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Happy Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week!! - I am honored to work with a staff that is comprised of outstanding individual people, who give everything they have for students everyday!! These are unique times and I am very proud of how the West staff has adjusted and responded. Thank you! This past Monday our administration and office staff showed our appreciation by delivering Papa Murphy's pizza and cookie dough for a meal. We also brought along a yard sign... enjoy the pics below and please access a great video here which honors our staff and all educators!! I encourage all of you reading this to please reach out and show appreciation for our staff this week!!
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 -
Principal Advisory Committee - The Principal Advisory Council for 2019-2020 met with me virtually on Tuesday, April 28th. We will be meeting again in May. Please contact any one of the representatives (below) with feedback and/or questions about anything West related, now that we are finishing the year in the virtual world. Please access the meeting minutes 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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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.
