During the Veteran’s program, Maggie Rains, with the City of Mondamin and the Mondamin Avenue Flags Committee, presented a check to Izzy Foland, president of the West Harrison Chapter of the National Honor Society. The check will be used as part of a grant program in which members of the National Honor Society will select projects around the school to fund. The money is a portion of the subscription fee from those who pay to have a flag flown. Thank you to the City of Mondamin, the Avenue of Flags Committee, and those who subscribe to the Avenue of Flags for providing our NHS students this opportunity.
Special School Board Meeting Agenda Nov 15 2021: https://5il.co/11qew
Starting this week, we will be running mini-newsletters each week to highlight our teachers and their classrooms. This week we will be highlighting Mrs. Lewis and her 3rd graders. We have also included some articles highlighting our extra-curricular areas. Please click the link to read the article https://www.smore.com/4dvpn
Veterans Day Program
West Harrison High School
November 11
9 am
Open to the public
We celebrated Mr. Nunez today as he was awarded $1000 from Kinetic Windstream to give back to the school in a way of his choosing. He was chosen out of 360 applicants for the award.
He spoke to our 7th-12th graders today about giving back to your community; how helping others helps you too. His award will be used to purchase new Jr. EMS gear for students going on calls.
Congratulations, Mr. Nunez, and thank you for your many years of dedication to West Harrison and our school community!
West Harrison is looking for help with their Little Hawks Wrestling Program. The time required is a couple of hours a week and the benefit to the communities is tremendous. Please contact Mr. Nunez at school or email him at anunez@w-harrison.k12.ia.us.
For West Harrison Seniors and Parents:
If you have signed up for a FAFSA appointment tomorrow, check your email for necessary information to bring. If you have not signed up yet, it is free and is necessary for colleges and some scholarships in order to give you financial aid assistance. There are a few spots available, email Mrs. Marshall: bmarshall@w-harrison.k12.ia.us.
November 2021 Board Agenda Updated: https://5il.co/11k4u
West Harrison will be hosting it's Veterans Day Program on Thursday, November 11 at 9:00 AM in the East Gym. Elementary, Middle School, and High School music groups will be performing and our guest speaker is Coast Guard Commander David Tallon. Students are asked to wear red, white, or blue. The program is open to the public and all active and retired military personnel are invited to attend!
November 2021 Board Agenda: https://5il.co/11k0y
The high school basketball teams will run a youth basketball camp today from 3:30-6:00 pm in the high school gym. All kindergarteners through 6th graders that are interested in basketball are invited to attend the camp. The camp will be provided at no cost and will
be a good introduction in the game of basketball for our elementary kids. Participating kids will only need to bring athletic clothes and shoes and can just come to the high school gym once school is let
out for the day. HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS WILL BRING THE KIDS DOWN TO THE GYM AFTER SCHOOL. If there are any questions or concerns, please contact Coach Evans or Coach Radloff.
Reminder: There is a free youth basketball camp being held tomorrow Friday, November 5th from 3:30-6. All kindergarteners through 6th graders that are interested in basketball are welcome to come. The camp will be provided at no cost and will be a good introduction to the game of basketball for our younger kids. Participating kids will only need to bring athletic clothes and shoes. We will have some high school students set up to assist the elementary kids to the HS gym after school is let out. The kids will also receive a free camp t-shirt after we get their shirt sizes collected. If there are any questions or concerns, please contact Coach Evans or Coach Radloff. We hope to see lots of kids in attendance!! Go Hawkeyes!!
Good Afternoon West Harrison!
I wanted to make you aware that we currently have quite a number of RSV cases going around the elementary school. Due to the number of cases in preschool, we will not have preschool on Friday, Nov. 5th. RSV symptoms include a fever or a nasty cough. If your child displays these symptoms please keep them home until they are fever free for 24 hrs without medicine or the cough improves. If you're not sure what to do feel free to contact the school nurse for assistance. Thank you for your assistance with keeping everyone healthy!
West Harrison Academic Fall Sports Teams
Congratulations to the 2021 West Harrison Cross Country, Football and Volleyball Teams as well as the Football Cheerleaders for receiving "Academic Achievement Awards from the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union. The awards are based on the 1st quarter GPA's of all members of the team 9-12 (including managers).
There are two levels of recognition. Excellence is a combined GPA of 3.00 to 3.24 and Distinguished is a combined 3.25 and above.
The girls cross country team had an overall GPA of 3.93, the boys team had an overall GPA is 3.82, and the volleyball team had an overall GPA of 3.69. The football cheerleaders had an overall GPA of 3.59 and football team’s had an overall GPA of 3.30. All five teams together had an average of 3.67.
Members of the volleyball team are: Madison Lautrup, Kenna Heisterkamp, Kali Peasley, Zoe Etter, Maggie Wolter, Grace Wallis, Riley Acker-Mgr., Maclayn Houston, Jaysa Lawrenson, Ty Stirtz and Devyn Harris. The coaches are Kathy Glennie, Amy Stolz, and Kylie Glennie.
Members of the boys cross country team are: Gunnar Stolz, Riley Acker, and James Kraft. The coach is Haley Seuntjens.
Members of the girls cross country are: Chenoa Bowman, Rachael Olson, and Sage Wallis. The coach is Haley Seuntjens.
Members of the football cheerleading squad are: Zoe Etter, Kenna Heisterkamp, Riley Acker, Kira Anderson, Grace Wallis, Keirstyn Bieler, Emmalyce Tyson, Leah Frink, Aiyonna Bowman, Mariah Bruning, Devyn Harris, Ava Garcia, Jaysa Lawrenson, and Chloe Leinen. The cheer coach is Melissa Etter.
Members of the football team are: Gabe Gilgen, Sage Evans, Brady Melby, Walker Rife, Mason King, Colton Dickman, Koleson Evans, Keenan Riddle, Jacob Barry, Mason McIntosh, Gabe Hardy, Skyler Zellers, Brady Lewis, Nolan Birdsall, Jason Barry, Abe Pavlik, Jamison Martin, Josh Allen, Landon Carritt, and Julian Rivas. Coaches are Andrew Stevenson, Scott Rife, Rowdy Evans, and Drew Radloff..
The Junior Class is having a Garage Sale on Saturday, November 13th from 11am-2pm. The sale will be held in the HS Commons.
If you have a donation to drop off for the sale, please contact a junior class member or email Miss Haag (thaag@w-harrison.k12.ia.us) or Ms. V (kvanausdeln@w-harrison.k12.ia.us). All proceeds go to the Junior Class Prom
October Golden Hawkeye nominees.
The Drama Department invites everyone to the Middle School production of Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up) on November 5th and 6th at 7:00 PM. It's Dad's turn to tell the bedtime stories and he really doesn't know them that well. He tries to tell the stories of the Princess and the Pea, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Rumpelstiltskin. Shows begin at 7:00 PM with no tickets necessary! Free will donations accepted at the entrance.
Good Afternoon West Harrison!
A reminder that tomorrow, November 2nd, is school board election day. Remember to exercise your right to vote!
November 2021 Newsletter
Click the link to open the letter - https://www.smore.com/fgmn7
The Football Banquet will be Tuesday November 2nd at 6 PM in the HS commons. Please bring something to eat as it will be a potluck type event. Also, bring your own drink. We look forward to celebrating what was a fun season for all of us! Any questions please contact Coach Stevenson.