WS Education Foundation Scholarship applications available

The 2008-2009 WSHS Education Foundation Academic Scholarship is a $1,000 award to the college or university of your choice. The award will be made for the 2009-2010 academic year. There are three awards available. Winners will be selected on a composite score based on their transcripts, two essays, activities and community service. Applicants must be a graduating senior at West Salem High School to qualify.

The 2008-2009 WSHS Education Foundation Service Scholarship is a $500 award to the college or university of your choice. The award will be made for the 2009-2010 academic year. There are two awards available. Winners will be selected on a composite score based on their transcripts, one essay, one description of a service project that they have organized or significantly participated in during their high school years, activities and community service. Applicants must be a graduating senior at West Salem High School to qualify.

The links below will take you to the forms for the scholarships sponsored by the West Salem Education Foundation.

• Academic Scholarship (PDF)
  
• Service Scholarship (PDF)

Applications for both scholarships are due to the font office of West by 4 p.m. on April 13, 2009.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

West Salem High School parents:

We are excited to recognize 500 students next Wednesday morning that are on the Honor Roll for their first semester grades. That is the largest number of Honor Roll students since the school opened seven years ago.
If you have any incoming freshman, be sure to attend our Freshman Orientation / Curriculum Fair Tuesday, March 10th starting at 6:00pm in the auditorium.

Thank you again for your continued support.

Ed John
Principal

February 24, 2009


West Salem Parents:

I sent this message out via the phone master but I wanted to share it via this media as well....
"Parents, this is Mr. John, Principal at West Salem High School. We discovered a threat written on a restroom wall that made a vague threat to our school (no timeline or details). We take these issues seriously and have taken precautions and have additional security staff on our campus. We believe that school is safe and we will have classes as usual tomorrow. If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call.


Ed John
Principal
503-399-5533


Thank you for your understanding. I will write again tomorrow with more positive news.
Ed

February 16, 2009

West Salem High School parents and community:

During these uncertain economic times, we are not sure what the budget picture will be for West Salem High School. However, our commitment is to provide a quality education for our students. We should know more in the next month the depth of the budget cuts. I will certainly keep you posted.

Our goal is to have good communication with our parents. Many of you have already signed up for the In-touch program. If you have not done so already, please call the school office for details of how to get signed up for this tool to help you stay connected to the school in terms of accessing grades and attendance.

I continue to be impressed with the amazing things our students are doing:
* two National Merit Finalists
* our choir selected to perform at the State of Oregon celebration at the capital
* our Students for Change group making a presentation to the community
* our music program being a finalist for a Grammy
* our athletic teams working hard to be the best they can be
* preliminary results of the state testing look positive


Ed John
Principal

January 27, 2009

West Salem High School Parents:

Final exams start tomorrow. Finals are: Wed-1,3,5 / Thur-2,4,6 / Fri- 7,8.

Today students received their second semester schedule during 3rd period class. If you student does not have a schedule, have them stop by the Guidance Center for a copy. Please review the schedule with your student and see the counselor within the first two weeks of the second semester if you feel the schedule needs to be changed.

The Drama Department is proud to present Pippin Feb. 6, 7, 13, 14. You may purchase tickets to the play from the bookkeeper.

After much thought, consideration and input from various groups, it looks like we will continue with the same bell schedule next year. Even though the all-meet Monday can be hectic, we felt it was important to have a schedule that allows teachers to see students three times a week.

Thank you for your continued support.

In appreciation,


Ed John
Principal

January 6, 2009

West Salem High School parents and community:

It is good to be back at school, I think the students like getting back in a routine again.
I wanted to share with you some changes due to the snow days:
a) Finals week will be pushed back a week. We will probably have finals Jan. 28th, 29th and 30th. We will make a final decision in a couple days after we get input from various groups.
b) Friday, January 23rd will remain an in-service day.
c) We will probably make-up three of the five snow days in June.
d) Graduation day will not change.
We are still looking at options to our bell schedule. The staff is giving their input and we will continue to discuss options at the site council. If you would like to share your thoughts, please give me a call.

In appreciation,

Ed John
Principal

On the PTO agenda

Dear PTO Members,

We would like to thank the wonderful PTO members who volunteered to distribute the student directories. We really appreciate your willingness to help. Patti Sturdivant has asked that I forward the following requests. This is a busy time of year, so we really would like to thank you for showing our appreciation to the WSHS staff by volunteering for these requests.

The office staff will be holding their staff Christmas party and need volunteers to cover the phones in the front office on Thursday, December 18, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

They also wish to attend the Titan Idol Assembly on Friday, December 19, 9:00 - 9:30 a.m., and need office coverage.

Please call Patti at 503-399-5533 or e-mail her at sturdivant_patti@salkeiz.k12.or.us

Thank you!