We began our first round of STAAR Testing this week at WHS. Our freshmen and sophomores completed the STAAR Assessments in English this past week. It was a smooth week of testing which can always be a challenge when one grade level is testing and the others are business as usual. While we have only 32 days of school left, we will take another 3 STAAR assessments, have 10 days of AP testing and 4 days of final exams. The good news is that none of our students will be involved with all these days, but our daily schedules can feel a little different. Our Educational Partners, Chris Hansen and Lisa Johnson, had the innovative idea of bringing all stakeholders together for a night of digital learning. Eanes ISD is proud to present "Digital Wellness: Managing Your Online Life". The event will be held at Westlake High School. All Eanes ISD Staff, Families, and Students are welcome. Society has shifted in many ways with increased access to connected devices and online platforms. How are we as participants in this new world managing this new environment as well as leveraging the possibilities technology continues to introduce? Discover resources and management techniques that Eanes ISD makes available to students and parents through thoughtful technology integration in a variety of presentation and exploration opportunities. A wide range of topics will be covered ranging from data privacy and web filtration to screen time, defeating digital distractions, digital assessment tools, and apps for creativity. Registration can be found at this link: is.gd/DigitalWellness Westlake High School is officially 50 years old as a campus. Over the next few months and throughout the summer, you will be receiving information about celebration plans which will all take place this fall. If you would like to save the date, the weekend of October 18th will be the weekend we honor our WHS alumni, community and WHS staff that has made this the wonderful campus. As part of the celebration and reflection of our 50 years, we created a survey with our Beyond AP Stats students to randomly sample students, parents and staff. The survey is posted on our newspaper’s website, the Featherduster at https://westlakefeatherduster.com/. Feel free to complete this survey as well if you were not randomly selected. This information will help guide our student groups and staff as we continue to grow from valuable feedback.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend.
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