PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
San Diego is a beautiful place to live all year long, but it’s especially
nice in the Spring. While we enjoy this terrific weather, now is a good
time for some annual reminders.
As it warms up, please remind your students to watch out for snakes as
they walk to and from school and while on campus. We are located in a
canyon area, which means we share our space with some of nature’s more
wiggly creatures.
Please also remind them to dress appropriately for school. Most of our
students understand the difference between “weekend/beach” vs. “school
appropriate” clothing, but some still push the boundaries. The most
common violation of dress code is the “Three B’s (bellies, breasts, and
buttocks areas)” coverage rule. School clothing should be modest and not
be a distraction to the learning environment. Thank you for helping us
to keep the focus on learning.
In California, April means “STAR Testing” time. Although this is just
our eighth year of existence, Westview has a well-established reputation
for academic excellence. The most publicized measure of student
achievement is the Academic Performance Indicator (API.) This number
demonstrates the degree to which our students have mastered the
California State Standards in the areas of English, Mathematics, Science
and Social Science, and it is determined by student performance on the
STAR Exams.
Despite three years of budget cuts and drastic staffing reductions,
Westview has consistently received an API rating as one of the top five
“open admission” public high schools in San Diego County, and our scores
have continued to climb every year for the past five years. This
reputation has a positive impact on college admissions, employment
opportunities and property values.
The STAR Exams are different than the other tests that our students
take in that while most exams have a high-stakes purpose for individual
students, STAR is the exam that requires students to work together as a
team. The scores of all 9th, 10th and 11th grade students are combined
to create a school’s API score. Students who miss parts of the test or
don’t make an effort are still counted and their low scores pull the
average down. As we approach our STAR exams later this month, I
encourage you to talk to your students about this opportunity to
demonstrate their Wolverine Pride and continue to show the world why
Westview students are second to none!
Dawn Kastner
Principal
WHAT'S COMING UP...
Check the
school
calendar for more events
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May 3-14 |
AP Testing
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May 22 |
Junior/Senior Prom
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May 31 |
Memorial Day - No School
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June 8 |
Last Day of School
Graduation 3:00pm
Grad Nite 9:00pm
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SPRING SPORTS
Spring sports are
underway. Come out and support your favorite Westview team! Get the
latest information about schedules by clicking the links below:
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Baseball
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Dive
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Golf
(Boys)
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Gymnastics
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Lacrosse
(Girls)
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Lacrosse
(Boys)
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Softball
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Swim
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Tennis
(Boys)
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Track
& Field
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Volleyball
(Boys)
QUICK
WEB LINKS
Daily Bulletin – visit the daily bulletin to see what’s
happening today!
School
Calendar – see what events are coming up throughout the year.
General
Information – can’t find what you’re looking for? Try this link.
Athletics
– support your Westview Wolverines – visit the athletic pages to see
when your favorite team is playing.
Counseling
– graduation requirements, colleges visiting Westview, scholarships,
course catalog, etc.
PTSA
Webpage - see all that the Westview PTSA has to offer.
SPRING
MUSICAL TICKETS
CALLING ALL SENIORS - PERFORM AT GRADUATION
2010!
If you would like to perform at
graduation, auditions will be held May 18 in the choir room. See
Mrs. McCarty in M-115 for an audition time and requirements before May
18.
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PTSA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The good news is
that the best season of your life can be ahead of you no matter what
your age or circumstances – if you choose to make it so – because
90 percent of your potential is not only untapped and unused, but also
undiscovered. That’s not just good news, it’s incredible
news!
Tim
Hansel
In my job, I was
asked to read a book called Life’s Greatest Lessons written by Hal
Urban. After each chapter there would be a weekly discussion among
our co-workers. The quote listed above is from the first chapter
and it seemed to jump out at me from the page and as I write this, it
still affects me. How? with Hope and Possibilities.
