The Howl

October 13th- SP West Homecoming Dance TICKETS on sale on Go Fan, use your ID number as the code

October 14th- SP West, Patrick Marsh & Prairie View Orchestra Concert, 7:00pm, PAC

October 15th- SP West Homecoming Parade- 6:00pm- on Main

October 16th- SP West Homecoming Dance TICKET SALE closes- 5:00pm (HARD DEADLINE- no exceptions)

October 17th- Homecoming Pep Rally - Pep Rally Schedule - NO Shuttles to EAST

October 17th- Homecoming Game at 7:00pm Bank of Sun Prairie Stadium

October 18th- SP West Homecoming Dance 7:00-10:00pm at West

October 21st- Band Concert, 7:30pm, PAC

October 22nd- PSAT (Optional test for Juniors- pre-registration required)

October 23rd-24th- Fall Conferences

October 24th- No School

October 28th- Combined Choir Concert, 7:00pm, SP East PAC

October 31st- Senior Pictures due for the Yearbook. Upload here: https://photos.jostens.com/CC2FPK

November 7th-9th & 14th-16th- SP West presents Guys and Dolls

November 14th- Senior Grad Ads due for the Yearbook jostensadservice.com/student

November 26th-28th- No School

Show your Wolf Spirit

Sun Prairie West’s Homecoming Dance is next Saturday!

• Attending the Homecoming Dance is a privilege, not a right.

• Students and Guests MUST HAVE TICKETS to enter.

• Tickets are on sale Now -Thursday at 5:00pm through GO FAN. Use your Student ID and remember to purchase a ticket for any approved guests.

• If students have any Out of School Suspension the week of Homecoming, they will not be allowed to attend the dance on Saturday.

• If a conflict between students arises the week of Homecoming, Administration may deny students the ability to attend the dance out of safety concerns.

• TICKET SALES FOR THE HOMECOMING DANCE END THURSDAY AT FIVE PM

Tickets are now LIVE for Guys and Dolls. Come support the students and staff in this classic story!

Sophomores and Juniors interested in a healthcare career and/or a Youth Apprenticeship with UW Health should plan to attend Career Counsel! The first meeting will be Tuesday, October 14 during WIN time. Sign up in FlexiSched with Mrs. Griffin.

College Goal WI is Tuesday, October 14, at 6:00 p.m. in SP East’s LMC. Financial aid experts will be available to offer support as you fill out the FAFSA. All attendees are entered into a drawing through College Goal WI to earn a scholarship!

It is highly recommended that both the dependent student and a parent/caregiver attend the event together so that the FAFSA can be submitted that evening. Things to bring with you:

• Your own device (chromebook or laptop)

• FSA IDs for both the student and parent/guardian. You must have this before completing the FAFSA. You can create one here.

• 2024 Federal Tax Return and W2s.

• 2024 untaxed income records (if applicable)

• Driver’s license

• Social Security Number, Alien Registration Card or Permanent Resident Card

• Date of birth for parents

• Month and year of parents’ marriage, divorce or separation

* If you can’t attend College Goal WI, check out these resources and video guide for filling out the FAFSA form

As we begin Year 4 as a Wolf community we continue to run together as a PACK. Our universal expectations are that we approach everything we do in our community with Pride, Accountability, Collaboration and Kindness.

Grounding ourselves in the concept of One West and PACK is the foundation of all that we do. It takes each and every one of us doing our part to make this community the incredible place that it is and it is growing into being. Everything that we do as individuals and a community is to bring our West Equity Vision to life:

To purchase a yearbook, go to www.jostens.com. Type in “Sun Prairie West” and make sure you click Sun Prairie West High School. You may also visit the following link directly: https://tinyurl.com/SPWHSYRBK26

Yearbooks must be pre-ordered by February, 20th 2026 to be guaranteed a copy of the 2026 Yearbook.

• All senior portraits will need to be uploaded directly to Jostens.com using the following link: https://photos.jostens.com/CC2FPK
• Be sure to include the student’s first name, last name, and grade (12) in the file name. Ensure that you spell the name correctly, as this is how it will be printed in the yearbook.
• All senior portraits are due by Friday, October 31st, 2025

• All senior grad ads will be 1/8 of a page and completed directly through Jostens using the following link: jostensadservice.com/student
• You will need to create a Jostens account to create and submit your senior’s grad ad.
• All grad ads are due by Friday, November 14th 2025.

STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION

No student may be unlawfully discriminated against in any school programs, activities or in facilities usage because of the student’s sex (gender identity, gender expressions, and non-conformity to gender role stereotypes), color, religion, profession, or demonstration of belief or non-belief, race, national origin (including limited English proficiency), ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, homelessness status, sexual orientation, age, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability. Harassment is a form of discrimination and shall not be tolerated in the District. It is the responsibility of administrators, staff members and all students to ensure that student discrimination or harassment does not occur.

