Purpose Corner -This week I share with the West community the announcement I made to our entire student body this past Monday morning as we started school for the first time since the Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy. The announcement focuses on the support of our students. We will continue to support our students and the West community as we work through processing all that has happened. Our hearts are with all of those who are grieving!! The transcript of the video can be accessed through this link.
Support from others... - Along with the greater Waukesha community, West High School is thankful for all of the encouragement and support we are receiving from the outside. AVID is a nationwide program of which all Waukesha secondary schools implement. I wanted to give a shout-out to Madison East High School (Thank You!!) and some of their AVID students who handwrote and sent encouragement to our AVID students upon learning about the parade tragedy. Below is an example of that encouragement...
Monday, December 6th Daily Schedule - We have adjusted the Monday, December 6th schedule for next week. We adjusted some morning class times only by five minutes in order to give us additional time during our Advisory period to complete the student YRBS survey. This is not a significant change. Below is the updated schedule.
West One Act State - Congratulations to our One Act Play cast and crew on their annual amazing performance at the state competition. Their play of "Lend Me A Tenor" took home numerous awards including the highest honor of the "Critics Choice" award! They also received recognition for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Technical, Outstanding Crew, 7 - Outstanding Actor/Actress awards, and the award for Outstanding Director! Below is a video of their performance:
Girls State Swim Shout Out - Congratulations to Livi Wanner, Tori Brostowitz, Karlee Marusik, Elizabeth Beam, Clarie Wright, Ellana Brown, Zowie Farence for placing 4th at the Wisconsin Swim and Dive State Championship!
The relay team of Elizabeth Beam, Claire Wright, Tori Brostowitz, and Livi Wanner placed 2nd, breaking the school record!
In the 200 free, Karlee Marusik placed 14th!
In the 200 IM, Claire Wright placed 15th, and Tori Brostowitz placed 2nd, breaking the school record!
In the 50 free, Livi Wanner placed 4th breaking the school record!
In the 200 free relay, Karlee Marusik, Zowie Farence, Ellana Brown, and Claire Wright placed 16th!
In the 100 backstroke, Karlee Marusik placed 16th and Elizabeth Beam placed 4th, breaking the school record!
In the 100 breaststroke, Claire Wright placed 9th, and Tori Brostowitz placed 2nd, breaking the school record!
In the 400 free relay, Livi Wanner, Elizabeth Beam, Karlee Marusik, and Tori Brostowitz placed 3rd, breaking the school record! Congrats on a phenomenal season!
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” on Monday, December 6th 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!!
Student Of the Month (SOM) - If you were not aware, every month each of our departments chooses a student to recognize for a variety of reasons. They are then called up to the office to receive that recognition and are celebrated by us! We definitely enjoy celebrating them more than they do on most occasions, but below is a sneak peek into what this looks like...
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.
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Erica Kasseckert | ericak0409@gmail.com |
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Tera Nehring | Teranehring@gmail.com |
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Patti Bloom | pbloom27@wi.rr.com |
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