When I was asked to become a nominee for President of our PTSA, I was
dumbfounded and surprised. I had never been a president before, so how
could I do this? It was scary, nerve-wracking and yet at
the same time exciting and flattering. When the voting was
done, I looked around the room and I knew that I would have a team of
incredibly supportive people around me that would help me get the job
done. Their hope for me has given me wonderful possibilities in
my life that I didn’t even know existed.
Here’s just a few
of them: The possibility of having a network of amazing people
to call or text at a moment’s notice to answer a question and then
getting that information quickly and accurately. The possibility of
knowing my son’s principal on a first name basis and not because of any
discipline issues, but because she wants my feedback! The possibility of knowing what’s happening at my child’s school
way before it happens. Wouldn’t you like to be able to call these your
possibilities too?
So I ask you now, as someone asked me, can you bring hope and
possibilities to Westview as a volunteer with PTSA? You won’t be alone
and then you can start using that 90 percent of your untapped potential.
Here are some current volunteer possibilities for your consideration:
● Grad
Nite Preparation ongoing dates:
Go to the Grad
Nite website
● Graduation
Preparation on June 8, 2010:
Contact Sheida sheidasd@yahoo.com
● Directory
Publication & Distribution
(through November):
Contact Debbie debbievathome@hotmail.com
● School
Registration: August 16–19, 2010
Contact Sheida sheidasd@yahoo.com
● Art Competition (Reflections): Assist Chair
Contact Lisa lisa@photographybylisak.com
Allison
Aquino-Arcio
PTSA President
GRAD
NITE TICKETS - HANG TEN IN 2010!
 Don't
miss out! Tickets are still available for $95.
Please visit the
Grad Nite website
for forms (Ticket Form/Student Waiver/Entertainment Permission). Submit
forms to front office. Ticket prices go up on June 1, so get your
tickets now!
SPRING
CONCERT
 Mark
your calendars for Westview Choir's Spring Concert "Movie
Music" Thursday, May 13, and Friday May 14, at 7:00pm. Tickets are available for $6 and $9.
ALL-STATE
HONOR CHOIR!
Congratulations to
the following students who represented Westview in the All-State Honor
Choir:
Annie Buell
Isaiah Goff
Rayna Starr
Daniella Wheelock
NJROTC
TOPS THE $1,000,000 DOLLAR MARK
Westview's NJROTC Commanding Officer, Sheridan
Martini, was recently awarded an Air Force ROTC scholarship which
put the unit over the one million dollar mark for scholarship money
over the past two years. The way it's looking right now, next year's
crop of seniors may top the million dollar mark themselves - I hope
so because they are most deserving!
The unit's Academic Team has been active this Spring finishing in the
top 15 of Division II NJROTC units nationwide in an Academic
Competition sponsored by the College Options Foundation. Division II
teams are the more urban units with higher school populations. The
team also finished sixth in the NJROTC Area 11 Academic "Brain
Brawl" Championship held recently here in San Diego. Congrats to our
unit's hard working "brainiacs" - and I use that term with
affection.
Two members of the Westview marksmanship team, Connor Oberrick and
Derek Minear, competed in the Navy JROTC Service Marksmanship
Championship held at Camp Perry, OH in February. Both Connor and
Derek qualified at the State Competition where Westview's four
person team placed second.
The Annual NJROTC Ball was held at the Carmel Mountain Ranch Country
Club where it was an excellent evening of awards, fun and plenty of
time on the dance floor. The unit has a lot more "b-boys" showing
their stuff along with cadets entertaining the crowd with their
singing and guitar playing skills during dinner.
The unit has performed hundreds of community service hours the past
month supporting the YMCA and San Diego Food Bank. April events
include supporting the Deer Canyon Elementary School Easter Egg
Hunt, the YMCA's Healthy Kid's Day and Sundance Elementary School's
Silent Auction Fundraiser.
