WHS Parent and Student Newsletter November 17th - 21st

Posted Date: 11/16/25 (4:30 PM)

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WHS NEWSLETTER

November 17th - 21st

Events & Activities this Week!

Monday, November 17th

WHS CCMR Dress up Day! Wear your favorite College, Career, or Military Readiness Gear!

10:30am SSR Letterjacket Orders in the Cafeteria

10:30 am Advisory:

Students will go to their 2nd period teacher's advisory class.
Students will receive an email from the counselors with a lesson about "Why Gratitude is so Important?" Students will have an activity to complete creating "Gratitude Grams" that will be delivered during lunch on Thursday and Friday!

Seniors that still need to take the TSIA2 Math have been added to the Edmentum class. This course has been tailored to what they need to help them pass the assessment. Teachers, if you have Seniors, please have them work on this during Advisory.
Link to TSIA2 Reading/Essay Powerpoint with links to practice tests and Class Companion. All students can use the links in this powerpoint to practice for the TSIA2. (This can only be opened using a WEST ISD email account.)

Tuesday, November 18th

10:30am Advisory UIL Practice Day! Please see the schedule that was emailed to you from Mrs. Woodard. Please refer to this ADVISORY spreadsheet on where students should be. (You must have a West ISD email address to be able to open this link. Access will not be given.)

NOTE for ADVISORY TEACHERS of SENIORS:
Seniors that still need to take the TSIA2 Math have been added to the Edmentum class. This course has been tailored to what they need to help them pass the assessment.
Link to TSIA2 Reading/Essay Powerpoint with links to practice tests and Class Companion. All students can use the links in this powerpoint to practice for the TSIA2. (This can only be opened using a WEST ISD email account.)

5:00pm WHS Lady Trojan Basketball vs Gatesville (5:00pm-JV, 6:15pm-Varsity)

Wednesday, November 19th

8:00am YAM (Youth Awareness of Mental Health) will be in Coach Biles and Coach Hill's classrooms all day.)

8:50am TSIA Reading/Essay/Math

We will be testing Seniors that still need READING/ESSAY/MATH and JUNIORS that need TSIA2 READING OR ESSAY.
Please click below for the list of students that will be testing. (Please note that you must have a West ISD email address to open this link. Access will not be granted.)
Click here for the list of Seniors
Click here for the list of Juniors
Mrs. Pratka will be sending out a ParentSquare message to all students and their parents that will be testing to let them know which test they will be taking.
We will start testing 2nd period. We will test through 4th period. Students that are still testing at the end of 4th period will be consolidated into one testing room and remain testing. They will go to the WMS lunch period.
Students who complete testing will remain in their testing room through 4th period and then be dismissed to go to WHS lunch and then 5th period.

10:30am ADVISORY:

All students need to report to their 2nd period teacher's classroom.
Students will continue the about "Why Gratitude is so Important?" Students will continue working on their "Gratitude Grams" that will be delivered during lunch on Thursday and Friday!
SALT Meeting during Advisory

3:45pm ART Club will meet in the ART room

4:30pm West FFA Swine Validation at the Extraco Event Center in Waco

6:00pm WABC Meeting in the Film Room

8:00pm Jr. Historian Practice

Thursday, November 20th

HIGHER ED FAIR IS TODAY!

Sophomores 8:30am

Juniors 9:00am

Seniors 10:10am

Freshmen 11:00am

Important Information for today:

ALL STUDENTS REPORT TO 1ST PERIOD
Mrs. Gerik will announce for students to come to the higher ed fair
The bells will ring at their normal times and those not scheduled to be at higher ed fair will continue in their regularly scheduled classes.
Sophomores in athletics will attend after dismissal from 1st period.
Dual Credit students (2nd/3rd) will remain in their MCC courses until they are officially released by their instructors or when their class ends at 10:30am

Friday, November 21st

7:15am FCA Huddle

10:30am Advisory

All students need to report to their 2nd period teachers
SALT Meeting in Coach Biles room

Starting at 5:00pm

WHS Lady Trojan Basketball at Robinson 9th-5:00pm; JV-6:15pm; Varsity-7:30pm

Starting at 6:15pm

WHS Trojan Basketball at Bosqueville JV-A 6:15pm; Varsity 7:30pm

Week of November 24th - 28th

Monday, Nov. 24th:

WHS Lady Trojan Basketball vs Lorena HERE

10:00am JV

11:15am V

4:30pm West FFA Swine Validation at West

Tuesday, Nov. 25th:

WHS Lady Trojan Basketball vs Franklin HERE

9:00am 9th

10:00am JV

11:15am V

WHS Trojan Basketball at Academy

10:00am JV-B

11:15am JV-A

12:30pm V

Important Reminders:

Upcoming Assessments:

December 2nd: STAAR EOC Algebra and English II Retakes
December 3rd: STAAR EOC English I Retakes
December 4th: STAAR EOC Biology and US History Retakes
December 9th: STAAR EOC Interim for all English I and English II Students
December 11th: STAAR EOC Interim for all Algebra students
December 16th: The ASVAB has been rescheduled for Dec. 16th. Please click here to register for it.