Weekly Reflections December 21, 2017

December 21, 2017

Happy Holidays from Westlake High School!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year....

It is time for a break. Everyone is ready for rest. Since the fall semester has gone into late December, it has been a long semester for all. We have had a fabulous week at WHS!

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DISTRICT AND SCHOOL REPORT CARD

2016-2017 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT

Designed to inform parents and guardians about a school's characteristics and achievements, the School Report Card combines parts of other recently-released accountability reports to provide a variety of campus-level information concerning student and campus performance. Click below for the district and campus report cards.

WHS TEA REPORT CARD

EISD TEA REPORT CARD

KUDOS

AVCA Under Armor All American Game

Congratulations to Holly Campbell for being selected to play for Team West in the 2017 AVCA Under Armor All American game!

The best 24 high school volleyball players in the nation converged on Kansas City, MO for the AVCA Convention and NCAA Championship. The Under Armour First-Team All-Americans make up the rosters, and put on a show for the audience in the arena and watching on national TV or webstream. Read more here...

Braden Cassity with mom, Colleen Hartman, Coach Dodge & Coach Vasek - Photo by Paul Brick

Nakia Watson with mom, Deseria Ross, Coach Dodge &

Coach Weisinger - Photo by Paul Brick

National Letter of Intent Signing

Braden Cassity signed with Oklahoma State University and
Nakia Watson signed with the University of Wisconsin

Chaps Football finished the year with a 14-1 season!

Congratulations Chaps!

Award Recipient of the Texas Educational Theatre Association's PlayFest

Senior Theatre IV student Caleb Dukes is an award recipient in the High School Division of the Texas Educational Theatre Association's PlayFest, a playwriting competition whose principal objective is to encourage the writing and production of new plays. His play, "Virginia," will be given a staged reading at the TETA convention at the end of January.

STUDENT NEWS

WHS Tech Talk -

Online Webinars for WHS Parents

Our latest webinar is on Study Skills. It includes tips and best practices gleaned from our staff and students as well as from colleges around the nation. See the archived version below:

Study Skills Tech Talk

The 3 previous webinars are archived here:

Digital Distractions and Social Media
Notetaking and the Digital Organization
Common Sense about Digital Citizenship

SCHOOL NEWS

2017 Subway Super Team Nominee

Congratulations to Running Back Nakia Watson, who has been selected to be on the final ballot for the 2017 Subway Super Team. He is one of 300 players picked for this honor from nearly 3,000 nominations submitted online.

Online voting will determine the final members of the Subway Super Team, and will run through December 31st. Fans will be allowed to vote one (1) time per day on the poll and Nakia will need the help of your school's staff, students and parents in order to propel him into a coveted spot on this year's Subway Super Team.

Vote Subway Super Team

We hope everyone survived finals week! Now go enjoy your break and when you have breathing room again, take a moment to reflect back on your year and start the new year off right!

The Speaker Series is officially on pause until January 11th after we return from winter break! We hope you enjoyed all the fall speakers. Don't forget to check out video and handouts from this semester!

Stay healthy, Chaps!