Monday, October 1, 2018

October 1st Weekly Blog

"Homecoming 2018" - The theme for West Homecoming 2018 is "All around the World!" Spirit Week Themes are... Monday: PJ Day Tuesday: Tacky Tourist Wednesday: Class Color/T-Shirt Day Thursday: USA/America Friday: West Spirit. Class Hallway Decorating is tomorrow Tuesday, October 2nd right after school! Students, please be there to help make our hallway's look amazing and festive! Homecoming Dance permission slips are available in the main office from. Tickets for our dance are on sale all week and are $10 per person. 

Wall of Fame Induction - As part of our Homecoming tradition, this Friday we will be honoring the newest members of our West Wall of Fame, William (Bill) M. Strom and Jason Sansone, MD. All students and community members are invited to come and join us for the induction ceremony at 3:15 P.M. on Friday, October 15th in our main entrance atrium. Their induction credentials are below. 





"Challenge Day" is coming soon! - At West, we have continued to focus on a positive message for breaking down barriers among students through bringing "Challenge Day" to our campus the week of October 15th. Our Wolverine Leadership Academy has supported this program in coming to West High School. The "Challenge" week will involve three days of group activities which includes 100 students and 25 adults per day. Each day is a new group of students and a mostly a new group of adults. The fourth and final day will culminate with an all-school assembly on Thursday morning October 18th. Here is the link for the "Challenge Day" website for having a better understanding of what these days are about. Participation for staff and students is 100% voluntary. I look forward to seeing the positive impact these days will have on our school culture!  
Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences - We are having our two nights of Parent/Teacher conferences at West High School starting Thursday, October 18th from 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. and again on Tuesday, October 23rd from 4:00 - 6:00 P.M. Both nights of conferences are by appointment only. These appointments are ten minutes in length. To sign up for conferences click here. Teachers will be in their classrooms per our usual format. Teachers manage their own conferences so parents will experience different processes when 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 appointment slot if their child is meeting/exceeding expectations, but of course, all are parents welcome.

Principal Advisory Council - Below are the names of the individuals on the Principal Advisory Council for 2018-2019. We met most recently on Wednesday, September 26th and will continue to meet monthly throughout the school year. Please access the minutes for more information about our discussions for this school year. The meeting minutes are linked here:


Cheryl Jeffers
cmjeffers@yahoo.com
Bret Reichert
br@wi.rr.com
Bridget Clementi
clementi101@wi.rr.com
Deanna Krell
dkrell@wi.rr.com
Deshondria Baggett
dbaggett@wi.rr.com
Gail Young-Lane
jlane1@wi.rr.com
Jon Eckmann
Jon@promarkpainters.com
Kim Keller
kim.keller@wecenergygroup.com
Krista Bitzan
smileyfish76@hotmail.com
Lawrence Oberbruner
loberbruner@gmail.com
Lee Ann Jaskolka
Ljaskolka@wi.rr.com
Lori Johnston
ljohnstongd@gmail.com
Marilyn Toshner
mtoshner71@gmail.com

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 here: West Main Page Calendar (Link)