Monday, February 26, 2018

February 26th Weekly Blog

Purpose Corner - In this short "purpose corner" I discuss what we are doing this week for our professional development time on Friday morning...


Please click here for this 1:32 video


National Merit Scholars - 1.5 Million down to 16,000.... or about 3% of all students who take the PSAT qualify as National Merit semi-finalists based on their outstanding academic and personal characteristics. West High School has two outstanding Seniors who are recognized as being semi-finalists and they are Jordan Rodrigues and Andrew Zagorski. This distinction is a true honor and please join me in congratulating them on this outstanding achievement....way to go guys!!!!!



Wolverine Leadership Academy - Our WLA recently completed one of their projects of a student informational wall...I guess known as the "West Wall." Their goal was to have more clear and visible communication about the happenings at West and all clubs and activities are invited to show what they are doing on a daily basis. It is a great visual and the clarity of community is outstanding!



Advisory at West - During our Monday schedules we have "Advisory" time built in. About half of the Advisory times we have this year are dedicated to Academic and Career Planning or ACP. ACP is state mandated and our district has created the ACP lessons for each grade level so our students receive a common curriculum at all grade levels and across all schools. Please access the links below for an update on our ACP process for this school year.

Method Test Prep- Spanish 
Method Test Prep- English 


"Shrek" the Musical - If you have not seen one of our drama productions, now would be the time to enjoy "Shrek" the musical that will have numerous showings coming up in March. Please come and enjoy the brilliant work of our students! See information below:





Principal Advisory Council - Below are the names of the individuals on the Principal Advisory Council. We met most recently this past Wednesday February 21st. Please access the minutes for more information and be sure to contact your representatives with questions/comments for our next meeting in March. The meeting minutes are linked here:


Amy Holzinger


aholzinger@sbcglobal.net
Ann Pascavis
mapascavis@hotmail.com
Cathy Frantz
cathyk21@gmail.com
James Boling
jmbjrboling@gmail.com
Jennifer Engel
j_rengel@sbcglobal.net
Jim Karpowitz
karpman@aol.com
Mark McGinnis
wxmarkmc@gmail.com
Mercedes Rawson
Rawson96@wi.rr.com
Sarah Bristol
north_physics@yahoo.com
Wendy Hamilton
wendyhamilton4@gmail.com
Betsy Peters
bpeters1247@gmail.com
Michelle Werner
michelle@hatchstaff.com


Homelessness Homelessness is continuing to affect more students an families in the School District of Waukesha. The affect of homelessness on students is vast and we want to ensure families can define their situation against criteria and receive support if needed.... please see the flyers below:

                

    


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: