**This is for WHS parents and students only**
Westside High School is planning to start our Scholar Academy program after school beginning Monday, November 1st. This will be an opportunity for students to receive enrichment and catch up opportunities for 1 hour after school on Monday through Thursday each week. Please fill this survey out so we can gauge the number of students who we would be providing services for. The listing of daily activities may change due to the needs of our students. Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.
https://forms.gle/7bQN22U9rpGpPUKN8
Congratulations to these students for making the S.H. All-Region Choirs!
Alyssa Beaupre’, Claire Walz, Mary Johnson, Ilea Cialini, Seirra Roberts-front row
MaKala Henderson, Caitlyn Miller, D’Lylah Moore, Garrett Curtis, Nicholas Bratten-back row
Claire, Mary, Seirra, MaKala, D’Lylah, Garrett, and Nicholas are now eligible for All-State Choir auditions in February. Great job guys!
WHS school pictures for students grade 8-11 will be on Wednesday, October 20th.
DESE Announces Computer Science Grant Recipients
The Arkansas Department of Education Office of Computer Science recently announced the winners of the Innovation in Computer Science School Grant Program. See COM-22-060 for a list of the 16 schools that were selected based on proposals outlining efforts to expand their computer science program and implement innovative best practices.
Westside High School was one of the 16 recipients. We have already been using this grant to help fund our Summer computer science camp and our 4 CyberPatriot teams.
WHS Homecoming activity day at WHS today. The Homecoming Court presentation is scheduled to begin at 6:30pm with the game with Cave City beginning around 7:00pm. If the weather alters any plans for the Homecoming Court presentation, we will announce those plans at the time it is decided.
There will be No School on Friday, October 15, 2021 for Teacher Professional Development Make-up. School will resume on Monday, October 18, 2021.
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held Thursday, October 14th from 3:30-8:30 p.m. Please contact your teacher via email to schedule your students' conference. The teacher email addresses can be found at westsideschools.org under the staff pages.
Financial aid representatives will be at Westside High School during Parent/Teacher conference from 4:30 to 7 to help Sr. parents and students fill out the FAFSA (Free Application for Student Aid). This form is for many scholarships, grants and loans for students going to colleges, universities or trade schools. This years FAFSA will go by your 2020 taxes so bring that information along with you.
Please plan to take advantage of this great opportunity!!
Homecoming T-Shirt orders are due Wednesday 10/6. The order forms and money can be turned into the high school office.
The WHS band competed at the Mid-South Marching Classic on Saturday. They came away with 8 awards including most entertaining band of the competition! Great job!!!
Westside High School Parents,
Please see the link below from the WHS Family and Community Engagement Committee. We look forward to your continued involvement in your child's education!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q_6vWT90Lr4MK6B1PrQtXwZDT12OxSjSlYomdY1S_bE/edit?usp=sharing
WHS Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thurs., Oct. 14th. We will be hosting these primarily through phone/email to keep our numbers in the building down. That being said, if needed, parents can schedule a face to face conference with their child's teacher if needed.
Over the coming days, teachers will begin to email parents with a Google Form with information about how you would like to have contact with the teacher. Parents, please check your email that you have on file in eSchool. If you do not see it in your inbox, check your spam folder.
ATTENTION PARENTS OF ALL BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYERS GRADES 7-12: Warrior Assist Club will have a mandatory meeting for parents on 9/29/21 at 5:30 in the high school gym. Many items will be discussed in a short amount of time. The meeting should only last approximately 30 minutes. - Coach Whitmire
Today during Tribe Time, using our Capturing Kids’ Hearts theme of Empathy, our students wrote letters of encouragement to our “Health Care Heroes.” These letters will be dispersed to them soon. There were many great letters written that will be appreciated by those who receive them.
For anyone who is interested in purchasing a "Team Tyner" shirt, see the link below. Turn in to each school's office by this Thursday (9/23).
Order form: https://bit.ly/3CueXB7
WHS/AFJROTC Color Guard Teams participated in the Watson Chapel Annual Color Guard Competition in Pine Bluff on Saturday.
Male Color Guard: 1st Place
Cadets Mahaffey, Walpole, Caldwell and B. Goforth
Female Color Guard: 1st Place
Cadets Brown, Patsey, Gilbert and Felkins
Seniors,
Remember that we will have composite pictures being taken again on Monday, September 13. This is for any senior who did not take their composite picture on the first day.
Westside High School participated in a ceremony on Friday to recognize the 20th Anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.
Air Force JROTC cadets placed a wreath and pictures at the flagpole to honor the three victims from Arkansas, and lowered the flags to half-staff, as the Westside Warrior Band played "God Bless America" and Cadet Allison Patsey played Taps.
WHS students have been working through Capturing Kids' Hearts Leadworthy Character Lessons each week during Tribe Time. This month, we have been talking about "Empathy." Please see the family newsletter that is attached so your family can continue these conversations at home.
Westside Schools will be closed Monday, September 6, 2021 in observance of Labor Day. School will resume on Tuesday, September 7, 2021.
