January 25, 2019
Principal Steve Ramsey and Lead Counselor Heidi Sauer hit the PAC and the road to visit with parents throughout the district to share the Class of 2018 College Admissions & Advanced Placement Report and to discuss many myths surrounding WHS. The turnout was incredible and so was the information! Click HERE for more.
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COUNSELING / COURSE SELECTION
COURSE SELECTION 2019-20
This week, counselors met with juniors (1/23), sophomores (1/24), and freshmen (1/25) to discuss course selection and updating students' four-year-plan. Learn more here. Wednesday we held a Parent Night for these same students about course selection; if you missed it, you can find the presentation here.
ELECTIVES FAIR
Tuesday, February 29th, all 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will visit the Electives Fair in the Library during their math class to learn more about all the awesome courses we offer.
GAP YEAR
Curious about a Gap Year? Attend the USA Gap Years Fair at St. Andrew's Episcopal School on Saturday, February 2nd. There is a panel presentation from noon to 1:00 and the Fair from 1:00-3:00. Learn more about a gap year here.
AP EXAM REGISTRATION
If your student is enrolled in an AP course (not PreAP), registration for AP exams will run February 4 to March 4. You can find information here.
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We hope you made this week's 2018-2019 Speaker Series! If not, you can find it online.
Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 7th for "Parenting a Perfectionist Child: How to Know When They are Pushing Themselves too Far!"
PROJECT GRADUATION
MAY 30, 2019
SENIOR PARENTS
REMEMBER TO REGISTER
YOUR SENIOR FOR
PROJECT GRADUATION
Student Participation Contract found HERE
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PTO
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We are very thankful to Principal Ramsey and Lead Counselor Heidi Sauer for presenting at our general meeting last week. It was a fantastic presentation titled "The Class of 2018 - College Report" with tons of data, pertinent information and some myth busters! And we had an amazing turnout! It was great to see many familiar and new faces in the audience.
If you missed this presentation, you can find it on the WHS counseling website HERE.
We are still looking to fill some key board positions for the 2019-2020 school year, and we need your help to spread the word! Please reach out if you are interested.
Warmly,
Shalini Komarla
President, WHS PTO
COOL THINGS & KUDOS
The Advanced Theatre classes at WHS took to the road this week and performed two original productions for Cedar Creek Elementary students.
The K-2 classes were an audience for "Someone Else's Shoes," a play about empathy and good sportsmanship.
The 3-5 classes got to see "Delia's Daydreams," which focused on tactics used in bullying prevention.
We're so pleased to bring these important messages to future Chaps!
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Ryan Cantrell, WHS photojournalism student, captured the Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse this past weekend in this stunning picture.
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The Westlake Boys' Golf Team won the prestigious Aggie Cup Invitational Tournament played in Bryan over many of the top teams in the state. Led by Sean-Karl Dobson who finished 4th individually, the Chaps posted a 28 shot victory! Thomas Bockholt, J. Holland Humphries, Jacob Sosa, and Matthew Denton represented the Chaps and all players contributed with some excellent scores to the team win. Go Chaps!
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Student Journalism Awards
El Paisano yearbook staffers and editors were recognized in the recent Texas Association of Journalism Educators' Best in Texas competition. Student journalists were awarded Excellents, Superiors and Honorable Mentions for their stories, spreads and photos in last year's yearbook. Here is a complete list of students (some have graduated):
- Jim McFarland, Excellent in caption writing
- Melynn Barber, Excellent in caption writing
- Abby Blalock, Excellent in student life copy
- Daisy Painter, Excellent in student life copy
- Julia Cavazos, Excellent in student life copy
- Sophia Puccetti, excellent in academics spread
- Jenna Howard, Excellent in sports spread
- McKenna Applewhite, Excellent in sports spread & Superior in sports spread
- Miranda Seade, Excellent in sports spread
- Ella Wells, Excellent in student life photo & Excellent in sports action photo
- Andrew Auth, Honorable mention in sports spread
- Evan Mento, Superior in academics copy & Honorable mention in sports action photo
- Everest Maher, Superior in sports action photo
Please congratulate them on all of their hard work, commitment and dedication to the yearbook!
ATHLETICS
ROBOTICS
EVE FUNDRAISING
DISTRICT NEWS
So many of our friends and partners are finalists for the Westlake Chamber of Commerce Westies, including Westlake High School students in the Young Citizen of the Year category, WHS teachers Ed Snouffer and Jocelyn Wright Bixler and Forest Trail Elementary's Jane Lewis up for Educator of the Year, as well as #EanesSupt Dr. Tom Leonard for Citizen of the Year. Vote by 2/1 at www.westlakechamber.com!
SCHOOL CALENDAR
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WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
4100 Westbank Drive, Austin, Texas 78746
http://whs.eanesisd.net