This Week at West Ranch

Good afternoon Wildcats!

The following are events and information for This Week at West Ranch, May 22nd through May 26th.

ODD/EVEN SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

 

Day

Date

ODD/EVEN

Monday

5/22

EVEN

Tuesday

5/23

ODD

Wednesday

5/24

LSW EVEN

Thursday

5/25

ODD

Friday

5/26

EVEN

 

SENIOR INFORMATION

Check out our Senior Handbook for all the Senior Activities and Graduation information. A detailed email will go out tomorrow to all Seniors.

 

The West Ranch Commencement ceremony will be live-streamed on the day of the event. Feel free to share this link with family and friends who cannot attend. 

 

Graduation gifts from The Commencement Group!! Flowers, Lei's, and grad gifts!  Available for pick up on graduation evening at COC. Click the link below to order!! https://www.thecommencementgroup.com/wrhs/
 

OPEN LIBRARY NIGHT is back! As the semester is coming to an end, we want to offer some evening sessions for students to get the extra support that they may need to end the semester strong. We will have Math, English, Social Studies, and science teachers available each evening to help students get caught up, study, or just support. The Library will be open from 6:00pm-8:00pm on May 22, and May 25. Students must bring their ID and are required to stay the entire time unless a parent picks them up from the library. If you have any questions please reach out to Kanika Mapp at [email protected]

 

SUMMER ATHLETIC REGISTRATION

Summer camp registration is open on the ASB webstore. All athletes will need to obtain a sports physical from a medical doctor. Beginning June 1st, the athletic clearance registration will begin and all physicals will be uploaded to the site for the new school year. Check out our Summer Camp website for all the details. 

 

FINAL EXAMS (9th-11th graders)

Final exams will be on May 30th through June 2nd. See below for the schedule:

  • Tuesday, May 30th: Periods 1, 5 & 7

  • Wednesday, May 31st: Periods 2, 6 & 7

  • Thursday, June 1st: Periods 3 & 4

Final Exam Bell Schedule

 

First Final

8:30am-10:25am

Brunch

10:25am-10:40am

Second Final

10:45am-12:40pm

Period 7 Final (Tues & Wed Only)

12:45pm-1:45pm

 

CITY BUS TRANSPORTATION DURING FINAL EXAMS

Bus schedules will follow the finals schedule above. The city buses won’t arrive until the Period 7 Final or 1:45pm on Tuesday and Wednesday.

EARLY RELEASE DURING FINALS WEEK

If you know your student will require an early release during Finals (5/30, 5/31, 6/1), please email the Attendance Office at [email protected] in advance. Remember that it is district policy not to release students during the last 15 minutes of class or when there are less than 30 minutes left in the school day. 

Your student(s) will need to pick up their release pass before class - no passes will be delivered during finals- so there is no disruption or distraction to the class. The Attendance Office Staff appreciates your support and understanding.

WRTV wins STN Spring Nationals!

WRTV took home three honors in this years STN Spring Nationals award.

2nd place - School Promo (Kathryn Perez and David Boktor)

3rd Place - Vertical Short Film (Effie Gross, Eli Wamsteker, Taylor Lankford)

Honorable Mention - Vertical Short Film (Natalie Merchant, Kaajal Shah, Aishwarya Sudan, Jacob Almaria)

 

Here is the link to the winners: https://www.studenttelevision.com/2023-spring-nationals-winners

 

SPEECH AND DEBATE

Congratulations to our Speech and Debate Seniors! Adhitya Ram and Sana Meher won the Santa Clarita Bar Association spring competition, coming in first and second place, respectively, winning scholarships and presenting their speeches at a banquet last week. Both of them competed in Louisville last year at the National Speech & Debate Tournament, Sana attending for the second time, a finalist in Worlds School Debate.  

 

Both Sana and Jo Jojo were finalists and recipients of scholarships for the SCV Bar Association last year as juniors. Sana also went into final rounds for the Lion's Club competition this spring and won a scholarship from the Zonta Club of Santa Clarita. 

 

Swarada Kulkarni was a finalist in the Region XV Southern California Adminstrator's 

Conference, winning a scholarship and presenting at their banquet in April. She served as a co-captain this year along with Clarissa Zuo and Jonathan Dulce, with assistance by Veronika Pirog. Their leadership has been crucial to keeping the team growing and learning.

 

Andrew Kim served as captain of the Mock Trial team in the fall, participating in that event all four years as well as other debate tournaments. He graduates as the highest-ranking Honor Society senior this year. 

MATH OPEN RESULTS

The WR Math Club hosted their annual Math Open, inviting all students to come to compete in an accuracy round and a speed round of math questions!  We had many students participate and the following won prizes (prizes were donated by Movita, Jamba Juice, Urbane Cafe, Waffle Love, and Pacific Kitchen):

  • 1st place: Sanjay Reddy (10th) 

  • 2nd place: Chad Park (12th) , Dhruv Kulkarni (9th) , Nila Thirumal Kumaran (11th) , Anish Reddy Banala (11th) 

  • 3rd place: Kai Taira (10th)

  • 4th place: Shreyas Sakharkar (11th) 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO TRACK ATHLETE BILLIE ISSA

Billie finished 2nd in the 3200 event with a time of 8:57 at the CIF Masters meet at Moorpark High yesterday. Billie has qualified for the CIF State Track meet next week in Clovis. Great job Billie. Billie award picture. Billie podium picture.

 

THIS WEEK IN STUDENT ACTIVITIES/ATHLETICS

All events are subject to change as needed. 

 

Monday, May 22nd 

Senior Sunset

 

Tuesday, May 23rd

Senior Meeting

 

Wednesday, May 24th

Graduation Ceremony at COC 7pm

 

Thursday, May 25th

Senior Grad Night

 

Friday, May 26th

 

Wishing you a great week ahead WILDCATS!

Robert Fisher

Principal, West Ranch High School

Relationships – Rigor – Relevance