WHS Information and Update-Week 8

WHS Band Concert-There is a WHS Band Concert tonight from 7:00-8:00 in the Washburn Performing Art Center. Come hear some OUTSTANDING music, played by the WHS Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and Percussion Ensemble!

Spring Break-Spring is nearly here, which means students’ minds typically drift from schoolwork to vacation, sleep, or relaxation.  Before WHS students let their minds wander, they should look at spring break as an opportunity to get caught up or ahead.  Students should communicate with their teachers this week and find at least one class they can either get caught up in or get ahead in during spring break. Use this time wisely.

Spring Conferences-March 27-29 students will be released at 11:25 am in order for parent-teacher conferences to happen.  Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, teachers will be available from 12:00-3:00 pm to conference with parents.  We are asking parents to initiate contact either by phone or email with teachers in order to request a conference.  Teachers will be responsible for scheduling their own conferences this spring.  We will be sending out our conference schedule later this week.

Thursday night, teachers will be available from 5:00-8:00 pm.  Conferences will be 15 minute.  If after 15 minutes you would like additional time, we would like for you to re-schedule for another day.  In addition to individual conferences, we will be providing parent workshops covering variety of topics.

Parent Workshops-The evening of Thursday, March 28 from 5:00-8:00 pm, WHS staff will be providing workshops for parents and guardians covering the following areas:

•    Graduation Requirements and Academic Success101-Ms. Mackey and

     Mr. Sanford will be providing information about graduation requirements as

     well as sharing resources that are available for students and parents.

•    Math Information (myhrw.com support, standards, etc)-Math teachers will

     be providing information for students and parents about math standards and

     resources that are available.

•    Cyberbullying-Mr. Washburn will be sharing information about responsible

     cyber-communication and our policy.

•    Skyward 101-Mr. Bennett will be sharing with parents all of the information

     that is available on skyward as well as helping parents log into skyward.

•    State Assessment Information (EOC-Algebra, EOC-Geometry, EOC-

     Biology and HSPE)-Ms. Boyden will sharing information and resources

     available regarding the state assessments that students must pass.

•    AP Information-We will have a session dealing with the upcoming AP exams

     as well as information about the AP courses we currently offer.

•    Career Cruising and High School and Beyond Plan-Mrs. Spencer will be

     providing information and example of what Career Cruising has to offer WHS

     students.

Each workshop will be approximately 30 minutes long except for the math and graduation requirements workshops, which are one hour long.  I have attached the tentative parent workshop schedule to this email.