Monday, February 18, 2019

February 18th Weekly Blog

Black History Month - As you walk through the halls of West High School this month you will notice posters and information about different African-Americans such as Jesse Owens or the Tuskegee Airmen and more as we celebrate Black History Month along with the diversity of our families, students, and staff. I encourage all visitors, students, and staff to stop at these posters and learn about the accomplishments of these outstanding individuals and their contributions to our countries history!





IMPORTANT Schedule for ACT Testing Week - This week 1/18/19 


Monday, February 18 - is a Tuesday Schedule
Tuesday, February 19 - is a Wednesday Schedule

Wednesday, February 20 - All Sophomore and Junior ACT - No school for Freshmen 
                                           and Seniors

Thursday, February 21 - All Junior ACT WorkKeys - grades 9,10, and 12 follow a 
                                       Thursday schedule

Friday, February 22 - is a Friday Schedule


Boys Basketball Conference Champions!! - Our Varsity Boys Basketball team captured at least a share of the Classic 8 Conference title with their victory over CMH this past Thursday. Congrats to the boy's team for winning their first conference title since 2001! The boys look to win the title outright with a victory over Mukwonago this Friday night February 21st at West High School! Please come out and join in the quest to be the lone team atop the Classic 8!!



State-bound Wrestler!! - Congratulations to sophomore wrestler CJ Grisar who is the wrestling Sectional Champion at 132 and punched his ticket to the WIAA State Wrestling tournament this weekend! Good luck CJ!

 


State Snowboarding - Congratulations to the West Snowboard Team for taking 6th place at State this past Saturday! Great job team and best of luck at Nationals!

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Boys Swim Team - Congrats to our Boys Varsity Swim team and their participation this past weekend at the state competition, it was an excellent season and we are proud of your representation of West High School throughout the season!!


Leap of Faith - As always the West End Players have an outstanding production coming up for the greater Waukesha community to enjoy. Please see the informational flyer below:

Parent/Teacher Conferences in February - We will be having one night of Parent/Teacher conferences at West High School tomorrow on Tuesday, February 19th. Conferences will start at 4:00 P.M. and go until 7:30 P.M. We will be continuing on with our recent format for these conferences by having them as an appointment only. Please access this link to sign up for conferences!


West Fishing Club - Yesterday during the all-day snow, members of our West Fishing Club journeyed to a new lake to try their hand at some fresh catches, they did not land a large quantity but caught some lunkers...please enjoy the pics below...








Grades & Fees - January 18th, marked the end of Semester 1 and grades for the first semester have been posted. Please log in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal to view your student's grades. While you are in your Infinite Campus Parent Portal, please review your student's fees.  All 2018 - 2019 fees were due October 1st.  Please use the online RevTrak Portal accessible through Infinite Campus to pay your student's fees as soon as possible.  Outstanding fees are subject to collections by our Business Office. Thank you!

Principal Advisory Council - Below are the names of the individuals on the Principal Advisory Council for 2018-2019. We will be meeting on Wednesday, February 20th. Please access the minutes for more information about our discussions for this school year and connect with any of the listed representatives prior to our upcoming meeting with any questions you have or clarifications you need. 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

Challenge Day Momentum - Continuing with our "Challenge Day" momentum we most recently welcomed students back for the second semester with "Welcome Back Wednesday (which was Thursday because of the snow day)" where teachers were in specific locations welcoming our students back. I had positive bullhorn shout-outs in the main entrance, and know several teachers sported instruments, music, and karaoke!! Let's make it a great second semester! I encourage anyone to access the Challenge Day website to learn more about it. https://www.challengeday.org/


  



Graduation Information 2019 - Graduation day for the all three Waukesha legacy high schools will be Saturday, June 8th, 2019. Waukesha West High School will be holding graduation ceremonies in the West Fieldhouse on this date beginning at 2:00 P.M. As we are one community divided into three high schools, graduation times among all three high schools are staggered per usual to enable friends and family to attend multiple ceremonies if they so choose. South High School ceremonies will begin at 10:00 A.M. and North High School ceremonies will begin at 12:00 P.M. on this date. Please begin informing friends and family who will be attending.

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)