January 7-11 Events and Additional Information
Congratulations to the following WHS students who were accepted into the annual National Association for Music Educator’s All-Northwest/All-State honors groups. Congratulations to Kelly Ritter and Jen Mahorney for their leadership, guidance and support for all band and choir students at WHS.
Allix Fisher (bass clarinet) - All-Northwest Wind Symphony
Sydney Niemi (baritone saxophone) - All-Northwest Wind Symphony
Riley Miller (trombone) - All-Northwest Wind Symphony
Nick Stevens (bassoon) - All-Northwest Wind Symphony
Crystal Saltmarsh (percussion) - All-State Concert Band
Bret Wade (tenor voice) - All-State Symphonic Choir
Austin Smith-Brown (tenor voice) - All-State Symphonic Choir
Zoe West (soprano voice) - All-State Symphonic Choir
This is the largest combined group of students from WHS to qualify. To be accepted, students must have completed a rigorous audition process and competed against thousands of other applicants from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska.
Delete Cyberbullying-The Internet offers a wealth of resources and materials for our students. Accessed through a variety of electronic devices, it also allows for rich and diverse opportunities for communication. However, it has also provided some people with the means to exploit individuals and engage in cyberbullying.
Part of the State of Washington's Anti-Bullying Law and the Washougal School District’s Prohibition of Bullying Policy (#3207) includes the exclusion of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is bullying using electronic devices to initiate repeated negative behavior toward a less-powerful person. Electronic name-calling, shunning and shaming are all forms of cyberbullying. So are spreading rumors, gossiping and making threats online.
Although much of the negative cyber communication may not take place at WHS/EHS, it does impact our climate. We will be providing cyber communication information to WHS/EHS students over the next few weeks during 3rd period. We are planning to provide parents with information at the PAC meeting on January 28 as well as in an open forum style meeting in the auditorium (date has yet to be determined). For both students and parents, I have included sites endorsed by OSPI dealing with Cyber Safety.
Parent Advisor Council (PAC)- The minutes from the November 26 PAC meeting have been posted on our website. If you want to know what we talked about please visit http://www.washougal.k12.wa.us/whs/schoolinformation/pac.htm. Our next meeting will be Monday, January 28, 2013 starting at 6:30 pm in the library. We will be discussing facilities and Cyber.
SOS-The Save Organic Scraps Program is coming to WHS on February 4. The SOS Program is a school recycling program driven by student involvement and student leadership. This program is in 94 Clark County schools grades K-12, reaching approximately 40,000 students. It is funded through a partnership between Clark County Environmental Services, Waste Connections, and the Washington State Department of Ecology. The program is designed to be cost neutral for the school districts, with reductions in garbage service paying for the extra compost collection. If you want to find out more about SOS, and learn more at www.saveorganicscraps.com.Parent Advisor Council (PAC)- The minutes from the November 26 PAC meeting have been posted on our website. If you want to know what we talked about please visit http://www.washougal.k12.wa.us/whs/schoolinformation/pac.htm. Our next meeting will be Monday, January 28, 2013 starting at 6:30 pm in the library. We will be discussing facilities and Cyber.
Winter Sports- If you have questions about winter sports contact Doug Cox, Athletic Director at 954-3104. You can see the practice schedules on our Sports calendar. The Sports calendar can be found under the Calendar heading on our website (www.washougal.k12.wa.us/whs).
1st Semester Finals- The end of the 1st Semester is rapidly approaching. The last three days of the semester are dedicated to course finals. 1st semester grades will be posted by Wednesday, February 8, 2013 on Skyward for students and parents to review. Grades will be sent home with students and mailed home on February 12, 2013. I have included the finals schedule as well as additional information below:
Wednesday, January 30 Periods 1 & 2
Thursday, January 31 Periods 4 & 5
Friday, February 1 Periods 6 & 7
Second Semester-Second semester begins on Monday, February 4.
February EOC Retakes-End of Course Exam (EOC) retakes will be offered at WHS February 6 & 7. Biology retakes will be on Wednesday starting at 7:55 am on February 6, 2013. Biology retakes are for current 10th graders who did not meet standard on last year’s Biology EOC. Math retakes will be in the auditorium starting at 7:55 am on February 7, 2013. If a student has attempted a math EOC and has not yet met graduation standards, they will automatically be ordered a test.
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