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Scholastic Art Awards - Several students from West High School received recognition for their outstanding art work recognized through the state of Wisconsin. Congratulations to the following students who received awards:
Gold Key - Ryan Davis
Gold Key - Lauren Hoesly
Silver Key - Taylor DeGroot
Silver Key - Angela Stepanski
Honorable Mention - Amber Boesel (Entry 1)
Honorable Mention - Amber Boesel (Entry 2)
Honorable Mention - Jayden Ellsworth
Honorable Mention - Sarah Pipkin
Honorable Mention - Natalie Schmeichel
Honorable Mention - Holly Standarski
Honorable Mention - Janaka Subotnik
Honorable Mention - Samantha Zimmer
Coffee with the Principal - A reminder that this Wednesday morning May 3rd will be the final "Coffee with the Principal" for this school year. Please come and join me for some coffee and conversation about all things West. We will meet from 7:15 to 8:00 A.M. in our Student Services conference room. We have changed locations for this meeting to Students Services from our usual spot in the media center due to AP testing. As you walk into the main entrance of our building Student Services is the office on the left. As you walk into Student Services the conference room will be the first door on the right side of the office. I hope to see you there!
Veterans Oral History Project - I would like to give a special thank you to Kaleena Montez, Luke Dykowski and Nick Portz for taking the opportunity to interview World War II veterans at St. John's Military Academy for the Veterans Oral History Project. In a nutshell it is a project where veterans can tell their stories and the conversation is recorded and archived at the Library Of Congress in Washington D.C. Our students had to prepare questions and prompt the veterans for engaging in thirty minutes of fruitful dialogue. Kaleena, Luke and Nick did an outstanding job! The power of the veterans stories of what they went through is nothing short of amazing. I was thankful to be present for two of the interviews and was in awe of the resolve these veterans showed, brought to tears on a few occasions and amazed at their detailed memories of their experiences. Thank you to all military currently serving in our armed forces and all veterans who have given so much!
Link to Veterans Oral Project
Vietnam Veterans - Some of the best ways for our students to learn is through tactile experience and visual representations. I want to recognize Mr. James Jobb for bringing in a group of Vietnam veterans who spend their time educating high school students about their experience. Please note that the pictures below show students with weapons that are not functioning and school policy was tightly adhered to in order that all students were safe and could enjoy some authentic tactile experiences.
CORE Robotics 2062 - The School District of Waukesha’s high school robotics team, CORE 2062, competed over the weekend in the 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition’s World Championship at the America’s Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. CORE was placed in the Daly division and earned a record of eight wins and eight losses, being picked into the seventh seed alliance and being eliminated in the tiebreaker match of the semifinals.
“CORE 2062 had an amazing season this year. At world's we were able to become a first pick in alliance selection for the first time in CORE history, advance to the semifinals of our division until losing by only two gears, and were able to reach every team with our extensive safety program. We were also able to expand the horizon of our team as many members attended conferences, the innovation fair, and scholarship row. We finished out the weekend watching Team 1986, who we won the Lacrosse regional with, finish second place, only losing to the winning alliance from our division.,” says Thomas Durnil, the Student Engineering Project Manager of the team.
Overall this year, CORE competed in the Wisconsin Regional in Milwaukee, the Seven Rivers Regional in La Crosse, and the World Championship in Saint Louis, winning the Innovation in Control award in Milwaukee and La Crosse and gaining a seasonal record of 32 wins and 15 Losses.
CORE 2062 has been the School District of Waukesha’s robotics team for 11 years, and this is their eleventh time competing in this tournament. They have won this tournament twice before. Congratulations on an amazing run and a competitive year!
Interact and West Woods - The Interact "Adopt A Highway" sign went up this weekend. Please do not throw any garbage out your window from on Lawnsdale Road from Oakdale to Hwy 164.
Also Interact is working with many teacher and student volunteers on the "West Woods Project." Mr. Fred Jonas has spearheaded this along with Interact to clean up and create an accessible walking loop on the Southwest corner of the West property along the corner of Saylesville and County H. Fundraising occurred this past week and thanks to all of those that raised $376 for the project through a West hosted dodgeball tournament. Great work!
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.
Wolverine Giveback - Through our Advisory period, individual Advisory classes came up with their individual projects for giving back to the community. Some groups made sandwiches for those who are without a good meal while others took pride in their school grounds and cleaned up after a long winter. Either way our kids did an amazing job and I so proud of the work put into the "giveback" to the community! Thank you to the teachers who worked to provide ideas and leadership to get this done!
Project Graduation - All West parents needed to help at June 10th's Project Graduation!Graduation is less than two months away and the Project Graduation Committee has a fun night of food, games, activities and prizes for our senior class. In order for this night to run smoothly and to keep this long-running tradition going strong for future grads, parents of students in all grade levels are needed to help out throughout the event. Shifts are available in all areas: from decorating, food prep, working in the kitchen and running carnival or casino games to checking in students as they arrive and being part of the security team. Please consider how you can help and sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050444a8a72ba46-project5. Thanks for supporting our seniors and school! Please access the link below if you would like to check out Project Grad.... Project Graduation Website Link
Archived Announcements Link: Please access this link to find all of the information in our daily announcements from previous weeks.
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