West Harrison CSD

The school board meeting has been rescheduled for tomorrow night (12/16) at 6:30 pm.

The school board meeting for tonight is postponed. We will share the reschedule date as soon as we have it.

West Harrison Schools will be dismissing at 1:00pm tomorrow, December 15th, due to forecasted high winds.

Today's JH boy's basketball game against Siouxland Christian will be played in the East gym at 4:00 pm. The JV boys game will be at 6:00 pm vs. Logan-Magnolia.

Dec 15 2021 Board Agenda: https://5il.co/132t6

We can FINALLY share the good news! Iowa Western, Logan-Magnolia, Missouri Valley, Tri-Center, and West Harrison have been granted ONE MILLION DOLLARS for our Regional Career Center! We are so excited about the opportunities this opens up for our students and cannot wait to get to work on putting our Career Center together with IWCC. The central site will be the old Crossroads building in Missouri Valley. The four career areas the center will begin to focus on at the new site are: *Welding *Electrical *Precision Ag *Construction Trades Students enrolled in these programs will earn certification from IWCC and receive high school credit as well. We are also partnering with local businesses and are looking forward to seeing everything begin to come together for our collective student body. We've got so many good things happening here at West Harrison. Please spread this AMAZING news and check out the Nonpareil article for more information! https://nonpareilonline.com/news/education/iowa-western-others-awarded-1-million-grants-for-career-academies/article_cea4dd12-56c6-11ec-9eb1-f3bd108a4348.html

Tonight's game with Paton Churdan has been moved to Saturday with the girls playing at 3:00 pm and the boys to follow.

Today's JH boys basketball game at West Monona has been canceled.

Here is this week's Mini-Newsletter!! Click the link to get some weekly reminders as well as see what's happening in Mrs. Cooper's classroom. https://www.smore.com/4dvpn

We want to give a huge Thank You to all who have supported the Book Fair so far. We also wanted to remind everyone that the Book Fair will be open today from 3:35pm to 4:30pm and will reopen from 6pm to 8pm tonight. The final day to purchase items will be tomorrow Dec 10th from 3:35pm to 4:30pm. Again thank you all for your support!!

If the weather holds out, the girls varsity game against Paton Churdan on Friday will start at 5:00 pm. The boys game will follow.

Our elementary winter concert is scheduled for Thursday, December 9th at 7:00 pm. The students are excited to share the musical selections they have been working on this year with family and friends. The concert is open to the public and will also be streamed live through the school website. We are all excited for this event to take place but also want to ensure that everyone has a safe and happy holiday season. This concert typically has a very large crowd and as you may already know COVID-19 cases in our county have seen a significant rise in the last few weeks. To create the safest concert atmosphere possible we would encourage those attending to consider the following safety measures. If you wish to watch the concert but don’t wish to be in a large crowd consider watching the concert on the live stream. If you plan to attend the concert please consider wearing a mask. We will have masks available at the door for those who wish to use one or you may bring your own. Allow as much space as possible between groups while seated at the concert. To be very clear, these recommendations are not mandatory. There is no requirement for students, staff, or anyone attending the concert to wear masks. There is also no requirement for masks at school during the day and no plans to consider that in the future. The recommendations are simply suggestions to reduce the chances that anyone contracts COVID-19 while attending the concert. We hope you enjoy the concert and have a safe and happy holiday season! Mr. Fonley, Superintendent

There has been an issue with the NFHS camera. The following is the message I received from them. Hopefully this issue gets taken care of by Friday. As you may have seen on the news, Amazon Web Services is currently experiencing outages across the east coast. Like many other major services (Netflix, Disney+, Slack, etc.), our site is being affected. According to Amazon, they have identified the root of the issue and are actively working on a resolution. Until they have fully resolved the issue, some broadcasts on our site may not stream and/or fans may not be able to view them.

The Pancake Man will be at the WH Commons tonight from 4:30-7 as an FCCLA fundraiser. This is before the varsity basketball game (girls at 6, boys at 7:30). The book fair is also in full swing at the elementary library until 4:30. Come to West Harrison, support our programs, let us cook supper, and watch the game tonight!

There will be no Little Hawks Wrestling this Thursday due to the K-6 winter concert.

Due to the great interest in Little Hawks Wrestling this will be the new times. Practice will now be every Tuesday and Thursday. Grades K-4th grade will go 6:00-6:45 pm and grades 5-8th grade will go 6:45 -7:30 pm.

November Golden Hawkeye Award nominees. Missing Erin Lewis and Austin Johnson

SANTA IS COMING!!!! Don't fix the kiddos breakfast tomorrow morning Dec. 4th they can come eat breakfast with Santa. WH Junior Class Prom is hosting "Breakfast with Santa" in the HS Commons from 9am to 12pm. This is open to the whole community and surrounding communities. *Free Will Donation* Also while you are here please check out the WH Book Fair that will be open in the Elementary Library from 9am to 12 pm.

The annual West Harrison Scholastic Book Fair will begin today, Friday, December 3, and run through next Friday, Dec. 10. We will be open in the mornings at 7:45 and be open after school at the following times. Please come support our book fair, so students can have more books!!! Friday, December 3 3:35-5:00 p.m. Saturday, December 4 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Breakfast with Santa) Monday, December 6 3:35-5:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 7 3:35-6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 8 1:35-4:30 p.m. Thursday, December 9 3:35-4:30 p.m. AND 6:00-8:00 (K-6 Winter Concert) *** Friday, December 10 3:35-4:30 p.m.

This week's Mini-Newsletter highlights Mr. Daniels classes!! Please click the following link to read Mr. Daniels article and see how our teachers and staff were honored..https://www.smore.com/4dvpn