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: Collaborative Day:
Tuesday: Regular Day
Wednesday: Regular Day: Student Senate, per. 5, S-8
Thursday: Assembly Day: Healthy Kids Survey in Period 5 (teach 5A or B; Students survey
surveys.wested.org/chks/XM746HK
Friday: Regular Day: Lunch on the Lawn; Staff event at Coin Haus in La Mesa
Hopefully we all enjoyed our Thanksgiving break...now on to the last 4 weeks of the semester!
November 15-December 5th: Santee Santa's Food Drive: Period 5 classes collecting Pancake Mix and Syrup; See below for more information....
November 28: Period 5 Student Senate meeting in S-8
November 29: Changed to an Assembly Day schedule. All Period 5 classes teach and learn Period 5A, then give the online California Healthy Kids Survey Period 5B. (If you prefer to give the survey in period 5A and then teach that is great too!)
Faculty and Staff Healthy Kids Survey Link below (not for kids or parents)
Dear Wolf Pack Staff,
As discussed in our last all staff meeting, this STAFF survey is designed to provide schools with data useful for fostering a positive learning and working environment that promotes academic success among all students. The survey is open to All WHHS staff members and your participation is very important to insure accurate and useful data.
The first part of this survey is for all staff and should take less than 15 minutes to complete. The second part is only for staff who provide services or instruction related to health, prevention, discipline, counseling and/or safety.
•Answer the questions based on your experiences only at the school that asked you to complete it, not your experiences with the district overall or another school where you might also work.
• Questions about staff or adults at the school refer to ALL staff — administrators, teachers, teaching assistants, counselors, and all other certificated and classified staff.
All responses are anonymous and confidential. A few questions ask for personal information, such as the work you do at the school, how long you have done it, and your race/ethnicity. But the survey reports provided to your district contain only percentages for all respondents combined. If there are less than 6 respondents in any group, that data are not made available.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Click on the link below to begin the survey. If you have any questions, please contact John Hoadley in the Admin office.
continues....December 3-7: Winter Spirit Week--Dress Up days are coming....
December 6: Beginning / Intermediate Guitar Concert; 7 p.m. Theater
Friday, December 7: Winter Assembly
Saturday, December 8: Adv. Guitar / String Orchestra Concert; 7 p.m. Theater
Monday, December 10: Articulation Breakfast in Faculty Lounge for Dept. Chairs, Counselors, VPs, Program Coordinators and our client K-8 schools; 8-10 a.m.
Tuesday, December 11: Band Concert, 7 p.m. Theater
Friday, December 14: Choir Concert, 7 p.m. Theater
December 18, 19, 20: Final Exams
December 21: Faculty and Staff workday (no students in attendance)
December 24-January 7, 2019: Winter Break
January 14-25: Period 5 MLK Canned Food Drive--class competition. See more information below....
January 14-25: Period 5 MLK Canned Food Drive--class competition. See more information below....
Saturday, January 19, 2019: Winter Formal; SDSU, Motezuma Hall
January 23, 2019: Assembly Day schedule for Sandy Hook Promise "Say Something"
Ardy Riego, CTE Sports Medicine and ASB Director sent this email on 11/15...just a friendly reminder:
Hello Staff,
Today and tomorrow, ASB will be delivering boxes to your classrooms to help stock the Santee Santa's Pantry. The drive begins Nov 14th and ends Dec 5th. The organization asked that we focus our collection on pancake mix and syrup. This is a friendly reminder, that THIS IS NOT A CLASS COMPETITION and NO incentives will be rewarded... Except for the JOY of supporting our community during this holiday season 
(You are more than welcome to offer something in your own class if you would like).
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MLK Canned Food Drive:
Based on recommendations from Student Senate and teachers last year, we are going to focus our 5th Period Class Competition during the MLK Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Drive held on Monday, January 14th through Friday, January 25th. We will now be recognizing two divisions:
1. Total Volume (Most cans collected)
2. Per Capita (Number of items collected divided by the number of students in your class roster)
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ardy Riego. Thank you for your time!
On Wednesday, November 14 we had our first West Hills College Signing Day with several athletes, their families and friends. Thank you to Don Rutledge, Athletic Director for making this happen and for VP Josh Reiderer in supervising and supporting this event! We plan to make this a broader "College, Career and Military Commitment" event in the future.
Soccer
Gianna Creighton-University Of California, Irvine.
Taylor Gomez- Northern Arizona University
Brooke Flores- Eastern Washington University
Water Polo
Fallon Burnworth-Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Carly Bockstahler-Cal State Northridge
Inquiry Based Learning....students excited by researching bigger questions....take a look at how this strategy can lead to more engagement, higher learning results and more satisfaction for both students and teachers:
Professional Development...continuing the conversations about ....
Excellent Edutopia article on rigor...what it is and is not....
As always, our website has a wealth of information and links at wolfpack.guhsd.net
