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WHS CALENDAR
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Wednesday, May 18
VIPS Appreciation Breakfast
@Library 8 a.m.
Westside Inclusion Theatre @Black Box 9:20 a.m. Senior Final Exam - 3rd Period @3rd Period Classroom 9:30 a.m.
Senior Final Exam - 5th Period
@5th Period Classroom 12:10 p.m.
Band Spring Concert @Auditorium 6 p.m. OneGoal Parent Meeting @S100 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 19
Senior Final Exam - 4th Period
@4th Period Classroom 12:10 p.m.
Senior Final Exam - 6th Period
@6th Period Classroom 1:45 p.m.
Comedy Sportz - Faculty Match
@Black Box 7 p.m.
Friday, May 20
Senior Final Exam - 7th Period
@7th Period Classroom 1:45 p.m.
Saturday, May 21
Spring Football Tailgate Event @Parking Lot 10 a.m. Monday, May 22
Final Exam - All Students
@1st Period Classroom 7:55 a.m.
Final Exam - All Students
@2nd Period Classroom 10:05 a.m.
Senior Checkout - College Center
@A205 1 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21
Final Exam - 9th, 10th, & 11th
@1st Period Classroom 7:55 a.m.
Senior Panoramic Picture
@Gym 8 a.m.
Final Exam - 9th, 10th, & 11th
@2nd Period Classroom 10:05 a.m.
Wednesday, May 22
Final Exam - 9th, 10th, & 11th
@5th Period Classroom 7:55 a.m.
Graduation Rehearsal @Commons 9 a.m.
Final Exam - 9th, 10th, & 11th
@6th Period Classroom 10:05 a.m.
Senior Picnic @Field 12 p.m.
Sunday, May 29
Graduation @NRG Stadium 2 p.m.
Click here to access the WHS Calendar for more events.
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FIRST GRADUATING FUTURE'S CLASS
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This past Saturday, the first Westside High School Futures Academy graduating class walked across the stage at NRG Stadium. and received associates degrees!
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ORDER UNIFORMS
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Avoid the lines in August! Orders placed before May 25, will be ready for pick up on June 16, July 14, or any day after July 31.
Click here to purchase online or click here to print out an order form.
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FILM FESTIVAL
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Thanks to everyone who assisted the film club in putting on the First Annual Film Festival! There were 38 film submissions, all from students at Westside.
It was a great turn out, and the students had a lot of fun. Click here to see the films the Westside students created, and the winners from the 2016 Film Festival.
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VOLLEYBALL CAMP
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Come improve your volleyball skills at our camp running from June 6-9. The camp is for students going into 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. Click here for the registration form.
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BASEBALL CAMP
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Come improve your baseball skills at our camp running from June 6-9. Click here for the registration form. Click here for more information.
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SENIOR REMINDERS
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Senior Week Schedule
- Monday, May 23: Senior Checkout from 1-3:45 p.m. in the College Center
- Tuesday May 24: Senior Panoramic Picture at 8 a.m., in the Gym
- Wednesday May 25: Graduation Practice from 9- 11 a.m., in the Commons. Senior Picnic from Noon- 2 p.m. in the Westside Fields.
Graduation
Sunday, May 29
@NRG Stadium 2 p.m.
- No tickets are required
- Parking will be $12 (CASH ONLY). Park in the Blue Lot and enter through the Amegy Gate.
- Graduates must arrive at 12:30 p.m. Guests may enter the stadium at this time.
Rules for Graduating Seniors:
1. Graduates are not allowed to have CELLPHONES, purses, cameras, flowers, or mp3 players 2. Graduates must arrive in cap & gown. Don't forget your tassel!
3. Dress is semi-formal. No jeans or athletic shoes
Please take a moment to read the following letter regarding HISD security measures at graduation.
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SUMMER SCHOOL
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Click here to check out all of the options and the dates for Summer School
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POSSE SCHOLARSHIP
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Click here to find out more details about the POSSE Scholarship.
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SATURDAY TUTORIALS
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Tutorials are available in all levels of math, biology, chemistry, and physics on Saturdays. English and Social Studies are on some weekends, so check with your teacher.
Tutorials are 9 a.m.-noon. Check in at the Welcome Desk in the Commons. All tutorials are held in the S2 house.
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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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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
- COMEDY SPORTZ WIN REGIONALS AND THAT'S NO JOKE
- WEGA COMPETES, THEN MAKES TELEVISION APPEARANCE
- FOOTBALL TAILGATE BASH WILL BE HUGE
- SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
- LAPTOP COLLECTION
- WESTSIDE WELLNESS: HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
- CHOICES CORNER: PHARM PARTYING
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COMEDY SPORTZ GETS LAST LAUGH
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 The Comedy Sportz team made history with its first Regional Title, by defeating teams from all over the Houston area. Teams from Katy, Cy Fair, and Clear Creek Independent School Districts were no match for our Wolves.
Come out and see the champs in action against the faculty this Thursday night in the Black Box. The laughs start at 7 p.m.
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WEGA EARNS HONORS AND MAKES TV APPEARANCE
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This past Saturday, WEGA students competed in 6
 challenges and won 2.
- 1st Place- Computer Programming Challenge
- 1st Place- Civil Engineering Challenge
- 2nd Place- Robotics Challenge
Cristian Negrette and Benajamin Campbell were named Comerica STEMing the Tide Scholars, which included scholarship money for both. Armon Alex received an iPad for being named student Ambassador of the year.
