February 23, 2018
2018 6A Swimming and Diving State Championship!
Westlake Swimming and Diving finished another outstanding season this weekend at the 6A State Championships! The boys team raced to a 9th place team finish. The girls team's 3rd place finish included a record breaking performance by Dakota Luther in the 100 yard butterfly, and a gold medal 200 freestyle relay comprised of Emma Wheal, Isabelle Guerra, Yasmina Buhl, and
Morgan Johnson. Pictures can be found here.
A Little Pep and A Lot of Being Yourself.....
Yesterday, we had our annual Spring Pep Rally. This year we honored twenty-seven different groups in front of our student body. During English classes today, our students received a message from RJ Mitty.
KUDOS
Bi - District Champs!
Congratulations Boys' Varsity Basketball for cinching the Bi-District Championship!
Westlake - 92 Churchill - 70
On to Area Playoffs against Judson Rockets@Hayes High School 2/23 7:00 pm!
GO CHAPS!
Westlake Chamber of Commerce Names 2017 Westies!
Since 2005, the Westlake Chamber of Commerce has recognized outstanding members of our community who have made extraordinary contributions in community service. This year marks the 12th annual awards presentation of the event now known as "The Westies".
Congratulations to Julia Breeden for being named the Young Citizen of the Year and
Melinda Darrow who was named Educator of the Year.
Pictured on the far right are: Alum, Sam Ehlinger with the finalists for
Young Citizen of the Year, Julia Breeden, Eve Churchill and Diego Miro.
UIL Young Filmmakers Festival Semi-Finalists!
"The Last Piece of Cake" is a Semi-Finalist in the UIL Young Filmmakers Festival. Over 700 films were submitted in our division so we are extremely proud to be honored in this elite group of 33. This short film was produced in New York City for the All American High School Film Invitational. It was recognized as Finalist in the 3 Day Shoot & Edit Competition.
Congratulations to the crew:
Director - Matt Rapozo
Producer - Caroline Ellenthal
Line Producer - Noah Shelton
Editor - Myles Kovalik
Director of Photography - Bailey Gold
Assistant Director - Graham Gold
Production Designer - Victoria Benavides
Sound Designer - Davin Intag
Screen the film at www.westlakefilm.com
Varsity Tennis at Chap - Maroon Invitational
Clark Sweeney 1st place - Boys B Singles
Edward Wu 3rd place - Boys B Singles
Annabell Gong and Shreshta Keta - 3rd place B Girls Doubles
Daniel French and Keegan McCain - 2nd place in A Singles
Roger Chou and Jackson Savage - 1st place A Boys Doubles
AJ Valenty and Caroline Wernli - 3rd place A Mixed Doubles
Students Selected for
TMEA All-State Tenor-Bass!
Congratulations to Sidharth Srinivasan and senior, David Womack who were selected for the 2018 Texas Music Educators Association's All-State Tenor-Bass Choir!
All-State is one of the highest honors a Texas high school music student can receive. They participated in a rigorous round of rehearsals over four days that culminated with a performance on Saturday, February 17th in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX.
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Distance Medley Relay Champions!
The girls track team opened the season at the Lake Travis Invite taking 2nd place of 18 teams. The meet was highlighted by a victory in the Distance Medley Relay by Lily Howe, Elina Mettaelae, Elise Smoot, and
Maddie Dawson with the second fastest time in school history!
WAY TO GO CHAPS!
Hyline Dominates
Westwood Dance Classic
Congratulations to Hyline as the ladies took home their 6th consecutive
Best in Contest Award
at the Westwood Dance Classic!!
On the Road Again with WHS Girls' Golf!
The Chaps team of Annika Saidleman, Emily Mu, Kathryn Jones, Emma Davidson, and Meghan Meserole took 2nd place in the Marble Falls Mustang Invite at Horseshoe Bay. Annika and Emily earned Top 10 honors in the medalist division.
At the Lauren Johnson Memorial event inVictoria, Team Red, Meghan Meserole, Lauren Luu, Kathryn Jones, Emma Davidson, Laine Trotter, brought home the 3rd place team trophy with Meghan Meserole earning Top 10 medalist honors. Team Blue, Ella Virostek, Ellie Greer, Kendall Dobie, Camille Rome, Mary Elizabeth Potts, finished in 9th.
