Greetings West Linn-Wilsonville School Community -What makes this district so special is that while we draw upon students, families and patrons from two cities, we are ONE community, made stronger by our mission of creating learning communities for the greatest thinkers and most thoughtful people for the world. We have compelling District Goals, that drive strategies and actions for improving how we teach, learn and lead in cultures that are inclusive, courses that are academically rigorous and results that generate equitable outcomes for each child.
This year, our West Linn-Wilsonville theme is “Leading for all.” We continue to focus our leadership moves, our instructional practices and our district resources to ensure each child, every child achieves success in our schools.
To a great 2018-19 year!
Kathy Ludwig, Superintendent
Professional Growth Wednesdays don't just apply to West Linn-Wilsonville teachers and administrators. The day of learning is important for all district-wide staff, providing an opportunity for job-alike professionals to meet with staff across buildings and levels for professional growth.
One example of that professional learning took place at Athey Creek Middle School Wednesday afternoon, where front office staff from across West Linn-Wilsonville gathered for a series of updates and collaboration. Administrative and Office Assistants from every WLWV school reviewed district systems, received recent changes to practice and policy, and shared insight and advice with one another.
Wilsonville High School was recently named a Unified Champion School, joining West Linn High School as one of just 126 schools in the nation to earn the prestigious distinction. Unified Sports is a program through Special Olympics that blends equal numbers of Special Olympics athletes and athletes without intellectual disabilities (also known as unified partners) into one team. Unified athletes were presented with their Champion School banner during a school assembly in December.
Wilsonville High School enjoys a Unified Soccer team for the fall season, a Unified Basketball team for the winter season, and a Unified Softball team in the spring. WHS competes against other Unified athletes across the Portland-Metro area throughout the year. Congratulations, Wilsonville High School!
Students from Wilsonville and Arts and Technology high schools received quite the boost on Monday night when their design was selected to be featured on Wilsonville's new SMART electric bus fleet.
Students from the two high schools presented their design at the Dec. 17 City Council meeting following months of hard work that date all the way back to last school year. Buses will be wrapped with the design in the spring with the unveiling of the new buses set for the end of the school year. Students will tour Gillespie Graphics headquarters where they will print and install the wraps themselves.
The team of student artists includes Leilani Bautista, Vianey Bautista, Jasleen Kaur Bhullar, Elaysia Gates, Eleanor Karrick, Angelica Maldonado, Max McGuire. A special thank you also goes to WHS Art Teacher Christopher Shotola-Hardt and ATHS Teacher Philip Clark for their support of students during their design process.