Three students were interviews on FOX News early Sat. morning with Dr. Reagan Flowers, the Founder and CEO of STEM. The students demonstrated their robot that could lift and move objects to build a tower.
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SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER!
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A very special thank you to the following staff members who are saying, "School's Out Forever" and retiring after many years of incredible dedication to numerous students.
This past Wednesday, there were hugs shared, tears shed, and funny stories told about our wonderful retirees. Edgey Arbuckle, Beth Bogan, David Clardy, and Doc Savage - we will miss you all!
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SPRING GAME TAILGATE BASH
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This Saturday, the football program will be hosting the Westside Spring Game Tailgate Bash, from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fresh Empire/L.O.U.D. Musik Microsoft, and Papa John's are sponsoring the event and will provide the main entertainment (pizza as well as food trucks).
Fresh Empire/L.O.U.D MUSIK recording artist, T!M NED (an anti-smoking artist), will be performing during the day as well as PRIDE, INERTIA, and CHEER. Four local DJs will be on sight as well. Following the performances and the powder-puff game, there will be the actual Spring Game. Click here for more details.
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LAPTOP COLLECTION
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Laptop collection is quickly approaching! Next week students will turn in their laptops and laptop accessories. Please read the important information below that details collection and the 2016-2017 deployment plan.
 COLLECTION DAYS12th grade: Tuesday, May 17
9th-11th grade: Wednesday, May 18 & Thursday, May 19. Laptop collection will occur in the library during social studies class periods. Students must turn in the 1) laptop, 2) case, 3) shoulder strap, and 4) power charger.
LOST ITEMS
If a student has lost the laptop, case, strap, and/or charger, he/she will be responsible for paying a portion of the cost. Fees for lost items will be due by Friday, May 25, 2016and can be paid for with cash in A204.
- Power Charger (worth $50) -$15 lost fee
- Shoulder Strap (worth $40) -$10 lost fee
- Laptop Case (worth $75) -$15 lost fee
- Laptop & Accessories -$50 lost fee (if a police report has not been filed)
SAVING WORK
Laptops will be reset over the summer, and all student work will be erased. Students should save anything they want to keep to the OneDrive or to a flash drive. For help, come to A204 (the Tech Room) before collection begins.
PRE-PAY 2016-2017 LAPTOP FEE
Westside High School will reissue student laptops for the 2016-2017 school year during grade level orientation days August 9-12. To pick up a laptop, students must pay the $25 laptop fee.
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WESTSIDE WELLNESS: HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
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Part of staying healthy includes having positive social interactions with others, and romantic relationships can have a major impact on emotional health. Often when we are in the midst of a relationship, we may not fully recognize the ways in which it is impacting other areas of our lives. It can be helpful to step back and assess to see if you have the basic qualities of a healthy relationship.
- Trust and Honesty: Both people in a relationship should be truthful and be able to count on one another.
- Respect: A healthy relationship is based on mutual respect, and each person should be able to listen and acknowledge the values and boundaries of the other person. The individual needs to be able to pursue his or her own interests without criticism.
- Equality: Fairness is important in a healthy relationship. Listening well and offering compromises are the keys to maintaining equality.
- Communication: Each person must clearly communicate his or her thoughts and feelings in order to avoid misunderstandings and conflict.
If you recognize all of these qualities in your relationship, it is likely a healthy one. For further resources on healthy relationships, conflict resolutions, and how to identify more serious issues such as abuse, go to www.loveisrespect.org.
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CHOICES CORNER: PHARM PARTYING
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What's in your medicine cabinet? You may be thinking 'Why does this even matter?' or 'Who even cares?'. However, it does matter and we should all care. It's countdown for summer and for many teens this may mean spending lots of hours in the home. Teens may get bored or restless and come up with ways to "have fun" like having or going to a pharm party. What's that? Pharm parties can happen at someone's house where pharmaceuticals of both prescription and over-the-counter medicines are emptied into a large bowl mixed in with the other people's medicines that were brought from their home and heedlessly consumed. Scary right? Well, it doesn't have to be scary if you safeguard your prescriptions by following a few steps.
It is totally appropriate to discuss why it is your job only to have access to medicines. In this way you are reinforcing the family code of why drug use is not accepted unless it is prescribed to your teen and even still it will be monitored.
Know how many pills are in your prescription bottle and keep track of your refills. In order to know if your teen is taking your meds you have to monitor and know what's in your medicine cabinet.
If you're not able to monitor your meds or you feel like that's too much of a task to monitor then secure your meds in places only you know about. Please do not keep them in obvious hiding places like in a cabinet or purse. If your meds are in obvious places make sure they are locked away where only you have the key and if it's a safe only you have the code. Yes, some of our teens have prescriptions from the doctor and those meds should be in the same place locked away.
It's not uncommon to keep expired prescriptions in the medicine cabinet unknowingly however, be sure to mail, flush or throw away all expired medicine. Yes, you may mail your meds to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and they will properly dispose of the prescriptions for you.
Following these four steps will safe guard your teen from even thinking about contributing to a pharm party that's all about mixing different pills to "have fun" with friends. As mature adults we know that concocting different meds are dangerous but we have to show our teens by being their frontal lobe and taking the initiative in following the steps listed above for their safety.
On another note, thank you to the PTO and all of the parents that took the time out of their busy schedule to come out last Friday to the roundtable breakfast, your presence was greatly appreciated!
If you have any questions or would like to discuss more about this topic, contact me by email at elumpkin@councilonrecovery.org, or drop by N144.
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We value your feedback!
Please direct comments or questions to Craig Malinsky
at cmalinsk@houstonisd.org.
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