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: Required All Faculty and Staff meeting, 7:45,
Rm. S-8. Teachers please bring your laptops;
Tuesday: Regular Day
Wednesday: Regular Day:
Thursday: Regular Day:
Friday: Regular Day
If you are an Individual Instruction Aide and are not on the time clock, it is optional to join this meeting.
Thursday, January 16: ASB Blood Drive in Gym Foyer: Students sign up in black circle earlier in the week.
Monday, January 20: Dr. Martin Luther King Day, no school
Wednesday, January 29: lunch and into per.6: Faculty and Staff "Souper Bowl". Please see email "shared" document or this link for more info. We hope you will join us!
January 27-31: Great Kindness Week: West Hills will be participating in this national week. List of ASB sponsored Activities for the Week. We can all use a little more kindness in our lives! We will be encouraging social media postings of our kindness as well as whole school opportunities. We want to start 2020 off with continuing kindness and good will. Here's a short video to help explain it...
Monday, February 10: President Lincoln's Birthday: No School
Friday, February 14: Minimum Day; First Progress Report
Monday, February 17: President's Day: No School
Wednesday, February 19: Freshman Showcase, 5:30 p.m. Please SHARE the flyer with anyone who might be interested in West Hills. Feel free to POST IT to Social Media. Our enrollment is low and we WELCOME any and all students and families interested in West Hills. Any and all staff are welcome to open their classrooms and be welcoming ambassadors this night!
Wednesday, February 19: Freshman Showcase, 5:30 p.m. Please SHARE the flyer with anyone who might be interested in West Hills. Feel free to POST IT to Social Media. Our enrollment is low and we WELCOME any and all students and families interested in West Hills. Any and all staff are welcome to open their classrooms and be welcoming ambassadors this night!
Wednesday, February 26: Airbands Talent Show in Theatre--it's not too late to join in! Contact Debra Heeb in World Language for any questions. All staff emails have gone out as well.
- Theme: West Hills Goes to the Movies
Friday, March 6: PACK DAY (Parents at Class with Kids Day)--minimum day schedule
Teachers/ Certificated Staff: If you would like to nominate a teacher for the "Teacher of the Year" for the 2020-21 school year, please use this form to do so. All nominations are due by Friday, January 31.
Any teacher who would like to participate in the
Recommendation meeting, it will be
Monday, February 3, at 7:45 in the Principal's Conference room.
Please let Robin know if you will be attending to plan for meeting venue. All former "Teachers of the Year" are asked to attend if at all possible.
Hello GUHSD Staff,
The Grossmont Union High School District is beginning a cycle of inquiry to help refine our educational priorities to ensure we are supporting all of our students. GUHSD is using the ThoughtExchange tool to provide all of our stakeholders a voice in the 2020-21 LCAP and strategic planning process.
It is an easy process!
- Visit the ThoughtExchange website (bit.ly/GUHSDGoals) on your phone or computer and review the question.
- Add your thoughts.
- Review and rate other people’s thoughts.
Teachers - Students are also being asked to participate. If appropriate, please encourage your students to add their thoughts.
Thank you!
The city of Santee is excited to announce the inaugural Santee Olympic Torch Relay on Thursday, January 23 from 2:30 – 5:00 pm with the Opening Ceremonies taking place at Santee Trolley Square amphitheater (9884 Mission Gorge Rd, Santee). This symbolic event will honor the US Olympic Trial Race Walking competition that will be taking place here in Santee on Saturday, January 25 from 7:30am-2:30pm on Town Center Parkway and Riverview Parkway.We will be hitting the streets with a 6 mile long torch relay across Santee starting at West Hills High School and ending at Santee Trolley Square. An Olympic hopeful athlete will run alongside 18 community members that will each run a 1/3 mile portion of the relay.West Hills is proud to have our very own senior Dylan Shubert start the relay leaving from West Hills Flag Circle on Thursday, January 23 at 3:30 p.m.
January 2020 Calendar: New Year, New Decade! (bit.ly/jan2020cal) - Happy New Year! Print a copy to follow along with this new calendar for the new year.
Inkwell Literary-Art Magazine Accepting Student Submissions (bit.ly/submitinkwell2020) - If you know of students who create original artwork or creative writing, encourage them to submit their work for publication in our annually published literary-art magazine.
Resource Snack Time: 2020 Reading Resolutions (bit.ly/rst-2020) - The new year often inspires people to create resolutions. What about setting some “reading resolutions” for 2020? Hard copies of the handout are also available at the library help desk.
Please take a look at our newest Dashboard results including our May 2019 CAASPP test results. You may need to type in "West Hills" in the "School locator" field (do not type in anything else to find us). This is overall GOOD NEWS....we are doing well and even "moving up" in some areas. As a reminder, in the preferred order, "best to worst" colors are:
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
grey = "neutral or no score"
To learn more about a state measure (how each measure is calculated), select from the list below:
We have been working on equity and access in all areas the last few years and continue to do so while maintaining a safe and secure learning environment. THANK YOU for your individual and collective contributions in making West Hills a great school!
GUHSD Published Multi-Year Calendar for Staff (This includes the staff work days and start of school year for teachers and classified published by the District)
GUHSD Multi-Year Calendar for Students and Parents (this is the "easy to read view for three years for parents and students but does NOT include faculty and staff start of school year and work day options during holidays). Sent via I.C. to all parents and students the last two years.
