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Hello Wolf Pack Students and Families:

Here is the latest information we have from the San Diego County Public Health Department regarding our protocols and procedures for Covid-19. We want to THANK YOU for your proactive consideration of everyone in our school community by keeping your student home when they do not feel well and / or are showing possible symptoms of Covid-19, seasonal cold, seasonal flu or intestinal flu.

You may have seen or read the Superintendent's message regarding optional home Covid testing kits for students provided by California. Please see THIS MEMO for more information.

We appreciate your continued use of face masks on campus for everyone whenever we are indoors and at ALL indoor events (athletics in Gym included).

Attendance reminder: Thank you to students who stay home when feeling sick. If you have general cold and flu like symptoms (with or without a fever), please stay home and let the attendance office know by calling our 24 hour attendance line at 619-956-0424.

"We are One, We are the Pack" in making it through this difficult public health crisis. Let's keep at it Wolf Pack...our teens, faculty, staff, and community are worth it!

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As we get ready to start the second semester of the school year, we want to emphasize that successful students benefit from a strong school-home partnership. After 18 months of blended and distance learning, some of our students have needed time to readjust to the routine of school.

Teachers and schools are doing everything they can to help students be successful. However, each student must take personal responsibility for their education. We have created the Believe and Achieve Tips for Student Success resource to emphasize the mindset needed to succeed.

Additionally, we wanted to encourage you to continue to take an active role in your child’s education. Here are some ways you can help.

• Make sure students are at school and on time. Attendance is the foundation of success in school.

• Students need to learn to manage their time and workload. This is part of becoming a high school student.

• Check Infinite Campus and Schoology for grades and attendance.

• Check-in with your student regularly - have them show you what they are doing.

You can find the Achieve and Believe Tips for Student Success in THIS DOCUMENT.

Hey Pack!

Are you interested in playing a Spring Sport? If yes, please see THIS DOCUMENT for information about getting cleared, tryout info, and coaches information.

Questions? Stop by the VPs Office!

Any student driver wanting to park on campus this year or next needs to show proof of attending one "Start Smart" class with a parent. This course needs to be completed ONCE in high school. We have added 2 sessions for Semester 2!

• February 8
• April 26

If you want more information about the Start Smart Program including how to sign up, please see THIS DOCUMENT.

If you attended and completed a previous course, you DO NOT NEED to attend again.

Questions? Please contact Assistant Principal Mr. Hoadley.

We are making some revisions to our tutorial schedule for Semester 2. Once we have an updated tutorial schedule, we will send it out ASAP.

If you have questions on whether your student has attended tutorial, please contact an Assistant Principal Secretary at 619-956-0424 or 619-956-0425 or stop by the Administration office.

Asking for help is a sign of STRENGTH Wolf Pack!!

Hello Wolf Pack Students and Families:

Recently our school board approved a three year calendar. For ease of reading and planning for students and families, we brought them together in one document for you. If you could please plan your family time around our announced summer, Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring breaks, this would help your student stay on top of classroom instruction and learning. We know this is not always possible, but we just wanted to share this for possible advance planning.

Multi-year Calendar for Students and Parents: 2022-23; 2023-24; 2024-25.

Thank you....let's go Wolf Pack!

WHHS will be celebrating Great Kindness Week! ASB encourages students and staff to Dress-Up during Great Kindness Week:

Wednesday (1/26): West Hills Wednesday BLUE OUT

Thursday (1/27): Tie Dye

Friday (1/28): Class Color Day

All Students: Hey Pack! Sign up in counseling today to attend the upcoming Job Preparation Workshop. Learn how to fill out a job application properly, interviewing techniques, and local job leads. Be sure to land the job you are looking for. Workshop will be held from 3-4 PM in room L1 on Thursday, January 27.

Interested in learning more about Grossmont & Cuyamaca College? Admissions representatives will be on campus to meet with students on Thursday, January 27 during lunch in The Pit. Come learn all about admissions and campus life! Sign up in the Counseling office today!

Interested in becoming an electrician after graduating? An admissions representative from the Electrical Training Institute will be on campus to discuss their apprenticeship program on Wednesday, January 26 during lunch in The Pit. Come learn all about how to become an electrician with ETI. ETI provides students a salary with benefits while being trained. Sign up in the Counseling office today!

Seniors - Counseling is hosting college application tutorials again on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for all of January. We are there from 2 - 3 in the Career Center/L-1. Show up to receive application support on any applications you are working on!

Also, please see THIS DOCUMENT for important reminders and dates regarding Senior activities this semester. Public health conditions might impact some activities and we will notify you as soon as we know if and when that happens.

We are excited to support you through your last semester of high school and urge each of you to check your credits and grades frequently to make sure you are ON TRACK to graduate! Reach out to your Counselor if you have questions and do everything you can with your current teachers and classes to earn your credits to your diploma!

We are proud of you and want you to know June 3 will be here before you know it!

