ACT School/District-wide Testing -ALL Juniors are required to be here and take the ACT (paid for by the state). ALL sophomores are required to be here to take a practice ACT on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020. The times are (approximately 7:30 to 12:30) And ALL 9th and 12th grades do NOT have school on that Tuesday. More information about the ACT day will be coming out in the near future.
Family Connect Conferences Sign Up is here!! - We will be having one night of Family Connect (formerly known as Parent/Teacher) conferences at West High School this Wednesday, 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 with a focus on family connection. The format of the connection time will be 7-minute conferences with teachers leading the conference by asking these two questions:
1. What successes and challenges has your student shared with you about their performance in this class?
2. What do I need to know about your student academically and/or personally in order for your student to have a successful learning experience in my class?
These conferences are in the place of traditional student/teacher conferences where grades and work completion were predominately discussed. Grades and work completion are just as important as they have always been, but technology allows families to track these things and communicate more efficiently with teachers. So, I have purposely changed the format so that connections can continue to be made to support student success. Why?... see the snippet below of this March, 12th 2019 Ed Week article on why relationships matter as in captures and reaffirms my thought process.
"People sometimes mistake a kind of casual familiarity and friendliness for the promotion of really deep relationships that are about a child's potential, their interests, their strengths, and weaknesses," said Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Southern California who studies the effects of emotions and mindsets on learning.
"A lot of teachers ... have really strong abilities to engage socially with the students, but then it's not enough," she said. "You have to go much deeper than that and actually start to engage with students around their curiosity, their interests, their habits of mind through understanding and approaching material to really be an effective teacher."
A reminder to all parents that the sign-up document has the teacher's room number and the questions they will be asking so please bookmark the link so you can access where teachers will be located. I will be sending out a map of our school via email for all families and will have copies available the night of "Family Connect." Finally, do not schedule back to back conferences as there is no travel time built into the schedule, be sure to give yourself time to travel our building.
Waukesha West State Snowboarding - Congratulations to Waukesha's West's Boy's Snowboard Team on their 3rd place finish at the state competition! This is the first time in program history that the team has medaled at state!!
Team Results:
2nd in BX, 2nd in GS, 5th in SL
3rd Overall
Individual top 20s for the day:
A.J. George (South): 6th BX, 6th GS, 7th SL- 6th overall
Individual top 20s for the day:
A.J. George (South): 6th BX, 6th GS, 7th SL- 6th overall
Zach Simons: 13th GS, 18th SL, - 16th overall
Kameron Komar: 16th BX, 17th GS
Joe Muren: 20th BX
Kameron Komar: 16th BX, 17th GS
Joe Muren: 20th BX
West End Players - See the flyer below and get your plans set to come and enjoy the work of our talented students!!
West Fishing Club - This past weekend, members of our West Fishing Club tried their hand at procuring some lunkers they did not land a large quantity but caught some large northern and bass!!...please enjoy the pics below...
Looking for work....become an AVID tutor! - The School District of Waukesha and West High School are continuing to look for AVID tutors. We are looking for people who want part-time work and are seeking to make a difference with our students. We have a consistent need district-wide to fill tutoring positions as AVID is continuing to bring success and is spreading throughout our district. Please consider joining our successes with AVID or pass this information along to someone you think would be a great fit. The flyer and information for the position are below:
Archived Announcements (Link) Please access this link to find all of the information in our daily announcements from previous weeks.
