Monday, December 6, 2021

Principal Blog Week of 12/06/21

Purpose Corner -This week I share with the West community more detail about our evacuation this past Friday. We will continue to support our students and the West community as we worked through a long week last week. The transcript of the video can be accessed through this link.




Welcome to West Night - It is an expectation for students at West High School to stretch themselves and select a rigorous course schedule. For all underclassmen, the scheduling process happens in early February, but we encourage our students and families to begin thinking about that schedule today. All current families are welcome to attend our “Welcome to West Night” which is TONIGHT to connect with teachers and learn more about courses and programs we offer at West. Below is the one-page flyer for this event, we hope to see you there!!




School Report Card - The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has recently released the 2020-21 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 "Exceeding Expectations" because of the investment of our staff, students, parents, and community members. The criteria of this Report Card do 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. I want to specifically highlight our "Growth" score which is an indicator that our staff works hard to ensure students progress in their achievement. This score is better than 92% of Wisconsin high schools. Below I have the overall score and growth score visible. You can access the Waukesha West School Report Card for more detailed information here.




Principal Advisory Committee - The Principal Advisory Council for 2021-2022 met most recently on Wednesday, November 17th. Please access the updated meeting minutes linked here. Please contact any one of the representatives (below) to bring up topics or questions you have to bring forward for next month's meetings.

Angela Schaaf
Erica Kasseckert
ericak0409@gmail.com
Keva Estrada
Fourestrada@gmail.com
Kim Sadowski
kimbersadowski@gmail.com
Karen Anderson
Tera Nehring
 Teranehring@gmail.com
Michelle Cameron
Krista Bitzan
Dean Chyla
dean@chyla.com 
Patti Bloom
pbloom27@wi.rr.com
Susan Fogelstrom


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