Monday, November 6, 2017

November 6th Weekly Blog

" 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!







Model UN - Two West students won awards at the recent Carthage Model UN Conference. Marin Hein won 2nd place for her essay on Global Climate Change in Relation to the UN Sustainability Goals and the Situation in Jammu/Kashmir, from the perspective of Vietnam. Luke Dykowski won 2nd place for his portrayal of Senegal in the Security Council. Congrats to both student who worker hard in their achievement in this competition!

West Woods Project - The West Woods Project has been ongoing since last spring and has had multiple staff and students volunteer their time and efforts to make a nice walking/running path through the woods located on the Southwest part of our campus. This past weekend saw over 25 West student volunteers work on the woods project. It started last spring with making a clear path through wooded thickets and has most recently seen several truckload of gravel laid down on the path. There is more work to do, but the pictures below show the gravel path that is half completed along with an approximate 800 pound rock that was dug out and put off to the side for a smooth path!









Girls Swim - The Wolverine/Crusader ladies traveled to Waukesha South on Saturday, November 4 for the 2017 WIAA Girls Swimming and Diving Sectional Meet. Our girls qualified for state in the 200 Medley Relay, the 500 Free, the 100 Back and in the 400 Free Relay. Congratulations girls and good luck!

Boys Soccer - The state semi-final game was a tough loss for our team. Our boys dominated every aspect of the game except the final score. They had approximately 40 shots on goal compared to approximately 6 for the other team but found themselves on the losing end of the scoreboard. Congrats on a great season!

Varsity Football - Congrats on a dominating victory this past Friday against Monona Grove. The Wolverines Football team travels to Oconomowoc for a Level 4 Play-Off Game Friday, November 10th! Kick-Off is at 7:00 p.m.

Vote for West Football Team of the Week! - Your Waukesha West football team has been selected as a nominee for the WSN Football Statewide Team of the Week. For more information and to vote for the winner, please visit the full article here. Vote often!

Purpose Corner - Please enjoy this video as I clarify the role AVID will have at West and the focused not taking strategy.


Please click here for this 3:17 video


Interact Club Rummage Sale - Please see the information below:




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:
                                    


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. 


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: