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Academic Awards Ceremony – April 26 | Ceremonia de premios académicos

Posted on: April 20, 2022

West Albany High School

ACADEMIC AWARDS CEREMONY

Tuesday, April 26th
7:00 p.m.
Albany Performing Arts Center

Students will be recognized for one or more of the following:

  • Academic Excellence: Cumulative 4.0 GPA 9th-12th Grade
  • Seniors with Cumulative 3.5-3.9 GPA & AP Courses
  • AVID Seniors, CTE Concentrators, and
  • WAHS Department Awards

Academic Awards Livestream


Preparatoria West Albany High School

CEREMONIA DE PREMIOS ACADÉMICOS

El martes 26 de abril
7:00 p.m.
Centro de artes escénica de Albany

Los estudiantes serán reconocidos por uno o más de los siguientes:

  • Excelencia académica: Promedio ponderado de grado (GPA por sus siglas en inglés) acumulado del 9° al 12° grado de 4.0 GPA
  • Estudiantes del último año con un GPA acumulado de 3.5 a 3.9 GPA & Cursos de Avanzados (AP por sus siglas en inglés)
  • Estudiantes del último año de la clase de AVID, culminaron clases de Educación Técnico Profesional (CTE por sus siglas en inglés) y Premios por Departamentos de WAHS

Transmisión en vivo de premios académicos

2022-2023 Forecasting Information | Información de opciones de cursos para el 2022-2023

Posted on: April 11, 2022

The forecasting window for the 2022-2023 school year for the classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025 is April 13th-29th. Students will receive forecasting information in Dog Teams on April 13.

The class of 2026 will forecast in May.

Registration links and the 2022-2023 Course Catalog will be live on the WAHS Counseling page beginning April 13. Please contact the counseling office with any questions.


El periodo para escoger cursos para el año escolar 2022-2023, para las promociones 2023, 2024 y 2025 es del 13 al 29 de abril. Los estudiantes recibirán información de las opciones de los cursos en la clase “Dog Teams” el 13 de abril.

La promoción del 2026 escogerá sus cursos en mayo.

Los enlaces de inscripción y el catálogo de cursos 2022-2023, estarán disponibles en la página de consejería de WAHS a partir del 13 de abril. Comuníquese con la oficina de consejería si tiene alguna pregunta.

First pep assembly of the year! Photos

Posted on: March 31, 2022

West Albany had our first pep assembly in TWO years on March 17th, and we had a blast!

Hi-Steppers Earn 5A Dance/Drill Championship Title

Posted on: March 29, 2022

Performance of “Wildlife” earns West Albany Hi-Steppers 5A title

“We are so thrilled to bring the state title to West Albany,” West Albany coach Haven Barrett said. “This hasn’t been accomplished in 15 years at West Albany, so being able to watch all our dancers hard work finally get recognized is an amazing feeling. As their coach, I couldn’t be prouder of them. They worked so hard and left everything out on the floor when they performed. We have a had an incredible season and being crowned the 2022 5A state champs was the best feeling.”

This is West Albany’s first state title under Barrett and the program’s seventh since 1987.

 

https://www.osaa.org/today/article/2660/view

SWARM makes it to Quarter Finals at Oregon State Fair event

Posted on: March 28, 2022

This past Friday and Saturday, SWARM packed up our robot, Lobster and headed off to the Oregon State Fairgrounds to compete against 27 other teams in our second regional event. The team spent the last two weeks hardening our robot and improving our intake.

We had no significant mechanical issues at the event which allowed us to focus on executing our gameplan. The students did an amazing job coordinating with their various alliance partners to develop match strategies. We made a lot of friends and competed to the best of our ability.

The competition at this event was stronger than our Wilsonville event. The random scheduling program assigning teams to qualification matches gave us a very tough road to travel. At the end of qualification matches we ended up ranked 14th with 6 wins and 6 losses.

During alliance selection, our friends, team 997 the Spartans from Corvallis high school picked us as the first team member on the number 6 alliance. We then added team 4057 Klamath Basin Robotics – STEAMPUNK from Klamath Falls and prepared for our quarter finals matches against the number 3 alliance. The number 3 alliance consisted of captain, team 7034 2B Determined from West Linn, 4488 Shockwave from Hillsboro and our friends team 1359, the Scalawags from Lebanon. Their alliance was very capable and defeated us 2 to 0 in good matches.

Here is a picture of the drive team after our last quarter final match. Note that our driver Miles is wearing a Scalawags pirate hat. Even though they were our competitors, FIRST emphasizes gracious professionalism. We are friends with the Scalawags and the drive team happily wore one of their hats in the quarter finals while competing against them.

SWARM makes it to Quarter Finals at Oregon State Fair event

We all had a lot of fun at the event and feel like the competition went very well for us. Our performance at the two regional events has placed us right on the border of qualifying for PNW Championships. We will not know if we qualify or not until Monday April 4th.

Thank you again for supporting our team!

Robin Hobbensiefken
Team 957 SWARM Lead Mentor

SWARM Team 957
FIRST Robotics
http://team957.com
https://www.facebook.com/frcteam957

Meet the Health Services Team / Conozca al Equipo de Servicios de Salud

Posted on: March 9, 2022

The Greater Albany Public Schools Health Services Team was established in July 2021 to collaborate efforts and create a comprehensive student support system for health services. This team includes the Family and Community Together (FACT) team, nursing team, and our counseling staff. 

