We all have a conceived idea or notion of what the holidays should be like as a family. Through our collective experience, there is a certain expectation of grandeur and pageantry associated with this break. This has been shaped by movies, songs, poems and family history. As we all know, the romanticized version of the holidays may or may not happen.
The good news is that we have data to help us all through the holidays as we attempt to make memories with our kids. Our economics teacher, Mrs. McConnell, had a panel of college freshmen come visit her classroom on Monday for a panel discussion of life in college. Each class had 5-6 college freshmen from various schools. The questions ranged from transitioning to a college campus, the interactions with professors, advice for your first semester, and advice for your last semester at WHS. There also was a time for questions. Here's the good news: Your kids value the time they spend with you! In the advice portion of the questioning about the last months at WHS, parents came up in every group. Each group mentioned appreciating your parents and home cooked meals.
As we head towards a long break, the message may be that our kids do like being with their parents and family. They may not verbalize it, but the adults in their lives do matter. Enjoy the time with your family, and as the seniors were told, you may be on a college campus in less than 6 months so appreciate the time and meals - evidently we have a lot of solid cooks/chefs in our family homes! Take care.
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As we head into our last 14 days / 9.5 school days of the fall semester, we wanted to make sure you have all the information surrounding the next two weeks. As we had last year for the time at WHS, we will have a Quiet/Dead Week beginning on Wednesday, December 12th. Final Exams will start on Tuesday, December 18th. Final Exam Schedule Tuesday 12/18: 3rd Period Final: 8:50-10:50am Required Homeroom (2nd Period): 10:55-11:15am 7th Period Final: 11:20-2:00pm Lunch: 1:20-2:00pm Tutorials: 2:00-4:00pm Wednesday, 12/19: 6th Period Final: 8:50-10:50am Required Homeroom (2nd Period): 10:55-11:15am 5th Period Final: 11:20-1:20pm Lunch: 1:20-2:00pm Tutorials: 2:00-4:00pm Thursday, 12/20: 1st Period Final: 8:50-10:50am Required Homeroom (2nd Period): 10:55-11:15am 4th Period Final: 11:20-1:20pm Lunch: 1:20-2:00pm Tutorials: 2:00-4:00pm Friday, 12/21: 2nd Period Final: 8:50-10:50am 8th Period Final: 10:55-12:55pm Finals Bus Schedule Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Buses will arrive at 1:20 and 4pm, departing 10 minutes after arrival. Friday: Buses will arrive at 12:55pm and depart 10 minutes later. Final Exam Exemptions A student may be exempt from a final exam in a first semester course if they meet the following criteria as verified by the teacher (a-e) and bookkeeper (f): Westlake High School Student Handbook Page 34 of 114 (a) has a cumulative semester grade of 88 or better by 8:00 AM on the Monday of the week preceding exam week, called the exemption snapshot date (December 10, 2018); AND (b) is not in Loss of Credit status in the course, that is, has no more than nine (9) absences from the class coded X- (excluding X-CV), U- , A- , E-IS, or EAE, for the semester; AND (c) has no more than three (3) unexcused tardies in the class coded as T-; AND (d) has not been removed from school for disciplinary reasons through outof-school suspension or DAEP placement; AND (e) is present and accounted for during homeroom period on every day of exams; AND (f) has met all financial and material obligations for the campus (for example, participation fees, textbooks, parking tickets, iPads, and Loss of Credit). All students may exempt from at most 2 exams in the Fall semester. Please note that all exemptions require a student to be present during the homeroom period on all exam days. We hope this helps as everyone plans out the last few weeks of the fall semester. Have a wonderful weekend.
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May 2019
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