Parent Involvement Opportunities

Parents,

We have two up coming parent involvement opportunities. 

Our High School Parent Advisory group will meet on Wednesday night from 5:15 - 6:15 in the high school library.  As a reminder, this is a chance for parents to find out what is happening in the high school and ask questions about anything regarding the high school.  Even if you have not attended one of these meetings before, don't be afraid to come to this one!

Parent teacher conferences will be on March 12th and 14th from 4:00 - 7:45 pm.  This is a great chance to meet with your child's teachers and see what is happening in their classes.  Please mark your calendars for this date.

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Recker

1000 point scorers!

Congratulations to Anna Mallen and Kellie Schmitt on scoring over 1000 points in their careers. Both girls have had very nice careers and been a part of many great teams!  Great work girls!




Kellie Schmit and Anna Mallen

Anna was also named the NIC player of the year!

Matt Carver - February 20th

On February 20th Matt Carver will be at West Hancock to present information about bullying and how the laws have changed in Iowa.  Matt is the Legal Services Director for School Administrators of Iowa.  The other administrators and I are members of SAI and we work with Matt from time to time for legal advice.  Matt will present to our staff in the early afternoon and then will present to community members and parents that night from 5:30 to 6:15 in the high school lunch room. His presentation will include information regarding Iowa's anti-bullying law, common forms of bullying as well as best practices for parents and community members in relation to bullying.  We encourage all parents to attend.  Matt is a very good speaker and I am sure he will have a great presentation.

The State Capitol

I attended the first two days of the State Wrestling tournament with my two oldest children.  They did pretty well for the most part.  On Thursday we had some time so I took them to visit the the Capitol building.  I had not been in the building since my 8th grade year.  My kids are in Kindergarten and 1st grade and they had a great time.  We walked around the building, looked at the architecture and took in some of the sights.  It is open to the public and is really something to see.  I ran into a Representative I know through NIACC named Josh Byrnes.  He took us down on the floor of the house and Brody and Callie even got to sit in the speaker of the house's chair. 

If you ever have your kids in Des Moines and are looking for some free entertainment check out the capital.  There are guided tours scheduled through the day or you can take some information and do a self guided tour.

I realize I am an old Government teacher, but it was a really fun experience!



On the steps of the Capitol

In the Iowa Speaker of the House's Chair!

Grades at the six week mark

Please have a conversation with your student about their current grades.  While many of our students are doing great, some continue to struggle to get done what needs to be done. Our Success Center numbers have gone up, but there are plenty of open seats.  Now that winter seasons are finished, students should have even more time to work on their studies.  All students will be given a paper copy of their progress reports and all of them can check their grades daily. 

We want to do everything we can to help all our students be successful!

A Honor Roll Supper

Our Student Achievement Committee hosted an "A Honor Roll" Supper on February 11th.  We wanted to do something special for those students who really go the extra mile in their studies. All first semester A honor roll students were invited.  Our committee of teachers put this together and served the meal.  We held it at the Summit House and catered in chicken.  It was a nice reward for our students and we hope to continue this in future semesters. 



End of Hex 4 is Wednesday

Parents,

The end of Hex 4 is this Wednesday.  The year seems to be flying by!  Teachers will submit progress reports and we will hand out these reports on Tuesday at lunch.  Have a conversation with your student and see how they are progressing in their classes.  No late work will be accepted after February 20th.

This is the link to JMC parent access: https://jmc.whancock.org:4430/Parent/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fParent%2fdefault.aspx


As a reminder, there will be no school on Thursday and Friday this week. 


Thanks!

Mr. Recker

Congratulations State Wrestling Qualifiers!

Congratulations to our five State Qualifiers! Ryder Clark, Gunnar Clark, Nathan Aitchison, Kevin Tlach and Chris Schleuger!  They will begin wrestling on Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.  Good luck to all wrestlers and coaches!

2013 IHSAA STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT  SCHEDULE

(these are only the 1A times)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14

SESSION 1

(8 mats) 9:00am - 12:15pm Class 1A 1st round & 1st round consolations

Weigh-in for Session 1: 7:00am

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15

SESSION 4

(8 mats) 9:00am – 1:30pm Class 1A & Class 3A quarter-finals; then Class

1A & 3A 2nd Round Consolations

SESSION 5

(8 mats) 3:30pm – 6:45pm Class 2A quarter-finals, Class 1A semi-finals &

3rd round consolations

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16

SESSION 7

(8 mats) 10:00am - 2:15pm Class 1A, 3A, 2A consolation semi-finals & finals

SESSION 8

(3 mats) 5:45pm IWCOA, IHSADA & IHSAA Awards

6:00pm Grand march and Finals for all classes

Seth Goepel Signs with Iowa Central

Seth Goepel signed a letter of intent to play football for the Iowa Central Tritons. Seth had a great career at West Hancock as an offensive lineman, defensive lineman and a linebacker. We wish him all the best at Iowa Central!



Seth and his parents as he signs his letter of intent.



Seth and some of the West Hancock Fotball coaching staff.

Girls Basketball Wins the NIC!

For the third year in a row our girls' basketball team has won the North Iowa Conference!  Great job girls and coaches!  They have won 47 consecutive conference games!  They will open up tournament action against the winner of Lake Mills vs. Belmond-Klemme on Tuesday night at home, beginning at 7:00 pm.  Good luck girls!

Sectional Runners Up!

Congratulations to our wrestlers and coaches on a runner up finish at Sectionals on Saturday.  Seven individuals will be moving on to districts and the team will be moving on to wrestle Clarion at Clarion on Tuesday night at 6:00 pm.  Good luck to our wrestlers as they continue on the road to Wells Fargo!

The seven individual qualifiers were: Klayton Lamoreux, Drew Redenius, Ryder Clark, Gunnar Clark, Nate Aitchison, Kevin Tlach and Chris Schleuger.

Eagle Wrestlers after Sectionals!