Information To Know...

 I have been waiting for additional information so that I could share it with students and parents and today, our first day back at school, seemed to open the information floodgates.  As a result, I have a lot of details and events to share with you, but I will try to keep it as simple as I can.

• Schedules are now available!  If you log into Infinite Campus you will be able to see your course schedule for this coming school year.

• On Tuesday and Wednesday night, August 18th & 19th, the WKHS Administrators will be hosting live Q&A sessions for parents related to the start of the school year.  The remote learning schedule, attendance expectations, independent work guidelines, and more will be addressed as a part of each session.  On Tuesday, August 18th there is a session at 6:30pm and a session at 7:30pm.  And on Wednesday, August 19th the session is at 6:30pm.  These are open to families in every grade and parents should have received an email with the zoom links and password in your email today.

• Seniors... We are going to be hosting College Kickoff Workshops next week!  These are a great time for you to get moving with your college applications.  We will host 3-4 of each workshop so that you can select the date/ time that will work best with your schedule.  Sign up soon though because space will be limited in each session. Seniors will be sent a link to register for these workshops tomorrow, but here is your first chance to register: https://forms.gle/fUzBb6dsfrkKHv4RA  (For the parents who read this, please note that these workshops are for students only.)

• Common App 101 Workshop: This workshop will walk students through the sections of the Common Application and help answer many typical questions and provide input so that you can avoid frequent Common App errors.  There will be 4 sessions of this workshop.
• Monday, August 24th at noon (Hint, hint... all of the sessions are open to all students, but for my students, if you want me to be your facilitator in the workshop, this is the session you'd want to register for as this is the one I will be leading.)
• Tuesday, August 25th at 2:00pm
• Wednesday, August 26th at 10:00am
• Thursday, August 27th at 11:00am

• College Essay Topic Brainstorming Workshop: This workshop will help students to generate ideas for unique, interesting college and scholarship essay topics.  (I will be taking the lead on all of these workshops with assistance from the other counselors so I will get to see you for any of them.)
• Tuesday, August 25th at Noon
• Wednesday, August 26th at 1:00pm
• Thursday, August 27th at 2:00pm

• Back to school drive through pick up of books and materials.  All needed text books for student schedules and any other resources and supplies are being bagged up for students/ families to pick up based upon student last name.  As long as families have requested Chromebooks, internet hot spots, and loaner calculator's in advance, then we hope to be able to have those ready for distribution during this pick up time.  Please remember, with all students being expected to log in during the school day at designated times, if you have more than 1 person in your family that is currently in school, you will likely each need your own device and the district is working hard to make sure we will be able to meet that need.  So please, be honest and communicate your needs to us.  I can't guarantee we will be able to meet it, but I do promise that if you tell us what you or your family is needing then we will do our very best to help!  If you aren't sure who to communicate your needs to, just send me an email as your starting point.  Also, if you or your parent cannot come during your designated time, please call Student Services at 614-450-6455 to arrange for a different time to pick up your books and materials.
• Tuesday, August 25th: 8:30-10:30am - Last names A-D
• Tuesday, August 25th: 12:30-2:30pm - Last names E-K
• Wednesday, August 26th: 8:30-10:30am - Last names L-P
• Wednesday, August 26th: 12:30-2:30pm - Last names Q-Z

• School starts on Monday, August 31st!  If you have summer work for your Honors, AP or IB classes, please make sure you are finishing that up before the first day of school.  Also, if you are in a CC+ class with CSCC for the first time, don't forget to do your online orientation meetings this week!  (You have an email from Mrs. Gratz or Mrs. Mann about the online orientations if you are registered for a CSCC CC+ class this fall.)