WHS Information and Updates-Week 6

Team Mean Machine and "Odd Job" qualify for Nationals

Team Mean Machine and their robot, “Odd Job” earn trip to the Robotics National Championships-The partnership between Camas, Washougal and Hockinson continues to excel.  The alliance that Team Mean Machine was part of won the regional robotics championship this weekend in Portland.  They have qualified for the National Championships in St. Louis scheduled for April 24-27.  See Columbian article for more information.

8^th grade Grade Curriculum and Graduation Requirement Night for Incoming 9^th graders(Class of 2017)-Monday, March 11 from 6:00-7:30 we will be providing information form incoming 9^th graders and families at WHS in the following way: 

• 6:00-7:00 Curriculum Fair-In the WHS commons, teachers will have information tables set up and will be available to share details about their classes.
• 7:00-7:30 General Information and Graduation Requirements in the auditorium-In the auditorium, we will present important graduation requirements for the class of 2017 and discuss the forecasting process.  You will be able to ask questions about the forecasting process, AP, Honors courses, etc.

Curriculum Guide- Students are currently able to forecast and will be locking in their choices during the week of March 11 for the 2013-14 school year.  We feel it is very important for both students and parents to be aware of all the graduation requirements.  Please take some time to review graduation requirements and our curriculum guide. You can get all the information you need by visiting the WHS Counseling website at http://www.washougal.k12.wa.us/whs/departments/counseling.htm.  If you have questions, please contact your student(s) counselor.

2013 HSPE Testing Schedule (March 12-14)-It is HSPE WEEK!!!! It would be great to see every student who takes a HSPE, pass a HSPE! 100%!! 

All 9^th and 10^th graders as well as 11th and 12th graders who have not met standard are expected to attend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning.  The bus schedule has not been changed.  Buses will run at regularly scheduled times.  Monday and Friday are regularly scheduled days.

• All 9^th graders will be working on a variety of activities which will include finalizing forecasting, taking a math assessment, completing Career Cruising activities, receiving information about cyberbullying, etc. 
• All 10^th graders will be taking the Writing and Reading HSPE. 
• All 11^th and 12^th graders who have not met standard will need to be at school starting at 7:55 to take the exam in room #133 (Mr. Amundson's room).  If you are not sure if your student has met standard, please contact the main office ASAP. 
• 11^th and 12^th grade students who have met standard can arrive at the beginning of classes at 11:00 a.m. each day (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday).  

Helpful Suggestions for HSPE Week-During the week your student(s) is taking the HSPE, here are some suggestions:

• Make sure they get enough sleep.
•  Have them eat breakfast each morning.
• Let them know you expect them to do their best, but to not get stressed out about it!  It’s just another piece of information about how they are learning, so teachers can help them learn better.
• Ask them each evening what was on the test.  What did they think was hard?  Why?  What did they think was easy?  Why?  Let them know you are interested, but don’t be judgmental about their approaches.
• Be loving and supportive!

Go Panthers!