The Chaps team of Annika Saidleman, Lauren Hinkle, Izzy Hallberg, Emily Mu, and Merritt Bjork won the New Braunfels High Unicorn Invite at Landa Park with a strong team effort. Annika's 74 led the way for the Chaps and was the tournament winning score in the medalist championship, while teammate Lauren H. also broke into the 70's for 2nd place.
Last weekend, the Chaps team of Sadie Englemann, Madelyn Jones, Lauren May, Elena Castanon, and Jackie Feldman posted team scores of 290-299 to win the Magnolia Spring Fling Classic at High Meadow Ranch by an impressive margin. Sadie's 70-68 (-6) total led all scoring for the individual title and featured an eagle hole-out from 100 yds on #17 Day 1! The Chaps had key contributions from Madelyn Jones (6th place/ 5 birdies on Day 2),
Jackie Feldman, Elena Castanon, and Lauren May.
SCHOOL NEWS
Attendance Corner
If you already know you will leaving early or arriving home late after Spring Break, please notify the Attendance office now so we can go ahead and log the absence. We anticipate a lot of paper work around that time so this would be incredibly helpful. FYI – sick and personal absences are equal in weight as both count towards the compulsory attendance rules of 9 absences per class per semester.
FAQ:
My student was out sick and I provided a doctor's note and it still shows documented illness, no funding.
This is correct. It will only show Excused – Medical if there was learning during the day. The State only excuses if the student was at school for any length on that day. Please still get the doctors note, though, as we do make a notation in the student's file that a doctor's note was provided.
Why do I have to get a note from the doctor when I check my student out for a doctor's appointment? Isn't my word just as good?
Yes and no. When a doctor's note is provided for the periods missed that day (other than if it was a whole day) the student's absences for that period are fully excused and do not count towards their compulsory attendance numbers for course credit and exemptions.
Why do I have to send an email when my child is absent?
An email allows your student to make up classwork missed. No email equals a zero for the day.
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Mark your calendars for the next Speaker Series, March 8th! As a reminder you can access video and handouts from past presentations.
Be sure to scroll through the Speaker Series section for more wonderful, free learning opportunities in the community! Upcoming opportunities range THREE different book studies; learning how to set healthy habits; workshops for girls and the adults in their lives; and yoga therapy groups!
Stay healthy, Chaps!
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FROM THE NURSE'S CLINIC
Parents, we are sending this again just to say that we are not out of the woods yet with the flu (and other illnesses).
Even if your child does not have a fever, but has flu like symptoms and feels ill, please keep them home. Just send a note to WHSattendance@eanesisd.net explaining the reason your child is absent. Feel free to call us if you are unsure.
Thank you,
Holly Hubbell RN and Cindy Seferian
512.732-9285
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NHS Forms Due Next Week
NHS Candidate Forms were sent out to eligible Sophomores and Juniors Friday February 9, 2018. Forms were emailed to the student's school email address. Candidate Forms need to be completed and returned to Mrs. Favaron in room 332 by 4:20 pm on Monday March 5th. Late candidate forms will not be accepted. If your student needs help or has questions about how to fill out their candidate form please direct emails to Mrs. Favaron at afavaron@eanesisd.net or make plans to attend one of the candidate form help sessions on Wednesday February 28th of Thursday March 1st at 6:30 pm in the Chap Room at the high school.
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A link to the live webinar will be sent out to all WHS parents via email. And the webinars will be archived for
WHS Tech Talk-
Online Webinars for WHS Parents
We have just scheduled Spring Webinars for Parents. Here are the upcoming dates and topics:
- Calendars and Time Management (2/28)
- Resource Vetting and Fake News (3/21)
- Assessment Prep (3/28)
All of our Fall webinars are
FROM PTO
PTO General Meeting is on March 23rd.
Q&A with Steve 11:30 am - Noon
Followed by PTO general meeting
Noon - 1:00 pm
Chap Room, Room 245
We will have WHS Safety Officers in attendance
and a speaker from
Be SMART, national organization
devoted to gun safety for
children in our communities.
FROM EEF
SCHOOL CALENDAR
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