Monday, October 16, 2017

October 16th Weekly Blog

The Cadets of Waukesha West - Congratulations to the Cadets of Waukesha West Marching Band for earning the First Place Trophy and Best Musical Presentation Award in Class AAA at the 2017 WSMA State Marching Band Championships!  The Cadets endured the downpour and gave a fantastic 1st place award performance! Enjoy the video of their performance as well as some pictures....way to go Cadets!

Please click here for this 16:20 Video





Congrats to Peter MacCudden! - And...... thanks to all of you who voted for Peter and helped him achieve this well deserved recognition which reflects the entirety of the team... the article is below..
Peter MacCudden of Waukesha West has been selected as the Week 8 Player of the Week following a statewide vote on WisSports.net. His big day helped the Wolverines top Muskego and secure at least a share of the Classic Eight title. He was chosen from a strong group of nominees in Week 8. A total of 4,682 votes were cast, as MacCudden's 1,893 were enough to edge second place Joe Garcia of Racine Horlick, who tallied 1,583 votes.
The Wolverines clinched at least a share of the Classic Eight title and MacCudden continued his strong season as the team beat Muskego 31-6. A strong contender for WFCA Offensive Player of the Year, MacCudden carried the ball 30 times for 248 yards and three touchdowns. He also threw a 27-yard score to Tyler Leitner in the first quarter on a halfback option pass. He also had seven tackles on defense.
Classic 8 Conference Champions who stand alone.... - The Waukesha West Varsity football team captured the Classic 8 Conference Championship trophy this past Friday by beating Catholic Memorial to remain the only undefeated team in conference play. They begin their journey into the state playoffs this Friday night at home against Germantown at 7:00 P.M. Hope to see you there!
Classic 8 Conference Champions - Congrats to the Waukesha West Varsity boys soccer team as they won the Classic 8 conference title outright with a conference record of 6-1-1 Please come and support the team as they begin their playoff run by hosting Milwaukee Bay View this Thursday October 19th at 7:00 P.M. Be there!
Early Release Schedule - The district has implemented early release days for this school year. The first day for this is next Wednesday, October 25th. Please see the daily schedule below for this day. Students are eligible to be picked up at 12:05 P.M. For those taking the bus, they will arrive at 1:05 P.M. All students who are staying on campus after 12:05 P.M. must remain in our lunchroom until their departure for the day. All students are to leave West by 1:05 P.M.

Purpose Corner -Please enjoy the video as I discuss upcoming professional development focused around mental health needs of our students and AVID!
Please click here for this 2:43 video 

District Career Fair - This is a wonderful district wide event for all students grades 6-12. Feedback from the event last year was that is was excellent and well worth the opportunity to have colleges and businesses come to us here in Waukesha. Please consider attending!




Take Back Day - This is a community event that offers safe disposal of unwanted prescriptions, medicines etc. Please see the flyer below to ensure safe disposal of dangerous substances.


Empowering Parents Series - The next presentation will be on College/Career Readiness and Infinite Campus tools and will be held November 7th from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Waukesha West Media Center. Please RSVP using information on the flyer. Below is a link to the flyer for sign up and a visual of the flyer.



AP Test Registration...it has changed from last year..... - Please access the link below to our website for all the information you need to register fro AP tests and understand the changes that have occurred to that process for this school year. 


Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences - Parent teacher conferences are on Tuesday October 24th from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at West High School. Teachers will be in their classrooms per our usual format. Teachers manage their own conferences so parents will experience different processes for meeting with each teacher. Communication from parents to teachers is critical for success and technology allows us to communicate better than we ever have. With that being said, I ask all parents to consider if they truly need to come in and take a teachers time if their child is meeting expectations. Being that the time is short, and the purpose of this night is geared for parents and students to meet with teachers if they need more support, please consider alternate means of communication to maximize teacher time. It can be very difficult to meet with all teachers on this night, so I encourage parents to pick half of their child's teacher to try and get to on this night.

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 by clicking on these two links to preview what is happening at West High School this week: