November 13th Weekly Blog (No Blog Next Week!)

Veterans Day - I would like to thank all staff members, parents, community members and former students who are veterans of our armed forces for your service to our country!...and to our Interact Club for their efforts to honor our veterans this past Friday....In honor of Veterans Day, Interact will be handing out American Flag pins beginning at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. The first 500 students who would like to join our club in honoring all military by wearing the pin tomorrow and Saturday for Veterans Day can pick one up at either the main or pool entrance on your way into school. This is a great way to show our support for the men and women who sacrifice to keep our country safe!

" Welcome to West!" - We will be having our "Welcome to West Night" for all current Waukesha West families and prospective families on Monday, December 11th,  2017 from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. The night will allow all in attendance to choose from a variety of break out sessions for acquiring information prior to scheduling for next year. Please check out our flyer below for an overview and click on this link for more in depth information about the sessions that are available. Look forward to seeing you there!

Interact Club Rummage Sale - Waukesha West Interact Club is hosting it’s third annual community rummage sale on Saturday, November 18th from 10am - 4pm in the West Cafeteria. All proceeds are going to disabled veterans. We are looking for donations that are in good condition, especially young childrens clothes, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, tools, and coats. If you can help us out, please either leave your items at the front entrance desk or contact Mrs. Corrao (970-4017).  We hope to see you on the 18th! It is worth the trip!!

Academic & Career Planning Update - Academic & Career Planning (ACP) happens during our "Advisory" time at West High School. Our staff at West has worked hard to make the time relevant and meaningful to help students find personal success. Please access this link to see the updates on what was done during our Advisory time for ACP during quarter one. Also the graphic below talks about our purpose for ACP:
                                    

Varsity Football - Congrats on an amazing season! What awesome accomplishments of being outright Conference Champions and being one of the final four teams playing this past Friday state wide in our division! It was a tough end to a magical season, keep your heads held high as you have made us proud!

Fishing Club - A big thank you to Mr. Mark Anderson and Mr. Joe Jenna for organizing, supervising and participating in our first ever West Fishing Club outing this past Saturday morning. Thank you to the students and parents who participated as well and made the outing a smashing success. Please enjoy the pictures of the days catch!

Purpose Corner - Please enjoy this video as I once again discuss our direction as a school and our focus for increasing student achievement.

Please click here to access this 3:27 video

Field Trip Procedures - Please access this video as I discuss changes to our field trip procedures for this school year.

Please click here to access this 2:19 video 

West Drama (State Theatre Contest) - On November 16th and 17th, the cast and crew of the fall plays will be traveling to UW Whitewater for the State Theatre Contest. West's production of "Noises Off" was selected to be the showcase play of the weekend, and our production of the one act play "Wait Until Dark" will be vying to take home the contest's top award for the sixth straight year. Best of luck to our students and break a leg!

AP Test Registration...it has changed from last year..... - Please access the link below to our website for all the information you need to register fro AP tests and understand the changes that have occurred to that process for this school year. 

AP Registration and Information Link

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

Preview of this week: Please check the calendars by clicking on these two links to preview what is happening at West High School this week:

West Main Page Calendar (Link)

Wolverines Pride Athletics.Activities Site (Link) 

November 6th Weekly Blog

" Welcome to West!" - We will be having our "Welcome to West Night" for all current Waukesha West families and prospective families on Monday, December 11th 2017 from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. The night will allow all in attendance to choose from a variety of break out sessions for acquiring information prior to scheduling for next year. Please check out our flyer below for an overview and click on this link for more in depth information about the sessions that are available. Look forward to seeing you there!

Model UN - Two West students won awards at the recent Carthage Model UN Conference. Marin Hein won 2nd place for her essay on Global Climate Change in Relation to the UN Sustainability Goals and the Situation in Jammu/Kashmir, from the perspective of Vietnam. Luke Dykowski won 2nd place for his portrayal of Senegal in the Security Council. Congrats to both student who worker hard in their achievement in this competition!

West Woods Project - The West Woods Project has been ongoing since last spring and has had multiple staff and students volunteer their time and efforts to make a nice walking/running path through the woods located on the Southwest part of our campus. This past weekend saw over 25 West student volunteers work on the woods project. It started last spring with making a clear path through wooded thickets and has most recently seen several truckload of gravel laid down on the path. There is more work to do, but the pictures below show the gravel path that is half completed along with an approximate 800 pound rock that was dug out and put off to the side for a smooth path!

Girls Swim - The Wolverine/Crusader ladies traveled to Waukesha South on Saturday, November 4 for the 2017 WIAA Girls Swimming and Diving Sectional Meet. Our girls qualified for state in the 200 Medley Relay, the 500 Free, the 100 Back and in the 400 Free Relay. Congratulations girls and good luck!

