Week of January 9-13, 2017

The mission of West Hills High School is to graduate critical thinkers and problem-solvers who contribute positively to society as productive, responsible citizens.

Activities for the week:

Monday:        Collaboration Day schedule

Tuesday:       Regular Day

Wednesday: Regular Day--per. 5 Student Senate meets in S-8; 

Thursday:     Regular Day

Friday:           Regular Day; 

   Welcome back to the start of our second semester! We look forward to continuing great good success with our students and ourselves. 

PERIOD 3 TEACHERS: Please collect paper family surveys from students who have NOT already returned them to the District via the online survey or mail in survey through January 12 (you may or may not have students turning them in due to the variety of ways they can be collected). This is very important to our funding from the state and we appreciate all of your support. Please ask your students for them at the start of the period so campus staff can collect them from you during period 3 and disrupt you as little as possible. Thank you. 

Much of the discussion in Department Chair focused on skills for the 21st Century: Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. We discussed if we should Apply for 21st Century Schools Status where this Rubric was helpful in this discussion. We also watched this short video on an exemplar school, Savanna High in Anaheim. We noted that we have some of the same programs as this school, but what made it powerful was the cohesive project based approach for students, regardless of which program they participated in. This led us to a discussion of Senior Projects or some type of Senior demonstration of learning. Please continue these conversations--get involved in these conversations with your Department Chair and with others. 

We also discussed adding additional meetings to our calendar for the much desired All Faculty and Staff meeting. Department Chair and Leadership voted to take one Monday in January and in February and use the normal Monday Collaboration time for this instead of an after school Faculty meeting. By GEA Contract, the Principal may call these meetings, but it makes sense if there is consensus and a vote, to hold them at our planned for Collaboration time. Therefore, Monday January 30 and Monday, February 27 will be All Faculty and Staff meetings. 

Upcoming Events:

FACULTY AIRBAND: Here is the script again if you need it. Search your email from Deborah Heeb for more information about rehearsals and performance dates. It is never too late to join the fun! 

January 21: Dat Phan and Friends Comedy Benefit featuring WHHS Performing Arts Students and alum comedian Dat Phan...

The West Hills High School Foundation is proud to sponsor alumni Dat Phan (Class of 1993) in our theater on Saturday, January 21, 2017 for a benefit for our West Hills facilities fund! Come see Dat Phan and his comedy along with current WHHS Performing Arts students and selected other performers. All proceeds benefit WHHS! Purchase tickets from AL's Sport Shop here in Santee or through Taylor in our Finance Office. Pre-Sale tickets are $15 and it is predicted to be a SELL OUT. 

February 8: Freshman Showcase....check out the link with more information....we are showing off WHHS to future students. Please participate if you can. 

As always, check out our website for lots of information. Go Wolf Pack!