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: Collaboration Day
Tuesday: Finals Schedule: Pers. 1 or 7 & 4 ;
Faculty & Staff luncheon--12:45-1:45;
Gym Foyer
Gym Foyer
Wednesday: Finals Schedule: Pers. 3 & 5
Thursday: Finals Schedule: Pers. 2 & 6;
Classified Meeting and Holiday Thank you; 2:30 in Faculty Lounge
Main office closed at 2:25 p.m. -3:25 p.m.
Friday: Faculty and Staff Work Day: Please sign in as always
Winter Assembly Week wrap up
Thank you to ASB and Ardy Riego for another fun and active Winter Spirit Week!
Dress up days were popular as we see with some pics of Ugly Sweater day
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| Lead Campus Supervisor Mike Applebaum and VP Secretary Sarita Pitones show off their ¨ugly sweaters¨ |
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| ASB and their choices for ¨That¨s It..I´m not going!" day |
The week ended with a great double assembly and Congratulations
to Mrs. Tiffany Jokerst (Math and Engineering) for being our
students selection for Golden Apple ¨Teacher of the Year¨!
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| Mrs. Jokerst (second from right) with ASB Exec Council after announcing her selection by students for Golden Apple (also showing her awesome school spirit as always the red, pink and glitter day!) |
To all teachers who participated in our first campus-wide Interim CAASPP Assessment (ICA) scoring. A great deal of gratitude to the terrific English teachers Cece Boehme, Danny Tricarico, AJ Acosta, Barb Ruggles, Casey Ash, Michelle Liddell and Carrin Edwards for leading this important work in our four Literacy Groups. Teachers gave great feedback and constructive commentary via the google feedback form which will be shared by John Hoadley.
Hopefully this experience sparked discussions and awareness of the rigor and types of assessments our juniors are expected to engage with and allows for thoughtful review of grade 9 and 10 literacy experiences across all content areas to support each student´s practice and mastery of reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.
Next up for our students....the ICA in Mathematics in January. While we are NOT asking teachers to participate in the scoring of this, if you have an interest in participating, please see John Hoadley. Scoring the Math portion is very different than ELA and we welcome any interest.
Winter Choir and Band Concert....
Thank you Ms. Elise Reinert and our Choir and Band for their lovely
Winter Concert Friday night! These students sounded lovely and
gave the entire audience a wonderful music boost to our holiday spirits!
Thank you to all who contributed to our Adopt-A-Family program this season. With all of your generous donations, we were able to gift holiday cheer of gift cards to grocery stores, gas stations, Wal Mart, Target and many fast food and other restaurants in the East County region to 7 West Hills students in very tough circumstances. You made 7 teens feel incredible! 
Tuesday, December 17, 12:45-1:45: Faculty and Staff luncheon, Gym Foyer sponsored by our PTSA. We hope you will join us!
December 17, 18, 19: FINAL EXAMS Monday, December 16 IS a Collaboration Day as noted in schedule. Please remember that Final Exams are instructional days and all content areas are asked to have exams / projects / instructional activities during this time. Any movies shown needs to be content area related (PG 13 and under films only unless principal and parent permission slips have been signed) and no home made food of any kind is allowed due to health regulations. Please remind students to attend all days of school and that we have final exam study spaces available if needed if a student is on campus but does not have a class. They can check in the main office for these locations if needed.
Final exam days are minimum days and our Finals Week schedule is listed below:
Monday, December 16: Collaboration Day
Tuesday, December 17: All offices and teachers unavailable 12:35-2:00 p.m.
Finals Period 1 or 7 8:14 - 10:11
Break 10:11 - 10:27
Period 4 10:33 - 12:30
Wednesday, December 18
Finals Period 3 8:14 - 10:11
Break 10:11 - 10:27
Period 5 10:33 - 12:30
Thursday, December 19 – last day of fall semester; Front office closed at 2:30 p.m.
Period 5 10:33 - 12:30
Thursday, December 19 – last day of fall semester; Front office closed at 2:30 p.m.
Finals Period 2 8:14 - 10:11
Break 10:11 - 10:27
Period 6 10:33 - 12:30
Friday, December 20: No students in attendance; If you will not be on campus, please complete the proper paperwork with Ginny. If we need to find you for any reason, this allows us to do so. It is the last day of the semester. Parents and students do come to campus for various reasons thus the request. Final Grades are due by Friday at 3:00 p.m. If you need additional time or help, please see Bert Novicio, our SST, in the main office.
Winter Formal 7:00 p.m. All Faculty and Staff are welcome to join us with a ¨+1¨ for all or any part of this night!
Location: Building 177
Liberty Station
2875 Dewey Rd,
San Diego, CA 92106
Time: 7:00pm -10:30pm
December 30-January 5, 2020: Winter Break
Please unplug all small electrical; Clean out refrigerators; Take out any food products to prevents bugs.
January 6, 2020: Collaboration late start Monday back to school; Spring Semester begins
West Hills High School is closed December 23-January 3, 2020, however our fields, Gym and Performing Arts facilities are used by all kinds of organizations, booked by both West Hills (for our own on campus people) and by the District for off-campus outside agencies for a fee. These fees are returned to WHHS to maintain and upkeep our beautiful campus.
WINTER BREAK: Please unplug and turn off any small electronics--coffee pots, refrigerators, desk top computers, microwaves, etc. during our week off. Every dollar we save on electricity COMES BACK TO WHHS!
Special Library Hours During Finals - During finals, the library will open at 8:00 am and close at 12:45 pm.
Resource Snack Time: Best Books of the Decade - Looking for some books to read over the upcoming break? With the end of the year (and decade!) quickly approaching, GUHSD Teacher Librarians reflected on memorable books from the 2010s. See what they shared and access other 'best books of the decade' lists.
Oh, What Fun it is to Give
Check out our Holiday Scratchers on The Ellen DeGeneres Show!
The California Lottery participated in this year’s 12 Days of Giveaways. Each lucky audience member received a bundle of Scratchers. The most important part of this giveaway was the mention of the Lottery’s work to provide supplemental funding for California public education.
Click here to watch the video and enjoy the holiday cheer!