Let's go Wolf Pack! We are "All IN" in 2022!

Attention Class of 2025! Your T-Shirts are here and hot off the press! Pick them up Wednesday and Thursday in the black circle at Lunch and be ready to rock them on Friday for Class Color ASB Dress Up Day!

Questions? Please contact Class Advisor Mr. Kitten!

jkitten@guhsd.net

Interested in learning how to play chess or simply wanting to get involved? Or beat Ms. Haskin?? Chess club meets every Thursday in room PC-1 at lunch. From beginners to advanced, we have players from all levels! Please come by and check it out! A fun way to spend your Thursday’s lunch and a great way to make new friends!

PS- Shout out to Coach Ash (pictured) for stopping by to show off his skills!

Students! After graduation, will you be attending a trade school, community college, or 4-year University? If your answer is yes, do you need money to help pay for it? If so, we would like to invite you to attend the Scholarship Club that is hosted by the Counseling Department. At the scholarship club, we will introduce you to scholarship opportunities and provide time to work on scholarship applications under the guidance of a counseling staff member. For additional information, please contact Ms. Womack in the Counseling Office. The club meets Mondays during lunch and period 7 in the College/Career Center (L-1) located across from the library.

Loss of Privilege (LOP) List: This exists to support the idea that our primary function is “Academics First” and that student behaviors and choices need to prioritize attendance and following school rules. Students may earn their way off of the LOP list through attendance at detention and / or Saturday school after talking with their Assistant Principal. They can also lose a privilege that was granted (i.e. serving Saturday School to be eligible to purchase a Dance Ticket, but then repeat actions (or new actions) that put them back on LOP so that attending Dance is no longer available to them and a dance ticket refund is issued). All students begin Semester 2 off the list. Totals from Semester 1 do not count for Semester 2.

See our Loss of Privilege Policy HERE.

Our Teacher Librarian Mrs. Sannwald, has created a wonderful Mending Matters Resource Library page! Click HERE to check it out!

If you are in need of any mental health resources, please reach out to your Guidance Counselor or our Mending Matters resources linked above.

In the event you are in crisis after school hours,

please call 9-1-1 or go to a hospital immediately to get professional help.

January 19- West Hills Showcase (see flyer and link below)

February 11- End of Grading Period (Minimum Day Schedule)

February 14- Lincoln Holiday (No School)

February 21- President's Day (No School)

Please see future dates and our school Bell Schedule HERE.

Congratulations Girls Water Polo on winning the Spartan Invite this past weekend. Keep up the good work and good luck the rest of the season!

Mrs. Addy's chemistry students were excited to start this semester in the newly remodeled science building! Pictured are College Prep Chemistry and Community Health students performing a safety lab where they learned how to properly handle glassware, chemicals, and even the open flames of bunsen burner (a high school rite of passage, in Mrs. Addy's opinion)!

Are you interested in attending a Winter Sporting event? If so, please see our Winter Sports Schedules HERE.

When you shop online, please consider using smile.amazon.com to easily benefit our terrific PTSA! It is free, doesn't add anything to your normal Amazon costs, and you only need to link an existing Amazon account to it with these directions:

Go to Smile.Amazon.com.

Log in as usual to your Amazon account.

From the "Your Account" page click the "Learn More"

option under the AMAZONSMILE DONATIONS

on the top left of the screen.

When the AmazonSmile Donation box comes up, click the "Learn More button" to go to the "Your AmazonSmile Impact" page to change your charity to 3997 West Hills High School PTSAas your designated non-profit. Then make your purchase through smile.amazon.com as usual.

Amazon will donate a percentage of qualified sales to your West Hills High School PTSA.

Prices, discounts, Prime, etc. are the same as "regular" Amazon but WHHS PTSA gets a donation.

Every penny raised goes directly to WHHS students and staff via our many programs. Check out our website for membership or more information.

Thank you for your support!

WHHS PTSA

We celebrate our diversity and multicultural population within our school community.

This week, we observe the different holidays and celebrations that are acknowledged around the world!

January 16 WORLD RELIGION DAY • Bahá’í Observance to proclaim the oneness of religion and the belief that world religion will unify the peoples of the earth.

January 17 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY The birthday of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is on January 15th but it is observed on the third Monday in January.

January 17 TU B’SHVAT • Jewish New Year's Day for Trees, and traditionally the first of the year for tithing fruit of trees. Now a day for environmental awareness and action, such as tree planting.

January 17–21 NO NAME-CALLING WEEK Annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling and bullying of all kinds.

January 18 MAHAYANA NEW YEAR • Buddhist In Mahayana countries the New Year starts on the first full moon day in January.

Please see this FAQ document for any Covid notification protocols. We appreciate your support and keeping your student(s) home if feeling sick.

Please remember:

• to WEAR FACE MASKS at all times while INDOORS on campus INCLUDING SPORTING EVENTS: This is NOT optional. Please see THIS DOCUMENT for more information about after school events.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!