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A Fresh Look for West High School
The results are stunning and reflect the strong traditions and history at West. More information...
MESA at Lagoon Physics Day
West High School's MESA Club traveled to Lagoon on Friday, May 17th to compete in USU's Physics Day. Kelsey Peck was one of several hundred Egg Droppers and took home the 3rd Place Prize!
DECA International Competition
Returning from Anaheim, California, nine of our students competed against 16,400 from around the world. West had four top 10 winners.
ASL Club
West represents well at the State American Sign Language Competition with 2 medals
Maddy Murphy Signs
After four years of hard playing for the Lady Panther Basketball team, Maddy Murphy signed with Utah State University of Eastern Utah to play for a full-ride scholarship
Pro-Start Nationals
West High School's Pro-Start team traveled to Baltimore for National Competition and placed 12th
FCCLA Club
On April 11th the FCCLA Club delivered donations to the Youth Homeless Shelter as one of their service activities
BYU Language Fair
Students from Mrs. Luo's Chinese classes attended the BYU Language Fair on Thursday, April 18th.
Model United Nations
MUN team earned 3rd place at the State Competition representing UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Nigeria
NJROTC Drill Team
After the awards, our NJROTC Drill Team at State Drill Competition
News & Announcements
A Fresh Look for West High School
After spending more than a year working on this project, we are proud to announce a fresh look for West High School. Parents, students, teachers, and administrators have met over the past year to refresh the school's website, mascots, and logos. The results are stunning and reflect the strong traditions and history at West. At the same time, the new logos and mascots are designed for easy use in today's digital world.
West Winds Magazine
For the first time ever in the Panther universe, the new Online 2013 edition of "West Winds: The West High Student Arts and Literature Journal" is available here www.westwindsmag.com
Red and Black Online
The student newspaper for West High School, Red and Black, has adopted a new template and is back online. The online newspaper will contain the constantly changing news/sports/accolades/features here at WHS. The print version, now in magazine format, provides our WHS writers a venue for more in-depth articles and submissions for writing awards. Some online sections, Las Noticias, Science & Technology, ELP, and Podcasts will come online in the next few days. South Lawn will return due to student requests. If you have information you would like online--please email MaryEllen Bach.
Assisted Studies Summer School
Students with F grades in core classes required for graduation can participate in Assisted Studies Summer School. If you are interested, please see your counselor for a registration form and transcript. Then pay the treasurer $25. Turn in the registration form, transcript, and receipt of payment to Marcie Thompson or Jenne Hamlin by noon on Wednesday, 5 June. This summer, Assisted Studies Summer School will charge $25 for the first packet/.25 credit. Each additional packet during the summer school session will cost only $5 each/.25 credit. Students can make-up as many packets as they can in the 5 weeks of summer school at this price. Orientation will be in the library on Thursday, 6 June 10 AM. Assisted Studies Summer School will run Monday to Thursday, beginning 10 June to 11 July. Students will be required to attend two times a week on a Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday schedule for one hour from 9 AM to 12 noon (with the exception of July 4). A late orientation will be held Monday, 17 June at 10 AM in the library for those who did not get their registration, transcript, or payment in on 5 June. For late orientation, all registration, transcript, and payment are due by 11 AM Wednesday, 12 June.
CRT and IB Testing
CRT Testing will take place daily until May 23rd. IB Testing will take place daily until May 24th.
West High School Activity Bus
New to West High School - an "Activity Bus" for taking students home after school activities. The Activity Bus starts Monday, December 3rd. One bus at 4:00 p.m. and one bus at 5:30 p.m. The buses will pick up students just West of the new addition on 400 West. The busses will take students who live West of Redwood Road from North Temple to 1700 West along Starcrest Drive. Click here to see the bus route.
New Security Procedure
West High School will be keeping their outside doors closed and locked during school. Please enter through the main doors at the front of the building. Visitor's parking is on the North End and the cafeteria doors will be open for handicapped entrance.
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