(SPASD District Policy JB)

If a student or parent/caregiver would prefer to have this information translated into Spanish, please contact us at 608-834-6620. Si un estudiante, padre ó guardian prefiere tener esta información traducida en Español, por favor contactenos en el 608-834-6620.

If a student or parent/caregiver would prefer to have this information translated into Hmong, please contact us at 608-834-6630. Yog tus me nyuam lub xiv los yog niam thiab txiv/tus neeg muaj cai saib xyuas tus me nyuam xav tau qhov ntawv ntawm no ua lus Hmoob, thov hais rau peb paub rau ntawm 608-834-6630.

We are so excited to have our fall sports in full swing. We have already started to host home events, including our first home Football game this past Friday night. Please review the SPASD event guidelines. Our athletes are ready to take the field, stage, pool, court, pitch, course and so much more this school year. Together we will continue to make these fantastic, safe and enjoyable events for all.

All West students will need their student ID or if they have not yet received their 25/26 student ID, they will need to look up their Infinite Campus profile. This can be done in advance and screenshotted for quick access.

• Building opens at 8:05: Students may enter the building at 8:05 and will remain in the commons 8:20. Between 8:05-8:20 students may eat breakfast and socialize in the commons. At 8:20 students may begin to move to their classes.
• If your transportation situation makes it impossible to drop off your students later than 8:05 they will be allowed to stand in the vestibule (between the glass doors) until 8:05, particularly on inclement weather days

• Building Closes at 4:00: At 4:00pm the building closes daily. All students must be with an adult (coach, club/activity, 5th hour tutoring, etc) or leave the building for safety as we do not have supervision available after 4:00pm.

Please plan rides, drop off/pick up accordingly.

The PSAT (Preliminary SAT) is a valuable standardized test co-sponsored by the College Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. It serves as both practice for the SAT and as the first step toward qualifying for scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Program. The PSAT helps students assess their skills in key areas—Reading, Math, and Writing/Language.

This test is particularly important for 11th-grade students who are looking to gain insight into their SAT performance and open doors to scholarship opportunities. The PSAT is typically offered in the fall, and 11th-grade students can register to take the exam on an optional basis.

Important: If you would like to take the PSAT exam during the fall of the 2025-2026 school year on Wednesday October 22nd, please complete the attached Google form by Tuesday September 16th, 2025.

For more details or questions, feel free to reach out to Ms. Thao and Mr. Medema!

Don’t miss this opportunity to start preparing for the future and potentially earn scholarships!

In the 25-26 school year we are continuing of our focus on disrupting inequities, creating a culture of care and rigorous and coherent teaching. This year we will also start to layer on the next three components of the Instructional Framework: multiple means to demonstrate understanding, learning partnerships and culturally and linguistically responsive teaching. Over the last year we had a hyper focus on attendance and our data shows that we have a strong foundation in addition to build on to now focus specifically on literacy and numeracy (reading and math outcomes).

We will bring our SP West Equity Vision to life and disrupt inequities in our math and reading outcomes through the following Theory of Action:

• IF we use professional learning teams (teacher teams that teach the same classes) to intentionally design and implement instructional strategies and supports of the essential standards
• AND Work to repair and transform relationships to create a stronger sense of shared identity through restorative practices
• AND Impactfully collaborate to improve practice and outcomes through analyzing and owning data including focus group (reading and math outcomes for our Black students)
• AND Take action to challenge and dismantle oppressive systemic, personal, and instructional policies and adult practices through resources including the iceberg protocol (from our training resource Courageous Conversations Around Race)
• AND Design rigorous and responsive instruction as professional learning teams through the use of culturally responsive teaching based on knowledge of students and knowledge of standards (ASL, AVID, Developmental Designs, RCT Framework, SEL, Scaffolds, Multiple Modes of Assessment).
• THEN we will increase reading and math outcomes for Black/African American students (and all students- Black students were selected as our focal group as our data indicates that we have not done right by these students... yet).

In SPASD we break our year long school improvement plans to bring our Theory of Action to life and make progress to our Scorecard into 3, 100-day plans. Our 3 adult practice areas (gaols) this yeaer are:

• Adult Practice Focus #1 - Use knowledge of students and knowledge of standards to collaboratively design rigorous and responsive instruction for all students
• Adult Practice Focus #2 - Facilitate healing the harm to relationships and restoring community
• Adult Practice Focus #3 - Use data to challenge and dismantle oppressive systemic, personal, and instructional policies and practices

Our A/B Day Schedule and our Regular Bell Schedule. The A/B Day schedule is set for the year and will not change even if we have snow/cold days. Please note that Semester 1 starts and ends on an A Day and Semester 2 starts and ends on a B Day.

Do YOU want to be a Leader of the Pack? Leaders of the Pack is open to any West Wolf that strives to embody PACK each and every day and is ready to step up as a leader for our community. Activities for leaders of the pack include: serving on Student Senate, volunteering at school wide events, giving school tours, being a buddy for new students and being a guide for our incoming 9th graders. Sign up today!