Vol 18. April 30, 2024 Versión en español

In conjunction with May Day/Day without Immigrants, Familia Latina and Escalera are celebrating Latine Week this at West.

An invitation to

MOVIN’ WEST

An introduction for our incoming West High School 9th Graders & Parents

MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024

 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

 Presentation & West High activities fair for incoming students

WEST HIGH AUDITORIUM/CAFETERIA/STEVENS GYM

Hear about the West experience, extra-curricular activities, and visit with incoming and current West High families.

Looking ahead to Graduation!

Midwest Scholastic Cap & Gown Pick Up

West High School

May 8th (7:30 AM- 2 PM)

West High School Graduation Ceremony

June 8, 2024 (1 PM start)

Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1919 Alliant Energy Center Way - Madison, WI

Graduation Order (cap, gown, announcement) questions?

Midwest Scholastic: questions@mwscholastic.com

Graduation/Ceremony questions?

Jen Roth: jlroth@madison.k12.wi.us

Monday, June 3, 2024

8:30 – 10:00          Period 1 

10:15 – 11:45        Period 2

12:30 –   2:00        Period 8 

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

8:30 – 10:00          Period 3 

10:15 – 11:45        Period 4 

12:30 –   2:00        Makeup 

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

8:30 – 10:00          Period 6 

10:15 – 11:45        Period 7 

12:30 –   2:00        Makeup

Thursday, June 6

DoL Make-Up

Saturday, June 8, 2024 

Graduation

Carrie Bohman, West social studies teacher and Elizabeth Beckfield, Bad River Nation, and LaFollette Social Studies teacher are co-teaching a six week summer course entitled On This Land.  Focus will be Wisconsin First Nations; specifically Ho Chunk Nation with hands-on project based content, field trip to see the two dug out canoes recently located in Lake Mendota, Harry Whitehorse wood carving festival, primary source research at the Wisconsin State Historical Society, and additional planned field trips that are presently being confirmed.

Please see this link for information on how to sign up. Deadline is May 10th.

Families, please encourage your student(s) to fill out the Spring Climate Survey by following these directions (linked here). 

Why should students complete the Climate Survey? The District will be combining all of the answers from students to better understand the overall picture of how schools are doing. We will not identify your responses to your teacher, principal, family members, or other adults unless you [student] share serious information that requires us to inform them, such as harm to you or someone else. Your honesty is important so that schools have information to help make your experiences better. This survey is a critical part of school improvement to understand how students and staff perceive the school climate.

In order to streamline absence reporting we ask our parents/guardians to use one of two options. 

• Online Reporting Page (preferred)
• Attendance Phone Line (608 204-4110)

This will remove heavy volumes of calls from our SLC offices which will allow us to be better available to assist our families/students immediate needs throughout the school day. 

• If your student is going to be absent or late to school, please use the online reporting link below or call the attendance line by 8:00am.  

• **If you are excusing your student for an appointment or segment of the day please communicate to your student the exact time frame you are excusing them for. If the student leaves early or is late returning from the time reported by the parent/guardian that extra time will not be excused until the parent/guardian submits a correction on the Online Reporting Page or Attendance Phone Line.

• If a student has been mistakenly marked absent in a class that they attended, they will need to speak directly to the teacher and ask them to submit an online Attendance Update Form.

• Athletes have 5 days after being marked absent to get attendance cleared to avoid having to sit out an event.

• Students are strongly encouraged to look at their attendance in Infinite Campus daily.