The Howl

Greetings West Wolves and Parent/Caregivers,

We continue to Create the Future together! Last week 50 students from PPA, East and our very own wolves went on an HBCU trip visiting museums, historical landmarks and historically Black colleges and universities. The trip was an incredible success and the joy of the students and staff is tangible in the pictures. We celebrated our first ever playoff season with many of our teams headed to the post season in fall sports. Congratulations Wolves! We are also nearing the end of 1st quarter: November, 8th. Students- please make sure you are reaching out to your teachers, using WIN time (SP30 on Tuesday-Thursday) and 5th hour tutoring to get any extra help you may need to make sure your grades are on point. The end of 1st quarter marks the half way point for the semester. Semester grades are the grades that go on your transcript, determine your GPA, earn you credit and colleges see. Here's to a great week Wolves!

Jen Ploeger- Principal- jrploeg@sunprairieschools.org

Chai Lee- Associate Principal- cmlee1@sunprairieschools.org

Chad Whalley- Associate Principal- ctwhall@sunprairieschools.org

As we are Creating the Future it is all about partnership. You are invited to the Principal Parent/Caregiver advisory meeting this Tuesday at 6:30pm in 1202 at West High School. We will co-creating our equity vision for West High School. See you there! (This is a reschedule from last week due to illness)

In our beautiful new building we have many phones including in conference rooms where students can work collaboratively and in classrooms near student work stations. We have seen an uptick in 911 calls made in non-emergency situations and wanted to send out a few reminders/warnings:

• No student should be using a school based phone without the knowledge/permission of a teacher unless it is a true emergency situation

• Calling 911 in a non-emergency situation is both a crime and against school rules.

• Legal consequences can follow up to and include: a ticket, fine, jail time (extreme cases)

• School consequences will follow, up to and including: ISS, OSS and community services to the school

SENIOR PARENTS & STUDENTS - SAVE these DATES For Class of 2023 Sun Prairie WEST:

All senior portraits are due by November 1, 2022.

All senior portraits will be uploaded directly to Jostens using the following link: https://tinyurl.com/west23srphoto

Be sure to include the student’s first name, last name, and grade (12). Ensure that you spell the name correctly, as this is how it will be printed in the yearbook.

If you have any questions or concerns in the meanwhile, please contact Betsy Butler at babutle@sunprairieschools.org (608) 235-2459 for Sun Prairie WEST.

Purchasing Senior Ads:

To purchase a senior recognition ad, your submission of your Grad Ad is due by December 1, 2022.

You will purchase these at the same link where you can purchase the yearbook. Simply scroll down and click the button that says “Create My Ad.”

You may also visit the following link: https://tinyurl.com/West2023seniorads

Again, if you have any questions or concerns in the meanwhile, please contact Betsy Butler (WEST HS) at babutle@sunprairieschools.org or (608) 235-2459.

Do you have questions about Drivers Ed and behind the wheel? Please visit our website or reach out to SPBTW@sunprairieschools.org or sjweiss@sunprairieschools.org

Looking for the latest in West Wolves Gear? Looking to stock up your closet for the cooler weather? Needing ideas for holiday shopping? Look no further. Visit our West Merch Website that our business classes will keep current with the latest online stores that are open for your purchases: tinyurl.com/SPWestMerch

Interested in being part of this opening year of SP West? The Sun Prairie Media center needs volunteer videographers to film home and away games throughout the year across the sports seasons. No experience required, training and equipment will be provided!

KSUN, KIDS-4, 103.5 FM The Sun Community Radio, and sunprairiemediacenter.com will be the places to tune to for live coverage of home and away Sun Prairie Wolves high school games/meets/matches throughout the year. The SPMC is always looking for announcing and camera operator help during sports. If interested, please contact SPMC director Jeff Robbins at staff@sunprairiemediacenter.com. or your school Librarian, Ms. Hilmer, jehilme@sunprairieschools.org

As we launched West we have provided student an opportunity to order in lunch, however, we have seen an uptick in incidents related to food ordering recently. A reminder the expectation is that food is ordered during the first 15 minutes of lunch and students are eating in assigned locations and NOT missing class for food. Additionally, we need every student to be honest and not take others food. We do not have the staff to manage food deliveries and if we do not see an improvement in food delivery related behavior this week we will need to change our policy and no longer allow deliveries.

The end of 1st quarter is fast approaching. The quarter officially ends on November 8th. Teachers- you can start to submit your grades on November 2nd the window closes promptly at 7:00am on November 9th and grades will be available to students and parent/caregivers on November 10th. Students, please make sure to use all of your resources to get your grades up before this important deadline.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser

We are VERY excited to invite you to the Empty Bowls dinner put on by three departments at West HS. Our Art department has made over 100 bowls, fired and decorated them. You’ll be able to grab a bowl and have your soup and roll in the COMMONS!. Where does the money go? We will 1st pay back Art for the clay and the Family Consumer Sciences (FCS) dept for the food. All money left will be donated to the Sunshine place or to the FCS department to buy food for students in need.

• When you get to West HS, you will park, enter the building, grab a bowl and head to the FCS department commercial kitchen which is room 1621

• We will have you pick which soup you want to eat and have a roll

• $15.00 for adult if you want to keep your bowl

• $10.00 for children under 10 if they want to keep their bowl

• $7.00 if you want to use a bowl from our kitchen and RETURN it to us!

• November 16, 5pm - 8pm

• Please fill out this google form so we can get a head count of how many people are going to attend

We continue to increase to develop and increase our supports around student attendance. Student attendance is one of the biggest indicators of academic success and graduation rate!

Please remember to call in your student BEFORE they are absent so that we know that they are safe and can excused their absences: 608.478.1707. If you are unable to in advance please call in ASAP all absences must be corrected within 2 weeks of the date missed.

The main entrance door closes at 4:00pm unless there is an athletic event. Our office staff is off work at 4:00pm. Athletes that may leave and come back please enter through door 24.

Hello AP families! The deadline for ordering Advanced Placement exams is November 15, 2022. Students who enroll in AP Classroom will automatically be registered as “Yes” for AP exams. Students and families who do not wish to test please contact Branden Jones, SPWHS AP Coordinator, via email at bajones@sunprairieschools.org to opt out no later than October 31. A $40 late fee will apply for students who decide they want to take the exam after 11/15/22. Unused/canceled exam fees are also $40 per exam.

AP exam fees are $97, except for the AP Seminar exam fee which is $145. Families can contact Mr. Jones for scholarship and fee reduction information for qualifying households. Exam fees will be posted to Infinite Campus later in November.

As we prepare to start the year we are in need of awesome subs to help take care of our students when staff are out. Are you looking for a new opportunity? Do you know someone looking? Can you help spread the word? Please help us get the word out so that we can ensure that our students have the very best people supporting them even on days staff (teachers or support staff) need to be out. Having an ample supply of fantastic subs is also a great way to support our staff by allowing them peace of mind when they are out. Contact mtiseli@sunprairieschools.org with any interest/questions or contacts.

• Support Staff Substitutes

• Substitute Teachers