Monday, May 11, 2020

May 11th Weekly Blog (COVID-19 Edition)

Weekly Video Update - This week I look to remind all stakeholders about important dates coming up as we come down to the final month of this school year. 

Please click here for this 1:50 video

CTEERS... What in the world is this?? - Juniors & Seniors complete the CTEERS survey with regards to your post-high school plans!!! It is a Qualtrics survey that was sent to you recently!! It is 9 questions in length and is critical for the future funding of West High School Career & Techincal Education programs...please take the small amount of time to fill it out, as the more who fill it out, the more funding West can acquire to enhance our CTE programming!! Thank you in advance.

West Choir Teacher News Story... Mr. Moore, the West Choir Director has utilized this virtual time to get creative with and share his passion for music, please access the story below that recently ran on CBS 58 to see what this looks like.

Click here to access this news story...


Graduation Letter - Please see the letter below that was shared with West families via email last week:

Dear Families of the class of 2020,


During this continued pandemic, the health and safety of all of our students and families continue to be our top priority. We understand that this has been a difficult time for families, especially for our seniors who will be graduating.


Thank you to the many students who completed a survey regarding graduation options. 
Based on student responses, our graduates overwhelmingly prefer in-person graduation later in the summer, rather than virtual graduation in June. 


Governor Evers's decision to close schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year means that no school events can take place before June 30, 2020. Therefore, we are selecting Saturday, July 18, 2020, as our graduation date with an outdoor morning ceremony at West High School. The ceremony will begin at 11:00 A.M.  Should this day not work due to inclement weather or any other unforeseen circumstance, we will use Saturday, July 25th, 2020 as our alternate date. Further communications will be issued with details regarding the logistics of the graduation ceremony.


We appreciate your patience and support during this ever-evolving public health crisis. We are continuously following the directives of federal, state, and local governments and agencies while trying to accommodate the requests of our families. We will keep you apprised of any updates.


We are excited to be planning and celebrating with you and your graduate in July!


Sincerely,


Ryan J. Patt

South Graduation - 8:00 A.M.
North Graduation - 9:30 A.M.



End of Year Letter - 





Parent Resource - Below is a one-page parent resource document that was shared via email last week. It may be useful for you in this stay-at-home environment. Here is the link to the official document.





U.S. News Best High Schools - According to U.S. News & World Report, West High School was ranked 1,189 out of 17,792 high schools nationally who qualified, putting us in the top 7% of high schools in the nation! We ranked 32 out of 551 high schools statewide putting us in the top 6% comparatively in the state of Wisconsin! The entire Waukesha West community contributes to this distinction and we need to celebrate it while keeping our growth mindset! Way to go West!





Housing Instability - Please see the information below if you or any families you are aware of with students within the School District of Waukesha are experiencing housing instability.





Archived Announcements (Link) Please access this link to find all of the information in our daily announcements from previous weeks.