Welcome to Homecoming week at West Hancock High School! It should be a great week filled with school spirit, fun and hopefully some great victories! One of the things I am most proud of our students for, is their positive behavior during homecoming. We have great spirit and lots of fun, but we do not cross the line. Many schools have problems with vandalism and bad behavior during homecoming week. That has never been the case at West Hancock. I am confident we will have a great week!
We finished the majority of MAP testing last week. Thanks to our teachers and students for all of their efforts and cooperation. It went fairly smoothly and I was happy with most of the results. We will be completing make ups this week with Mrs. Johnson in the library.
As we get further into the school year there should be more scores published. Please make sure you are checking into JMC online access so there are not any surprises at the six week mark. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact the instructor for your childs course. With e mail access, parent / teacher contact should be seamless.
Last Friday during advisory we watched a John Cougar Mellencamp video called "Walk Tall." The video dealt with stereotypes and prejudice. After the video we discussed in small groups the meaning of the video and how some of the prejudices play parts in our lives today. I will not get into details, because I would like you to watch the video for yourself. Please discuss your thoughts with your son or daughter. We felt it was a very powerful message. Thanks to Mr. Francis for bringing this to our advisories.
Walk Tall - Advisory video 9-16-11
Ms. Shelby Wilson is our new chorus teacher and drama director. This fall we will be presenting Grease. I am very excited about the idea of a musical at WHHS. We have not had one in my five years here. It should be an excellent opportunity for our students. Some of you may be surprised to know, but I was in four different theatrical productions in high school. I had some great times in drama and Grease should be a lot of fun. When my wife was at Waukon High School she was an assistant director and they did Grease, it was awesome! Encourage your students to get involved.
Have a great week and we will see you at all the activities this week!
Mr.Recker
This week will be very busy. The schedule will be as follows:
Sunday - Powder Puff - He Man - We moved the girls inside and had them play VB because of the
weather. It was a fun kick off to our week!
Monday - XC @ Humboldt - 4:15
JV FB @ Clarion - 6:30
VB @ Ventura with NK
School Board - 7:00 - Kanawha
Tuesday - VB - Osage - H - 6:00
Wednesday
Thursday - XC @ Mason City - 4:30
Homecoming Coronation - 7:30
Friday - FB - North Iowa - 7:00
Saturday - Dance - 8:00 - 11:00
