February 17-21, 2020

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

Monday:        No School...think of President Washington 

 

Tuesday:        Regular Day

Wednesday:  Regular Day: Freshman Showcase!

Thursday:      Regular Day: Dept. Chair & Leadership Meeting: 2:00, E8

                                      

Friday:           Regular Day:

Thank you everyone for the great support and care you gave each other in this most difficult time. I have said it before and will continue to say that love and loss IS the "human condition" but I so wish it were not true! Hopefully this three day weekend allows all of us time of caring for ourselves and some quality "down time".

Congratulations to Lead Campus Supervisor Mike Applebaum on the birth of his grandson Silas on Thursday, February 13. Born healthy at 7 lbs and 19" long, big brother Aiden, age 2.5 and family are all thrilled with the new addition!

To our School Resource Officer (SRO) Deputy Jenae Krull for winning the KSON "First Responders Pageant" held Saturday night. Read more about her nomination here by AP April Baker. Deputy Krull wins two tickets to the upcoming Miranda Lambert concert and a meet and greet with the Country music star who will present her with her award plaque. Congratulations Jenae! You make our school a safer place each and every day!

 

Thank you everyone for working with us in implementing our 

mental health supports and interventions. Here is an update on our first semester. 

The two interventions mentioned, GPS (for bullying / verbal conflicts) and STAY (for tardy, truancy, chronic under-performing), are seeing positive ongoing improvements with students who 

continue to meet with Mending Matters on these issues.
It is very clear to all within schools today that social-emotional support for students
is a "must have" and we are grateful to both our own terrific Guidance Department and to
Mending Matters for all of their dedication and expertise in working with our students and staff.
Check out our most recent Counseling Corner from Guidance sent out via email to all parents, students, faculty and staff. 

Get Lit(eracy) Guerrilla Strategy 2: Teachers...please look for this strategy in your mailboxes and in places where adults gather. If you try it out, please send a photo or example to Robin or John in Admin to share with colleagues. 

Exciting Strategy at work with West Hills Students....

Using CommonLit.org biology students were asked, "Which statement best expresses the central idea in the article?" 

On January 21, our Literacy Team ​met to continue to look at ​​our critical campus-wide efforts in continuous student improvement outcomes. Checking in on our literacy focus for this year and from our August PLC time as a teaching faculty, we discussed and looked at our 6 areas of focus for our students. Working with Lin Kuzmich, we looked at the best way ALL teachers could support our students and decided to focus on our WASC Goals around assessment, cross-curricular collaboration and common formative assessment practices. We also wanted to bring strategies TO TEACHERS in a variety of places and so we are launching our "guerrilla Get Lit(eracy)" movement. Simply put, every two weeks​ on Monday (beginning 1/27/2020)​, teachers will get sample assessment questions and strategies to practice / merge into their classroom practices. These assessment strategies and various types of questions are modeled after standardized testing assessment question types from both academic assessments (CAASPP, SAT, AP, ACT etc) and college and career industry standards type questions that we see and use in a variety of settings in the world of work (OSHA, ASVAB, Human Resources training, etc).

Please Join Us!

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