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"Homecoming Recap" - Thank you to all staff and students for an outstanding Homecoming week! School spirit was high along with some great Powder Puff play (Sophomore Champs!) and a great pep rally this past Friday afternoon. Saturday's dance once again showed how West students rise above others as their dancing was appropriate and overall every student did an outstanding job!! There were more than 700 hundred students in attendance...outstanding!!! Once again we honored two alumni of distinction during our ceremonies this past Friday, please enjoy the Wall of Fame inductees biographies.
"West teacher Showcase" - One of our English teachers Mrs. Amy Menzel was recently published in the Wisconsin English Journal. An excerpt and link below to her article, Just One More Thing, congratulations Amy! Her passion for reading is one of the multiple things our staff has done to grow the love of reading for West High School students and the results have been seen through our most recent ACT score. In the area of reading, our scores grew by almost a full point while the state average dropped from the year before! Keep up the great work!
"West Choirs" - Our main office is the fortunate recipient of choir practice on certain days. They come around to fill the halls with their gracious music, please enjoy the video taken of our choir practicing in front of our office staff....simply outstanding.
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"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
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cmjeffers@yahoo.com
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Bret Reichert
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br@wi.rr.com
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Bridget Clementi
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clementi101@wi.rr.com
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Deanna Krell
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dkrell@wi.rr.com
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Deshondria Baggett
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dbaggett@wi.rr.com
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Gail Young-Lane
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jlane1@wi.rr.com
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Jon Eckmann
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Jon@promarkpainters.com
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Kim Keller
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kim.keller@wecenergygroup.com
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Krista Bitzan
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smileyfish76@hotmail.com
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Lawrence Oberbruner
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loberbruner@gmail.com
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Lee Ann Jaskolka
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Ljaskolka@wi.rr.com
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Lori Johnston
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ljohnstongd@gmail.com
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Marilyn Toshner
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mtoshner71@gmail.com
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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)
NO BLOG NEXT WEEK on 10/15 as I will be out of the office and focused on Challenge Day!!! I will be back on the 22nd of October!
