Dear Westside Students and Families, Hurricane Harvey impacted our lives in West Houston in many ways over the last several weeks. It has certainly helped us build character, if not become more creative problem solvers. The faculty at Westside has ex-plored many options to recoup instructional time lost at the be-ginning of the year. After review-ing our alternatives, drafted as a collaboration between teacher leaders and administration, the School Decision Making Commit-tee (SDMC) unanimously ap-proved changes as described below: Modification #1: Each Six Week Grading Cycle in the first semes-ter would be weighted differently to account for the shortened first grading cycle.

1st Six Weeks =20% 2nd Six Weeks =40% 3rd Six Weeks =40% (instead of 3 major grades, teachers may opt to give a 4th major grade as-sessment)

Final Exam Grade=Calculated using an algebraic formula so that the semester average is the weighted average as described above.

Modification #2: Final Exam Week Schedule is converted to regular Full Instructional Days.

Normally, the last two weeks of school (December 11th-21st) would be devoted to final exam reviews and half day exams. By canceling the final exam struc-ture, we can recoup two weeks of instruction and allocate that time for teaching and learning.

*Students/Teachers will follow FULL instructional day schedule through Dec. 21; no half days in December.

*Instead of the traditional Final Exam, teachers may give an ad-ditional major grade assessment during the 3rd six weeks.

The SDMC changes described above were submitted to HISD for review and included in our annual School Improvement Plan (SIP) as required. Our vision is to max-imize opportunities for students to realize their full potential, and we ask for your support during this adjustment period. By communi-cating this information early, we trust that parents will plan accord-ingly. We respectfully urge fami-lies to ensure students are in at-tendance each day. The last day of school for students will be Thursday, December 21, 2017 and the students will be dis-missed at 3:15PM.

Thank you for your continued support of Westside High School!

Sincerely, Peggi Stewart, Principal

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Calendar

Mon. 10/23-Fri. 10/27

Spirit Week-see page 3 for

dress up themes

Homecoming Dance Ticket

Sales, A & B Lunches, until

sold out

Fri. 10/27

Pink Out Day

Homecoming Parade,

1:45pm

Pep Rally, 2:45pm

Sat. 10/28

Super Saturday Credit Recov-

ery and Parent Meeting, 8am

-12Noon

Saturday Tutorials, 9am-

12Noon

Homecoming Game vs.

Heights HS at Delmar Stadi-

um, 1:00pm

Homecoming Dance, 8:00-

11:30pm, Commons

October 23, 2017

Credit Appeal

Make-Up Meeting Did you miss the Credit Appeal Parent/

Student Meeting last week? There is a make-up

meeting this coming Saturday morning at

8:00am in the Mini-Theatre, which will run con-

currently with the first credit appeal session. If

your student has received an “NG” on a report

card and wishes to pursue completion, you must

attend this meeting. Please click here to see all

of the details and print the necessary forms. Stu-

dents are required to be in uniform shirts during

Super Saturday meetings.

Super Saturday Fall Schedule

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Freshmen Lunch Tutorials

School Tours

Prospective Students & Parents Tour

Thursdays 1:00 pm Oct. 26th - Dec. 7th

Do you have a friend or neighbor interested in our su-perior Westside programs? Invite them to come and discover the endless possibilities Westside has to of-fer! Check out the incredible instructional programs: Business Management & Finance, Computing Scienc-es, Culinary Arts, Digital Media & Design, Engineering, Fine Arts - Visual & Performing, Health Science Tech-nology & The Futures Academy of Health Science

No reservation needed - just stop on in any Thursday

at 1:00pm, between now and Dec. 7th!

Fall Schedule

Saturday Tutorials 9:00am —12 Noon

Please note:

Students must arrive by 9:15 am

—bring IDs, laptops, and assignments—

Save the dates!

In an effort to support the academic suc-

cess of our Freshmen, Westside is introducing a

new policy on lunch tutorials. Students who re-

ceived a failing grade on the 1st six weeks report

card will be required to attend 20 minutes of

mandatory tutorial time each day during their 50

minute lunch period. This new policy takes effect

immediately and Freshmen students will receive

a directive from their Dean if required to partici-

pate. Once they receive their next report card,

students in good academic standing in all clas-

ses will be allowed to return to their 50-minute

lunch privileges.

October 28

November 4

November 11

December 2

December 16

Oct. 28 8am-12Noon Make-Up Parent Meeting and

Credit Appeal Session

Nov. 4 8am-12Noon Credit Appeal Session

Nov.11 8am-12Noon Credit Appeal Session

Nov.18 8am-12Noon Credit Appeal Session

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It’s Spirit Week! Homecoming is Almost Here!

Dance Ticket Sales

$20 October 23-27

During Lunches in the Commons

Completed contract and ID

Saturday, Oct.28

8-11:30 PM

Commons

PARIS:

Spirit Week Themes

10/23 Neon Day

10/24 Rock, Rap, or Coun-

try Day

10/25 International

Culture Day

10/26 Throwback

Thursday

10/27 Pink Out Day

HoCo Football Game Tickets

On Saturday, October 28th, Westside takes on the Heights Bulldogs at Delmar Stadium at 1:00PM. Tickets will be available during lunch-es this week from Wednesday to Friday in the Field House.

Students $4 Adults $6

All tickets at the gate $8

House Decorating Contest

Once Upon

a Time

The Winner Hansel & Gretel

South 2

E1 Little Red Riding Hood

School Web Address:

https://www.houstonisd.org/westsidehs

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PTO Meeting Monday,

November 6th

7:00 PM In the Library

Save the dates for future meetings:

Jan. 8 Feb. 5 Mar. 5

Apr. 2

Quick Links

HISD Web Address:

https://www.houstonisd.org

Neon Day