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"Purpose Corner" - Please enjoy the pictures below of our staff engaging in their second round of their PLC inquiry group share-outs which occurred on Friday, December 22nd, 2017. All staff are part of a group that is focusing on a topic related to one of the three pillars of our Theory of Action for increasing rigor at West High School. During this share out, groups have to share their story on how they impacted student learning by showcasing change data and sharing student work that exemplifies that change. It was a second productive morning for collaboration among our staff!!
Finals Schedule - Next week is our finals week and we run an alternate schedule. Please see the expectations below that were sent out to all students as well as the schedule for the week.
As they have always been......
- Students are expected to be in attendance for all eight class periods during finals week including study halls, they are not optional.
- Students do not have to be in attendance for make-up or review/conferencing time unless required by their teacher. Students who come in during this time need to be in a supervised location for the duration of the time. Students can be with a teacher in their classroom, or in our Field house, Media Center or Cafeteria.
- Students do not have the option to miss a scheduled exam hour and then take it during the make-up session unless they have communicated with their teacher a legitimate absence reason. Students risk loosing this opportunity to show more evidence of their learning which could affect their semester grade.
- All students should be in their designated classroom during their final exam hour for the entire period and are NOT to be released early, as there are other exams occurring.
"Winter Pep Rally!" - Members of our student led Wolverine Leadership Academy put together a winter pep rally to have a little fun prior to our holiday break. As with all of our pep rally's we seek to recognize our sports and activities clubs and have some fun to celebrate all of their work. We had a tug-o-war, sled races, choir ensemble, cheer performance, dance performance, teacher skit and a fear factor fundraiser where staff members ate some "select" items after raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation like "worm jerky" and pickled pigs feet!. It culminated in the principal being made into a human cookie, and I have heard he is still cleaning frosting out of his ear drums! Great job WLA in getting this together. Enjoy our drum line prior to the pep rally getting ready to greet student as they come in the video below....
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Waukesha MADE - Did you know that we have wonderful partnerships with local businesses, Waukesha County Technical College, and the Waukesha County Business Alliance? We all come together under one banner known as Waukesha MADE. Our focus is to partner with local businesses to provide our students with real world projects to enhance their learning, while offering some possibilities for future employment. One of the projects that was recently completed through West was a pergola for Aries corporation. This project was taken on by our construction students, who worked their tails off to get this done....working late into the night prior to the deadline to finish the pergola. Please see the email below from Aries CEO and the picture of the completed project and students who worked on it.
I just returned from a business trip to Europe and upon my return, I admired the finished pergola built by your students. I want to congratulate you, the instructors, and the students on the beautiful work they did. Aries employees will enjoy this pergola for years to come. It also serves as a beautiful complement to our building/grounds and neighborhood.
This pergola stands as a wonderful testament to the cooperation/partnership we our building through Waukesha MADE. I hope the students learned much and take pride in their beautiful work. Also, I am very grateful the project was completed in the agreed upon timeframe.
Thank you for a job well done!
Nick Kroll
President/CEO
President/CEO
Waukesha West Holiday Concert - I had the pleasure to attend the West holiday concert at Shattuck Auditorium on the Carroll University campus. Our band performed as well as our choirs and were wonderful! Please enjoy one portion of the concerts that showcases just a bit of the talent that was on display that night...enjoy!
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Principal Advisory Council - Below are the names of the individuals on the Principal Advisory Council. We met as a group most recently on Wednesday December 20th. We will be meeting again during our monthly time next on Wednesday January 17th. Please contact the representatives with questions/comments for our next meeting. The meeting minutes are linked here:
Amy Holzinger
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aholzinger@sbcglobal.net
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Ann Pascavis
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mapascavis@hotmail.com
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Cathy Frantz
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cathyk21@gmail.com
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James Boling
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jmbjrboling@gmail.com
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Jennifer Engel
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j_rengel@sbcglobal.net
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Jim Karpowitz
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karpman@aol.com
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Mark McGinnis
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wxmarkmc@gmail.com
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Mercedes Rawson
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Rawson96@wi.rr.com
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Sarah Bristol
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north_physics@yahoo.com
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Wendy Hamilton
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wendyhamilton4@gmail.com
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Betsy Peters
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bpeters1247@gmail.com
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Michelle Werner
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michelle@hatchstaff.com
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"NEW - Empowering Parent Series - The first session of the empowering parent series is in the books and the next one is coming up tomorrow on January 9th, 2018. please see the flyer below for more information and hope to see you there!
Grade 10 "Practice ACT" - There may be a possible option for any/all 10th grade West students to take a practice ACT on February 27th which is the same day all 11th grade students will take the state sponsored ACT assessment. I will know more soon if this will be a reality, and I am sending out this info that it has a great chance to happen. There will be no cost for students and they will receive excellent feedback on their academic skill set. More to come on this possibility!
NEW West Website! - As of last week we have switched over to a new website format. This format is being adopted district wide and will look similar to the sites of other schools in our district. Our goal is to make our site as simple and user friendly as possible. Please bare with us as we move information over from our previous site as things will be in work in progress for a bit, but we have a bulk of info up to date and ready, the main page should look like what you see below:
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:
