Last blog of the 2023-2024 school year!
Memorial Day - Is coming up and unofficially marks the end of the school year and begins the anticipation of the start of summer. I wish all West families a wonderful summer! Please remember this holiday is about remembering those throughout the almost 248-year history of our nation who made the ultimate sacrifice to give their lives in defense of it for the freedoms we enjoy every day!
Teacher Appreciation Week Follow-Up - I did send a thank you email to families for showing your support of our staff with your donations for Teacher Appreciation Week last week. Just wanted to say it again!! Thank you for your support!
Locker Clean Out - Just a reminder that the first date of locker clean out will be Monday, May 20th during Homeroom. Students during the first part of Homeroom will quietly and swiftly start locker cleanout. There will be large garbage cans in the hallways and staff will help supervise to keep this moving fast, the noise level to a minimum and so students do not leave a mess behind. Students are the responsible after this to get things they missed cleaned out by June 3rd as we will be cleaning out everything left behind to donate what we can or discard items as needed.
Early Release Schedule for Friday, May 24th - This is your friendly reminder that we have an early release Friday schedule for all students on Friday, May 24th. The schedule for that day is below.
Final Exam Schedule - The Semester II Final Exam schedule is below and also linked here.
Graduation 2024 - Graduation day for all three Waukesha Legacy high schools will be Saturday, June 8th, 2024. Waukesha West High School will be holding graduation ceremonies in the West Fieldhouse on this date beginning at 11:00 A.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 1:00 P.M. on this date. Please begin informing friends and family who will be attending! Access this link to see all things our Graduates must do to prepare for graduation!
By earning a national ranking in the top 40%, West High School achieved status as a U.S. News Best High School and gained eligibility to display a U.S. News-trademarked 2023-2024 Best High Schools award “badge” (logo). Waukesha West High School was ranked as number 2,285 out of 17,660 high schools nationally and number 68 out of 569 high schools statewide based on U.S. News criteria. That puts West High School in the top 13% of schools in our nation and the top 12% in our state!!
West Scholarship & Awards Night - On Wednesday, May 29th we will have the honor to recognize West Senior students who will be attending colleges and universities and the scholarship/awards they earned for attending. West students collectively will be receiving over 1 million dollars for their post-secondary education!! I want to recognize this event and all of the hard work that has been put in by the students who will be recognized!
Seal of Biliteracy & Global Scholars - On Wednesday evening May 29th, we will celebrate West's Seal of Biliteracy recipients and Global Scholars. We commend these students for their hard work, academic achievement, and commitment to multilingualism. Students who achieve this honor will receive a cord of distinction for our graduation ceremonies. Félicitations! Félicidades! Congratulations!
What are these awards:
Seal of Biliteracy: Awarded to seniors by school districts, as approved by the State of Wisconsin, in 49 States who are able to demonstrate achievement:
a Level 4 or above on the AP Spanish or French Assessment, or a Level IH on all indicators of the AAPPL Assessment (for languages other than these, contact D)
A score of 18 or higher on the ACT ELA or Reading Sections, or if an English Learner of Former English Learner, am Access Score of 4 or above.
An essay in English and an essay in the partner language following specific prompt guidelines.
The Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy, in addition:
Global Scholars Award: Awarded to seniors by the State of Wisconsin who are able to demonstrate completion and participation:
2024 - 2025 Board-Approved School Calendar - Below is the board-approved calendar for the 24-25 school year and you can access it through this link or through the West website.
Principal Advisory Committee - The Principal Advisory Council for 2023-2024 met most recently on Wednesday, May 18th. The meeting minutes for our April 17th meeting are linked here. I will share the May meeting minutes when they are complete. This was our final meeting of the year and I want to thank the members of the council who gave up their time on Wednesday nights to represent our parent community who are listed below!! Thank you!! | Manisha Nabke | mynabke@hotmail.com |
| Robin Herbner | rherbner@gmail.com |
| Audra O'Connell | audraoconnellis@gmail.com |
| Melissa Shera | Melissa_marie423@yahoo.com |
Elizabeth Mcdowell | elizabeth.mcdowell526@gmail.com |
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| Kari Doepke | Teamdoepkewarnes@gmail.com |
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Wendy Hamilton | wendyhamilton4@gmail.com
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