“Right now, I think I am most proud that this team exists and operates at its current capacity. The district’s commitment to focusing on student health and its recognition of the relationship between health and academic success has supported the growth and development of this team,” said GAPS Director of Health Services Rachel Smith, PhD, RN. “I’m excited to see how it continues to grow in the coming years.”

Although this system is a relatively new concept for many school districts around the state, GAPS saw the opportunity for expansion and dedicated funds to support the growth of the Health Services team particularly through staffing efforts. This process took a couple of years, but the team is now fully staffed.

“Each of these programs have grown over the past few years: our District Nursing team has expanded to five District Nurses, five Licensed Practical Nurses, and a secretary; our FACT team now includes six FACT liaisons, a family services liaison, and a secretary; and our counseling team has expanded to 27 counselors, with staffing for most elementary schools and all secondary schools,” said Smith. “This new structure has enabled us to really focus on the comprehensive health and social services needs for all of our students.”

With the importance of providing equitable health services to all students, this team also comprises many new bilingual and multicultural staff to help better respond to bilingual students and families.

“We have an increasingly diverse student population at GAPS and our team strongly believes that it is important to connect with our students, families, and communities as best as we can. By hiring multicultural and bilingual staff, we are better able to serve our school community,” Smith added.

GAPS is proud of the establishment of this team, and the district plans to continue growth and development efforts for all health services to better support each and every student.

“It is such a pleasure and a privilege to work with so many smart, invested, and interesting people on a daily basis to better support and strengthen the health of our students, families, staff, and community,” said Smith.

To find more information about our Health Services Team, family resources, COVID-19 requirements, contact information and more, please visit the Health Services Team page on the district website. 


Spanish Translation

El Equipo de Servicios de Salud de las Escuelas Públicas de Greater Albany, se estableció en julio de 2021 para colaborar en los esfuerzos y crear un sistema integral de apoyo estudiantil para los servicios de salud. Este equipo incluye el equipo de Familia y comunidad trabajando juntos (FACT por sus siglas en inglés), el equipo de enfermería y nuestro personal de consejería.

“En este momento, creo que soy la más orgullosa de que este equipo exista y opere a su capacidad actual. El compromiso del distrito de centrarse en la salud de los estudiantes y su reconocimiento de la relación entre la salud y el éxito académico, ha respaldado el crecimiento y desarrollo de este equipo”, dijo la Directora de servicios de salud de GAPS, Sra. Rachel Smith, PhD, RN. “Estoy emocionada de ver cómo continúa creciendo en los próximos años”. 

Aunque este sistema es un concepto relativamente nuevo para muchos distritos escolares en todo el Estado, GAPS vio la oportunidad de expandirse y dedicó fondos para apoyar el crecimiento del equipo de Servicios de Salud, particularmente a través de los esfuerzos de dotación de personal. Este proceso tomó un par de años, pero el equipo finalmente cuenta con todo el personal. 

“Cada uno de estos programas ha crecido en los últimos años: nuestro equipo de enfermería de distrito, se ha ampliado a cinco enfermeras de distrito, cinco enfermeras prácticas licenciadas y una secretaria; nuestro equipo FACT ahora incluye seis enlaces FACT, un enlace de servicios familiares y una secretaria; y nuestro equipo de consejería se ha expandido a 27 consejeros, con personal para la mayoría de las escuelas primarias y todas las escuelas secundarias”, dijo Smith. “Esta nueva estructura nos ha permitido centrarnos realmente en las necesidades integrales de servicios sociales y de salud para todos nuestros estudiantes”. 

Con la importancia de brindar servicios de salud equitativos a todos los estudiantes, este equipo también está compuesto por muchos nuevos miembros del personal bilingüe y multiculturales, para ayudar a responder mejor a los estudiantes y familias bilingües. 

“Tenemos una población estudiantil cada vez más diversa en GAPS y nuestro equipo cree firmemente que es importante conectarnos con nuestros estudiantes, familias y comunidades lo mejor que podamos. Al contratar personal multicultural y bilingüe, podemos servir mejor a nuestra comunidad escolar”, agregó Smith 

GAPS se enorgullece del establecimiento de este equipo, y el distrito planea continuar los esfuerzos de crecimiento y desarrollo, para todos los servicios de salud para apoyar mejor a todos y cada uno de los estudiantes. 

“Es un gran placer y un privilegio trabajar con tantas personas inteligentes, comprometidas e interesantes todos los días, para apoyar y fortalecer mejor la salud de nuestros estudiantes, familias, personal y comunidad”, dijo Smith. 

Para encontrar más información sobre nuestro Equipo de Servicios de Salud, recursos familiares, requisitos de COVID-19, información de contacto y más, visite la página del Equipo de Servicios de Salud en el sitio web del distrito.

 

WAHS Performing Arts presents Anastasia in April | Artes escénicas de la preparatoria West Albany High School presenta Anastasia en abril

Posted on: March 4, 2022

West Albany Performing Arts presents

April 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 at 7:00 p.m.
April 23 at 1:00 p.m.

April 20 WAHS night – staff and students only

Tickets available here!


Artes escénicas de la preparatoria West Albany High School presenta Anastasia

14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23 de abril a las 7:00 pm.

23 de abril a las 1:00 pm.

¡Entradas disponibles aquí!

 

 

 

ANASTASIA: THE MUSICAL
Book by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Inspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Pictures by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical
From the play by Marcelle Maurette as adapted by Guy Bolton

ANASTASIA is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com