The mission of West Hills High School is to graduate critical thinkers and problem-solvers who contribute positively to society as productive, responsible citizens.
WHHS self-identified & WASC confirmed Goals
Activities for the week:
ASB Class office campaigns all week. Candidates are to ask you if they can block your windows with posters / fliers.
Monday: Collab. Day:
Tuesday: Regular Day
Wednesday: Regular Day: Student Senate Meeting, per. 5, S8
Thursday: Regular Day; Literacy Team, 8:00-2:00 in E8 w/Lin Kuzmich
Friday: Regular Day: Lunch on the Lawn--come join us if sunny and dry.
Congratulations Ardy Riego our CTE Sports Medicine and ASB teacher. He was surprised on Friday with the District CTE Team naming him as our 2019 CTE District "Teacher of the Year". Teaching since 2014, Ardy has taught the CTE Sports Medicine pathway a two-year course of study, taken students on regional Sports Medicine competitions, worked with industry sector partners to provide relevant, timely and current state of the art practices with his students and works with CTE teachers within the District. Ardy also sponsors the Sports Medicine Club and his student leaders have had very successful Health Career and Information nights for parents and students with expert panelists. West Hills is proud of you Ardy and thank you for your teaching and service to our students and school!
March 28, 8:00-2:00 p.m., E-8: Site Literacy Team work day with Lin Kuzmich. Working with this plan Additional teachers are welcome to join us. Please talk with John Hoadley or Robin if you would like to do so.
March 29, 30 & April 5 & 6; 7:00 p.m. : "The Miracle Worker" performed in our theater
April 1-12: CAASPP Testing Calendar: Please note these special dates / schedules for CAASPP Testing; Monday, April 29 deemed a regular bell schedule day by Internal Auditor (first Monday we return from Spring Break).
April 15-26, 2019: Spring Break--No School
April 29, Monday: Regular Day due to internal auditor review of our CAASPP Testing schedule.
May 1-17, 2019: AP Testing weeks
May 2, 6:00 p.m.: "Honoring Excellence" District Ceremony in our theater
May 20: 6:00 pm: Science Dept. "Full Paw" Science awards; S-8
May 20: 6:00 pm: Science Dept. "Full Paw" Science awards; S-8
May 22: Multi-Cultural Fair in Gym; Please talk with Jodi Kohler and Dan Sutton regarding having a club or group participate to make this year's Fair as inclusive and broad based as possible.
Sandy Hook Promise Partnership: SAVE Club
(Students Against Violence Everywhere)
On Tuesday, March 19, Robin Ballarin and Jamie Gwyn took three students: Natalie Reiderer (11), Kylie Reiderer (11) and Olivia DiSabatino (11) to a Sandy Hook Promise workshop. (Other students recommended were invited but were not able to attend). At that workshop, each of the Sandy Hook Promise yearly activities: "Hello Week", "Say Something" and "National Youth Violence Prevention Week" was discussed and school teams were given time to discuss and explore the best way to work with these programs on our own campuses. In the workshop, the organization Community Matters was presented with the Safe School Ambassadors Program. Students were very positive about this program and the idea was presented at the Department Chair and Leadership meeting this past Thursday. Please talk with your Department and other staff / faculty about this idea below. At our next Department Chair and Leadership meeting we will discuss if we would like to go forward with this idea. Jamie Gwyn has said she will be involved and we are looking for 5-7 other adults who are interested in the training and to act as mentors in this voluntary program in order to move forward is we agree as a faculty to do so.
The Safe School Ambassadors (SSA) program is a student-centered program that empowers leaders from the diverse student groups and cliques on campus and equips them with nonviolent communication and intervention skills to stop bullying, cyber-bullying and mistreatment among their peers. It promotes positive peer-to-peer and adult-to-peer relationships, increases school safety, and improves the school climate. It is a proven anti-bullying and mistreatment prevention program and a research-based, field tested logic model which is designed for students in 4th-12th grade.
- Community Matters partners with our school and provides students and staff with the training and resources necessary to implement the Safe School Ambassadors Program. We don’t just provide the training and leave. We provide you with live support and resources throughout the entire school year and whenever you need it.
- 40 student “influencers” from all groups on campus to be trained (each year)
- Two Day training for both students and adults
- 1 adult for every 7-10 students
- Follow up is once a month with students leading meetings with agendas from Community Matters / Students meet a second time in the month with or without an adult advisers.
- A current grant pays the $6500 for the training.
- West Hills could be trained any two days May 21-30 or wait until August to be trained (this would allow for incoming grade 9 to be included in stead of primarily current 10-11-12 graders).
To Isaac Cabral for his Scholarship!
On Friday, Mr. Monge from the GUHSD CTE office presented Isaac with the Les Hart Scholarship for community service and outstanding academics. Les was a long-time district employee whose family established a yearly scholarship in his memory to go to a deserving GUHSD student. Please congratulate Isaac if you see him on campus.
