This page is for Parents/Guardians/anyone ...
... who is looking for ways to help a student enjoy a positive, fulfilling, learning experience in high school
and be prepared for post-high school training.
Please
check out the individual Student Pages' links on the left as well as the
links in 'Post High School', 'ACT Testing & More' and other
pertinent pages. Additionally:
ALL students will start their high
school portfolio during their Freshman year with a WHS Counselor
in Jan or Feb and in the fall of their junior
year in order to explore career interests, find colleges or other
post-high school traning, and to keep track of:
- Extra Curricular Activites (in/out of school),
- Awards, Achievements, Accomplishments,
- Volunteer Work,
- Paid Employment, and
- Anything that evidences a student's interests, experience, service or skills and that will go into a resume.
They can start a resumé in their Xello account, which can be accessed when the student logs in to Clever.
Guides for Parents:
Teenagers
say that parents are their # 1 influence regarding their decisions
about sex, love, and relationships. For ideas about how to engage in
dialogue with your student about these and other topics, go to: Parent & Teenager
See a number of other parenting resources along with suggestions for discipline strategies attached at the bottom of this page.
If you need parenting support: try this link:
http://education.missouri.edu/orgs/parentlink/
or call at 1-800-552-8522 or en Español: 1-800-460-0008.
If your students needs:
Free TUTORING help -->
Homework Room is available to all students every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday after school at least one day each week with Mrs. Plymell.
Tutoring is available to all students weekly on Thursdays in room 209 with Mr. Richner.
Also, you can check the bulletin in Power School or on the WHS website for available tutoring, or contact a WHS Counselor.
Schedule changes -->
- best
made before a semester begins--> call or email your student's
counselor. Counselors are available until mid-June to get schedules for
next fall completed. Counselors return 2 weeks prior to the first day
of school.
- once a semester starts, students may sign up for a
schedule change - but they must sign up within 2-3 days of the beginning
of the semester.
- if you have further requests regarding schedule changes, talk to a counselor.
Financial aid -->
For
post-hs training (trade school, college, tech school), please click on
"Scholarship Links" on the left in Post High School links. Don't pay for
scholarship searches. Everything is on the web.
To explore careers -->
Please
encourage your student to engage in career exploration. Counselors have
4 scheduled opportunities to work with students on career interests: 2
during individual interviews (fall of 10th grade year and fall of senior
year) and 2 in the classroom learning about their own account on
Xello. Students are welcomed and encouraged to explore
careers and upgrade their resumes throughout their high school years.
See their WHS Counselor for questions and log-in information.
Parent Page for WHS Counseling is currently under construction. Please come back later.
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