Senior Vs. Staff Basketball Game - The game is this Friday, March 22nd. Will the Seniors finally win this year? The faculty keeps getting older but our Senior students are the same age, yet year after year we seem to be unbeatable! I have a strong feeling staff will conquer once again! Please see another recent picture I found of me in training as I have been working hard all year to be ready for this competition... I am 89% sure that may be me participating in the local Waukesha city slam dunk contest last week on a 7-foot hoop... though I seem to have lost quite a bit of hair in a short amount of time. I did not realize the Waukesha Expo Center could hold that many people, I took 1st out of one player (me) for my age bracket... bring it on Seniors!!
West Talent Show - This is one of the best events that take place at West High School. I have enjoyed the talents of our students when this show has been put on. Please sign up and try out as we want to see students shine! See the information below:
It is time for our students to sign up for the 2019 Waukesha West Talent Show! Students, if you have a passion for singing, dancing, spoken word, athletics magic tricks or anything unique to you, this is the show for you!! Sign up sheets are available in either the office (see Mrs. Dominick) or Mr. Jonas in F033. Both students and faculty are welcome to perform. If you have questions, see Mr. Jonas for details. Let's put on a great show, West!
Forensics - The Waukesha West Forensics team had their district festival/state-qualifying event at Waterford Union High School this past Saturday. Congrats to the following students who have qualified for the Wisconsin State Speech Festival in Madison on April 12: Tristan Watson, Maddie Roubik, Josh Calgaro, Ellie Shelley, Morgan Roberts, Brennan Kocovsky,Grace Felde, Parker Hellman, Matt Ballesteros, Tayler Kozlowski, Anna Flaherty, and Sophia Hoggatt. Congrats and best of luck at State!!
Student Recognition Part 1 - Naveen Albert has excelled as a student at West High School and has ventured into an elite company by standing out on the State and National levels. Naveen is a state record holder for categorical points in the Social Sciences for Academic Decathlon which means he is either tied with or has the best score for this category in the 36 years of event competition. Naveen has qualified as a National Merit Finalist which means out of 1.6 million students who took the PSAT nationwide, he is one of the 15,000 finalists (approximately top 1% of the country) who remain in the running to be one of the 7,500 to receive the distinctive scholarship that comes with being National Merit Scholar Recipient. Naveen has also been selected as a candidate in the 2019 United States Presidential Scholars Program. He is one of 116 candidates in the state of Wisconsin. Three million Senior students throughout the country are eligible to apply and scholarships will be awarded to 161 potential candidates of which Naveen is in the running. Again this is a top 1% of the country territory. Congratulations Naveen!!
Student Recognition Part 2 - Vinesh Janarthanan was awarded a 2019 Herb Kohl Student Excellence Scholarship. The Student Excellence Scholarship recipients have demonstrated excellence in the academic arena and high motivation to achieve, have displayed a broad range of activity and leadership outside the academic setting, and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond. This award goes only to 188 graduating Seniors state-wide. Congrats Vinesh!
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 meet this Wednesday, March 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
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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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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)
Next blog post will be April 8th, 2019
