What's Up Westside

• November 10–11: "The Laramie Project" (7:30pm, WSHS Theater, Tickets)
  
• November 13: Winter Sports Begin (Register via Final Forms)
• November 14: West Seattle Booster Club Meeting (7–8pm, Room 131)
  
• November 15: Senior Quote Due
• November 15: Seattle School Board Meeting (4:15–8:30pm, John Stanford Center)
• November 15–17: "The Laramie Project" (7:30pm, WSHS Theater, Tickets)
• November 16: Racial Equity Team Meeting (4–5:30pm, WSHS Library)

• November 17: Key Club Spaghetti Night Fundraiser (6pm, WSHS Commons)

• November 19: Community Meeting with SPS Director Leslie Harris (2–5pm, High Point Library)

November 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17, 7:30pm, WSHS Theater

Come see the WSHS production of "The Laramie Project," a deeply complex portrait of a community’s response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming. Get your tickets now! Can't make it in person? Virtual tickets are available for the final three performances.

Tuesday, November 14, 7–8pm, Room 131

West Seattle Booster Club is a nonprofit organization that supports all athletic programs at WSHS. Come learn how you can help support our student athletes and coaches.

Thursday, November 16, 4–5:30pm, WSHS Library

The Racial Equity Team is a working group comprised of staff, administrators, and family members that works towards ensuring that racial equity is at the forefront of decisions being made on campus. Parents and guardians are invited to attend RET meetings to provide feedback on concerns they have surrounding racial equity.

Our Care Coordinator, Stacey Fernandez, is organizing a Thanksgiving Gift Card Fund. Your donations will go directly towards providing WSHS students and families with items to meet their basic needs, including food, warm clothing, and personal hygiene supplies. No donation is too small. Give today!

SPS students are required to take Visual and Performing Art credits to graduate but there is no additional funding provided from the District for art supplies! WSHS needs to fund art supplies—such as canvas, acrylic and watercolor paint, graphite pencils, drawing paper, clay, glazes, and replacing our old pottery wheels and kilns—through donations from our families and the community. Any amount will help. Give today!

WSHS seniors who took the School Day SAT on October 11 may be having difficulty accessing their test scores. If the student entered personal information that did not exactly match their existing College Board account, a duplicate account may have been created. Seniors who cannot access their SAT scores should call the College Board SAT Customer Support at 866-756-7346 to request that the duplicate accounts be merged. Students will need to provide their full legal name, birthdate, and a security phrase set up when the account was created. For questions about this process, please email Amy Doll.

Due Wednesday, November 15

Submit your quote by logging in with your SPS email address. Choose your words wisely! No profanity or inappropriate content. Read all the details at Yearbook Senior Deadlines.

Through Friday, November 17

The WSHS Feminist Club and Red Cross Club are teaming up to collect tampons, pads, menstrual cups, panty liners, and wipes to be donated to Mary's Place. Drop off locations are in Rooms 105, 240, and 260.

Friday, November 17, 6pm, WSHS Commons

Mark your calendars for a safari-themed evening of food, games, and bingo to support the Key Club. Tickets ($10) may be purchased during lunch at school beginning November 13 and at the door.

Thank you to everyone who showed up for our Tailgate Auction last weekend! With nearly 100 guests in attendance, we raised over $25,000 in support of our students and staff. We are so grateful for our community's generosity! We would like to recognize and congratulate our auction chairs, Pamela Quadros and Karin Guidry, as well as their outstanding committee of volunteers. We appreciate the many local businesses who donated items for the silent auction and raffles. Finally, we are so thankful for our WSHS culinary students who prepared a wide assortment of delicious, bite-sized tailgate snacks!

Application Due February 15, 2024

Washington State PTA (WSPTA) offers four $2,500 scholarships to graduating seniors from Washington state public high schools with an active PTA, who will be starting college (either two-year or four-year) in the fall. Read detailed program requirements and submit a scholarship application through the online form.

Application Due February 15, 2024

The objective of this contest is for students of all ages and abilities to write an essay about an influential role model that has had a profound impact on their life. The influential role model must be a real person that the student has interacted with, not a fictional character. These essays, from the students’ perspectives, will serve to inspire and acknowledge amazing individuals. Get detailed contest guidelines and apply online.

• Secretary: Are you looking for an easy way to get involved? Attend and keep minutes at all membership and board meetings.

