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:
ASB Office campaigning and elections all week.
Monday: Collab Late Start: 12 Week progress grades due by 8:00 a.m.Please talk with Bert
Novicio if you have any problems
Tuesday: Regular Day
Wednesday: Reverse Min. Day: CAASPP Testing: ELA PT (11th grade only)
Department Chair and Leadership Meeting: 2:00 p.m. in E-8
Friday: Regular Day
To all TEACHERS and STAFF supporting our students with ALL of the testing going on! Initial reports are that many people are enjoying:
--Working with teachers in other departments
--Being in diffierent classrooms and seeing what that is like
--Working with students they don't already know
--Furthering our cross-curricular collaboration and understanding online adaptive testing
We have two more days this week and then on to AP testing.
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Vanderburgh
Morrison
Jokerst
Biggerstaff
Armstrong
Worley
Rafenstein
Norris
Aguilar
Carman
There is still time to turn in the leaves - there are extras in the VP Secretaries' office if any teachers didn't receive a set of leaves for 3rd period students to write their response to our prompt: "Springtime brings changes and new beginnings. What are you going to change or begin doing to improve your life (personal or academic)? "
April 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.
Friday May 4-6: 
at Parkway Plaza in El Cajon near J.C. Penneys. Art Show runs all weekend with Awards Friday night starting at 5:30 p.m.
at Parkway Plaza in El Cajon near J.C. Penneys. Art Show runs all weekend with Awards Friday night starting at 5:30 p.m.
The WHHS PTSA is
organizing
a SPRING
Rummage Sale...
it's a win-win-win!
Get rid of things you
don't need...
shop for bargains...
support West Hills!
Saturday April 28th - 7am - 12pm
West Hills East Parking Lots
(Senior and Teacher)
We will take your donations:
DONATION DROP OFF DATES--
In Flag Circle
Fridays: April 13th and 20th ~1pm-3pm
Saturdays: April 14th and 21st~ 9am-11am
We are accepting gently used, working, clean items. (Clothing, books, toys, games, tools, holiday-decor- household items and more.)
Tax Receipts will be available.
(acceptance of donated items is subject to review by the PTSA Board)
HAVE A QUESTION?
Have bulky items in need of pick up? Want to help?
Want to ask about specific items for donation?
"For the strength of the PACK is the Wolf and the strength of the Wolf is the PACK" - Rudyard Kipling
PTSA Board
West Hills High School
PTSABoard@WHHSPTSA.com
(619) 663-6630
AP Testing Dates: Here is the complete schedule; WHHS students are taking the ones in blue. Next year we are adding AP Physics and AP Computer Science to benefit our students. We hope to hear soon for our NMSI Grant finalist selection for the 2018-19 school year. This grant funds $300,000 for three years focusing on expanding the number of students within our AP programs in English, Math, Science, and Computer Science, as well as the total number of sections being offered for each of these.
The 2018 AP Exams are held from May 7–11 (Week 1) and from May 14–18 (Week 2).
AP Test Schedule: Week 1
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AP Test Schedule: Week 2
| TEST DATE | MORNING EXAMS (8 A.M.) | AFTERNOON EXAMS (12 NOON) | AFTERNOON EXAMS (2 P.M.) |
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Saturday, May 19, Senior Prom, Paradise Point Resort, 7:00 p.m.: All are welcome to attend. The Seniors LOVE to see Faculty and Staff there!
May 23: Multi-Cultural Fair in the Gym all day--Social Science classes attending; All are welcome; If a student group asks you to be an Advisor, please help them out and say "yes"; They need a place to meet to organize and you to be with them this day in the Gym; Jodi Kohler and Dan Sutton continue to be the campus leads on this so THANK YOU to all for supporting them and our students in this event!
Senior Awards Night, Thursday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m in the Theater: All are welcome to this lovely evening where identified Seniors are on stage as they receive Department Awards and Scholarships; Our Valedictorians and Salutatorians are announced officially and many other awards are given out. Identified seniors are asked to attend to receive "an award" but they don't know what it is so the night is very special. Thank you to Guidance for making this night happen.
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....
Thursday, June 7, 8:30 a.m. GRADUATION in our stadium: Faculty arrives by 7:45 a.m. and here is information on our web site for Seniors. More information for faculty and staff closer to the date.
With the new California Accountability system, College and Career Readiness is a critical indicator in evaluating our success as a school in addition to 7 other areas. You can see our initial data here (we have seen this before and will see it again 😎). At the District level and with Guidance this year, we have been in a series of work shops focusing on our UC "a-g" completion rate. You can find more information on what that is here with a short video. We have begun to present data from our June, 2017 graduates to take a look at the numbers and the good news is we LEAD the DISTRICT with the highest UC "a-g" rates with 56% of our 2017 graduates achieving this goal. This is an important factor because this keeps ALL DOORS OPEN for our graduates so they can CHOOSE what post-secondary plan best fits them. How do we compare with California and the District? From the Public Policy Institute of California and their article on
College Readiness in California: A Look at Rigorous High School Course Taking, they note that in low-minority schools, the UC "a-g" completion rate is 34% and in high minority schools, 20%. For the GUHSD, it was 40%.
This is the continuation of the conversations we have been have the last three years on continuous school improvement. Because students have to earn a "C" or better in every class they take to be UC "a-g" eligible, our focused efforts on student support, academic and social-emotional support, as well as the entirety of our individual and collective practices within our classrooms and on campus, will remain central in our work.
Keeping the doors open for ALL students is the goal. We want every student to be in the position to make informed choices out of high school with every opportunity available. More to come on this as we talk with departments and continue our mission of educating every student.
College Readiness in California: A Look at Rigorous High School Course Taking, they note that in low-minority schools, the UC "a-g" completion rate is 34% and in high minority schools, 20%. For the GUHSD, it was 40%.
This is the continuation of the conversations we have been have the last three years on continuous school improvement. Because students have to earn a "C" or better in every class they take to be UC "a-g" eligible, our focused efforts on student support, academic and social-emotional support, as well as the entirety of our individual and collective practices within our classrooms and on campus, will remain central in our work.
Keeping the doors open for ALL students is the goal. We want every student to be in the position to make informed choices out of high school with every opportunity available. More to come on this as we talk with departments and continue our mission of educating every student.
Teacher Appreciation Night with the Padres
The Padres, in partnership with National University, have special discounts and ticket packages for educators in honor of Teacher Appreciation Night May 11.
See the Padres play the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:10 p.m. Click here for more details, including information about group pricing.
