Tuesday, July 27, 2021

July 26-30, 2021: Preview of our Back to School Week

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


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WH Bell Schedule 2021-22

WH Administration Responsibilities 2021-22

Master Schedule by Departments & Teachers 2021-22




It is hard to believe, but we return to the start of our 2021-22 school year in just over one week! Here is our Back To School schedule for our Professioal Development days August 3-9. We start with students Tuesday August 10 and our first week of school looks like this:

Monday, August 9: Faculty and Staff meetings; PTSA sponsored Lunch. Please help our PTSA and JOIN as a member! We hope everyone will join us for lunch as a staff!

Tuesday, August 10: Regular bell schedule day. Studnents see their schedules online within their student portal. More information to come on Aug. 5 & 9 in our meetings. 

Wednesday - Friday: Assembly schedules organized this way: 

WED 8/11

THURS 8/12

FRI 8/13

Period 5A: 10:53-11:39am 

Sophomores to the Pit

(any teacher grade pure, please attend & participate too)


Period 5B: 11:45-12:31

Juniors
(any teacher grade pure, please attend & participate too)

Period 5A:  10:53 11:39am

Seniors to the Pit

(any teacher grade pure, please attend & participate too)


Period 5B: Seniors get their ID photo taken (along with rest of the school during Social Science class time)

Whole school assembly down on the football field



A GREAT welcome to West Hills to the following faculty and staff joining us! 
Some folks are still completing paperwork and are not on campus yet. 
We are excited to have you join us!

New to WH


Barquin, Sally

II

Hartsuyker, Garrett

II

Garcia, Caroline

School Psychologist

Harter, Joseph

English

Kitten, Jake

Math

Holmes, Marshall 

Art

Wall, Tim 

Case  Manager teacher

Thatcher, David

Site Technologist

Womack, Ja’Nee

GIS

Bellinger, Kimberly 

GIS

Katy Raley

Attendance 

Johnson, Joshua

Assistant Principal 

Cole, Emily

Special Ed Aide

Adcock, Madison

Special Ed Aide

Grounds / Custodian 

TBD


This information is for new certifcated staff: teachers, counselors, school psychologists, etc: 

Please check out your invitation from our District staff. 

***Monday, August 2 from 9-11 a.m. is West Hills orientation on campus. Please RSVP to Shelley LaFata at slafata@guhsd.net or at 619-956-0400. 

1. District Live Zoom Meeting, August 2 from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
2. Asynchronous Schoology Course (To be completed by August 9).

A HUGE "Thank you" to EVERYONE who worked this summer in making our two sessions happen for students! We APPRECIATE each of you and the important role you played in keeping our office running, teaching students in classes, checking out Chromebooks and loaners, moving students on to another Accellus class if needed, and answering a MILLION questions! Congratulations Wolf Pack Summer School staff! You helped students earn credits towards graduation! 




Good Afternoon Teachers and Schoology Users,

On 8/2/21 Instructional Technology will be offering Schoology training to our new teachers and on 8/3 and 8/4 they will offer Schoology training to our current employees.

 As a result, ETS will need to synchronize Schoology on 8/1 so it is ready for use on 8/2. This may cause a few hurdles depending on where your site is with regard to your master schedule.

Things to remember:

  • The first few weeks of school are always in flux. Don’t spend too much time getting your courses looking perfect, as schedules often change significantly in the first few weeks.
  • Best practice is to build everything you need in terms of assignments in RESOURCES, then apply those assignments, activities, and folders to your courses once rosters settle.
  • Pay particular attention to uniquely coded sections (Q-codes, for example). If you do decide to build directly in your course, rather than resources, make sure you are building in a course which has a full roster, rather than 1-2 students. Special scheduling sections (pseudo sections) will be deleted and their students added to the main course roster.
  • The sync of this year’s courses will begin on 8/1 and may take a day or two for all courses to populate.
  • If your course tiles or schedule are not what you are expecting, please discuss with your site admin team.
  • Schoology will sync your rosters every evening to reflect changes that have been made by the school site.

Thank you for all you do!




Benefit Eligible Employees and Early Retirees,

Please review VEBA's    Member Update   for important news and member updates.

Member updates include the following:

Dive Into Summer With the VEBA Resource Center (VRC)

VEBA Members Can Get Free Medical Advice from Teladoc Medical Experts

Emotional Health Resources for VEBA Members - Optum EAP Talkspace Member Flyer 

COVID-19 Status Webinar  - July 29 @ 4 p.m.

VEBA will be hosting a COVID-19 update webinar on Thursday, July 29, from 4-5 p.m. Shane Crotty, Ph.D., from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, will once again be our special guest.    Click here to RSVP 

VEBA members are invited to join us to learn the latest on booster shots, variants and the status of herd immunity. Dr. Crotty will also take live questions from members.


GUHSD Benefits Office: 619-644-8029
Debbie Bryant: dbryant@guhsd.net; ext. 4-8029
Marsha Harris: mharris@guhsd.net; ext. 4-8056





Looking forward to being on campus together again! Please wear a face mask when on 
campus indoors. Out of doors, we do not need to wear them, but inside, we do. More information to come on health regulations as we know more. 
We will see everyone on campus August 5, in the Foyer for the official start of our school year! Optional continental breakfast, 7:30; We start at 8:00. Please
wear a WHHS BLUE shirt for our "Sprit Gauntlet" for our Class of 2025 freshmen. 


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