Portsmouth West High School

Students and Families: Please be sure to complete your digital forms through the districts FinalForms web page. It is important that that these be completed by next Thursday, 9/17/2020. These forms have replaced the typical paper forms your student would have received on the first day of school, such as emergency medical forms and handbook sign off forms. https://washingtonnile-oh.finalforms.com/

This week in sports 9/7/20

Just a reminder to students that classes will begin on Tuesday, September 8th. Students in Group A (Lett Terrace to US 52 at Careys Run and Portsmouth open enrolled) will report on September the 8th. Students in Group B (Careys Run to Buena Vista and all other open enrolled) will report on September 9th. Students should arrive at the gymnasium entrance between 7:35 to 7:55 and report directly to homeroom. Homeroom assignments are available on Final Forms. Home room assignments will also be posted at the gymnasium entrance and the main entrance of the high school on the first few days of school.

Reminder to HS Students: Homecoming nomination forms have been sent to your @westsenators.org email address. Nominations close at 3:00 pm tomorrow. Please submit your nominations before then.

Due to the shortened nature of the 2020 High School Football season, homecoming will be held on Sept. 18th during the West v. Valley football game. Since this game occurs only ten days after the commencement of school, many aspects of this tradition will be modified in order to assure homecoming ceremonies occur. One specific change which must occur are homecoming voting procedures. In an effort to ensure a fair and speedy election, especially with the hybrid/alternating school schedule, homecoming nominations must occur prior to the start of school. As a result on Tuesday September 1st, students will receive through their school issued @westsenators.org email address a link to a digital nomination form. The form will accept nominations from 8:00 am Tuesday September 1st to 3:00 pm on Thursday September 3rd. This form is a secure form and may only be submitted if a student is logged into their school issued email account and can only be submitted once. Please contact the high school at 740-858-1103 if you have issues logging into your account. CTC students will also receive a nomination form through their @westsenators.org email address. Additionally, prior to the final vote, all participants/nominees will be required to attend an informational meeting through Google Meet on Friday September 4th at 11:00 am with Mrs. Linda Tieman. This meeting will be held to provide transparency to all potential participants as to what this year's homecoming will look like due to COVID-19 restrictions. Nominees will receive an invitation to the meeting through their @westsenators.org email address. Upon the completion of the nomination process, the final vote will be conducted when students return to school on September 8th and 9th. Winners will be announced on Thursday September 10th. We realize this process is different but we ask you to bear with us as we all try to navigate these strange and uncertain times. It is our hope to provide as much normalcy to the school year and school experience to our students in the face of the health issues we face today. Thank you for your patience and Go Senators!

This week in sports 8/31/20

Please join us tonight on Facebook live for the Portsmouth West Senators football game which starts at 7:00 PM https://www.facebook.com/ThePWHS/videos/606132290078232/?vh=e&extid=EpgPSk7sHUvOe7pD&d=n

This week in sports 8/24/20

Students and Parents whom applied for the Senator Virtual Learning Academy: Acceptance notices have been sent to students and parents whom have been accepted into the Senator Virtual Learning Academy. Notices were sent by e-mail to students and parents in grades 5-12 and through standard US mail to students in grades K-4. Please read these notices carefully as they contain important information regarding the next steps required to get started with online learning. More information will be forthcoming regarding orientation and course participation. If you have further questions please contact your students school.

Fall program ads are due by Wednesday, August 19th. Please email Robin Hileman, her email address is: robin.hileman@westsenators.org or you can drop them off at the high school.

Congratulations to Tucker Spriggs and Cayden Coleman finishing first last week at the OSU Youth Open, at Alum Creek . Tucker and Cayden won the tournament with a 5 fish limit weighing 7.21 pounds.

The high school will be releasing several informational videos late next week regarding restarting procedures for the 2020-21 school year. Until then, we ask that you refer to the District's Covid portal located on our District website.

Please review the revised 2020-2021 school calendar

Parents of incoming Kindergarten students, 7th graders, and Seniors- Don’t forget to get your child’s required school immunizations before school begins on Tuesday, September 8th. Vaccinations are available at your Doctor’s office, Health Department, Kroger, Walmart, and CVS.

Cross Country is currently having an online fundraiser. Please click the link to shop the online store! https://stores.inksoft.com/WS38702/shop/home

Any student wanting to run Cross Country in the fall 2020, be at Stadium gates Wednesday, August 5th @ 11:30. If you cannot make it Boys email Larry Goodwin Girls email Julie Conrad

Any student wanting to run Cross Country in the fall 2020, be at the stadium gates @ 12pm on August 3rd. If you cannot make it: Boys email Coach Goodwin - larry.goodwin@westsenators.org Girls email Julie Conrad - julie.conrad@westsenators.org

ACT has added three new national test dates to its fall 2020 national testing schedule to provide more opportunities for students to earn a full ACT test score for admissions decisions, scholarship opportunities, placement, and college and career insights. These additions will help meet the demand for testing caused by COVID-19-related cancellations and social distancing requirements that limited test centers’ capacities this spring and summer. A total of eight test dates will be available for students for fall 2020 national testing. The updated fall 2020 ACT national test schedule: September Saturday, September 12 (existing) Sunday, September 13 (non-Saturday, existing) Saturday, September 19 (new) October Saturday, October 10 (new) Saturday, October 17 (new) Saturday, October 24 (existing) Sunday, October 25 (non-Saturday, existing) December Saturday, December 12 (existing) https://leadershipblog.act.org/2020/06/act-adds-new-fall-2020-national-test.html?cid=email:marketo:administration-newsletter-k12-b2b:dc_3030-internal-organic-071520-mr016426-new&utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketo&utm_campaign=administration-newsletter-k12-b2b&utm_content=dc_3030-internal-organic-071520-mr016426-new&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpRNE1HWXlPV0poTnpnMiIsInQiOiJsTE1id3ZCK0ZqZDczV0tqV1QzbUxtUUQzeHE4TG1JQlpYNTJWQkgzMEZkNGJJS0xPRXNyejNHUWNVTlM1REtqQ1wvaFFqWWFWZlc2cFViK3FMelNJYjhoclNDeGwxXC9VaW5sVlg5VGVlTUNyTVZZc0lTQkE3Q1VLcWZJSURQTVUyIn0%3D&m=1

Open Gym Message: Boys Basketball open gym will take place Thursday, July 2nd at 6:00 p.m. Bring your own water bottle to drink from. We will be adhering to social distancing rules and other COVID-19 guidelines. Any boy grades 9-12 that is interested in playing basketball next season needs to attend. If you are unable to attend, but are interested in playing basketball, you need to contact Coach McClanahan at 740-645-7541

High School Girls Soccer open field/conditioning will start on Monday June 22 at 6:00 pm at the main Soccer field for any student interested in playing during the 20-21 School Year. All interested players should bring tennis shoes, soccer cleats, shin guards, and water for the conditioning. A COVID-19 screening will be given to each participant before the conditioning begins. If you have any questions, you can contact Coach Tom Hoggard at (740) 935-3729.