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Testing continues next week at Westside. Student schedules will be impacted, so even if your child is not testing, this article contains important information.

Next week is possibly the most complicated week of testing as we have Advanced Placement (AP) testing and STAAR testing. Students who are taking the AP exams have signed up for them and will receive a reminder about those exams. The bulk of our testers next week are STAAR testers. We will have STAAR exams for students who started 9th grade in 2011 or 2012 and are enrolled in the following classes:

Social studies: World Geography and World History

Math: Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II

Science: Biology and Chemistry

Social studies will test on Monday, Math on Wednesday, and Science on Thursday. Students will receive a list in homeroom this week detailing which exams they need to take. Students might be taking a course they are not currently enrolled in if they are re-taking an exam from last year. Also, if any student has a conflict with an AP test at the same time, the student will take the AP exam and then complete the STAAR test on its retake day.

Students will receive a sheet in homeroom this week detailing which exams they need to take. On testing days all non-testers will have late arrival. For testers, there will be no late start on Thursday, May 9th.

If non-testers would like to eat on campus, lunch will be served from 12:30-1:00 PM. All students should arrive by 1:00 PM for class. Buses will run at the normal time for the testers, so the late arrival is only for students who can arrange their own transportation to Westside. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Matlock at 281.920.8011.

Westside High School was proud to have five students represent our school as academic ambassadors at the inaugural Academic Signing Day on April 26, 2013. The event mimicked an athletic signing day event, but honored students for their academic achievements. 

The ambassadors were selected from students who have committed to a college and received scholarships. Each student was selected because of their academic excellence, their determination at overcoming personal obstacles and for performing great service to their school or community. At the end of the event, all students signed a certificate of intent for a two or four-year college or university. 

Congratulations to Jessica Anderson, Mustafa Hussein, Kyle Meyers, Emily Rodriguez, and Nicole Zimmerer for being selected as Westside's first ever Academic Ambassadors!

Please help WEGA and Westside out by voting for our Shell Eco Marathon car. Winning cars will win grants up to $1000. You can vote each day until May 10th. We are currently 750 votes behind so we have some catching up to do!

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Thank you for supporting our school!

Westside would like to congratulate Taylor Masaryk and Marah Portier for being selected for the Atlas Commodities first ever summer internship program! Over seventy students applied from fourteen different HISD high schools and only ten were selected. Atlas Commodities is sponsoring this internship in collaboration with the mayor's office to provide a mentorship and training opportunity to sophomores within HISD. As stated by Atlas Commodities, "The Atlas Scholars Program offers students a uniquely broad experience in the financial and energy industries. Tomorrow's leaders gain valuable experience through meaningful responsibilities and individual mentorship. By working with proven leaders in their respected fields, the program is designed to instill each student with the core skills necessary to grow into respected, influential role models for tomorrow's students." Marah is still undecided about her future career path, but she is elated that she now has the opportunity to gain insight into the energy and financial markets. On the other hand, Taylor is an East One Business Academy student that knows he wants to pursue an MBA after college. Although on two opposite spectrums, both students are looking forward to the real work experience they will gain from the internship!

Congratulations to you both. We can't wait to hear about your experiences! 

Westside High School is proudly graduating our first three Posse Scholars this spring! We are already looking for our next deserving group of student nominees from the class of 2014!

The Posse Foundation identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked by traditional college selection processes. The Foundation extends to these students the opportunity to pursue multicultural teams, "posses," of ten students. The Foundation's partner universities and colleges award Posse Scholars four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships.

Posse Houston will conduct a dynamic three round interview process to select students. In the third round the colleges will be interviewing directly with the students and they will select ten students for their school. You will be told prior to round three which school is interested in you. If you have no desire to attend that school, you will not have an option to choose a different school. If you are selected as one of their final ten, you will be granted early action admission to that school and must commit to attending.

Once selected as a Posse Scholar, you will meet weekly (two hour meetings) with Posse trainers and your assigned posse for the pre-collegiate training program. During your first two years of college you will meet regularly with your campus mentor and posse. After you graduate from college, they have a career program that helps Posse Scholars transition from being leaders on campus to leaders in the workforce. If you'd like more information you can visit their website at www.possefoundation.org. 

Applications are only for current juniors who will have completed 19 credits by June 10, 2013. Please submit your completed application by May 10, 2013 at 3:30 pm. We recommend typing your responses in Word and then copying and pasting your responses below. Please use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout the application. 

Juniors can access the application from their Naviance account or from here.

Will you be one of our twenty? This is the opportunity of a lifetime and can put you on the fast track to a successful career - make sure to take advantage of this opportunity!

Between performances and auditions, this is a busy time of year for our dance teams. On Thursday, Ms. DeMartino's classes and Pride Dance team will present their end of year performance in the Auditorium. On Friday, Mr. Rivera and Ms. Roberts' classes will hold their concert. Show time is 7:30 pm in the Auditorium.  Tickets are free! The show will conclude with awards and recognition for all classes.

Then on Saturday, auditions will be held for all upper level dance classes, including Inertia Dance Company 2013-14.  Applications can be found here on the Westside website, or in the X121 Dance Room. For information about these events please contact srobert2@houstonisd.org.