There have been many of positive things going on at West Hancock in the last few weeks. We have a lot to be proud of in our academics and activities. I am very proud to be working with our staff and students so far this year. It has been an exciting year. This week is no exception as we will be very busy.
We will be hosting our fall parent-teacher conferences this Tuesday and Thursday. Conferences will be in the high school from 4:00 until 7:45. Conferences will be in teacher's classrooms. Maps will be available for those parents not familiar with our layout. Please make an effort to get to school on one of these nights to speak with your children's teachers. If you cannot make it to conferences, make sure you contact teachers that you have questions for. Teachers all check their e mail regularly and have phones in their rooms. They are available from 7:50 - 3:30 each day. We will also be hosting a college fair on Tuesday night in the high school gym from 4:15-6:15. We will also have a FAFSA meeting for parents of juniors and seniors Tuesday at 6:30pm in the high school lunch room. The college fair and FAFSA meeting are great opportunities for students interested in college. Please make plans to attend. We will have one hour early outs on Tuesday and Thursday. There will be no school this Friday.
I hope you were able to see the article in the newspaper discussing our increased MAP scores. I was very happy with how our students responded to our increased focus on MAP improvement. I really feel that increased student awareness and effort helped drive the scores up. Hopefully, the education the students receive from now until May, along with their continued effort, will really show what our students were able to learn this year.
Congratulations to our Band on their 2nd place finish at Algona Band Days! The band has also done a very nice job for all of our half times this fall. The Chorus had a great concert on Thursday night. It was a great first performance. Our speech team has begun practicing, and looks forward to their contests down the road.
Congratulations to our Cross Country team on their state performances. We combine with Garner Hayfield and Ventura and run in the 3A division for Cross Country. The girls finished fourth in the State and the boys were ninth! It was a great year for our Cross Country team.
On Monday night, our football team will host West Sioux - Hawarden. Game time will be 7:00 pm and no passes will be accepted. For those of you who traveled to Moville, you got your money's worth. Our boys were down by 22 and came back to win 28-22. A great team effort by our boys. Our volleyball team had their ups and downs this year, but finished on a high note advancing to the second round of tournament play before falling to WCLT in round two.
It is a great time to be an Eagle and we have many things to be proud of. Let's keep up the good work! As a reminder to parents, you can always access student's grades and teacher's lesson plans through the school's website. We continue to have Success Center each night after school from 3:30-4:30. Please encourage your child to take advantage of this opportunity to catch up on missing work or just to complete regular homework.
