The Howl

Greetings West Wolves and Parent/Caregivers,

It is incredible to believe that we have made it here: The last week of school of our first year! It has been a year of more firsts and "new" than we can count. A year of celebrations, successes, achievements and accomplishments. A year of challenges, learning, growth and areas of growth to come. We have laid a foundation on which we will build from good to great! Thank you for your partnership. Thank you for your patience and your push. We are excited for an excellent week and a summer of rest, relaxation, learning, growing, planning and pursuing excellence as we look forward to an incredible Year 2. Thank you for who you are in our community. Here's to our last week!

As we end the school year we are also celebrating Pride Month and reminding our students, staff and community that ALL are welcome, included, celebrated, seen and valued. Although we won't be in school during Disability Acceptance Month in July we acknowledge, celebrate and lift up all of our community members with all of our differing abilities. Our diversity is our strength and we will continue to work to make Sun Prairie West a community where ALL thrive each and every day.

Jen Ploeger- Principal- jrploeg@sunprairieschools.org

Chai Lee- Associate Principal- cmlee1@sunprairieschools.org

Chad Whalley- Associate Principal- ctwhall@sunprairieschools.org

Please give us feedback by completing this very quick survey of how our communication has been this year so that we can grow into the future (it could take as little as 1 minute to complete).

Please check out this important letter from the district about the end of the year and technology!

Thank you to everyone that picked up their senior yard signs. If you have not yet picked up your yard sign please do so in the front office. If you are interested in getting a 2nd yard sign for a 2nd home or grandparents/etc please feel free to stop by this week,

There is no graduation practice this week in preparation for Commencement. You can find a FAQ document and slides from the May 12th Information Meeting on our Graduation Website. Please contact administration or class advisors with any further questions.

Got your yard sign? Take a quick pic and send it in for us to celebrate with you! Please send to jnblank@sunprairieschools.org and socialmedia@sunprairieschools.org and we will post on the district FB page.

We are excited to share with you our Graduation FAQ with all of the information you need to prepare for our 2023 Graduation Ceremony!

We are holding our first annual senior breakfast this week on 6/7 from 9:00am-10:00am. Seniors will go straight to 1st block and then if they are choosing to attend be released at 9:00am to head to the field. Student IDs will be checked to ensure that all students entering are SP West Seniors only. Parents/Caregivers please sign up here. Rain date: 6/8.

This week we will be having an end of the year assembly in which we will be completing our SP West Year 1 time capsule. Do you have ideas of what should be included? Please email Principal JP at jrploeg@sunprairieschools.org.

Here's the schedule for the last day of school schedule:

• 8:35-9:05: Block 1
• 9:12-9:42: Block 2
• 9:49-10:19: Block 3
• 10:26-10:56- Block 4
• 11:00-12:10- Assembly- All students will need to attend the assembly in the gym or be called in in advanced by a parent/caregiver to leave early
• 12:15- Dismissal

If you would like a grab and go lunch on the last day of school please fill out this form. This will greatly help our nutrition staff plan for that day. Thank you!

Please make sure you are completing your resume assignment for SP30 so that you are all up to date. Remember that SP30 is pass/fail. A failing grade in SP30 will lead to athletics and activities ineligibility as any other failing grade. Please check in with your SP30 advisor to see if you are all set.

Did you know that we have a program called Securly that we use to help monitor student safety in the digital world? Did you know that you can also use it to help protect your student? Check this out.

Have you heard of TED Talks or TEDx Events? Thanks to the leadership of one of our incredible scholars and now a team of students we will be hosting our very own TEDx event next year. Check out information here including being able to sign up to speak or attend!

What an incredible spring sport season we have had. Come support our student athletes as they finish up their season, upcoming events this week.

We have students working to start our very first Stomp and Shake team. If you or someone you know would be interested in being a coach for a Stomp and Shake team for the 23-24 school year please reach out to Mr. Nee and Principal JP ASAP. Stomp and Shake has deep roots in HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and would enrich our culture and community here at West with additional opportunities for students. Please reach out for more information as we work to launch this new club. Thanks!