WHS CALENDAR 

Tuesday, December 16


1st Period Final

7:55 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.


2nd Period Final

10:05 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.


Early Dismissal- 12:05 p.m.


Wednesday, December 17


3rd Period Final

7:55 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.


4th Period Final

10:05 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.


Early Dismissal- 12:05 p.m.


Thursday, December 18


5th Period Final

7:55 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.


6th Period Final

10:05 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.


Early Dismissal- 12:05 p.m.


Friday, December 19


7th Period Final

7:55 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.


0/8th Period Finals

10:05 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.


Early Dismissal- 9:55 a.m./12:05 p.m.

Immediately after last scheduled final


Girls Basketball - V, JV, Freshman

vs. Barbers Hill @WHS 2 p.m.


Swimming

vs. Awty, Duchesne, Pope John Paul II, St. Thomas @WHS 2 p.m.


Wrestling - Santa Slam

@Coppell HS 2 p.m.


Saturday, December 20


Wrestling - Santa Slam

@Coppell HS 8 a.m.

  

Click here to access the WHS Calendar for more events.   
GRADUATION DATE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED


 May 30, 2015

2 p.m. 
@Reliant Stadium
One Reliant Park
Houston, TX 77054
BUY ONE TODAY!

When HISD principals walked into their monthly meeting at the District Office on Dec. 3, they were treated to gift baskets, glittering bows, and even original works of art.

 

Mrs. Stewart received an original piece created by students from Ms. Mims' ceramics class.
POWER UP!


 

What that means is that we want every student to have their paperwork and insurance payment in by the end of November. In January when the laptops come, we don't want any Wolves left behind.

Parents don't have to be here to turn in the paperwork, which is a form that can be printed off of the Westside website or here. Students can turn in their paperwork and $25 cash or money order.
2014 AP SCHOLARS


 

AP SCHOLAR

These students earned a 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams


Onyeka Agwuegbo

Etse Amewolo

Erin Anderson

Nyanna Arana

Kiana Arfa

Alexis Banuelos

Hasti Barzkar

Marin Baxhaku

Nadia Bejdaoui

Jose Berlanga

Claudia Chan

Hsuen-Kan Chen

Charles Conant

Grace Craven

Madeline Daniell

Nicholas Donahoe

Juan Echavarria

Ekon Ekpa

Gary Fennell

Abraham Flores-Arguelles

Anthony Foote

Stephanie Forsberg

Kirina Gajadhar

Kyriakos Galiotos

Tanya Gantiva

Kelly Garcia

Rodrigo Garcia

Lawrence Garvin

Mario Gonzalez

Maria Graf

Amy Guerra

Rebecca Gutierrez

Nia Hall

Cristian Hernandez

Yasmine Hoballah

Madison Jackson

Danielle Jones

Shazia Khan

Zeeshan Khawar

Paula Komazin

Prim Krisanauwat

Ashley Kwartler

Melissa Lau

Raquel Layton

Mai Le

Nicolas Lee

Allison Lino

Edgar Lopez

Paola Macias

Russell Martin

Guillermo Martinez

Edna Mata

Stephen McLaughlin

Anna Mignogna

Ali Mumbach

Lydia Nassab

Tuankhoi Nguyen

Rafael Nunez Albermann

Elvira Nworah

Gifty Obadan

Tess Olson

Juan Prada

Rebecca Ramirez

Emiliana Rico-Toro

Michelle Rodriguez

Anais Saenz

Gerardo Sanchez

Kyla Sanders

Justin Saumby

Emilio Seng

Jacob Siahaan

Dominica Simpson

Logan Smith

Stephanie Stallings

Caroline Sullivan

Sara Thies

Isaac Toscano

Chan Tran

Georgia Varvarezos

Alejandro Vega

Hannah Vossen

Andrew Walker

Arianna Washington

Michele Willis

Bradley Wong

Sarah Wong

Molly Wu

Ammara Yamin

Adam Zavala


AP SCHOLAR with HONOR

These students earned an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and grade of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams

 

Adriana Celli

Alexander Drake

Grace Estrada

James Ezernack

Astrid Garcia

Meina Heydari

Kurt Hummel

Amelia Khoei

Rena Major

Leo Morandi

Juliette Mudd

Norman Pedersen

Hung Phan

Daniel Schuette

Melissa Torres

Travis Tung

Emma Wu

Tamara Younis

 

AP SCHOLAR with DISTINCTION

These students earned an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and grade of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams


