Foundation Updates
Sunday, May 14, 2023

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Staff appreciation is this week! Please have your student send notes of appreciation to their teachers here (only SCUSD email addresses can access the form) ASAP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUcp4C0rSklNU7oazdiajpsdju37OhuTi-SFnKYthJEOsqqg/formrestricted 

Unity Festival: The West Campus Unity Festival is Friday, May 19th from 4-8pm.  Come join in a free celebration of community for our West Campus families and friends! Watch the talent show, have some food, play at the carnival, talk to teachers, visit some classrooms, look at the art show, and enjoy a fun night at the school. Tickets with early bird pricing tickets for food is here: https://west-campus-foundation-for-excellence.square.site/. We are accepting cash and credit cards at the event.  

If you are an incoming student or want to learn more about the school, please come and see some of the open classrooms and talk to some teachers and students about West Campus! You can purchase West Campus gear at the event too.

Bounce houses, carnival games, fruit, and salad are free!

Please bring a blanket to sit on and your reusable water bottles in an effort to reduce single-use plastic bottles. We will have tamales, samosas, kabobs, drinks, cotton candy, snow cones, and popcorn. 

Volunteers are needed for the Unity Festival - To signup, click here. Thanks in advance for your help!

Fundraiser: Senior project to fund future senior projects: Thursday, May 18 (10:00 AM to 9:30 PM) at Panda Express – 5801 Folsom Blvd Sacramento CA 95819. Enter 355080 in the fundraiser code box if ordering online. Show flyer on your smartphone. 

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West Campus Seniors: Don’t forget to apply for the West Campus Foundation for Excellence 2023 Scholarships! 

The West Campus Foundation for Excellence is offering a mix of needs-based and merit-based scholarships, including one $1,500 scholarship to a student pursuing art or attending a vocational, trade, or technical school. A total of ten scholarships of at least $1,000. 

  • The deadline is Saturday, May 20, 11:59pm.
  • The application is through a Google form here. 

The Scholarship Committee has received only a few applications thus far. They welcome all seniors to submit an application!

Tolo Dance Parent Volunteers Needed: The West Campus Tolo Dance will be held on Friday, May 26 from 7:00- 11:00 p.m. and parent volunteers are needed.  Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

College Counseling Workshops coming up! 

  • May 18- College Options & Financial Aid Workshop- 9th, 10th, 11th
  • May 25- College Planning Workshop- 9th, 10th

Check out our web page here for more info: https://wc-fe.org/college-counseling-workshops/ 

This week’s counseling newsletter is here: https://mailchi.mp/scusd/west-campus-counseling-newsletter-week-9399925 

Music, Band & Color Guard End-of-Year Concert: Mark your calendars for the Music, Band & Color Guard End-of-Year Concert on Thursday, June 8th at 6pm in the gym. All incoming students or alumni that may be interested in performing need to RSVP by Monday, May 15th to westcampusband@gmail.com. There will be concessions and potential raffle prizes as we also celebrate our graduating seniors!

Equity Team Challenge – Week 5: Intersectionality

Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 to describe how systems of oppression overlap to create distinct experiences for people with multiple identity categories. Although intersectional theory and activism today are far-flung and embrace a wide variety of people, Crenshaw began with Black women, whose oppression couldn’t be encompassed exclusively with the terms “racism” or “sexism,” if they were framed as an either/or proposition.

Main Challenge

Please consider joining us for our next Equity Team meeting on Monday, June 5 at 3:45 pm in Room 3. Students, parents, staff, and teachers are all invited to participate. 

Career Day is planned for June 1. Please sign up here. This will take up the first three periods of the day from approximately 8:30 to 11:05am. 

Presenters would be presenting at West Campus for the first three periods of the school day which clocks in from 8:30 AM to 11:05 AM. We would expect you to arrive on campus at around 8:00 AM. Each period runs about 47 minutes and you would be expected to have a presentation that would run about 10-15 minutes. The rest of the period would be an open Q & A session. 

Upcoming Dates:

  • May 17 – 19 – make-up AP exams
  • May 19 – Unity Festival, Talent Show, Open House 
  • May 20 – WCFE Scholarship Application Due Date
  • May 26 – Class Spirit Rally + Tolo (aka Sadie Hawkins) Dance
  • June 1 – Career Day
  • June 2 – Lunch with Your Warrior
  • June 8 – Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony
  • June 14 – Graduation (Sutter Health Park at 10:00 am)