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: Collab Late Start Day: Mandatory All Staff and Faculty Meeting 7:45 in S-8
Agenda is HERE
Tuesday: Regular Day:
Wednesday: Regular Day:
Thursday: Regular Day:
Friday: Regular Day
PACK Day Success...thank you to all for another terrific Parents At Class with Kids Day! We had over 600 parents on campus attending classes with their students and they had nothing but positives for our campus and classroom experiences. Some gave important feedback on our students restroom situation (sorry moms who had to stand in line....) and we got a lovely parent pool to contact on Monday regarding our Parent WASC group interview on Tuesday, March 20. Thank you to Period 3 teachers for playing the welcome video and for your patience with the timing of the start of the bulletin! Take a look below at the fun ENS students and teachers have showing off their Swing Dancing and Mrs. Worth's class reading "Macbeth" aloud with parents. In addition, you can see what Dan Sutton drove to work Friday...he had so many parents in his room I couldn't get a picture of him in his WW II uniform...Dang!
30th Anniversary and Hall of Fame Gala
A huge THANK YOU to our wonderful West Hills Foundation Gala Committee and Hall of Fame Committee for making last night's Gala a wonderful evening of celebration for West Hills and honoring five tremendous scholar-athletes! The Foundation Gala Committee include Co-Chairs Lisa Hurst and Melissa Smith; Karen Fleck, Robin Ballarin and Maria Lenhoff. Hall of Fame Committee: Don Rutledge, Todd Peterson, Josh Reiderer, Ginny Bell, JoAnn Johnson, April Baker, Maria Lenhoff, Robin Ballarin, Bob Guess with MC duties from Jeff Boutelle, amazing music for the night from Deborah Heeb and tremendous volunteer support from Noelle Johnson. We would also like to thank ASB, Ardy Riego and Suzanne Sannwald for their constant support and involvement. Thank you too goes to all Faculty and Staff who donated items for the Auction and who attended. The Foundation is raising funds currently for shade structures on campus and continuing to contribute to a capital fund for building a new, independent weight room on campus large enough to fit all of our athletes AND equipment! While this is a long-term project, we know that little by little we CAN make this happen.
(from L to R, Honoree with their requested staff member to introduce them): Mr. Bryan Halsey, Mr. Casey Ash, Ms. Amber Martin, Mr. Tom Vanderhyde, Mr. Don Rutledge, Ms. Andy Wharton, Mr. Bill Cleaves, Mr. Ben Aragon, Mr. Gilson (father and first coach), Mr. Matt Gilson.
At Monday's Faculty and Staff meeting 7:45 in S-8, we will be discussing school safety and checking in on any student interest in the March 14 national call for a student walk out at 10:00 a.m. for 17 minutes. We will also be talking about a new protocol proposal for our Fire Alarm evacuation. Because AVID students have worked diligently on their presentation with us regarding Costa's Level of Questions, we will work with them first and allow students to leave before we address this topic.
Monday, March 5, 2018, 7:45 a.m. in S-8: Admin Lead Staff Meeting: Mandatory for all Faculty and Staff; Wonderful AVID Students will be leading us in a short activity applying Costa's Levels of Rigor; Final whole staff meeting before our WASC visit; See this link for our visitation schedule; We have sent out calendar invites for the various meetings and will be asking selected teachers for sub needs;
Organization & Governance: E-8
Instruction: SS-3
Curriculum: E-10
Data & Accountability: E-1
School Culture & Student Support: SS-6
Sunday, March 18- Wednesday, 21, 2018: WASC Visiting Team on campus.Please look at your email for the calendar invite(s) that pertain to you. Department Chair and Leadership along with WASC Focus Group Leaders have a few more invites than others. Link to the schedule for the visit is here. Take a look at out our Final Self Study, particularly the last pages 182-185. WASC STAFF NOTES (our "cheat sheet") is helpful and will be discussed in our March 5 All Staff meeting as well.
April 11-12, 18, 25-26: CAASPP TESTING: "Reverse Minimum Days"--11th grade testing 7:15-9:15 am; Regular Period 1 begins 9:34. See entire CAASPP Testing Schedule HERE with tabs at the bottom for additional information. Thank you to Department Chair and Leadership group for working with Admin to develop and discuss this schedule. Aligned with our school goals for shared cross-content collaboration and expanding ALL TEACHERS understanding of SBAC testing with students, EVERYONE has a role to play in testing, not just English and Math teachers. As always, after we carry this out, we will review how it went and make improvements for the following year.
Tentatively Monday, June 4 @ 1:00 p.m.: Dedication of the Dave Hunter Gymnasium with unveiling of the new name and a reception in the Foyer. More to come on this....
A staff member sent this to Admin and I say "Heck ya...let's see who's up for the challenge!" Maybe we have a talented student who wants to design our logo? Feel free to sign up and let me know if you are interested....this is a great way to celebrate the start of Spring Break! Go Wolf Pack!! Forward on to students and our community in any way you like! Bring the family!
HEY Pack
Let’s keep the great kindness challenge going and participate in something as a school. Clubs, Teams, Departments
Register at https://www.raceforautism.org/ and the join our team
WHHS Wolf Pack
We can be "Super Wolves"
And do something fun as a group
OK honestly here is where I fall short since waking up early on a Saturday morning is not really my idea of fun, but hanging out with a bunch of friends from work does, and doing something to promote how awesome our school is- even more awesome!
Someone design a "Super Wolf" logo
...submit to Ginny Bell by Wednesday, March 5. All submissions will be voted on by google survey.
