Teacher Appreciation Week!! - I have the distinct pleasure to be able to observe our teaching staff on a daily basis. I am always impressed with their hard work and dedication to our students. It is common for the West administrative team to compare the teaching profession to that of a brain surgeon in that on a daily basis an average of 150 students per teacher come to them with variables of health, safety, stress, anxiety, apathy, exuberance, joy, sorrow, success and failure that affect how they learn during any given hour of any day and that their job is to navigate these variables to ensure student success! I do not know of any individuals more dedicated to this than the staff at Waukesha West, thank you for all you do for our students!!
Graduation Information - This has been buried in my blog for the past couple of months, but because we are only a little more than a month away from graduation I wanted to make it front and center:
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.
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.
Dance Expectations - This weekend is the Waukesha West prom. The grand march is in the West field house beginning at 4:00 P.M. The doors for the dinner and dance will open at 6:00 P.M. and the dance ends at 11:00 P.M. Below is a video reminder around dance expectations:
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Important School Fees!! - For the past few months, I have included a blurb about school fees in this blog and the importance of utilizing our Infinite Campus system for checking fees and grades. With graduation coming up I want to remind all Seniors that not paying past or current fees could result in not walking for graduation. We want to do all we can as a school to work with families to avoid any loss of privilege because of unpaid fees so please pay your fees or reach out to Kirsten Ellsworth my Administrative Assistant to ask questions regarding your circumstance. For all other students, please do the same so you do not accumulate fees and end up in a difficult situation as a Senior. Infinite Campus is also a resource to check on student progress...please utilize this system to stay engaged with the academics of your child.
Booster Club Thanks - Our Booster Club works hard to support our student/athletes. They spent lots of volunteer hours to boost the culture of our programs. I wanted to recognize some of those volunteers who worked concessions this past weekend. I know it happens often, but they were an example of how people go above and beyond for our students by working long hours on behalf of our students. Thank you, it is appreciated.
West Robotics Students - Core 2062 finished the year on a high note by competing in the FIRST World Championships in Detroit this past April 27th with a quarterfinal loss. I want to recognize West student Nathan Andrus for this accomplishment as part of the district's robotics team Core 2062.
State Solo Ensemble - On the weekend of April 27th West students had State Solo Ensemble at UW-Whitewater. At this competition there are various sites where students perform. Each site nominates two of its best to win an Exemplary Award. In the end, only one individual (or group) is picked to actually win the award. This year, the music department at West had eight nominations and four winners. Congrats to the nominees and winners listed 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 here: West Main Page Calendar (Link)
