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:
*** Students will be experiencing "Check Your Mood Week" with SDYS staff talking with them in every math class (each math section has one period this week with this on various days so each student will have the option to listen and learn one time.) Parents were notified of this event and it is OPTIONAL--either a student or parent may excuse their student from this discussion about mental health, warning signs and seeking help in the case of possible self-harm, and what to do if they or a friend needs support for depression, anxiety, or other issues. Our wonderful Guidance department along with SDYS staff and Admin will be supporting any student that indicates they would like to talk further privately both this week and the next. THANK YOU to our Math Department for supporting this critical work!
Monday: No School; Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday 
Tuesday: Regular Day
Wednesday: Regular Day
Thursday: Regular Day
Friday: Regular Day:
GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE: Week of January 22-26, 2018: Part of our "We are One, We are the Pack" positive school activities is coming up. We will be giving each Period 3 teacher one handout for each student for Monday, January 22 to use during that week. Our terrific ASB will be leading on campus activities and we will have notices in the bulletin and on our marquee about KINDNESS. We hope EVERYONE on campus will participate and support this effort through kind words, deeds and actions. YOU will get the same handout for ideas as well! Lucky for us, we typically do this ALL the time and it is just bringing more awareness to these ideas and attitudes that can help our entire school community. Parents will know of this as well via our "Wolf Call" so hopefully they might pick up ideas for their families to participate as well.
To our 11th Grade English team for conducting the practice CAASPP with our juniors! Mrs. Liddell, Mr. Acosta, Mrs. Boehme, and Mr. Ash gave students an invaluable experience prior to "live" testing. This year, we look forward to ALL TEACHERS assisting actively with our CAASPP testing to help us be better informed regarding the rigor and standards our students experience in this assessment cycle. 
Winter Formal was a great success Saturday night! Students really seemed to enjoy themselves. If they weren’t on the dance floor they were playing video games with the "History of Video Games" or with the science exhibits. The Fleet center staff complimented us on how well behaved our students were. THANK YOU Mrs. Addy, Class of 2019 Adviser, Class officers, Admin and Campus Supervision for making this happen! Thank you too for any faculty and staff who attended...students LOVE seeing you at their events!
Great Kindness Week: January 22-26, 2018: see information above.
Monday, January 22, 6:45 p.m.(date changed from Jan. 17 to this one): GUHSD Board approval hearing for naming our GYM after Dave Hunter. Any and all are welcome to attend in WHHS blue T-Shirts to demonstrate our support! Feel free to take out a speaker card to address the Board to indicate our support as well. Time is approximate after Board recognition for CIF winning schools. Board meeting is located at the East County Regional Education Complex (ECREC), 924 E. Main Street, El Cajon, CA 92021
Wednesday, February 7, 5;30 p.m., Freshman Showcase: This is our best opportunity for recruiting incoming 9th graders! We thank everyone who can and will attend to engage community members in "choosing" West Hills! Having open classrooms, being warm and welcoming all will make that awesome Wolf Pack first impression!
The West Hills boys' golf team is selling tickets for this year's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines (January 25th-28th) The $35 ticket is good for any day of the tournament (tickets cost $50 at the tournament site - a $15 savings!). Please email or call Mr. Todd Peterson, Boys Golf Co-Coach at tpeterson@guhsd.net or619-956-0521 know ASAP if you would like tickets to see the finest
golfers in the world in La Jolla. Thank you to Farmers Insurance for allowing discount tickets to be sold by high school golf teams to support youth golf!
Saturday, March 3, 2018: West Hills 30th Year Gala and Hall of Fame Dinner; tickets on sale soon. The Handlery Hotel, We hope you will join us for this West Hills Foundation sponsored fund raiser and celebration! Thank you to those who have DONATED a silent auction item or service! We welcome and need more. Please let our two wonderful Foundation Gala Coordinators, Melissa Smith cow_girlmelly@yahoo.com or Lisa Hurst lisa.hurst@gmail.com know if you have any service, items or "freebies" you can donate for our auction. We have Disney Passes, Sea World tickets, one private Chef dinner for 6, one private photography session for an individual or family, and we need much more! No item is too small or too large to offer for auction. We can take your item or service and make a theme basket so please donate! In addition, if you have any community members or philanthropic folks who might be interested in sponsoring our event, please feel free to share this document...we are actively looking for sponsors! All proceeds benefit West Hills High School students, faculty and staff.
Monday, March 5, 2018, 7:45 a.m. in S-8: Admin Lead Staff Meeting: Mandatory for all Faculty and Staff; Final whole staff meeting before our WASC visit; See this link for our visitation schedule; We will be sending out calendar invites for the various meetings and asking you for sub needs;
Sunday, March 18-21, 2018: WASC Visiting Team on Campus
Food Drive from ASB and Ardy Riego
West Hills is again participating in the 'MLK Freedom from Hunger' Food Drive in partnership with the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Our food drive will take place from Tuesday, January 16th to Friday, January 26th. Here is a list of items most needed.
We can not accept anything in a glass jar and / or home canned or baked foods.
Boxes will be supplied to 5th period teachers starting Tuesday and Wednesday this week. If you choose to not have a box delivered to your classroom, please e-mail me back and let me know.
This is another class competition for 5th period. The class with the most items will receive a pizza party from ASB (QUANTITY, not weight, volume, or per capita) .
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ardy Riego at ariego@guhsd.net or by phone ext 6-0503
Classified Professional Development Opportunities for Spring 2018
Recently the GUHSD sent all classified employees this schedule of professional development opportunities via email for this semester. If you would like to attend any of these, please contact Admin. We are happy to support your attendance if it does not conflict with a WHHS event.
- Knowledge Constellation Nonfiction Book Project Gallery - During the Fall semester, Liddell’s AP Lang students independently read a nonfiction book of their choice. As they read, they conducted research related to their book. And, in the end, they created a way to share their findings as a “knowledge constellation.” Click here to check out a gallery of their projects.
- Information Literacy Tidbit: On “Container Collapse” - In the digital age, a challenge we’re finding students have is understanding exactly what information is when looking at it online. Read this short blog posting on container collapse, including links to an infographic about categorizing information resources, a summary of SOAPSTone, and an article about new digital story formats.
- Poetry Revolution! - Did you know that some of our most popular library books are poetry thanks to the popularity of social media poets. Curious about this literary trend? Browse through this #instapoetry resource. Also, check out some bookend magnetic poetry created by students in the library!
The East County EduCon is quickly approaching. Learn, connect, and collaborate with educators from across East County on Feb 3rd. Sign-up to attend the morning or the full-day experience.
- Official East County EduCon Flyer - Please Share :)
- Schedule with session descriptions will be available Jan 18th.
- Questions? Email - EastCountyEduCon@gmail.com