• Legislative Chair: Are you a passionate advocate for kids? Help the Washington State PTA build its priority list to take to the state legislature and help keep our members informed about local issues.

• Racial Equity Team Representative: Are you a concerned voice for diversity, equity and inclusion? Support the work of the staff's Racial Equity Team.

Visit the Counseling Center Website for resources related to academics, college and career, and mental health and wellness.

• Erica Nguyen (Last Names A-Fe)
• Kinsey Hedeen (Last Names Fi-Marg)
• Mallory Neuman (Last Names Mari-Pig)
• Christine Nutters (Last Names Pin-Z)

Wednesday, December 6, 6:30–8pm, Location TBD or Join via Microsoft Teams

Counselors will walk families through paying for college and completing the updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). There are lots of changes to the 2024-2025 FAFSA, so even if you’ve submitted one before, you will want to hear about the updates.

• Service Learning Form and Reflection
• Physical Education (PE) Waiver Request Form
• Senior Recommendation Packet

• November 11: Volleyball vs Lake Washington (9am, Lake Washington HS, Tickets)
• November 14: Bowling vs. Lincoln (3pm, West Seattle Bowl)
  
• November 17: Bowling vs. Chief Sealth (3pm, West Seattle Bowl)

• Grace Burgess (12) Opposite
• Jaslyn Daily (10) Setter

• Kate Fjeld (11) Libero
• Logan Behrbaum (11) Setter

Due before start of season on Monday, November 13

Athletic registration for the following winter sports is now open:

• Boys Basketball
• Girls Basketball
• Girls Bowling
• Gymnastics (co-ed)
• Boys Swim and Dive
• Wrestling (co-ed)

Registration is via FinalForms. Student athletes are required to purchase an ASB sticker. Visit the WSHS Athletic Registration page for details.

Monday, November 13, 12pm, WSHS Gym

Dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team.

November 13–14, 4:30–7pm, Louisa Boren STEM K-8

Students must have completed registration via FinalForms in order to try out.

November 13–15, 7–9pm, Hiawatha Track

Girls basketball tryouts will start on the track and then move to the gym. Bring running shoes as well as basketball shoes.

The West Seattle Lacrosse Club welcomes any West Seattle High School student! No experience necessary to play. Learn a new sport and get involved in our community. Register now: Girls / Boys

Westside Ultimate welcomes any West Seattle High School student! Email wshsfrisbee@gmail.com to get started.

• West Seattle High School Athletics
• FinalForms
• WSHS Spirit Store
• West Seattle Booster Club
• Metro League’s HomeTown Ticketing digital box office

Wednesday, November 15, 4:15–8:30pm, John Stanford Center

The meeting will also be live streamed on SPSTV.

Sunday, November 19, 2–5pm, High Point Library

Join School Board Director Leslie Harris (District 6) for a community meeting. Lasagna will be provided.

Families, staff, students, and community members are encouraged to provide feedback on the school year calendar. Your feedback will help inform future negotiations for calendar dates. Please complete the Feedback Survey (available in English, Amharic, Chinese, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese).

Applications Due February 16, 2024

The Seattle Promise Scholarship is open to all SPS graduates and provides up to two years or 90 credits of tuition at Seattle Central College, North Seattle College, or South Seattle College. All SPS graduates are eligible to apply for the Seattle Promise Scholarship, regardless of GPA, income, ability, or country of birth.

Students can learn how to apply for the Seattle Promise scholarship by attending an interpreted Zoom workshop:

• Somali and English, Monday, November 13, 5:30–7:30pm
  
• Spanish and English, Tuesday, November 14, 5:30–7:30pm

• Vietnamese and English, Wednesday, November 15, 5:30–7:30pm
• Tigrinya and English, Thursday, November 16, 5:30–7:30pm

Due Monday, November 13

Graduating seniors of Hispanic heritage can apply for grants worth up to $4,000 to fund their higher education journey or fuel their community-based projects. The Youth Awards honors students who have made remarkable achievements in the classroom, made an impact in their communities, and demonstrated excellence across various educational categories. Apply today!

Due Monday, March 4, 2024

Teens in Public Service is a nonprofit dedicated to developing young leaders committed to their communities. TIPS hires teen leaders for paid community service internships and pairs them with nonprofit organizations over the summer. Apply now!

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Counseling Center * Library

Teen Health Center

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West Seattle Booster Club

Westside HEY Coalition

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