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WHS CALENDAR
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Tuesday, March 8
Golf - Boys & Girls
@Sharpstown GC 8 a.m.
Softball - Varsity vs. Reagan @Delmar 4 p.m.
Baseball - Varsity
vs. Chavez @Cowart 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer - Varsity
vs. Milby @Delmar 4:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer - Varsity
vs. Milby @Dyer 4:30 p.m.
Lacrosse Emery @Emery 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 10
Girls Soccer - JV
vs. Chavez @CHS 4:15 p.m.
Baseball - JV vs. Tompkins @THS 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 11
Track - Boys & Girls Varsity
Aldine @Aldine HS 8 a.m.
Baseball - JV
vs. Travis @Tompkins HS 4 p.m.
Baseball - Varsity vs. Sam Houston @Delmar 4:30 p.m.
Softball - Varsity
vs. Westbury @Butler 6 p.m.
Boys Soccer - Varsity
vs. Lamar @Dyer 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer - Varsity
vs. Lamar @Delmar 6:30 p.m.
Baseball - JV vs. Clear Brook @ Cinco Ranch HS 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
Track - JV
@Barnett 7:30 a.m.
Track - Varsity @Barnett 8 a.m.
Baseball - JV
vs. Mayde Creek @MCHS 11 a.m.
Monday, March 14
Baseball - JV vs. Reagan @WHS 10 a.m.
Baseball - Sophomore vs. Reagan @RHS 10 a.m.
Baseball - Varsity vs. Reagan @Delmar 10 a.m.
Tuesday, March 15
Baseball - JV vs. Milby @MHS 10 a.m.
Baseball - Varsity vs. Milby @Delmar 10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 16
Track - Varsity Pearland Relays @PHS 9:30 a.m.
Click here to access the WHS Calendar for more events.
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SAVE THE DATE
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Mark your calendars now for an HISD Community Meeting hosted by Greg Meyers at Westside on Tuesday, March 22, at 6 p.m.
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TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
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Congratulations to our Beginning Teacher of the Year, Shelby Steward (pictured above,) and WHS Teacher of the Year, Beth Morgan (pictured below.)
They will each be honored at an upcoming HISD-wide celebration. They will also have the chance to be selected for district teacher of the year in their respective categories. Way to go!
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RECYCLING PROJECTS FEEDS BIRDS
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As one of the activities of the recycling unit, Ms. Kodlubanska's SLL science class made bird feeders from recyclable materials and hung them in the prairie. Fun!
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TUTORIALS RESUME
IN APRIL
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Tutorials will not take place again until April, due to Spring break and the Spring Holiday.
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TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS
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If you request a transcript from Naviance, you must come to A205 and pay for it, or it will not be sent.
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CHECK OUT THE ON-LINE STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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Click here to go to the Howler, Westside's online, student newspaper.
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THERE IS STILL TIME TO ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK
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Click here to find out how to order your 2015-16 yearbook.
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FACEBOOK
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The Westside facebook page is better than ever! Drop by and catch up on events through pictures and posts.
Don't forget to like us. Click here to go right now!
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E-NEWS ARCHIVES
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The Wolf E-News archives are now posted on the Westside website. If you ever need access to an older edition for information or entertainment, you can now have it with the click of a mouse!
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
- WESTSIDE WISHES
- JUNIOR NICK DOOLAN ON FAST TRACK TO STARDOM
- WEGA TEAM WINS CASH PRIZES
- INERTIA WINS AT STATE
- EYE ON HOUSTON: BEATA PURVINA
- WESTSIDE WELLNESS: SAFE SUN ON SPRING BREAK
- CHOICES CORNER: ALCOHOL AWARENESS
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WESTSIDE WISHES
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Westside Wolfpack Families - Let's pull together! These awesome teachers work with your kids everyday... they are committed to doing the best job possible. But sometimes they need additional supplies to enhance their teaching experience.
Will you please consider a gift to the 2016 Westside Wishes Go Fund Me account? All of our contributions will be used to purchase items that these teachers have told the PTO will make a difference to our kids in the classroom! There are almost 3,000 families at Westside... together we can make a difference. Please share this link with grandparents, work colleagues and other WHS parents who are not members of the PTO. If you're up at school, we have a new donation dropbox at the welcome desk as you enter - if that's easier for you. The students can support their favorite teachers by dropping in a dollar or two, as well. We're all in this together! Here's a link to the Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/westsidewishes2016. Let's do this!
Leslie Devillier
WHS PTO President
For a complete list of wishes, click here. So far we've raised over $3400 from only 39 families and individuals. Think what we could do if everyone donated $50! Please donate now and help us to make Westside High School the best!
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JUNIOR ON FAST TRACK TO STARDOM
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Junior  Nick Doolan started riding motorized bikes when he was 5. By age 8, he was racing in the CMRA Junior Motard class aboard a Yamaha TTR90.
