Monday, November 13, 2017

November 13th Weekly Blog (No Blog Next Week!)

Veterans Day - I would like to thank all staff members, parents, community members and former students who are veterans of our armed forces for your service to our country!...and to our Interact Club for their efforts to honor our veterans this past Friday....In honor of Veterans Day, Interact will be handing out American Flag pins beginning at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. The first 500 students who would like to join our club in honoring all military by wearing the pin tomorrow and Saturday for Veterans Day can pick one up at either the main or pool entrance on your way into school. This is a great way to show our support for the men and women who sacrifice to keep our country safe!





" Welcome to West!" - We will be having our "Welcome to West Night" for all current Waukesha West families and prospective families on Monday, December 11th,  2017 from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. The night will allow all in attendance to choose from a variety of break out sessions for acquiring information prior to scheduling for next year. Please check out our flyer below for an overview and click on this link for more in depth information about the sessions that are available. Look forward to seeing you there!





Interact Club Rummage Sale - Waukesha West Interact Club is hosting it’s third annual community rummage sale on Saturday, November 18th from 10am - 4pm in the West Cafeteria. All proceeds are going to disabled veterans. We are looking for donations that are in good condition, especially young childrens clothes, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, tools, and coats. If you can help us out, please either leave your items at the front entrance desk or contact Mrs. Corrao (970-4017).  We hope to see you on the 18th! It is worth the trip!!




Academic & Career Planning Update - Academic & Career Planning (ACP) happens during our "Advisory" time at West High School. Our staff at West has worked hard to make the time relevant and meaningful to help students find personal success. Please access this link to see the updates on what was done during our Advisory time for ACP during quarter one. Also the graphic below talks about our purpose for ACP:
                                    

Varsity Football - Congrats on an amazing season! What awesome accomplishments of being outright Conference Champions and being one of the final four teams playing this past Friday state wide in our division! It was a tough end to a magical season, keep your heads held high as you have made us proud!

Fishing Club - A big thank you to Mr. Mark Anderson and Mr. Joe Jenna for organizing, supervising and participating in our first ever West Fishing Club outing this past Saturday morning. Thank you to the students and parents who participated as well and made the outing a smashing success. Please enjoy the pictures of the days catch!





Purpose Corner - Please enjoy this video as I once again discuss our direction as a school and our focus for increasing student achievement.

Please click here to access this 3:27 video
Field Trip Procedures - Please access this video as I discuss changes to our field trip procedures for this school year.

Please click here to access this 2:19 video 

West Drama (State Theatre Contest) - On November 16th and 17th, the cast and crew of the fall plays will be traveling to UW Whitewater for the State Theatre Contest. West's production of "Noises Off" was selected to be the showcase play of the weekend, and our production of the one act play "Wait Until Dark" will be vying to take home the contest's top award for the sixth straight year. Best of luck to our students and break a leg!

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. 


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: