West Weekly Update
Volume 12, Issue 3, 8/29/21
From the desk of Mr. Jolliffe
Masks will be the topic of the week. Please do not make this a no-win confrontation. If a student does not want to respond to your request, please call administration or security to come escort the student to the cafeteria. This is real simple. Either the student chooses to wear the mask or they go home. Yes, we will have to remind our students about adjusting their masks but if they are making a good faith attempt to wear their mask, please work with them. Why masks….masks are one more way for us to help slow the spread of the COVID virus and to keep schools open. Washing hands and social distancing are also key mitigation practices. Vaccinations are also a key piece in the process and all of our students and staff are eligible to receive the vaccine. Masks will help kids stay in school if they are a close contact. If a student is vaccinated and wears a mask, they will not have to go through the daily testing regiment due to being a close contact.
We are currently testing over 100 kids daily due to close contents. We can test roughly 20 kids every 15 minutes. If perfectly timed and all kids are present we can get this done in less than two hours. We are using multiple staff (Health room, office, security and admin) to accomplish this task. Multiple schools are testing significantly more kids than we are. For every positive student we can expect around 20 close contacts and these kids must be tested over a period of a week to remain at school.
Friday will be an activity day with an outside pep assembly at the end of the day. We will have the logistics set up on the turf field so that we are as spread out as possible to enjoy a 30 minute pep assembly to kick off our fall sports season. The first football game is this Friday at Friends starting at 7:30PM. Please come out and enjoy the evening supporting your Pioneer Cheer, Dance, Band, Flag and Football teams. Go Pioneers!!!
Next Tuesday we will be hosting a building in-service that will begin in the auditorium at 8:00AM. The morning will include work on standards referenced learning, ignite learning initiatives and addressing our schoolwide WIGs (Wildly Important Goals). The afternoon will focus on academy and department work time.
Be Kind – Be Nice – Be Respectful – When asking kids to address their mask issues. Most of our kids will do a great job with their masks and will need simple, kind reminders to address the issues. Your tone and body language goes a long way in how a student will respond to your request. DO NOT FOLLOW students and hound them about their mask. Look for a camera and point towards the person you asked and then report that to administration and/or security. Let us pursue those more difficult cases. DON’T make this personal. Control what you can control and then let others handle to more interesting scenarios.
Thank you for adjusting your routines to address this changing landscape of schooling. Together we will get through this. Please remind yourself when stressed that EVERYONE is trying his or her best to do a great job. I have not meet one Pioneer not willing to help make this better. WE are all frustrated and we want to vent our frustration but please take a deep breath and understand we are all doing the best we can.
Together we are better – Go Pioneers!!!
Relationships, relationships, relationships…..Pioneers lead the way!!! - Mr. Jolliffe
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Academy Time Activities
Academy Time 2021-22 - OneDrive (sharepoint.com)
- Are you on track to graduate?
- What classes do you need to graduate?
- What academy strand did you complete?
- \What if your GPA?
- YOU will be college and career ready!
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West High Wellness Initiative
Check out all the information in the Teams Channel
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Let’s work together!
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Events at West
SPIRIT WEEK
Monday: Career Day
Tuesday: Tourist Day
Wednesday: Pink Out Day
Thursday: Throw Back/Decades Day
Friday: Class Colors & Jersey Day
Class colors are:
Seniors—Maroon
Juniors—Gold
Sophomores—Black
Freshmen—White
Sunday, Aug 29, 2021, 08:00 AM
West High
AVID Site Team Meeting
This is open to any staff interested! We welcome anyone - AVID experienced or not!
Monday, Aug 30, 2021, 03:15 PM
H3
After School Learning Center
3:20-5:00pm
MondaysTuesdays
Thursdays
Monday, Aug 30, 2021, 03:00 PM
L-4
Esports Tryouts
Monday, Aug 30, 2021, 03:30 PM
L-14
Tennis @ Northwest
Monday, Aug 30, 2021, 04:00 PM
Wichita Northwest High School, North Tyler Road, Wichita, KS, USA
Tennis Vs North
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2021, 04:00 PM
West High Tennis Courts
Volleyball @ Bishop Carroll
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2021, 05:00 PM
Bishop Carroll Catholic High, West Central Avenue, Wichita, KS, USA
NHS Meeting
Thursday, Sep 2, 2021, 09:30 AM
G-2
Tennis Vs South
Thursday, Sep 2, 2021, 04:00 PM
West High Tennis Courts
Cross Country @ Clearwater
Thursday, Sep 2, 2021, 04:30 PM
Clearwater, KS, USA
Soccer @ Southeast
Thursday, Sep 2, 2021, 05:00 PM
Wichita Southeast High School, South 127th Street East, Wichita, KS, USA
Activity Schedule
Friday, Sep 3, 2021, 08:00 AM
West High
Pep Assembly
Friday, Sep 3, 2021, 02:30 PM
West High Football Field
Football Vs Dodge City @ Friends University
Friday, Sep 3, 2021, 07:30 PM
Friends University, W University Ave, Wichita, KS, USA
5th Quarter
Friday, Sep 3, 2021, 09:00 PM
West High - Main Parking Lot
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Around West
Volleyball Team
GEAR UP Peer Tutors
Dristyn Kelley, Rashad West, Xavier Garcia, and Chamallie Zephirin have completed their hiring process and proudly displaying their Wichita State Employee ID’s. Go Pioneers!
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West High Pioneer Booster Club
West High You Know t-shirt
Pioneer Pride Hoodie
Pioneer Pride t-shirt
Pioneer Guy t-shirt
Pioneer Wichita Flag
Genuine Article
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Wichita High School West
VISION
Wichita High School West will be the school of choice in our district, where all students and staff are empowered to dream, believe and achieve.
MISSION
The Academies at West will ensure graduates are career, college and life ready.
SHARED BELIEFS
Everyone feels safe, valued and connected.
Email: cramsey@usd259.net
Website: www.usd259.org/west
Location: 820 South Osage Street, Wichita, KS, USA
Phone: (316) 973-3600
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