I hope everyone enjoyed a pleasant February school vacation, along with two additional days off thanks to Mother Nature! After the extended time away, it has been wonderful to see everyone and ease back into our routines. 

Next Thursday, March 5, we will welcome jamele adams – poet, educator, educational leader, and community organizer – to WHS. Through a mix of music, art, poetry, and the spoken word performed by our own students, jamele (who spells his name with lower-case letters) will help us strengthen and unite as a community. We will run a special bell schedule to hold two back-to-back assemblies with jamele so that all students and staff can engage in his message of “LIT,” or “Love, Inclusion, and Trust.” He calls this assembly “This Is Our House.”

As mentioned in earlier messaging, teachers are making next year’s course recommendations for their current students until next Friday, March 6. We encourage students to connect with their teachers and counselor if they have any questions about their options for next year. Yesterday, we held an Extended Advisory to share with students this slide deck which describes the scheduling process. I will email additional messaging to families about this process next week.

The second round of 9th grade conferences will be held in March. These conferences will once again be hosted by your child’s Advisory teachers, and will be offered as either in-person or virtual. This time is designed to be a check-in on your child’s high school experience thus far, and can include an opportunity to discuss course selection. By next Monday, 9th grade caregivers will receive an email from their child’s Advisory teachers with sign up information.

Enjoy the weekend!

~ Allyson Mizoguchi, Principal