Boys Soccer - The state semi-final game was a tough loss for our team. Our boys dominated every aspect of the game except the final score. They had approximately 40 shots on goal compared to approximately 6 for the other team but found themselves on the losing end of the scoreboard. Congrats on a great season!

Varsity Football - Congrats on a dominating victory this past Friday against Monona Grove. The Wolverines Football team travels to Oconomowoc for a Level 4 Play-Off Game Friday, November 10th! Kick-Off is at 7:00 p.m.

Vote for West Football Team of the Week! - Your Waukesha West football team has been selected as a nominee for the WSN Football Statewide Team of the Week. For more information and to vote for the winner, please visit the full article here. Vote often!

Purpose Corner - Please enjoy this video as I clarify the role AVID will have at West and the focused not taking strategy.

Please click here for this 3:17 video

Interact Club Rummage Sale - Please see the information below:

Academic & Career Planning Update - Academic & Career Planning (ACP) happens during our "Advisory" time at West High School. Our staff at West has worked hard to make the time relevant and meaningful to help students find personal success. Please access this link to see the updates on what was done during our Advisory time for ACP during quarter one. Also the graphic below talks about our purpose for ACP:
                                    

Empowering Parents Series - The next presentation will be on College/Career Readiness and Infinite Campus tools and will be held November 7th from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Waukesha West Media Center. Please RSVP using information on the flyer. Below is a link to the flyer for sign up and a visual of the flyer.

Empowering Parent Series Flyer Link

AP Test Registration...it has changed from last year..... - Please access the link below to our website for all the information you need to register fro AP tests and understand the changes that have occurred to that process for this school year. 

AP Registration and Information Link

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

Preview of this week: Please check the calendars by clicking on these two links to preview what is happening at West High School this week:

West Main Page Calendar (Link)

Wolverines Pride Athletics.Activities Site (Link) 

October 30th Weekly Blog

Purpose Corner - Please enjoy the video as I discuss specifically our professional development that occurred this past Thursday, October 26th.

Please click here for this 3:17 video 

Waukesha West Girls Cross Country - Congratulations on posting back to back top five finishes at the WIAA State Meet that was held in Wisconsin Rapids this past Saturday, October 28th. The team was paced by Brooke Lytle (22nd), Becca Langer (23rd) and Kaya Kuokkanen (24th)  What a great finish to an outstanding season!

Boys Soccer - Way to go in making it back to back state tournament appearances this past Saturday, October 28th by knocking off #1 seed Wauwatosa East 5-0.  The Wolverines scored all five goals in the second half, led by a hat trick from Spencer Standarski.  New for this season, the remaining four teams are reseeded upon entering the state tournament.  West has earned the #2 seed, and will face #3 seed Oregon on Thursday, November 2nd at 1:30pm at Uihlein Soccer Park. Go WEST!

Boys Volleyball Team - Congratulations on being Regional Champs by beating Madison LaFollette this past Friday October 27th 3-0! Stat leaders were: Alec Boland with 37 assists and 2 aces, Matthew Spellman with 3 aces, 14 Kills on 15 swings, Ryan Langemak with 12 kills and middle blocker, Andrew Zagorski with 4 blocks and 9 kills. Libero, Erik Hansen had 13 digs and 2 aces. Come support your Wolverines, this Tuesday, October 31st for their Sectional match, at Kettle Moraine High School, starting at 7:00 pm.

Varsity Football - Last Friday the football team took control in a Level 2 Playoff matchup against Stoughton and completed a 35-0 victory.  West will now travel to Monona Grove for a Level 3 game this Friday, November 3rd. Be there to support the team!

West End Players - Waukesha West was selected to present the showcase play at this year's Wisconsin High School Theater Contest.  West's production of the hilarious comedy Noises Off will be the weekend's opening event.  This selection is in recognition of the quality of West productions and its success at the state theater contest over the past several years.  West has won the top award each of the past five years along with numerous awards for acting, directing, and technical theater.  

You don't have to come to the state contest to see Noises Off, though.  The play will be performed at Waukesha West November 3-5.  Tickets are available online at westdrama.com.

Principal Advisory Council - Below are the names of the individuals on the Principal Advisory Council. We met as a group most recently on Wednesday October 18th. We will be meeting again during our monthly time next on Wednesday November 15th. Please contact the representatives with questions/comments for our next meeting. The meeting minutes are linked here:

Amy Holzinger	aholzinger@sbcglobal.net
Ann Pascavis	mapascavis@hotmail.com
Cathy Frantz	cathyk21@gmail.com
James Boling	jmbjrboling@gmail.com
Jennifer Engel	j_rengel@sbcglobal.net
Jim Karpowitz	karpman@aol.com
Mark McGinnis	wxmarkmc@gmail.com
Mercedes Rawson	Rawson96@wi.rr.com
Sarah Bristol	north_physics@yahoo.com
Wendy Hamilton	wendyhamilton4@gmail.com
Betsy Peters	bpeters1247@gmail.com
Michelle Werner	michelle@hatchstaff.com

Empowering Parents Series - The next presentation will be on College/Career Readiness and Infinite Campus tools and will be held November 7th from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Waukesha West Media Center. Please RSVP using information on the flyer. Below is a link to the flyer for sign up and a visual of the flyer.

