Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Principal Blog Week of October 16th, 2023

Purpose Corner - Welcome to my blog for the 2023-2024 school year!! This week I talk about all of us moving together towards a common goal!!. The transcript of the video can be accessed through this link.



State Marching Band - Way to go Cadets!! The Cadets of Waukesha West finished in 2nd place at the State competition this past weekend in Class AAA to River Falls High School who had the highest score of all bands at the competition! The Cadets put on their best show of the season when it mattered most!! Additionally, a big round of applause to the Cadet Percussionists who won 1st place in their class and took home the trophy for Best Percussion!! You can catch the Cadets one more time this Sunday, October 22nd at the Cadet Community Celebration, here at Waukesha West of which the details are further down on this blog. Enjoy some pics I took from the competion, and a video of their perfromance below!!














State Girls Tennis - Congratulations to Stella Van Andel who forced an individual set tiebreaker and a match tiebreaker against Brookfield East before ending her season with a State Playoff appearance! It was a great senior season! Congratulations as well on a great season to Ava Hotter & Lilly Tinder who won their first round State doubles match against Badger High School 7-5, 6-3 but lost in round two to DePere High School!!



Kwik Trip Innovation - Congrats to West students Rida Suheer and Carlie Rousseau for great work!! You will have to read the "Freeman" article below to find out more...


Boys Soccer Conference Champs - Congrats to Coach Bryce Warner and the Varsity Boys Soccer team on their Classic 8 Conference Champioship!! The first in Coach Warners tenure!



Macbeth - The West End Players' production of Macbeth opens this Friday night and runs through the weekend. Break a leg!!! Show times are at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 20th, and Saturday, October 21st, and 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 22nd. Tickets can be purchased online at westdrama.com and will also be available at the door. Contact Kim Dutelle with any questions about the show at kadutelle@waukesha.k12.wi.us

 



"Cadet Community Day" 1st Annual - This Sunday, October 22nd come and join us for the first annual Cadet Community Day featuring live music of course and more! See the flyer below for all of the details! Additionally you can help the Waukesha West Band raise money for their upcoming Disneyland LA trip with a Ford Test Drive! From 2 pm-6 pm, anyone 18 and older with a valid driver's license can test drive a Ford at West High School. See additional details linked  Drive For Your School Information




AP Letter & Information for Exams! - A reminder that AP exam registration is due by November 8th, 2023! Here is a link to the "AP Letter" that has all of the information students and families need about this process. This information has been sent to all families and is also in our daily announcements!!


Infinite Campus for grade checks! - This is your friendly reminder to check grades in Infinite Campus (IC) as teachers have posted student progress grades at the 4-1/2 week mark which is halfway through quarter one of the school year. This grade is a sample in time. Please reach out to any teachers for which you have questions about your childs classroom grade!

Principal Advisory Committee - The Principal Advisory Council for 2023-2024 has been set and we will be meeting for the first time tomorrow, Wednesday, October 18th. The meeting minutes will be shared out monthly through my blog. Please contact any one of the representatives (below) to bring up topics or questions you have to bring forward for our meeting next week:

Manisha Nabke mynabke@hotmail.com
Robin Herbnerrherbner@gmail.com
Audra O'Connellaudraoconnellis@gmail.com
Melissa SheraMelissa_marie423@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Mcdowell
elizabeth.mcdowell526@gmail.com
Kari Doepke Teamdoepkewarnes@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!!