West Family Updates 1/9/23
West Senior High Week of January 9th, 2023
CALENDAR
- Jan 10 - West @ Central Varsity Basketball 5:30
- Jan 11 - Early Release Schedule
- Jan 12 - Wind Ensemble MMC Send Off Concert, Lars Hockstead, 7pm
- Jan 13/14 - Theatre Production "Murder in the House of Horrors"
- Jan 16 - No School (TCAPS/CTC)
- Jan 18 - Exams - EXAM SCHEDULE
- Jan 19 - Exams - EXAM SCHEDULE
- Jan 20 - End of Semester 1 (all face to face and virtual classes) - EXAM SCHEDULE (1/2 Day)
- Jan 20 - Wind Ensemble at Michigan Music Conference
- Jan 23 - Semester 2 Begins
- Feb 1 - 10th Grade Career Tech Center Visit
School-wide calendar and specialty calendars (Band, Orchestra, Choir, Robotics):
https://www.tcaps.net/schools/high-schools/wsh/about/calendar/
UPDATES
- 2nd Semester "Add/Drop" Period runs by appointment only for students thru Jan 26th. Students should submit their requests via this form instead of dropping in to the counseling center. As always, students should attend every class on their existing schedule until/unless a change is officially made in powerschool WSH Counselor Appointment or Schedule Change Request - Second Semester
- While TCAPS continues to work with other entities on a permanent School Resource Officer solution for all schools, Garfield Township has been gracious enough to allow GTCSD Deputy Michael Makowski focus on supporting West Senior and Middle Schools. Dep. Makwoski's office is next to A101.
WSH Parent Walks - January sign up
Career Corner
READ THESE DIRECTIONS TO CONNECT YOUR COLLEGE BOARD ACCOUNT WITH KHAN ACADEMY
Typically, both accounts were set up with your @tcapsstudent.net e-mail address. See the counseling center if needed.
STEM Lab opportunities
Congrats to our West Students of the Week!
These Titans were recognized for modeling the traits we strive to develop in all West graduates;
Anna Walski - Problem Solver (from Mr. Rieman)
Tristan Griego - Resilient (from Mr. Vaughan)
Ryan Rathbun - Effective Communicator (from Mrs. Sheeran)
Camryn Fancher- Effective Communicator (from Mr. Rice)
Congrats to Mr. Ben Zenner, Social Studies Teacher!
Wind Ensemble - Send off to MMC Concert Thursday this Week
The Wind Ensemble will be performing their program for the 2023 Michigan Music Conference at a Send Off Concert on January 12th at 7pm at Lars Hockstad (Central Grade). This is an excellent opportunity for staff and community members to support the Wind Ensemble before they head down to MMC the next week.
Class of 2023 Scholarship Campaign runs thru 1/23/23
Titan Training Athlete of the Week
Congrats to Elyana Marschner & Soren Gest, our Titan Training Lifters of the Week! https://www.facebook.com/TCWSHTitanTraining
Standing Items & Resources
Contact
Email: brunanta@tcaps.net
Website: https://www.tcaps.net/wsh
Location: 5376 North Long Lake Road, Traverse City, MI, 49685
Phone: 2319337500
Facebook: facebook.com/TCWSH
Twitter: @tcwsh
Titan Athletics
https://tcwestathletics.org/events
Tickets & sports passes are available on GO FAN https://gofan.co/app/school/MI10300
Titan basketball games are radio broadcast on 106.3FM or streamed/archived at https://q100-fm.com/podcasts/traverse-city-west-titans-sports
STUDENT SUPPORTS
Academic Assistance & The Testing Center: Available during school hours M-F in the LMC
Homework Hub: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 3:15-4:15pm afterschool in the LMC
Writing Center: Available during 4th hour/all lunches in C202. Contact Mrs. Rintala for details or appointments RintalaKe@tcaps.net
Math center: Available during 4th hour/all lunches in A108. Contact Mr. Vandalson for details or appointments VanDalsoJe@tcaps.net
Peer Mediation: By appointment only, contact minorge@tcaps.net
Food Pantry: Titan Food Pantry Requests (students log in)English Learner Support: Available during 4th hour/all lunches in B108. Contact Dave Richardson for details or appointments RichardsDa@tcaps.net
Your Neighborhood Office can provide parent access codes