Lia Amieva-Mejia

Elizabeth Anderson

Silvana Celli

Emma Center

Laura Chang

Wesley Chung

Andrea Dimijian

Erica Draud

Theo Dumothier

Michael Freeman

Nirjhar Ghosal

Linda Gomez

Anna Goodnight

Samantha Gorny

Kate Grobowsky

Daniel Johnson

Renee Kleypas

Matthew Knight

Grant Kueser

Yue Li

Ana Llamas

Ervin Lopez

Ethan Lyon

Natalia Marfil

Jillian Maxcy

Edenilson Melendez

Stuart Miller

Claudia Morales Massuco

Minhthu Nguyen

Catherine Oh

Shyon Parsa

Aimee Pepper

Lilian Qi

Norman Ramirez

Angella Rodriguez

Zoe Sheshtawy

Joshua Singh

Brandon Stevenson

Carl Teegerstrom

Helen VanBeck

Hiep Vu

Emily Wang

Christina Willis

 

AP NATIONAL SCHOLAR

These students earned an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams and grades of 4 or higher on 8 or more of these exams


Andrea Dimijian

Theo Dumothier

Nirjhar Ghosal

Anna Goodnight

Daniel Johnson

Grant Kueser

Yue Li

Ethan Lyon

Claudia Morales Massuco

Minhthu Nguyen

Shyon Parsa

Aimee Pepper

Lilian Qi

Hiep Vu
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DECEMBER 15, 2014
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
  • FRESHMAN BALANCES GYMNASTICS AND SCHOOL 
  • HOUR OF CODE
  • CALCULUS CAROLING
  • PRIDE OFFICERS HAVE STRONG SHOWING 
  • CHOICES CORNER: EXERCISE YOUR STRESS AWAY
FRESHMAN BALANCES STUDIES WITH GYMNASTICS

Ian Gunther isn't your typical freshman. After school, many freshman grab a bag of chips, play some video games, and then hit the books. Ian doesn't have much down time to play video games as he focuses a lot of time and effort on gymnastics, but remains vigilant with his studies.

 

While most freshman athletes compete on school teams, Ian's sport of choice isn't offered on campus. That doesn't stop this young man from doing what he loves. 

 

This isn't just a casual hobby, Ian is a competitive gymnast. In fact, the freshman competed in the Valeri Luikin Invitational Men's Gymnastics Competition in Frisco,Texas, this past weekend. He didn't just participate, he walked away with 5 medals and placed 3rd 'All Around' out of 77 competitors from as far as Brazil. 

 

This was Ian's first meet of the 2014-15 season and was an amazing start! Way to make us all Wolf Proud!
 



THIS CODE IS NO SECRET

During the week of December 8, all HISD schools were encouraged to give their students a taste of what programmers do for a living by participating in the Hour of Code initiative. 

 

The event challenges students in grades K-12 to create code for at least one hour during Computer Science Education Week. Its goal is to "demystify code and show that computer science is not rocket science," said Hadi Partovi, the founder and CEO of Code.org. "Anybody can learn the basics."


Each classroom that registers and participates is eligible to win one of several prizes, including a class trip to Washington D.C.

 



SONGS OF MATH FILLED THE HALLS...

As the semester winds down and the holidays approach, every calculus student knows what that means...caroling!

 

These aren't just any carols, but Calculus Carols! Mr. French and his Calculus classes sang in the halls and visited other math classes to spread their mathematical cheer.

  


PRIDE BRINGS HOME SOME HARDWARE

The Pride Dance officers competed with their dance solos at Humble High School, last week.  Juliette Mudd, Nia Hall and Christina Campbell received division one solos. Lauren Clemons and Baylee Nelson tied for 2nd place! 


CHOICES CORNER: EXERCISE YOUR STRESS AWAY

Exercise is a very powerful way to relieve stress.  Exercise is an outlet for frustration, it can be a distraction, it improves your health, and it can help you build a positive social support system.  It is also considered vital for maintaining your mental health.  This means that you should encourage your teens who are about to take their finals to get some exercise this week because it is helps improve alertness, concentration, and enhance overall cognitive functioning (source).

 

Furthermore, exercise decreases cortisol, a stress hormone, and increases endorphins, which are chemicals in your body that give your mood a natural boost.  Research shows that physical activity may be linked to lowering physiological reactivity to stress. What does that mean? Simply put, those who get more exercise may be less affected by the stress that they face. Therefore, in addition to all of the other benefits, exercise may supply some type of immunity toward future stress as well as a way to cope with any current stress you are experiencing.  Do you want to relieve some of your holiday stress? Get out there and get active!

 

Please see the Choices webpage for more information.
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