Monday, April 9, 2012

Brooke and Gerardo sign with Ellsworth

Brooke Heusinkveld and Gerardo Ibarra have signed with Ellsworth Community College to play basketball.  Brooke and Gerardo will begin classes this fall and be part of the women's and men's teams next winter.

Gerardo with his mother and borther.




Brooke with her mom and dad.


Good Luck Brroke and Gerardo!

Monday, April 2, 2012

April is here!

Parents,

April is here and so is the end of Hex five.  Its hard to believe but we are preparing to enter the final hex of the school year.  Grades will be turned in by teachers on Monday and report cards will be available soon after that.  I will let you know when Peg has them posted.  Please speak with your son or daughter this week and make sure they have everything turned in for their classes. 

There will be no school on Friday and an early out on Thursday. Have a great Easter weekend!

Mr. Recker


Weekly Schedule

 Monday – Co Ed Track – CWL at WH – 4:30
                       Drivers Ed

Tuesday – Boys Track @ Eagle Grove – 5:00
                      Drivers Ed

Wednesday –  Booster Club - 5:30

Thursday –    Boys Track @ Clarion – 5:00
                        1 hour dismissal
                        End of Hex 5

 Friday – No school

Battle of the Advisories!

On Friday we had the Battle of the Advisory groups!  This is our annual fun / team building activity for our advisory groups.  This year students played "minute to win it" games to earn points.  It was a fun day and we were able to focus on some unique skills such as team work and problem solving.  I willl be posting pictures when I get them.  Make sure to ask you student about how the day went.





Saturday, March 31, 2012

Advanced Technology Project

Mrs. Kudej and Mr. Judge (her student teacher) have been working with our students on some advanced technology projects.  This one was using photo shop to create a unique picture.  I thought these were very neat.  Our students are capable of doing some very creative things, and I thought I would share them with you!

Lance is playing all of the positions in this football game!

Kourtney is able to do many exercises at the same time!
Mackenzie is playing hide and seek with her self!  See if you can find her!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

NHS Induction

Tonight the Eagle Chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed ten new members.  The National Honor Society is based on four main areas: Scholarship, Character, Service and Leadership.  These students work hard to be successful in academics along with many activities.  They are some of our best and brightest at West Hancock. 

The group was addressed tonight by WHHS alum James Mallen D.O.  Dr. Mallen is a graduate of the University of Des Moines and currently doing a residency in the Des Moines area.  He spoke about many of the challenges facing our young people and the importance of setting goals.  Dr. Mallen is a great example of the success that can be achieved by our students after they leave our hallowed halls.  Thank you to Dr. Mallen.

Miss T. continues to be the NHS advisor.  Thank you to her for efforts throughout the year and the organization of tonight's ceremony.  Congratulations to all of our NHS students and especially our new inductees.

Dr. Mallen addresses the students.
2012 New NHS inductees

2012 NHS Members


Physics Olympics

Today West Hancock and CWL students competed in the Physics Olympics.  The students faced off in three events: Catapult, Mousetrap Car and Optical Slalom.  It was a very good demonstration of the Physics lessons that the students have been learning.  Thanks to Mrs. Carlson for putting this event together.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Donkey Basketbal!

The West Hancock FFA sponsored a donkey basketball game on March 26th.  All proceeds went to Emergency Services in Britt and Kanawha.  The teams were made up of FFA members, WHHS Faculty, Britt Emergency Service, and Kanawha Emergency Service.  A great time was had by all.  Thanks to Mr. Hauge and the FFA for setting this up.





Busy Week

Parents,

This will be a busy week.  Please make note of the following activities.

All State Speech will be today- Congratulations to our three All- State Speech performers. See previous posts for a picture.

We will be hosting Donkey Basketball tonight in our gymnasium at 7:00 pm.  The FFA students will be raising money for the Britt and Kanawha emergency services.  Tickets are $6.00 in advance and $8.00 at the door.  Please make plans to attend.

Our NHS will be inducting their new members on Tuesday night.  Congratulations to our new inductees!
This will be at the Methodist Church in Britt.

Track meets start this week.  Hard to believe we are into the spring sports events, but the weather should be nice, so that is a bonus!  Good luck to our runners, jumpers and throwers!

There will be an in-service and early out on Wednesday.

The 5th hex ends next week.  Please check with your student to see how they are progressing.  JMC parent access is always available.  Please keep up to date on your students if you have any questions.  We continue to have Success Center every night from 3:30-4:30.  This is extra help time for all students.

Students have begun meeting with Mrs. Clark regarding registration.  All students should have brought home a registration sheet so they can start picking their classes for next year.  If you have not
discussed next years classes with your student, please do so.  Once we have on line registration available we will get that up and running and students will sign up for classes.

Weekly Schedule

Monday – Donkey BB – 7:00 pm

Tuesday – NHS induction – 6:30 – Methodist Church

Wednesday –  In-service - 2 hour early out

Thursday – Girls track – Algona

Friday – Boys track – Forest City