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: Regular Day
Wednesday: Regular Day:
Thursday: Regular Day: Dept. Chair and Leadership Mtng, 2:00 p.m. Rm. E8
Friday: Regular Day
Welcome back Wolf Pack! Hopefully our well-deserved two week break allowed for much laughter, love with friends and family and some time away from our work world. It is hard to believe a new decade here, a new year awaits AND our new semester! It continues to AMAZE me each and every year the GROWTH and LEARNING you support and make happen each year with our students! Always look forward....YOU are MAKING LEARNING HAPPEN!
Some personnel news...
Welcome back Assistant Principal April Baker from a short leave. We are grateful to Don Rutledge for serving as interim in her absence.
All the best to Manager of School Facilities Chris Quarders as he is on a short personal leave through the end of January. Welcome BACK to our former MSF Debbie Avery as we lured her out of retirement to help us in this time. She hopefully will be re-joining us by Wednesday this week.
And best wishes to Principal's Secretary Ginny Bell as she is on a short leave to care for her daughter Courtney who is recovering from brain surgery #2. Thank you to Shelley La Fata, Sarita Pitones, Maria Lenhoff and Molly Hutchinson for assisting with her work responsibilities and "covering" her desk in her absence. Our hearts and thoughts go to her, Courtney and her entire family at this challenging time. Courtney is in ICU recovering currently and is getting ready to start physical therapy as she recovers.
May 2020 be an exciting year filled with all wonderful things great and small!
To Mrs. Marilyn Cabral and the Class of 2021 for putting on a GREAT WINTER FORMAL at Building 177 at Liberty Station on Friday, December 20. Thank you to PTSA for providing outstanding volunteers and to all the WHHS Campus Supervision, faculty and staff who worked the venue! With over 500 students present, a great time was had by all!
To Mrs. Tiffany Jokerst and her CP Statistics students for their Stats Fair on Monday, Dec. 16 during Collaboration Time. Students were asked to research a topic of their choice and demonstrate the elements of statistics they have learned this semester to educate others. (WASC Student Learning Outcome #5) They invited the entire school community plus others from their family and friends to see their findings. What a lovely way to bring relevance, learning and meaning to their math world!
To our PTSA and all the faculty and staff who joined our end of semester Luncheon in the Gym Foyer during Finals Week. We are grateful to have each of you on staff and to be able to share some time together as we made it through the hectic week of finals!
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
January 27-31: Great Kindness Week: West Hills will be participating in this national week. Each period 3 teacher will get the Great Kindness Ideas list and ask teachers to review the list with students. We all then focus on and participate in the Great Kindness Challenge 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
Monday, February 17: President's Day: No School
Friday, February 14: Minimum Day; First Progress Report
Wednesday, February 19: Freshman Showcase, 5:30-7:30 pm.: Incoming 9th graders and their families invited to visit and learn more about West Hills. Families are "shopping for schools" and we NEED more students! Everyone is asked to participate--open your classroom, be a friendly welcoming face!
Wednesday, February 26: Airbands Talent Show in Theatre;
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.
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.