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All-State
Honor Choir
Choir
Concert
DMV
Grad
Nite Fundraisers
Grad
Nite Tickets
Inspirational
Thought
NJROTC
Principal's
Message
PTSA
President's Message
Quick
Web Links
Seniors
Perform at Graduation
Spring
Musical
Spring Sports
What's
Coming Up
GRAD
NITE FUNDRAISERS
Help support the
Senior Class and raise money for Grad Nite 2010 by participating in
the following fundraisers:
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April 28 Rubios
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May 5 Chilis
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May 19 Bread
Bites
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June 2 Rubios
Check the website
for more information and to print out flyers.
DMV
April is “Donate Life
Month”
Every day there are thousands of people in the
United States
waiting for a second chance at life, and unfortunately, over 21
percent of them reside in
California. April is “Donate Life Month” in
California
, and the California Department of Motor Vehicles is celebrating its
partnership with the state authorized registry program, Donate Life
California.
This month, the DMV would like to remind residents that they have an
opportunity to give life and hope to others by making their wish of
becoming an organ and tissue donor known through the Donate Life
California Donor Registry.
There are currently more than 6 million Californians who are enrolled
in the Donate Life
California
registry—making the state the highest enrollment of a donor registry
in the
U.S.
98 percent of those who register their decision to be an organ and
tissue donor in
California
do so through the DMV.
It is easy to sign up as an organ and tissue donor through the DMV. In
the past,
California
driver license and identification card holders signed a donor card and
placed the pink “donor” sticker on their license or ID, which served
as an important symbol of their intent. However, simply doing this
did not place them on any list or registry to inform anyone else of
that intent. Today, by signing up as an organ and tissue donor
through the DMV, your name is placed directly in to the Donate Life
California Registry - guaranteeing your wish to become a donor upon
death. With the Donate Life California Registry, your desire to
donate is stored in a secure, confidential database. The information
is accessible only through authorized organ and tissue recovery
personnel.
One organ donor can save the lives of up to eight people, and tissue
donation can enhance the lives of another 50 people. Since the
Donate Life California Registry was introduced in 2005, more than
900 lives have been saved through organ donation, and more than
30,000 people have been healed through tissue donation from donors
who had signed up on the registry.
Organs for life-saving transplants include heart, liver, kidneys,
lung, pancreas and small intestine. Examples of tissues that are
often needed to save or enhance someone’s life include cornea,
heart, valve, bone tissues, and skin grafts. Listed below are a few
facts about organ and tissue donation that you may not know:
- Thousands
of Californians wait for a second chance at life. You can give
them hope today by making your decision known in your
Identification card or driver license.
- Californian's
make up about 21 percent of those waiting for an organ transplant
across the nation.
- Of
those waiting, one out of three will die due to a lack of
life-saving donors.
- Organs
and tissues are distributed fairly and equitable and the decision
is based on medical criteria only.
- Your
medical care and/or funeral arrangements will not be affected by
your decision to donate.
- There
are no costs to you or your family to donate.
- People
of all ages and medical histories can sign up to be potential
donors.
- All
major religions support or permit donation.
On average, 30,000
donors each week sign up to become a donor through the DMV’s driver
license and ID card application and renewal process, and you can
become one of them. If you are interested in giving the gift of life
and would like to become an organ and tissue donor, there are a few
options for you on how to sign up. First, you can wait until you apply
for or renew your driver license or identification card, and check the
“yes” box on your renewal notice or application. The other option
is to visit the DMV Web site at www.dmv.ca.gov
and click the Organ and Tissue Donor Registry link under the Other
Services option on the homepage. From there, click the Donate Life
California link, and you will directly be taken to the Donate Life
California Web site www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org,
where it gives you the option to sign up to become and organ and
tissue donor.
For more information about signing up to be an organ and tissue donor
through the DMV, please visit www.dmv.ca.gov.
For other information regarding Donate Life
California
, please visit www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org.
About Donate
Life
California
Donate Life California is the nonprofit, state authorized organ and
tissue donor registry dedicated to saving the lives of thousands of
Californians awaiting life-saving transplants. Donate Life
California
is managed by the state’s four federally designated, nonprofit organ
recovery agencies.
INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT
Let us strive on to finish the work
we are in...
- Abraham Lincoln
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