Principal's Message

 

 

Our school year will focus on Character, Competency, and Rigor for All. Our mission is to help students develop the knowledge and skills that will promote success in school and in their lives after high school. We seek to develop lifelong learners for a global society. Please join us in encouraging students to do their best in their classes and to get involved in high school activities. We, like you, want this to be a successful year for your children.

We are proud to serve the many good people in our community and we promise to do our best for your child. As parents of our students, you are our most valued partners. We look forward to a great year and to serving you and your children.

The unity poem that follows describes the value we place on our parent partners.

Unity Poem

I dreamed I stood in a studio
And watched two sculptors there.
The clay they used was a young child’s mind
And they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher, the tools he used
Were books and music and art.
The other was a parent with guiding hand
And a gentle loving heart.
Day after day, the teacher toiled with touch
That was deft and sure.
While the parent labored by his side
And polished and smoothed it o’er.
And when at last their task was done,
They were proud of what they had wrought
For the things they had molded into the child
Could never be sold or bought.
And each agree they would have failed
If each had worked alone.
For behind the parent stood the school
And behind the teacher, the home.
(Author Unknown)

Respectfully,
Jackie B. Adams
Principal


Upcoming Events! Mark your calendars!

Local School Council Nominations
April 19th is the last scheduled meeting. Our focus is to add additional members to the council. Please send any parent nominations to j.killingsworth@hallco.org by April 18th.

Scheduling Meeting for 2010-11
For Parents of Underclass Students
Thursday, 2/25/10 at 7:00 PM
West Hall High Cafeteria

Report Card Dates:
March 10, 2010
May 21, 2010

Click below for the 2010-2011 Course Planning Guide

 2010-2011 High School Planning Guide
2010-2011 High School Planning Guide Spanish Version 

 

Business and Computer Science needs you to respond!!The West Hall High School Business and Computer Science Department is currently undergoing Program Certification sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management and the Georgia Department of Education. The purpose of the Program Certification is to promote high quality instruction in Business and Information Technology. This certification provides recognition to schools that have exceptional business programs.
This survey will allow businesses to identify the current and future standards and employability skills that are important for students to be successful at the post secondary level and/or in the workplace. Your response will guide us as we evaluate the Business and Computer Science program standards at West Hall High School. Input from all segments of the community is vital to the selection of courses taught. Your input will allow us to meet the continuing and changing needs required by businesses in our community.
Please click the following link to enter the 10-question survey - Needs Assessment Survey
Thank you for your commitment in helping to implement this continuous quality improvement strategy. Your input will help ensure a quality education for all business students at West Hall High School.

Student ID Badges All students at all grade levels are required to wear ID badges to school. These badges are making WHHS an even safer school.

All overdue fines for ID Badges must be paid in order to receive new ones or disciplinary action could result. The school will not be making money on the badges, but we are trying to operate with no debt owed. We issue one ID a year at no cost to the student but when they lose, forget, or damage their ID, we must issue new ones at cost for security reasons.

If  you have questions or concerns, please call or email the West Hall Administration.

Regular School Hours School hours are from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

STUDENTS MUST BE IN A SCHEDULED SUPERVISED ACTIVITY TO REMAIN ON CAMPUS AFTER 3:30 PM.

West Hall High is a winner in the "Excellence in International Education" Award at the International Education SummitThe Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education recently recognized West Hall High School as one of five Georgia schools providing outstanding international education. AP and IB Spanish teacher Dr. Belinda Sauret and IB Coordinator Mrs. Laurie Ecke gave a presentation about the WHHS International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma Programme to an audience of legislators and educators at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Two West Hall IB Seniors, José Ibarra and Eduardo Velazquez joined them and shared about their personal experiences in the IB Programme.

To read the story in the Gainesville Times go to the following link: http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/archive/23641/
To see the presentations and read more about CASIE and the International Education Summit, go to the following link: http://www.casieonline.org/Summit/default.htm

Makita Industries Partners with Construction Technology! A donation of a different assortment of 24 Power Hand Tools was given by Makita Industries, in Buford, to the Construction Technology Program at West Hall High School. Click here to see the photo gallery!

Math I Student & Parent Guide Parents can now work with their students on Math I using the guide found at this link, which includes practice exercises.



Construction Class HonoredThe construction students won 3 awards at the Playhouse Build for Habitat for Humanity at Mule Camp Market. West Hall’s Playhouse received the following: Highest Degree of Difficulty, Most Attention to Detail, and Most School Department Collaboration! Kudos to Mr. Madsen and his students and everyone that helped with this project!

Graduation Date 2009-2010West Hall High School's Graduation date has been set for the Class of 2010.
Friday, May 21, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Free Chapel

Do you need an Infinite Campus code? If you would like more information on checking your student's progress online, please email Jennifer Killingsworth at j.killingsworth@hallco.org.

WHHS Future Business Leaders of AmericaShow your FBLA pride by participating in National FBLA week, February 8-12th.  Monday, February 8th is Teacher Appreciation Day; Tuesday is Administration Appreciation Day; Wednesday is Adviser Appreciation Day; Thursday is Professional Dress Day – come dressed in your best business attire; and Friday is FBLA T-shirt Day.  Don’t forget to donate $5 to Miss Rock for Teacher and Administration Appreciation Days.
FBLA will be holding a fundraiser for March of Dimes.  This year’s fundraiser will be “Jail Your Teacher.”  Here is how it works:  Each 3rd period class will receive a bottle to collect dimes.  The teacher with the most dimes (money) collected by Wednesday, February 24 will be jailed!  Officer Sullens will come arrest your teacher and Miss Rock will be your teacher for that day in 3rd period.  Your class will also get a pizza party.  Contest is from Tuesday, February 9 until Wednesday, February 24 and the winning teacher will be arrested on Friday, February 26th. 

Guidance Office Promotes GACollege411.com! Contact the Guidance Office for more information!

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