The mission of West Hills High School is to graduate critical thinkers and problem-solvers who contribute positively to society as productive, responsible citizens.

*Bookmark the Wolf Pack Weekly and these links will always be here and up to date! *

Thank you EVERYONE for ALL you are doing in this extraordinarily difficult time!

We believe everything we do on campus is teaching and learning--

we are all teachers, and we are all learners!

Upcoming events:

Monday: DC / Leadership Meeting, 9-10 a.m. Agenda

Tuesday: ALL FACULTY and Staff are REQUIRED to check in each day prior to going to their classroom or office, at the Business Building Faculty Office and Mailroom to get their required temperature check, sign in, pick up mail, and then go on to their work space. Admin will be there beginning at 6:30 a.m. for this required check in. If you do not start until Period 3, go to B-2 for this check in. Please, please PLEASE do not make Admin search you out on campus to do this. Park near the B-Building, come in in the corridor between B7 and ASB and you will see us with our RED POP UP temperature check station and then you enter the office door if cleared to get you mail, sign in, and exit through B-7 (one way path of travel to exit). See map of B Building offices if helpful.

PLEASE DO NOT COME TO WORK IF YOU HAVE A FEVER of 100 degrees or greater or ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS

Reopening to Level 2 with students on campus Tuesday, September 29

**NEW**Two Tabs on our Website "Level 2 Resources" and "Advisory"

Please make sure you "bookmark" our website and these resources, particularly if you are a teacher with a period 3 class. This is where the weekly Advisory activities will be posted with directions. We will send out directions and links to your email as well, but wanted you to know they will always be posted here. NOTE: The Advisory 20 mins. in Period 3 is REQUIRED and it begins every Period 3 Class. If you are not going to be on campus in person, please make sure you note in your Sub plans for the Sub to go to our website and go to this Advisory tab so they can get the links and directions to give to students.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR ALL TEACHERS TO POST ADVISORY IN THEIR ONLINE Schoology and / or GOOGLE CLASSROOM. All students are asked to view and complete ADVISORY activities.

Please see Assistant Principal, Carrie Gaeir´s email from Friday, 9/25 at 4;04 p.m. for more information and a thorough explanation of Advisory.

As a reminder, here are some resources we have already sent to you via email. The items not labeled "faculty and staff" we sent to all students and parents as well.

Level 2 Faculty and Staff FAQs

WEST HILLS LEVEL TWO REOPENING VIDEO

CAMPUS MAP TO DETERMINE CLASSROOM LOCATIONS

The County of San Diego, SDCOE, and Rady Children’s Hospital formed a partnership to create videos to address parent questions about COVID-19. This video includes a presentation by Rady Children’s Hospital’s infectious disease physicians and other experts. If you are interested in learning more about COVID-19 please view the Rady’s Children Hospital COVID-19 Family Education Video regarding COVID-19 and school age children and teens.

As we prepare for Level 2, here are some resources to support your efforts.

Taking Attendance and Tracking Participation Overview Video | Slides (New)
This is an overview of how to take on-campus attendance AND continue to track distance learning participation in Infinite Campus. Tracking participation for students who are not on-campus on any given day is the same as Level 1.
Substitute Teaching Models During Level 2 (New)
If you are on COVID leave or call a sub for a single day absence, this document provides some guidance and logistics related to providing instructions to substitute teachers and students.
Instructional Considerations at Level 2 (Originally shared 9/11)
This document reviews three methods to optimize your in-class time with your students at Level 2.

All of these items are linked to the 2020-21 GUHSD Teaching and Learning Plan.

Restorative Practices in encouraging Student voices

Please take a look at this short video regarding Restorative Practices.

In some ways our Mending Matters intervention groups work like this with topics such as bullying, physical (non-injurious) and verbal altercations, unmotivated students, non-attending and anxiety filled and/ or depressed students. Teaching and learning is at the core of all we do--academically,socially, and co-curricularly.

If you have a concern about a student, please contact their Counselor or Admin first and we will intervene to help in any way we can.

SDCUE Powered Learning Month is coming!

Teachers,
This year San Diego CUE (Innovation and Technology in Education) is going virtual with a month-long online event. Beginning October 12, SDCUE will be offering 16 evenings (M-Th) of online Professional Learning sessions across several strands:

Distance Learning Tools and Skills
Social/Emotional Learning
Making and Coding
Engaging at a Distance
Equity in the Classroom
Collaboration
Universal Design and Pedagogy

There will be 2 sessions each evening. All sessions will also be recorded and available to all registered participants through December 31, 2020.

GUHSD and SDCUE have a long-standing partnership and we would like to encourage all of our teachers to attend the event. In order to support our teachers with their continued efforts during distance and hybrid learning, GUHSD will pay for the registration costs for all staff who wish to attend. When registering, GUHSD staff MUST register with their GUHSD email address in order for us to pick up your tab. Please choose the 'Pay by Invoice' option on the registration screen.

For more info on SDCUE's Powered Learning Month and the link to register, please click here.

Additionally, SDCUE is partnering with the San DiegoCounty Office of Education to offer a Basics Bootcamp ahead of Powered Learning Month. This event is free and will focus on getting started with GSuite (Google Docs, Slides, Forms, etc.), Screencasting, and Google Chrome. For more information on tis event, please visit SDCOE's event site.