Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Principal Blog Week of March 20th, 2023

Have a great Spring Break!! - Wow, we are three-quarters of the way done with the school year. I wish everyone in the West community a restful Spring Break that has been well-earned by all! I look forward to all students coming back refreshed and ready to finish the school year strong! Go Wolverines... WHOOP!!!




Schedule for the Week of April 3rd, 2023 - There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 7th which modifies the weekly schedule for the week of April 3rd, when we come back from Spring Break. The 4-day week will have us skip our Monday schedule and run a Tuesday through Friday weekly schedule beginning on April 3rd. This is reflected in the color-coded calendar below which is also available on the West website.




AcaDec at State! - Congratulations to the 2022-23 Waukesha West Academic Decathlon team! The team finished First in Division 1 and brought home silver medals for the SuperQuiz event, which was held in front of a live audience. Special shoutouts to Leah Peña, who was the team's top scorer at Regionals, and Ava Schumacher, who was the team's top scorer at State. The team continues a longstanding legacy of AcaDec excellence! Way to go!!




Model UN State Conference - On Thursday, March 16th, and Friday, March 17th our Model United Nations delegates competed at the UW-Madison state conference. Congratulations to Bennett Warp, Valerie Bratt, Sophie Xuan, and Caroline Oestreicher for their Outstanding Resolution on Citizen's Rights to Privacy in Matters of International Security. Brigid Simmons for her Distinguished Delegate portrayal as Argentina on the Global Education Crisis. Samantha Dunahee, Annika Anchan, Sophie Xuan, Bennett Warp, Brigid Simmons, Alexandra Marquez-Elizalde, and Kurt Werner for Best Overall
Delegation in their portrayal of Argentina. Thank you students for doing a fantastic job of representing West!



WSMA State Qualifiers - Congratulations to all of the soloists/ensembles who received a 1* rating at WSMA this past weekend and will be advancing to the WSMA State Solo and Ensemble Festival at UW-Whitewater in April. Vocal soloists: Alex Bonell, Sophie Simonson, Maddy Hyland, Owen McGinnis, Ethan Vanden Heuvel, Julia Camp. Vocal ensemble: MasterSingers Choir. Orchestra soloists: Grace Lee, Ava Schumacher, Laura Tauzell, Sophie Vella, Brigid Simmons, Kevin Rodefer, Lisa Eapen. Orchestra ensemble: Chamber Orchestra. Band soloists: Ani Warnes, Sydney Johnson, Jack Tenwinkel, Nathan Weber, Eli Hubbard, Ian Dutter, Owen Ruck, Lauren Chyla. Band ensembles: Jazz Ensemble 1, Jazz Combo, Brass Choir, Flute Choir, Saxophone Choir, Percussion Ensemble, Brass Quintet, Trombone Quartet.




eSports at State!! - Congratulations to the Waukesha West Esports team for placing 4th in the State Rocket League tournament out of 20 teams in attendance! Go Wolverines!!




Senior Vs. Staff Basketball Game - The game is this Friday, March 24th. In my previous blog post, I shared some training pictures of me dunking as I predicted that my hard work would pay off and we will once again beat the Seniors. Just to show that hard work does pay off I am 78% sure this is me after our last staff championship game holding the trophy and donning my Waukesha Celtics warm-up top and my Waukesha East-side all-star shorts of which I plan to take a similar picture in this outfit this year after our victory! Let's go staff!!! My hair is simply amazing.



Athletic Leadership Conference
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Leadership is not always a natural fit for individuals. Like anything else, leadership skills can be enhanced in individuals and purposeful conversations can bring groups together for achieving more. Please read the details of our recent Athletic Leadership Conference. I would like to thank Athletic Director Kyle LeMieux, the staff, coaches, and the student leaders for working hard to put this amazing event together! It has a profound impact on our school culture and I am excited to see the results within our teams!  West's 11th annual Leadership Conference (LC23) saw nearly 300 student-athletes participate in the conference, which was organized and led by Kyle LeMieux and a small team of student leaders. It was a fantastic day filled with group activities, team-focused discussions, individual reflections, inspirational speakers, and strategies on how athletics can be an ideal platform for building effective leaders. Enjoy some pics from the event below:











Graduation 2023 - Graduation day for all three Waukesha legacy high schools will be Saturday, June 10th, 2023. Waukesha West High School will be holding graduation ceremonies in the West Fieldhouse on this date beginning at 1:00 P.M. As we are one community divided into three high schools, graduation times among all three high schools are staggered to enable friends and family to attend multiple ceremonies if they so choose. South High School ceremonies will begin at 9:00 A.M. and North High School ceremonies will begin at 11:00 A.M. on this date. Please begin informing friends and family who will be attending!





New Scholarship Blog is active!! - This scholarship blog site is linked here and is accessible through our school website. Students can search for all the different scholarships available such as West only, Local, WEF (Waukesha Educational Foundation), State, and National scholarships. Pay close attention to deadlines as some applications will not be available until the New Year. You can also sign up to receive email alerts each time a new scholarship is uploaded. Please see Mrs. Brown in Student Services with any questions or email her at jbrown@waukesha.k12.wi.us




College Tuesdays for all Seniors!! - Starting now, every Tuesday from 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. at our district Lindholm building located at 222 Maple Ave. in Waukesha, Senior students can get support with college applications, scholarships, FAFSA, job applications, resumes, and other general questions. School district staff will be in rooms 213 and 215. Please see the flyers below:




Principal Advisory Committee - The Principal Advisory Council for 2022-2023 met last on Wednesday, March 15th, 2023. The meeting minutes are linked here. Please contact any one of the representatives (below) to bring up topics or questions you have to bring forward for our next meeting which will be held on Wednesday, April 19th.

Angela Schaaf
Carri Marlow
carrimarlow@yahoo.com
Christy GrunewaldChristygrunewald@gmail.com
Danielle Larkiammizlark@gmail.com
Elizabeth Mcdowell
elizabeth.mcdowell526@gmail.com
Jennifer Micheau
JMicheau@waukeshacounty.gov
Kari Doepke Teamdoepkewarnes@gmail.com
 Kristin Fredrick
Lesley Grider
griderville@gmail.com
Wendy Hamilton
wendyhamilton4@gmail.com

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

GO WOLVERINES...WHOOP!!