who came to showcase their individual projects that were created this past semester for TREK. The engagement of individuals in your presentations was wonderful to see. Mr. Mueller spent time creating the West "Points of Pride" video to quickly and informally showcase some of our programs at West....please enjoy his creation below:

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Wrestling - Congratulations to West senior Shane Gantz on an amazing season that ended with a second place finish in the Division 1 - 152 pound weight class. Shane lost a hard fought match 5-4 that could have gone either way. We are so proud of his hard work and dedication this year. This a tough sport for tough guys like Shane and thank you for representing West so well!!

Hockey - Congratulations to our Waukesha Wings team who has made it to the state tournament for the second year in a row. The Wings will take on conference rival Arrowhead this week in the state quarterfinal in Madison at the Alliant Energy Center. We have fan busses going so please come to the main office to sign up for a bus or fill out the proper form to catch the game with your family!

Purpose Corner - Please enjoy the brief video as I discuss our Theory of Action which is driving our work for this school year focused around increasing rigor.

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ACT Testing Days - Tomorrow Tuesday February 28th, 2017 all West junior students will be taking the ACT. We want them to have an optimal testing environment thus all other students are dismissed from school for this date. Please plan accordingly and see the links below for additional information about the daily schedule for that week. 

ACT Testing Day Information Grades 9,10 &12

ACT Testing Day Information 2017


Peter Pan - The West End Players are at it again with a new musical coming up....Peter Pan! The hard work and preparation are underway and this show will involve some fantastic flying! Please see the informational flyer below and get your tickets!





Project Graduation - Every year our parent community puts on an amazing event for West graduating Seniors known as "Project Graduation." You cannot truly understand all of the work and effort that goes into to making this go off without a hitch and more importantly a culminating event to celebrate our Seniors after a four year journey through our halls. Please access the link below if you would like to check out how you can help out through volunteering your time or supporting this event through donations..... Project Graduation Website Link


Principal Advisory Council - Here is the link for the minutes of the Principal Advisory Council meetings. We met last on Wednesday, February 15th. 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 Schuettcarriejschuett@gmail.com
Dean Chyladean@chyla.com
Gretchen Scottgecscott@yahoo.com
Jana Manningjmanning@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Kari Cernykcerny@mcw.edu
Karie Ruekert-Kobiskekarierknp@yahoo.com
Kelly Glesnerkaglesner@wi.rr.com
Kim Dutellegemini6667@aol.com
Laura Witekgottwins@hotmail.com
Leslie Ericksonthatlesliechick@gmail.com
Maria Zagorskime_zagorski@sbcglobal.net
Maureen DuPontmaudupont@att.net



Have you ever heard of Waukesha MADE? - Waukesha MADE is a partnership between the School District of Waukesha and local businesses. As of today those businesses are local manufacturers but the partnership is looking to grow in the areas of construction, autos and printing. One of the best portions of the MADE partnership is the collaboration of our students with these companies. These companies bring real world projects to our students looking for real world solutions and look to have their people work with our students to problem solve and accomplish these tasks. The mentorship is amazing and this partnership is continuing to grow in a positive direction. One of these projects involved WEST students who primarily worked with local manufacturer Weldall to build the table and water tank for a new CNC Plasma cutter exclusive to West. The capabilities are exceptional!!! We had many companies and people donate funds and their time to make this happen. Kudos to West/North technology education teacher Fred Schroedl for his hard work in making this reality. Enjoy the montage video below:

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 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.

Archived Announcements Link: 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:


West Athletic Calendar Link



"The West App"Is here! It is available in the App Store and for Android devices. Just search for Waukesha West. Did you know the more that the app is used, the more funding is generated for the programs at West High School? I am working to have the app available in Self-Service for student iPads. For parents...please let all friends and families know to download our app for the most convenient way to find the information you want regarding West. You can even fill out a form for attendance....another option for your convenience!