Week of February 27-March 3, 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:       All Faculty and Staff WASC Work time: 7:45-8:45 in Focus Group rooms; 
                      everyone attends(see below) 

Tuesday:       Regular Day; Prep Period PD: Digital Portfolios; See info. below...

Wednesday: Minimum Day: Period 5 Student Senate in S-8

                                              WASC Work Day; 1:00-2:30 p.m. 

                                              AESOP Sub System begins...read Ginny's emails :) 

                           

Thursday:     Regular Day

Friday:           Regular Day;
                       World War II Day for students in their history class in the Pit

SAVE the DATES:  

Monday February 27 is now an ALL FACULTY and STAFF meeting time during our PLC time. 

1. Focus Groups:
1. Monday February 27 - meet in focus groups to examine evidence in WASC chapter
1. Organization and Governance: E8
2. Curriculum: E10
3. Instruction: SS3
4. Data and Accountability: E1
5. School Culture and Student Support: SS6

Roster of groups and short descriptions are found here or in the Google Classroom or with Ginny Bell or via email. **Note this is a spreadsheet and there are tabs at the very bottom that might be of use to you. Click on any Department tab to get to Focus Group Descriptions.

Student Learning Outcomes are HERE.

PACK DAY: Friday, MARCH 10: Minimum Day

April 2: PTSA Color Run on WHHS Campus

  

Thank you to all FALL, WINTER and SPRING COACHES....YOU make it possible for our student athletes to THRIVE and COMPETE!!

Digital Portfolio workshop workshops are Periods 1-7 in the back room of the library on Tuesday, 2/28.  Teachers can sign up for the workshops here.

In the workshop, teachers will learn how to do the following:

• Direct students to add work to their existing Digital Portfolios
• How to use a Digital Portfolio like a student
• How to manage the Digital Portfolios for efficient work flow

If you need more information, please contact Jarrod Carman....thanks! 

AESOP Substitute System...Message from Ginny: 

Reminder that on Wednesday, March 1st we will be up and running on our new Sub System, AESOP.  You should have already received a letter that was placed in your mailbox last Friday with your user ID & pin.  

Please take a moment to log in and check your information to be sure it's correct.

Also in this new system, you are able to choose your preferred subs and place them into your profile.  This way when you enter a job because you are out sick for the day, the system will automatically call the subs on your "preferred list" before the system calls any other subs throughout the district.  If all of your preferred subs are not available, only then will the job go out for others to fill. 

Here are some easy steps to set up your favorite subs.

• Log in
• Choose (top tab) Account
• (On left side of page) choose Preferred Subs
• Click on (green tab) Add Substitute
• Begin typing in the subs last name, and the sub should automatically pop up
• Click on subs name and they will be added to your preferred sub list 

Please remember to enter your start and ends times for your teaching assignment. This is important so substitutes know what times they teach. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call or stop by and see me.  The new system seems to be very user friendly and I too am learning as I go. 

Thanks!

Ginny Bell

Administrative Secretary
West Hills High School
8756 Mast Blvd.
Santee, CA  92071
619/956-0412 direct
619/562-9342 fax

Stanford Study on Homework...Interesting research on homework and effectiveness of the same...talk with colleagues and see how we measure up....

Can Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) happen in any class? Here are 13 ideas for how to do it....

WEST HILLS COLOR FUN RUN

                               sponsored by the West Hills High School PTSA

The WEST HILLS COLOR FUN RUN is Sunday April 2nd @ 8:30am.  

This is a fun event and takes place on the West Hills campus. Please join us for festivities, friends, FUN and COLOR COLOR COLOR.

ENTRY FEE IS JUST $ 25.00.

SIGN UP NOW AT ACTIVE.COM:

http://www.active.com/santee-ca/running/distance-running/copy-of-west-hills-high-school-ptsa-color-fun-run-2017

Register by March 6th and receive a FREE t-shirt!!!

(Last day to register is April 2, 2017)

Profits from this event help to fund VERY worthwhile causes... college scholarships for graduating West Hills Seniors and our annual “Supply Day” event for teachers and staff.    

Questions? Email us at ptsaboard@whhsptsa.com


As always...check out our website for complete links and information on all kinds of topics wolfpack.guhsd.net.

Go Wolf Pack!

Week of February 20-24, 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:       No School: Presidents Day

Tuesday:       Regular Day; 

Wednesday: Regular Day    
                           

Thursday:     Regular Day

Friday:           Regular Day

SAVE the DATES:  

Monday February 27 is now an ALL FACULTY and STAFF meeting time during our PLC time. Please plan to attend with your colleagues working in our WASC Focus Groups. Information from our January 30, 2017 meeting together is HERE.  

1. Focus Groups:
1. Monday February 27 - meet in focus groups to examine evidence in WASC chapter
1. Organization and Governance: E8
2. Curriculum: E10
3. Instruction: SS3
4. Data and Accountability: E1
5. School Culture and Student Support: SS6

Roster of groups and short descriptions are found here or in the Google Classroom or with Ginny Bell or via email. **Note this is a spreadsheet and there are tabs at the very bottom that might be of use to you. Click on any Department tab to get to Focus Group Descriptions.

Student Learning Outcomes are HERE.

Wednesday, March 1: Minimum Day--Faculty and Staff WASC working day 

                                          1-2:30 p.m. More information to come.

PACK DAY: Friday, MARCH 10: Minimum Day

April 2: PTSA Color Run on WHHS Campus

Thank you WHHS Foundation for sponsoring our VALENTINES GOODIES in the Mail room on Tuesday! We are so lucky to have their support!  If you would like to join the Foundation, membership forms are at the front reception desk. They are generously supporting our Faculty and Staff celebrations each month. They have a mailbox in the mail room for you to drop them a note or a membership form if you like....

FACULTY AIRBANDS...we did it!

Thank you all who were able to participate in our Airbands epic performance! With a brilliant design by Deborah Heeb and Todd Peterson, we used music and dancing--yes DANCING--to play out "Remember when we were in high school and before you knew it, four years was up and suddenly we were graduating?" As the "surprise" opening act, we NAILED IT and everyone had a GREAT TIME! All of the rehearsing and practice paid off--our students LOVED it and couldn't believe teachers, counselors and Admin had THOSE moves! Maybe we'll be doing it again next year...so no worries--everyone can get a part!

Congratulations West Hills DramaKids for their fine showing at last weekend's DramaFest! Competing against students throughout the county,  Danielle Revilla, Christina Keegan, and Jennifer Bologna were honored in the "Scenes" category with  Ashley Carter and Darby Zelaskowski placing in  "Monologues" and Haley Rezendes placing in the Semi-Finals in "Monologues". Additional "Thank yous" go to all of our wonderful Wolf Pack students who crewed the event, making it possible and highly successful! Go Wolf Pack Performing Arts!!

eSCRIP--If you aren't signed up for your own kids school, please sign up for WHHS! Go to this link to sign up..it's FREE!

As we work with ALL students, here is a list of 21 Google tools to help with accessibility and support for any student.

Spring Sports have begun...Good luck to all our our Winter Sports entering CIF Playoffs! Check out our Athletics page for complete information....Go Wolf Pack!