School Report Card - The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has recently released the 2018-19 state School Report Cards for all public schools in Wisconsin. I’m sharing our score with you for this past school year as we are proud of "Significantly Exceeding Expectations" for the second straight year because of the investment of our staff, students, parents, and community members. The criteria of this Report Card does not take into account all of the outstanding things that happen at West High School on a daily basis, but it is a measure that we celebrate as one indicator of our school's academic level. To give you a context, our state Report Card score for the 2015-2016 school year was 65.9 which “Meets Expectations," for 2016-2017 was 74.2 which “Exceeded Expectations," for 2017-2018 was 84.7 "Significantly Exceeds Expectations," and for 2018-2019 " 83.4 "Significantly Exceeds Expectations." You can access the Waukesha West School Report Card here. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any further questions.
Girls Swimming - Congratulations to State Meet Participants: Rebecca Beam, Claire Wright, Campbell Hilson, Ava Mueller as they competed this past weekend at the state meet without any hardware to show but what an accomplishment to compete at that level!
Varsity Football - This past Friday night the Wolverines lost a tough battle to Waunakee in their level four WIAA playoff game. Thank you for an outstanding season with making it to the Division 2 state semi-final game!!
West One Act - Congrats to the cast and crew of the One-Act play "Proof" for their performance in the sectional qualifier two weekends ago at Waukesha West. Nineteen schools performed, and West advanced to State with the highest-rated show of that weekend as they have continued their annual dominance of being one of the areas top drama programs. Next up is the State competition on November 22nd at UWM. Best of luck!!!
Boys Soccer - Erich Legut....Congrats!! See Below:
Stretch Class - Our data has been clear at West for the past several years in that 90% of West students state they will go on to a two or four year college for their post-high school education, yet only 50% of students will make it past year one and that is why we push as a school to prepare our students better. A big part of preparing students to meet the challenges of the next level is course selection. With course scheduling coming up in a couple of months it is time to think about stretching your academic resume. A stretch class is rigorous, possibly AP or Honors, a class that a college admissions counselor would find impressive, and/or a class that will help you reach your fullest potential as a student. You could also choose to take an additional class instead of a study hall. This is a goal class for you. Think about what content area you excel in and stretch in that area or try something new and challenging!!
Principal Advisory Committee - Below are the names of the individuals on the Principal Advisory Council for 2019-2020. We will be meeting this Wednesday, November 20th so please contact any one of the representatives with questions you may have for our meeting. Please access the minutes for more information about our discussions for this school year. The meeting minutes are linked here:
Nate Houlton
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Nvhcoach@yahoo.com (Gr. 10)
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Cortney Youngblood
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cortneyyoungblood@gmail.com (Gr. 10)
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Jackie Papageorge
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jackie@gpg3.com (Gr.10)
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Michelle Cameron
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tiki424ma@gmail.com (Gr. 10)
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Jennifer Schmeichel
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jschmeichel@bethany.org
(Gr. 11)
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Wendy Dahl
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wdahl@gswise.org (Gr. 12)
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Michelle Kuokkanen
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mkuokkanen@yahoo.com
(Gr. 12)
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Carri Marlow
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carrimarlow@yahoo.com
(Gr. 9)
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Clifton Hoffman
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Clif.hoffman@att.net (Gr. 9)
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Katie Pantzlaff
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pantzkat@gmail.com (Gr. 9)
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Kristi Fischer
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kristifischer17@gmail.com
(Gr. 9)
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Wendy Hamilton
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wendyhamilton4@gmail.com (Gr. 11)
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Archived Announcements (Link) Please access this link to find all of the information in our daily announcements from previous weeks.
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