West Harrison CSD

Hawkeyes Families check out who made their appearance on the rooftop this morning at school in this weeks mini newsletter https://www.smore.com/4dvpn

West Harrison Families and Staff, Our school district recently learned of an anonymous, nationwide threat against schools that is being shared on social media outlets such as TikTok. The general threat toward all U.S. schools declares Friday, Dec. 17, as “American School Shooting Day.” The posts warn about the possibility of nationwide shootings or bomb threats associated with this day. We have partnered with local law enforcement to vigilantly investigate whether there are any local connections to these social media posts. At this time, law enforcement has not acquired any evidence that would deem these threats as credible in our area. Out of an abundance of caution, our schools will be in close contact with law enforcement throughout the day on Friday and law enforcement will have an increased presence at the school. Please take this opportunity to talk with your students about the appropriate use of social media, and the seriousness and resulting consequences of making any kind of threat. Encourage your students to speak with you or an adult at school if they see or hear something so immediate action can be taken. In addition, if anyone in our community sees something suspicious, please report it to the school immediately or call local law enforcement. Thank you for your understanding and assistance. Sincerely, Marty Fonley

Elementary Parents (PK-5): Tomorrow is our Movie Day at the elementary! This is a reminder that it is a Pajama Day and that they can bring a pillow and blanket (appropriate-sized, please) to keep them comfy while they have thier fun!

Hello HS parents! The end of the semester is quickly approaching and with that comes a semester testing schedule. Please see the attached document for specific information regarding our semester tests next week. Here is information you need to know: *Seniors have an open campus (if all grades are D and higher). They need to be at school for tests. *All HS students have the option to leave early next Tuesday and Wednesday if their grades are a D or higher. (see the attached schedule for times) *6th period testing will take place on Monday, 12/20. All other tests are Tuesday and Wednesday. If you have any questions, please call or email. Encourage your child to prepare for exams and work hard right up to that last day! Mrs. Ring

Hello middle school parents (6th-8th grades)! If you haven't heard the exciting news from your middle school student, we are going to the Rialto Theater next Wednesday (12/22) to see Spiderman: No Way Home. Students are earning a ticket, small pop, and small popcorn if they have passing grades and no detentions or major behaviors for the past few weeks at school. It has been a great incentive program here and the kids are VERY excited to go to the movie together! The plan is to leave the school around 8:20 am, start the movie around 9 am, and be back at school in time for lunch around 12:30 pm. School is released for Winter Break at 1:30 pm. Spiderman: No Way Home is rated PG-13. If you do not want your child to watch this movie at the Rialto, please email Mrs. Ring or call the school. An alternate movie will be shown at school (with pop and popcorn too!). From Common Sense Media: WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW Parents need to know that Spider-Man: No Way Home is the third Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland and the 27th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It's fun, funny, exciting, suspenseful, surprising, and very moving and is sure to please Spidey fans. Violence includes a lot of comic book-style fighting and peril, with characters getting slammed and bashed around, falling from high places, etc. There's punching, choking, kicking, explosions, bloody cuts and scrapes, and brief guns and shooting. Characters die, and lives are threatened. There's also brief sex-related dialogue, kissing, and non-graphic partial nudity. Language includes uses of "s--t" and "ass," and a character says "what the ffff." Characters learn from their mistakes and demonstrate perseverance, and messages revolve around the importance of second chances, helping those in need, the lasting impact of doing good deeds, and, of course the connection between power and responsibility.

Glidden-Ralston will be having a soup supper tomorrow night, before the basketball games, starting at 5:00 in the Lunchroom. All Proceeds go to Senior Scholarships.

Wrestling at Riverside

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.