Activities for the Week:
Block Testing Schedule:
Monday: Collaboration Day; 2:15 (time change) Silver W selection meeting in Lounge--All are welcome!
Tuesday: Regular Day: Multi-Cultural Fair Day: Social Science brings classes only--thank you.
Wednesday: Odd Block Day
Thursday: Even Block Day: GARDEN Club is seeking donations and Gardeners; 2:00 working in Garden
Friday: Regular Day: CIF GYMNASTICS in our GYM all day...come see our TOP GYMNASTS perform.
KUDOS to our Band, POPS, and Color Guard Concert performers Friday night! Mrs. Courtney Pate conducted a unique, creative and technology infused "Science" performance that allowed our students to perform beautifully! We will miss Mrs. Pate as she relocates out of state with her husband. Thank you Courtney for all your love, dedication and passion for music, ASB and West Hills!
We have MORE AMAZING Performing and Visual Arts coming up this this week and into this month:
Friday-Sunday, 5/20-22, 2016 at Parkway Plaza Shopping Mall in El Cajon is our:
THURSDAY, 5/19: Beginning and Intermediate Guitar Concert, 7:00 p.m. in the Theatre
SATURDAY, 5/ 21 - Advanced Guitar and Orchestra Concert: 7:00 p.m. in the Theatre
THURSDAY, 5/26: Fabulous Choir Concert: 7:00 p.m. in the Theatre
We hope you will bring your family and enjoy our fine artists as they perform or display their art for you!
As we know, education is more than "reading, writing, and arithmetic". I wanted to take a moment and remind all of us that we do have resources for employees through our Employee Assistance Program. These services are confidential, timely, and a benefit provided to you as an employee of the GUHSD. If you find you need to reach out beyond colleagues, friends, and family, sometimes the neutral, professional, caring third party is a good option. Our own students benefitted from this type of education and support recently. Please read below for an update.
“Check Your Mood” Update (emailed on Thursday)
All Staff,
Thank you so much for all your support spanning the weeks of March 28 - April 11 while we hosted "Check Your Mood" week on our campus.
A special thank you to our Math Department for hosting the suicide prevention education in your classrooms.
A total of 1,459 students (77% of our total student body) received suicide prevention education. Of that number 134 students (9%) identified that they needed to be followed up with individually. 50 students (out of 134 or 37%) were then identified as needing more/ongoing mental health support.
Without your support these students would not have received services.
Thank you for all that you do.
Sincerely,
Continuous School Improvement: WASC Focus Groups are building
Please check with your Department Chair regarding this spreadsheet. If you are a Classified Staff member, please work with Chris Quarders unless you are in Guidance. There are tabs at the bottom of the page. Click the tab that applies to you. Read the Focus Group descriptions and let your Chair or Chris Quarders know which Focus Group topic you would like to work in. To keep the formating, they have edit rights, most of us have viewing rights. Thank you SCIENCE for already doing this! We need shared representation across all five groups so please talk with others as needed to "sprinkle" and not "clump". Yes, there will be two or more members in some groups from the same department and that is great--but we can't have 6 deparment members in one group, 2 in another and "none" in the other three. I hope this makes sense...
And finally for this week, a teacher kindly shared this short video with me regarding our impact in our jobs and the difference between "power" and "influence". It was his personal story at the end that brought it home to me. I hope you find inspiration and thoughtful review too as you watch this 8 minute presentation.
Robert Kaplinsky on the difference between power and influence. Who can you empower today? http://meetings.nctm.org/2016-annual-meeting/empower/
The movie Most Likely to Succeed is “A smart and engaging look at education in 21st Century America.” - Hollywood reporter
SDCUE in conjunction with West Hills High School invites San Diego educators, parents and students to view Most Likely to Succeed, a film which makes the case that our students need a different set of skills to do well in a world of innovation. Join members of your community May 23rd in a critical conversation about what you can do to move education forward.
Schedule for May 23rd
6:00 - 6:30 Check in.
6:30 - 8:00 Most Likely to Succeed
8:00 - 8:20 Panel discussion
More about the film
View the trailer
Any additional questions contact
Julie Garcia at jgarcia@sdcue.org
Reuben Hoffman 2ndvicepresident@sdcue.org
As always, please check our website for schedules and activities.
Go Wolf Pack!