Here is how he did at his last showing:
B Superstock Expert: 4th place
C Superstock Expert: 7th place
Formula 1 Expert: 12th place
C Superbike Expert: 4th place
B Superbike Expert: 3rd place
Nick Doolan is serious about racing. This sport isn't cheap, so Nick has some major sponsorships. His sponsors this year are are Lone Star Track Days Racing, Dunlop Tires, Vesrah, BD Racing, Vortex, GPR Stabilizers, Texas Tornado Boot Camp, Motonation/Sidi Boots, Single Source, Moto-D, Comet Racing Leathers, M4 exhaust, Venhill brake lines, Redline Graphics and James Compton Race Services.
Pretty serious stuff for a serious racer. Watch out for more big things from this Wolf!
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WEGA TEAM EARNS VICTORY AND PRIZE MONEY
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Westside's WEGA Team, consisting of 8 students won the first annual High School Offshore and Technology Stars Challenge. The event was hosted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Ocean Energy Safety Institure (OESI) at the University of Houston.
Our Wolves collaborated with each other to design and build an energy harvesting circuit. The circuit enabled them to fly through a course on the University of Houstons's TDECU Stadium football field. Thomas Nassab was the pilot who successfully piloted the helicopter simulating travel to and from an offshore oil platform They defeated 14 other teams! Their prize was this $2,500 grand prize and a $1,500 teaching grant for Westside High School. Way to go WOLVES!!!
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INERTIA WINS AT STATE
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Congratulations to the Inertia Dance Co. for being Grand Champions in the COED Division and Inertia 2 for being Grand Champions in the JV Division at the Crowd Pleasers State Competition.
Inertia and Inertia 2 was awarded with the following:
- 1st Runner Up Small Ensemble
- 2nd Runner Up Medium Ensemble
- 1st Place in Hip Hop, Jazz, and Novelty (Inertia)
- 1st Place in Hip Hop, Novelty, and Open (Inertia 2)
- Super Sweepstakes Award (90 or above from all three judges)
- Highest scoring Hip Hop routine
- Outstanding choreography, technique, crowd pleaser, artistic interpretation awards for their Hip Hop routine.
- Performance quality for Jazz and Hip Hop.
- 2 Top 10 soloists in which was a very competitive division.
Inertia will be leaving to Florida this Wednesday to compete at their last competition of the season. Go Wolves!
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BEATA PURVINA - EYE ON HOUSTON:
HIGH SCHOOL DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
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This is our ongoing series feature on the Museum of Fine Arts Houston's Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography exhibit, running from January 12 through May 1. It features several of our photography students. Make sure you drop by the Museum of Fine Arts and check out all of the amazing work.
When one hears the name "Mexican Kitchen," more often than not, a large warm comfortable restaurant with relatively cheap, big, greasy dishes, and plastic cups with napkin-wrapped silverware come to mind. Houston culture, being as diverse as it is, has contradictory aspects to itself, including breaking its own stereotypes. This "Mexican Kitchen" looks more luxurious than some authentically white "Steak Houses."
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WESTSIDE WELLNESS: SAFE SUN ON SPRING BREAK
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 Whether you are heading to the beach or staying close to home for Spring Break, it is likely that you will get some time in the sun. As the temperatures rise and the sun begins to stay out longer each day, we have the opportunity to soak up some Vitamin D, which strengthens our bones and immune systems and balances our hormones and brain function. Our society has become very concerned with melanoma and sun damage, two very important issues, but some people have over applied sunscreen and stopped spending time outside, resulting in a Vitamin D deficiency. We must strike a balance by getting enough safe sun!
- 10-15 minutes spent midday in the sun will give you essential Vitamin D, but longer activities are best done during off-peak hours, before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m.
- During peak hours, reapply SPF 30 sunscreen every 1-2 hours, depending on how easily you burn.
- Wear hats and lightweight clothing that will cover the majority of your body. Physical barriers will not wear off like sunscreen!
- Hydrate with water, unsweetened juices, or coconut water, and eat nuts and berries, which contain immune-boosting antioxidants.
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CHOICES CORNER: ALCOHOL AWARENESS
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 April is Alcohol Awareness month and so is this month's Choices topic! This is a timely topic for parents who want to prevent risky behavior on their teen's spring break? Spring Break for many teens translates into having fun, sleeping late and hanging with friends. Parents should remember that their teen's executive functioning skills of good decision making, judgment and impulse control may be limited due to their developing teen brain. The last thing teens want to do is use their pre-frontal cortex over Spring Break! Remember, a sixteen year old only has about 50% of their adult brain developed. The pre-frontal cortex is not fully developed until the age of 24 or 25. So, you have scientific justification to be your teen's frontal lobe until theirs fully develops! Your best prevention tool is to have a "Family Code of Ethics." In your family code, we encourage to use the following language: "In this family, we don't allow drinking until the age of 21" or "In this family, we do not use alcohol until the age of 21 or promote underage drinking." When your teen hears you repeat these phrases every couple of months or so, they will you're your expectations. They may still chose to go against your family code however unless the consequences for breaking it are clear. We recommend 2-4 weeks of no privileges if your teen engages in underage drinking. There is still time left to create your family code today or at least before March 14! If you need assistance with writing your family code of ethics or if you know someone who needs us, please email Ebony Lumpkin, Westside Choices Counselor.
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Please direct comments or questions to Craig Malinsky
at cmalinsk@houstonisd.org.
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