Westview High School. Happy Friday to All of You! March 17, 2017

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equitable environments through innovative strategies that foster critical thinking in high school and beyond. Happy Friday to All of You!

1 Westview High School Jon Franco Ed.D., Principal Cheryl Ashdown, Assistant Principal Rod Barraclough, Assistant Principal Aki Mori, Assistant Principal Westview High School s Collective Commitment: Engage diverse learners in safe and equitable environments through innovative strategies that foster critical thinking in high school and beyond. Happy Friday to All of You! March 17, 2017 Quote of the Week: "My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail." Sara Blakely March 14th Career Expo On Tuesday we took over 600 of our sophomores, almost the entire sophomore class to the Convention Center in Downtown Portland. The students were provided opportunities to interact with a multitude of professionals from an amazing expanse of occupations. Students were able to briefly experience jobs through machines, videos, cars, and of course through conversation. Thank you to Jennifer Bailey and Carrie Matsuo for organizing the event and of course to the students, staff and parents who participated! You can see pictures of the event on my twitter. Westview HS PRIDE@WestviewCats Progress Reports The progress reporting grading period ends today thus we expect to mail home progress grades next week. College and Career Corner: Follow the College and Career Center: IMPORTANT UPDATES ARE POSTED ON THESE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS Facebook: Westview College and Career Center; Twitter, Instagram and SOPHOMORE CLASS Field Trip: Thank you staff, students and parent volunteers for making our visit to the NW Youth Careers Expo a success! We received many positive reviews from students about the variety and engagement at the fair. SENIORS: Jostens will be at both lunches on Wednesday, March 22. SUMMER JOBS: Several local businesses have contacted us looking for summer employees. Please visit the Job/Volunteer Board in the Counseling Center, and follow us on social media, to find out about these opportunities.

2 SUMMER LEARNING: We have created a board in the main hallway with a display of schools offering amazing summer options for both academics and travel. Take a look near the south staircase. March is Diversity Month in Community Time and next week is Community Week! This month we will be talking to the kids about what diversity is, and of course why it is important that we are accepting of everyone regardless of what they look like, or their experiences they bring to the table. We are not just about acceptance, but we are also about celebrating this diversity. This is important! Next Friday we will also have our Multicultural Assembly which is our best and most celebrated assembly of the year. WHS Library, Chrome, and Canvas Corner Follow the WHS Tech page: Read&Write is a dynamic extension for Chrome. BSD students who add this extension right now will have the ability to take full advantage of the Pro edition: highlighting websites, text to speech, page simplification, picture dictionary, and more. To learn about this resource (including a helpful how-to video) go to: Or, check out our website for information about useful apps to enhance your Chromebook: Canvas: For an up to date calendar, quick links to library resources, technology tips, and the latest news about our school, parents, and students can go to our All Student Canvas page. Check it out: Digital Citizenship tip of the week: Teaching kids character strengths and life skills is one of the most important jobs of parents, caregivers, and teachers. Hundreds of times a day, often without realizing it, we seize on moments to reinforce strengths such as humility, integrity, perseverance, and teamwork. Increasingly, the launchpad for these lessons is media. Learn more about character strengths, tips for using media to bolster them, and recommendations for media the whole family can learn from and share. These resources from Common Sense Media may help navigate the conversation: Oregon State Assessment Unfortunately, we have been notified that we are going to have to delay our initial testing opening by one week due to us not having completed 60% of the school year as of yet. Junior parents will be receiving separate information by about this change. Thank you for your patience and good luck to our kids, they will do great! Information on Smarter Balanced Assessment please see our website. Assessment-Information.aspx Shout-Outs -Maya Hopper won two Silver Key Awards in Drawing and Illustration and Iremayowa Olopade won one Silver Key Award in painting which are awards given on a National Level. Congratulations! -Congratulations to Kunal Bhattacharjee, Deven Bishnu, Wendy Fan, Ifrah Javed, Aakash Kurse, Bryan Lee, Nikhil Mishra, and Priyansh Sharma on earning the National Speech and Debate Association Academic All American Award!

3 Sophomore Jasmin Falconer from the Westview Skiteam qualified for the state championships. If you are at all interested in ski racing, come join the team next fall! Snowbrains.com did a nice writeup on high school ski racing in Oregon! Check it out: If you'd like to know more about your ski team and the sport, contact head coach Jason Hattery, jason.c.hattery@gmail.com. PRIDE Awards: Given to students and staff for extraordinary and/or consistent acts of P.R.I.D.E. behavior for the weeks of March 13-17, 2017 Asha Ali Miryana Chirimwami William Evans Zorena Lehman Carlos Torres Join your friends, family and neighbors for another GRAD NIGHT restaurant fundraiser at Papa s Pizza/Beaverton!!! MARCH 21 any time during their regular business hours - please be sure to bring the attached flyer with you! Papa s Pizza will donate a WHOPPING 50% of sales that day please help us make it count! Share the flyer on social media for us! Don t forget to thank them for their community support! Looking Ahead: Monday, March 20, A Day Student Activities: Community Week Homework Club 2:45pm Library Baseball vs. N Medford 4:30pm Softball Jamboree vs. Gresham 5pm G Lacrosse vs. Cleveland 7:45pm B Tualatin 8pm B Quail Valley 12:30pm Tuesday, March 21, B Day Community Schedule Choir Concert 7 & 8:15pm B Tennis vs. West Linn 4:30pm G West Linn 4:30pm Wednesday, March 22, A Day College Wednesday African American Parent Night 6:30pm Sprague 4:30pm Track vs. Southridge 4pm G Quail Valley 12:30pm G Lacrosse vs. Wilsonville 7:40pm B Liberty 8pm Jostens here during both lunches

4 Thursday, March 23, B Day Homework Club 2:45pm Library B Lake Oswego 4:30pm G Tennis vs. Lake Oswego 4:30pm Lakeridge 5pm Band Concert 7:00pm Friday, March 24, A Day - PRIDE Friday Binder check 7 th /8 th period Softball vs. Tualatin 5:00pm B Lacrosse vs. Delta Park 8pm G Lacrosse vs. Lincoln 7:45pm Mar Spring Break School Closed April 3 School Resumes B Day Have a great weekend. Jon

15700 NW Blueridge Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 503-531-7220 www.papaspizza.

the organization will receive 50% of the value of the food you purchase!

These Bucks will earn 25% of their value for the organization. Please come into Papa s and help us out!

5 15700 NW Blueridge Drive Beaverton, OR We are hosting a PIZZA DAY at BEAVERTON PAPA S PIZZA for: WESTVIEW GRAD NIGHT Bring this flyer into Papa s Pizza on March 21st and the organization will receive 50% of the value of the food you purchase! You also have the choice of purchasing Fundraiser Bucks that are good for all future purchases. These Bucks will earn 25% of their value for the organization. Please come into Papa s and help us out! With your support on March 21, 2017 we can have a really successful fundraiser! Beverages and delivery orders are excluded. These flyers cannot be distributed at Papa s Pizza. This fundraiser flyer is valid ALL DAY Join us on Facebook! only on specified date. Total Food Order $ All Gift Certificates Purchased 25%$

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