School Community Council (SCC)
What is the SCC?
Our School Community Council (SCC) is a group of parents/guardians, employees, and administrators tasked with improving the educational programs and conditions within West High School. This includes, but is not limited to, serving in an advisory capacity and oversight to the administration and school board, developing the School LAND Trust Plan to guide the spending of LAND Trust funds disbursed annually, and developing a School Improvement Plan.
School LAND Trust Fund Report
One of the most important responsibilities of the SCC is to determine how to spend the funds received from LAND Trust. For the 2023 / 2024 school year funded:
Reading literacy—$200,000 for two reading teachers
Social and Emotional Learning—$55,000 for PAC coordinators
College Access Coordinator—$35,000 for coordination & teacher stipend
Improve ACT/Aspire science scores by 5% for MLL students—$93,000 for science teacher.
How do I get involved with the SCC?
- Become a voting member. Everyone with a student at West is welcome and encouraged to join. Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month - September through May - from 5:30-7:30. Currently, meetings are “hybrid.” you can participate in person or digitally on Zoom. Agendas with Zoom links can be found below prior to the meeting. The council is seated in September, with additions throughout the academic year if space is available. Please contact the Chair or Vice-Chair if you have questions about joining the SCC as a voting member.
● Attend a meeting: Our meetings are open to the public; parents are always welcome. You don’t need to sign up, just drop in! It’s a great way to find out what’s happening at West High. Towards the end of the meeting, there is an “Opportunity for the community to bring forth questions and concerns” which is your chance to have your voice heard.
● Contact a member of the SCC to voice your opinion. The parent members are representatives for all parents at West, and will speak for you if needed. We would love to hear from you. Email addresses for SCC members can be found to the right on this page.
West High School Community Council Meetings
2024-2025 Academic Year
2023–2024 Academic Year
Yearbook will be in The Commons all week so that students can check their names and portraits and make sure they're right.
(Note: We can fix names, but we can't "fix" portraits. As long as it's a picture of the right person, it's what we're using. We can't get sucked down into the quagmire of letting 2700 students submit pictures that they like better.)
If you teach SENIORS, please let them know that it's now or never. If they get to June and get their yearbook, and their name or photo is wrong or they just aren't in the book at all, there is nothing we can do at that point. THIS WEEK is their chance to make sure that that doesn't happen.
Name Check Week is for everyone, but please encourage your seniors, especially, to stop by the Yearbook desk in The Commons this week during both lunches, to head off any weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth in June.
Yearbook will be in The Commons all week so that students can check their names and portraits and make sure they're right.
(Note: We can fix names, but we can't "fix" portraits. As long as it's a picture of the right person, it's what we're using. We can't get sucked down into the quagmire of letting 2700 students submit pictures that they like better.)
If you teach SENIORS, please let them know that it's now or never. If they get to June and get their yearbook, and their name or photo is wrong or they just aren't in the book at all, there is nothing we can do at that point. THIS WEEK is their chance to make sure that that doesn't happen.
Name Check Week is for everyone, but please encourage your seniors, especially, to stop by the Yearbook desk in The Commons this week during both lunches, to head off any weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth in June.
Reflections Contest: The West PTA invites you to enter the 2023 Reflections contes! This year’s theme is "I am Hopeful Because…” All contest rules and details can be found at www.utahpta.org/ref. You have until Wednesday, November 8th to submit entries to that same site. Good luck and happy creating!
Yearbook will be in The Commons all week so that students can check their names and portraits and make sure they're right.
(Note: We can fix names, but we can't "fix" portraits. As long as it's a picture of the right person, it's what we're using. We can't get sucked down into the quagmire of letting 2700 students submit pictures that they like better.)
If you teach SENIORS, please let them know that it's now or never. If they get to June and get their yearbook, and their name or photo is wrong or they just aren't in the book at all, there is nothing we can do at that point. THIS WEEK is their chance to make sure that that doesn't happen.
Name Check Week is for everyone, but please encourage your seniors, especially, to stop by the Yearbook desk in The Commons this week during both lunches, to head off any weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth in June.
Yearbook will be in The Commons all week so that students can check their names and portraits and make sure they're right.
(Note: We can fix names, but we can't "fix" portraits. As long as it's a picture of the right person, it's what we're using. We can't get sucked down into the quagmire of letting 2700 students submit pictures that they like better.)
If you teach SENIORS, please let them know that it's now or never. If they get to June and get their yearbook, and their name or photo is wrong or they just aren't in the book at all, there is nothing we can do at that point. THIS WEEK is their chance to make sure that that doesn't happen.
Name Check Week is for everyone, but please encourage your seniors, especially, to stop by the Yearbook desk in The Commons this week during both lunches, to head off any weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth in June.
Yearbook will be in The Commons all week so that students can check their names and portraits and make sure they're right.
(Note: We can fix names, but we can't "fix" portraits. As long as it's a picture of the right person, it's what we're using. We can't get sucked down into the quagmire of letting 2700 students submit pictures that they like better.)
If you teach SENIORS, please let them know that it's now or never. If they get to June and get their yearbook, and their name or photo is wrong or they just aren't in the book at all, there is nothing we can do at that point. THIS WEEK is their chance to make sure that that doesn't happen.
Name Check Week is for everyone, but please encourage your seniors, especially, to stop by the Yearbook desk in The Commons this week during both lunches, to head off any weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth in June.
2022–2023 Academic Year
Parent Teacher Conference
Thursday, September 23, 2021
2:30pm-6:30pm
Appointments necessary
https://www.canyoncreeksoftware.com/scheduler/ut/slc
Step-by-step Parent/Guardian Instructions
1. Visit the school’s homepage Home - West High School (slcschools.org), click on the Online Scheduler icon/link. The link will become active Monday, September 26th.
2. From the Online Scheduler Home Page
a. Choose your student’s school from the drop down list and click “GO”
b. Enter the school password: panthers
c. Enter your student’s “Student ID”. If you don’t know their Student ID, use the LOOKUP STUDENT ID button to access the system
d. Verify the student’s birth date
e. A list of your student’s teachers will be displayed. Check the box next to the name of each teacher(s) you would like to meet with
f. If you have more than one student in the school you can see all of your students’ teachers’ schedules at one time by answering YES to this question: “Do you want to schedule conferences for another student?”, then repeat the steps above for your other students. If you only have one student, answer NO to that question
g. You will see the available time slots for each teacher you selected
h. Select the times that work best for your schedule
i. Enter your email address (recommended) if you would like an email reminder sent to you (your email address is kept private
j. Once you have finished you can confirm your appointment details and print your conference schedule
k. Write down the Confirmation Number (you will need this number to cancel your appointment)