Schedule for the week:
Freshmen ASB Class Elections all week...
Monday: Collaboration Day
Tuesday: Regular day
Wednesday: PSAT MINIMUM DAY
Thursday: Regular Day
Friday: Regular Day; Pep Rally in Pit at Lunch
We will be testing ALL 10th Graders and some 11th on our MINIMUM DAY OCTOBER 19.
All students and parents received a reminder about minimum day--Sophomores and their parents got a very specific I.C. message about this day as well as paper reminders to sophomores about their room assignments and time on campus. All Sophomores are excused from period 1 and attend their testing room from 8:14-12:30 regardless of their normal bell schedule. National testing requirements prevent us from allowing students to leave early.
All faculty and staff got this email last week...but excellent resources and reminders are linked so here you go again:
Hi Wolf Pack Staff,
We are three days out from the PSAT. All of our tenth grade students will be taking the PSAT on Wednesday, October 19th. This is the first year that West Hills will be testing an entire class of students, which is very exciting! You recently received an email from me, which includes a document called '16-17 WH PSAT Bell Schedule'. This document contains a link to a spreadsheet with each student's testing room assignment. On the day of the test, you can refer to this spreadsheet if a student is lost. However, if you do not have time to redirect a student, please send them to counseling and Pam Crenshaw will help them get to where they need to go.
Each teacher on our West Hills campus falls into one of the following three categories.
1. Proctor: I have spoken to all of you and we will hold a prep period meeting on Thursday, 10/13 or Friday, 10/14 in the staff lounge. Please select a day that is best for you contact me ASAP.
2. Non-Proctor with room usage: Your room will be borrowed during your prep period and you do not have to be present. You are not a sub during this period of time. Yay! Please let me know if there is a room usage conflict.
3. Non-Proctor: If you are not a proctor and we are not borrowing your room during your prep period, admin does not need anything from you. Buy a lottery ticket!
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions leading up to Wednesday!
We appreciate your help!
Joann DuFloth & Mandy Albrecht
Our own Chris Quarders will be out for 6-8 weeks for Hip surgery beginning October 19. Our terrific Grounds Lead Matt Nelson will be stepping up to these duties while Chris is recovering. If you have any urgent needs before Chris goes out this week, please call, see or email him before 3:30 Tuesday. Thank you....
Our wonderful Drama Kids are presenting our Fall show "Zombie Prom" Nov. 4-5 and Nov. 11-12! More information to come--we hope to see you and your family at this Zombie musical! 
And one more for "Save the Date"...Monday, October 31 join us in the Faculty Lounge for a fabulous lunch and birthday wishes for all the October birthday folks! Detour through the Pit first to hear and see our TERRIFIC Choir and Black and Blue Brigade perform a unique Halloween theemed music EXTRAVAGANZA!
Exciting Experiences for Students....
On Oct 12th, Christine Cooper Marzec, winner of five Emmys for directing and editing, spoke to the CTE Arts, Media and Entertainment Pathway classes about the TV/Film industry.
Last Friday, students from West Hills Advanced Manufacturing and Construction Trades Pathway went on a field trip to our own Santee RCP Block and Brick facility. Accompanied by Kathy Worley and Josh Reiderer, 40 students toured the facility, met with management and workers and learned about business practices and this high wage, high demand labor market. This program is moving to our "old" Auto Building on the east side of campus where it has been transformed into a state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing facility with 3-D Printer, networked computers, CAD blueprint facility and much more to come! Kudos to Kathy for her multi-year work with our CTE District staff in continuing our much beloved Guitar building and wood shop program while ADDING this 21st Century future-focused robotics and engineering pathway. More information to come on a "Grand Opening" when all technology is installed and completed. 
Educational articles of interest....
Interesting way teachers are encouraging feedback: http://robertkaplinsky.com/observeme/
Shameless Call out for Participants...follow up with April Baker and Tom Vanderhyde
Camp LEAD is a two night and three day experience working with students from WHHS and other school sites at a beautiful MODERN EXECUTIVE GETAWAY camp in Pine Valley (about one hour east of WHHS). The food is excellent! Faculty and Staff work with students Thursday through Saturday, sleeping in a 10 person MODERN and COMFORTABLE CABIN. Our roles as adults is to participate and join in with the activities, sharing with students to the level we are comfortable our own journey and experiences. If you know me, you know CAMPING IS NOT MY THING, but THIS was truly an exceptional experience! We are looking for two or more staff to share in this with our students. Please contact April Baker or Tom Vanderhyde if interested. Your time is "School Business" and substitutes are covered. Many of us have attended camp and are happy to talk with you. Check out the dates below for upcoming events...we are trying to staff our December camp now.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to Savannah Addy and Ali Rafenstein in rearranging their schedules to attend Camp LEAD in October with our students! YOU both saved the trip for these students! Thank you to several others who volunteered for other dates--WE STILL NEED STAFF FOR THE FOLLOWING DATES..contact April Baker, Admin Liaison and / or Tom Vanderhyde, Teacher Leader, Camp LEAD to sign up or for more information.
- Dec. 8-10
- Staff training: Dec. 1
- Feb. 2-4
- Staff training: Jan. 26
- March / April: 30-1
- Staff training: March 23
- April 27-29
- Staff Training: April 20
Calling all Wolf Pack staff to participate in a Staff Airband! The premise is “Staff members reminisce about their own high school experience.” We have put together 11 songs depicting 2 different themes:
1) struggles
2) victories and rites of passage.
There is a variety of music - classic rock, retro and modern pop, and movie/tv-made popular songs that most of the kids will recognize. The songs have already been edited into clips and corresponding dialogue/lyrics provided. In some cases there is even a suggested vision for the representation of that clip.
All you have to do is sign up! Your group will put together a routine for the song clip you wish to represent and make a recording of the corresponding dialogue. Each song has a suggested number of participants. There are in total 42-45 roles. Feel free to sign up for more than one role!
It would be great to have representation from all - classified, teachers, coaches, counselors, admin, campus supervisors etc. You can rehearse in your small group at your leisure and as we get closer to the performance day (which will be in February this year), we can rehearse as one large group...maybe on collab days ;) If there is a song clip that you are dying to represent but it is not listed, feel free to edit the music (MP3 file), include the lyrics and dialogue, then add it in with the rest.
If you have any questions, ask us (Debbie Heeb-WL4 and Todd Peterson-E3)!
