WEST HIGH SCHOOL WEEKLY CALENDAR

October 26, 2015 - October 31, 2015

Monday, October 26th

7:00 p.m.- S/V Volleyball Regionals @ Iowa City Tuesday, October 27th

Principals Student Advisory Meeting 2:15-2:45

Wednesday, October 28th

Thursday, October 29th

No School S/V – Regionals @ TBD after Mondays games 5:00 p.m. - District/MAC Diving @ Linmar Friday, October 30th

No School

Saturday, October 31st

12:00 - Districts/MAC- Swimming @ Clinton Cross Country in Fort Dodge @11:30

West’s Swim Teams Finish Strong

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Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center Presents Check to Student Senate’s Food Drive sts-swWest High participated in the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center’s summer high school challenge, which took place at both Northpark and Southpark. West won the Iowa challenge with 150 donars. Here Libby Scott donates the prize money presented by Angela Reese of the MVRBC to West’s Senator Abbie Koberg. Senate will use the money to purchase food for the Student Hunger Drive. Thanks, Libby and Life Corps members.

Subject: More West stuff.

West’s Food Drive Visits Smart Senate, Cheer, and Drumline descended on Smart, Monday, October 19, to enlist their help with the Quad City Student Hunger Drive. Smart’s Senate was organized and already working in their school to raise money and cans. They demonstrated clothing for the upcoming Spirit Week. Great job, guys. Future Falcons already. AND this year, no broken bones! Congrats, sixth graders—you won the contest!

Mr. Achs’ Class Takes Action Against Hunger in the QC After giving a class on Economic Challenges (Ch13) in America, we discussed how even in times of prosperity, unemployment, inflation, and poverty can affect large numbers of Americans. Despite the success of the American economy, millions of people remain poor.We looked at some dismal statistics from the 2012 HHS Poverty Guidelines.The students asked what the class could do to help. We decided to make sandwiches and give them to the homeless. Students donated $, and I covered the overage. We got into groups of four, made a production line, and made 360 bread, butter, cheese, and bologna sandwiches. Using a contact at St. Anthony’s in Davenport, we donated the food there.

West’s Hunger Drive Makes a Stop in Walcott West High’s Student Senate, cheerleaders, and drumline dropped in on Walcott students to enlist their help with the Quad City Student Hunger Drive. Future Falcons were riveted by the cheers, stunts, and drumline. Four teams of seventh and eighth graders played Hungry Hippo to gear up to collect cans at Walcott. Thanks for the help, Future Falcons! You were an awesome audience. To see all the photos, click here.

Come DANCE in Support of West’s Hunger Drive n

Come DANCE in Support of West’s Hunger Drive Wednesday, October 28, from 6-9PM, come to West’s Gym. Wear NEON. See what happens! Enter from the Sport Entrance. Bring 10 cans or $10.00. IT’S FOR A GOOD CAUSE. Come out, Falcons. Let’s DANCE. If you don't want to dance, we'll take donations for the very worthy cause of feeding the hungry in our area.

West Holds Hacking Competition West’s Mr. Brosius held a hacking competition on Thursday, October 8. David Vick, leader of Team 1A, took home first place—followed by the Dylan Benson, leader of the Fluffy Pandas. A total of 18 Falcons took part in the event. We will have a new competition in 3-4 weeks where we will compete as a school against other schools throughout the nation.

West’s Freshman/Sophomore XC Team Places 2nd

West’s iJAG Attends Leadership Development Conference iJAG attended the Leadership Development Conference at the Putnam Museum on Tuesday, October 20. They spent the day with all the other iJAG Career Association officers from other schools. They exchanged ideas and talked with business professionals. Their service learning project asked them to decorate pumpkins to be donated. They finished the day doing a STEM scavenger hunt throughout the museum. Yvoanna Martinez, Jake Beckley, Caelob Armstrong, Izaiah Sams, and Michaela Mink attended the event and represented West!

West High Falcon Marching Band Earns Division I Superior Rating On Saturday, October 17, the West High Falcon Marching Band participated in the IHSMA State Marching Contest held at Muscatine High School. Judges critiqued our marching execution and general effect, music execution and general effect, as well as our color guard and percussion section. The band received a Division I Superior Rating and the percussion section coached by Courtney Long, Shelby Tracy, and Evan Mosier received an outstanding score of 92 out of 100 points. We are so very proud of all of our students and the effort, leadership, dedication, and long hours spent perfecting our show!