Empowering Parent Series Flyer Link

AP Test Registration...it has changed from last year..... - Please access the link below to our website for all the information you need to register fro AP tests and understand the changes that have occurred to that process for this school year. 

AP Registration and Information Link

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

Preview of this week: Please check the calendars by clicking on these two links to preview what is happening at West High School this week:

West Main Page Calendar (Link)

Wolverines Pride Athletics.Activities Site (Link) 

October 16th Weekly Blog

The Cadets of Waukesha West - Congratulations to the Cadets of Waukesha West Marching Band for earning the First Place Trophy and Best Musical Presentation Award in Class AAA at the 2017 WSMA State Marching Band Championships!  The Cadets endured the downpour and gave a fantastic 1st place award performance! Enjoy the video of their performance as well as some pictures....way to go Cadets!

Please click here for this 16:20 Video

Congrats to Peter MacCudden! - And...... thanks to all of you who voted for Peter and helped him achieve this well deserved recognition which reflects the entirety of the team... the article is below..

Peter MacCudden of Waukesha West has been selected as the Week 8 Player of the Week following a statewide vote on WisSports.net. His big day helped the Wolverines top Muskego and secure at least a share of the Classic Eight title. He was chosen from a strong group of nominees in Week 8. A total of 4,682 votes were cast, as MacCudden's 1,893 were enough to edge second place Joe Garcia of Racine Horlick, who tallied 1,583 votes.

The Wolverines clinched at least a share of the Classic Eight title and MacCudden continued his strong season as the team beat Muskego 31-6. A strong contender for WFCA Offensive Player of the Year, MacCudden carried the ball 30 times for 248 yards and three touchdowns. He also threw a 27-yard score to Tyler Leitner in the first quarter on a halfback option pass. He also had seven tackles on defense.

Classic 8 Conference Champions who stand alone.... - The Waukesha West Varsity football team captured the Classic 8 Conference Championship trophy this past Friday by beating Catholic Memorial to remain the only undefeated team in conference play. They begin their journey into the state playoffs this Friday night at home against Germantown at 7:00 P.M. Hope to see you there!

Classic 8 Conference Champions - Congrats to the Waukesha West Varsity boys soccer team as they won the Classic 8 conference title outright with a conference record of 6-1-1 Please come and support the team as they begin their playoff run by hosting Milwaukee Bay View this Thursday October 19th at 7:00 P.M. Be there!

Early Release Schedule - The district has implemented early release days for this school year. The first day for this is next Wednesday, October 25th. Please see the daily schedule below for this day. Students are eligible to be picked up at 12:05 P.M. For those taking the bus, they will arrive at 1:05 P.M. All students who are staying on campus after 12:05 P.M. must remain in our lunchroom until their departure for the day. All students are to leave West by 1:05 P.M.

Purpose Corner -Please enjoy the video as I discuss upcoming professional development focused around mental health needs of our students and AVID!

Please click here for this 2:43 video 

District Career Fair - This is a wonderful district wide event for all students grades 6-12. Feedback from the event last year was that is was excellent and well worth the opportunity to have colleges and businesses come to us here in Waukesha. Please consider attending!

Take Back Day - This is a community event that offers safe disposal of unwanted prescriptions, medicines etc. Please see the flyer below to ensure safe disposal of dangerous substances.

Empowering Parents Series - The next presentation will be on College/Career Readiness and Infinite Campus tools and will be held November 7th from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Waukesha West Media Center. Please RSVP using information on the flyer. Below is a link to the flyer for sign up and a visual of the flyer.

Empowering Parent Series Flyer Link

AP Test Registration...it has changed from last year..... - Please access the link below to our website for all the information you need to register fro AP tests and understand the changes that have occurred to that process for this school year. 

AP Registration and Information Link

Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences - Parent teacher conferences are on Tuesday October 24th from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at West High School. Teachers will be in their classrooms per our usual format. Teachers manage their own conferences so parents will experience different processes for meeting with each teacher. Communication from parents to teachers is critical for success and technology allows us to communicate better than we ever have. With that being said, I ask all parents to consider if they truly need to come in and take a teachers time if their child is meeting expectations. Being that the time is short, and the purpose of this night is geared for parents and students to meet with teachers if they need more support, please consider alternate means of communication to maximize teacher time. It can be very difficult to meet with all teachers on this night, so I encourage parents to pick half of their child's teacher to try and get to on this night.

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

Preview of this week: Please check the calendars by clicking on these two links to preview what is happening at West High School this week:

West Main Page Calendar (Link)

Wolverines Pride Athletics.Activities Site (Link)