It's Homecoming Week 2021!!!

Homecoming Week 2021!! - This week we celebrate Homecoming 2021!! Today was round one of our Powder Puff football which saw our Seniors beat the Sophomores and our Juniors beat the Freshmen. The final Powder Puff games will be held Friday morning in the Wolverine Stadium where the whole school will have release to watch. Below is a schedule of what will be happening this week for our students:

Homecoming 2021

• Tuesday, September 28th: Jersey Day and Hallway Decorating from 3:15 to 6:00 pm

• Wednesday, September 29th: Class Color/Class T-shirt Day

Senior - Black

Juniors - Green

Sophomores - Yellow

Freshman - Blue

• Thursday, September 30th: neon Day  and school bon-fire at 6:30-8:00pm 

• Friday, October 1st: West Spirit Day! Powder Puff Finals and Pep Rally during the day

• Saturday, October 2nd: Homecoming Dance from 7:00 to 10:00 PM

Family Connect Conferences October 6th, 2021! - Our final night "Family Connect" conferences will be from 4:30pm - 7:00pm on Wednesday, October 6th. These will be done virtually. We will be continuing 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. Is there anything you would like me to know about your family that will help and support the continued success of your student at West?

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?

The sign-up for the "Family Connect" conferences is linked here.

National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist! - West High School is proud to recognize Ethan Wanner, Class of 2022, who has been named a Semifinalist in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program:

This year there are approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program with the opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million.

 

The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

 

Next steps? Semifinalists must submit a detailed scholarship application and provide information regarding academic records, school and community activities, leadership abilities, employment, honors, and awards.

 

Finalists are selected in February.

Best of luck moving forward in this process Ethan!!!

Wall of Fame - Another part of our Homecoming festivities is the addition of our newest members to the West "Wall of Fame." This Friday we will be honoring Joanna (Wu) Galante Class of 2006 and Erik Sowinski Class of 2008 into our West Wall of Fame. They will be on campus with us this Friday to engage with students and will be recognized prior to our Homecoming football game. The West "Wall of Fame" members are denoted with plaques hung up on the right side wall of our main entrance atrium.

Fox River Marching Band Invitational - A shout out to the Cadets of Waukesha West on a great performance of "Celtic Awakening" this past Sunday at their own invitational in windy conditions. Keep up the great work Cadets and I look forward to a strong finish! A big thank you to Mrs. Kali Granzow, Mr. David Farmer, and the marching band parents for all of their work in making this a great event. A special thank you to Mike Kowalski who was honored at the invitational for his 23 years of volunteer service to the Cadets, thank you, Mike! It is wonderful to enjoy all the variety this competition brings among all of the participating schools.

JIT (Just-In-Time) - Please see the information below that describes the expectations of our JIT support. As we partner to ensure students are succeeding, JIT is a critical part of that journey. For next week we have over 120 students coming in for JIT time with their teacher!!! This is to ensure our students start strong in their academics!

JIT - Just In Time! (New)

WHO? 

Any student who has a failed learning target at every 4 ½ week progress check or before that time.

OR

 Any student who is missing work for that previous

week or is in need of academic support in that class.

               WHAT?

The student is assigned in IC for a two-week period to receive teacher support in order to complete missing work and be passing the learning target. Students may be released early based on completed work. Students may be grouped together to work on similar targets/summatives

WHEN?

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:20-

7:50 A.M. Attendance will be taken and recorded in IC.

Standard email communication to both

parents/guardians and student

Blackboard - Parents/Guardians!! Please see the information below so you can access your student's Blackboard pages!! 

Directions on our Public Tech Help Site

 

• Parent Login Process:  Blackboard is a communication portal for families to access learning resources; 

• these directions on our Public Tech Help Site demonstrate how parents log in to Blackboard

AP Letter 2021-2022 - Please access the link below for important information regarding AP testing for this year.   

Important AP Information 2021

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

GO WOLVERINES...WHOOP!!

Off to a great start!!!

 Purpose Corner - What is "Purpose Corner?" It is mostly the video component of my blog that focuses on things that are happening at West. They may be part of other communications you have received, but I look to make it more relevant with a personal touch so the community can at least hear me speak about topics if they choose. This week I talk about how parents can access Blackboard as well as what JIT (Just-In-Time) is and what that may mean for you and your student. The transcript of the video can be accessed through this link.

JIT (Just-In-Time) - Please see the information below that describes the expectations of our JIT support. As we partner to ensure students are succeeding, JIT is a critical part of that journey.

JIT - Just In Time! (New)

WHO? 

Any student who has a failed learning target at every 4 ½ week progress check or before that time.

OR

 Any student who is missing work for that previous week or is in need of

academic support in that class.

                        WHAT?

The student is assigned in IC for a two-week period to receive teacher support in order to complete missing work and be passing the learning target. Students may be released early based on completed work. Students may be grouped together to work on similar targets/summatives

WHEN?

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:20- 7:50 A.M. Attendance

will be taken and recorded in IC.

Standard email communication to both parents/guardians and student

Blackboard - Parents/Guardians!! Please see the information below so you can access your student's Blackboard pages!! 

Directions on our Public Tech Help Site

 

• Parent Login Process:  Blackboard is a communication portal for families to access learning resources; 

• these directions on our Public Tech Help Site demonstrate how parents log in to Blackboard

West High School Information - Below are a few important pieces of information to keep in mind:

• A reminder that we have a no backpack policy - all backpacks must be kept in the students' locker during the school day.

• Only Juniors and Seniors are allowed to have lunch release. Freshmen and Sophomores must remain in the building.

• "Family Connect" conferences will be from 4:30pm - 7:00pm on Wednesday, September 22nd, and during the same time again on Wednesday, October 6th. These will be done virtually. We will be continuing 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. Is there anything you would like me to know about your family that will help and support the continued success of your student at West?
  

  
  

  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?
• The sign-up for the "Family Connect" conferences with detailed information will be sent out in the near future.

Picture Retakes

If you wanted to have a picture retaken, there will be an opportunity for this on Thursday, October 7th during the lunch hour.

Masks optional

Masks are optional for students during the school day to begin the 2021-2022 school year.

Masks are required on busses

All students who ride on busses for transportation to school or extracurricular events must wear a mask per federal law. 

Parent Drop Off/Pickup

For students who get dropped off or picked up, there are two designated locations. They are in the circle drive at our main entrance, or at our pool/Fieldhouse entrance. There is no parking in the fire lane when dropping off or picking up at the pool/Fieldhouse entrance. The road behind West High School is a one-way drive where only our buses drop off and pick up students. See map below:

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

GO WOLVERINES...WHOOP!!