West Jessamine High School

🎄 Holiday Hype Week is Coming! 🎄 *Updated Post*

Get ready, Colts—Holiday Hype Week kicks off next week, and we can’t wait to see your festive spirit! From cozy themes to fun dress-up days, it’s the perfect way to celebrate the season together.

Here’s a preview of the days—start planning those outfits now! (When in doubt, wear red and green!)

🫁❤️ Learning to Save Lives in Health & PE!

Today, our Health and PE classes have been learning proper CPR procedures and practicing the steps that can make all the difference in an emergency. Students worked through hands-on demonstrations, learned how to respond quickly and safely, and gained confidence in a skill that truly changes lives.

We’re proud of their hard work and excited to see them building knowledge that extends far beyond the classroom!

We’re looking for volunteers to help make Project Graduation unforgettable for the Class of 2026! 🎓✨
Join us for our next planning meeting *TOMORROW EVENING* to see how you can get involved!

A wonderful Christmas concert by West choirs this evening, and a beautiful tribute to Mr. Crawford.

Colts in Mrs. Williams' College Algebra courses spent the day at UK's Gatton College of Business presenting the finals of the stock pitch competitions, touring the facility, and hearing about what college can do for them. Three teams presented their investment recommendations and rationales. Congrats to the winning team of Cooper Garland and Charlie Teater! These classes are investing $300,000 of real money in a variety of stocks. The dividends of which will go to scholarships for WJHS seniors. Thank you to Quint Tatro for facilitating our course and today's visit and to the University of Kentucky for hosting.

🌾💙 THANK YOU, WJHS and FFA! 💙🌾

Because of your generosity and support, our WJHS FFA members were able to pack and deliver full Thanksgiving meals to a record-breaking 132 JCS families through the 69th Annual FFA Food Drive! We are so grateful to every classroom, club, staff member, and individual who donated. FFA values tradition, and we’re proud to work alongside educators and leaders who help continue this meaningful service project year after year.

The Colts have wrapped up the most successful fall sports season in school history. WJHS accumulated: 4 out of 4 46th District Championships- Volleyball, Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer, and Football 3 Region Runner-ups- Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, and Football 4 Region Championships- Boys Soccer, Co-Ed Cheerleading, Boys Golf, and Volleyball. Reclaimed the RJ Corman Trophy and Had 2 Coach of the Year Selections- Coach Sutherland and Coach Marsh. That's in just 4 months! Well done by our athletes and coaches. It's on to winter sports with more hardware to come...Go Colts!!

🌟 "Jace makes the classroom feel like a community…he truly brings 5th period together."
Great job, Jace, for showing teamwork, leadership, and care for other! #graduateprofile

WJHS will be administering an OPTIONAL Practice SAT for Juniors Only on January 22nd! Students may access the Google Form to sign up in their Junior Google Classroom or at the link below.

Deadline to sign up is January 12th. Please email Mrs. Schuerman with questions.
https://forms.gle/cVvcoMYwzyNvz5328

We’re looking for volunteers to help make Project Graduation unforgettable for the Class of 2026! 🎓✨
Join us for our next planning meeting and see how you can get involved!

❄️Bundle up, Colts! Today is NTI Day 1. ❄️
Stay warm, stay safe, and stay plugged in! Teachers are available for support throughout the day. To revisit our NTI procedures, click the following link: https://bit.ly/49N23lH

The Colts kick off basketball season tomorrow night with a girl/boy doubleheader. Both teams have high expectations for the year and look to challenge for district and region titles! Let's pack the gym...Go Colts!

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Mr. Larry Crawford- instructional assistant, maestro on the piano, and WJHS resident elf. Larry fought valiantly against cancer and never lost the goal of returning to concerts and students at West High. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. He will be greatly missed...always a Colt!

“🌟 Good job, Levi Weber! This December, we’re proud to recognize how your critical thinking skills embody the attributes of our WJHS Graduate Profile. Keep showing what it means to be a West student.”

Hello, December and welcome back from Thanksgiving Break! We have a busy week ahead and are excited our students and staff are back in the building for our final stretch before Winter Break. Have a great week, Colts!

During this season of thanks, we want our students, families, and staff to know how much they are appreciated. We are grateful for all you do, and we wish everyone a safe, restful, and joyful Thanksgiving break.

Monday, our students took part in The Reality Store, an interactive event designed to give them a hands-on look at budgeting and real-world responsibilities. 💰 Students were assigned careers, salaries, and life situations, then visited different stations to “pay” for housing, transportation, groceries, childcare, insurance, and more. Along the way, they learned how quickly expenses add up—and how important it is to make informed financial decisions. This experience helps our students see the value of planning ahead, managing money wisely, and understanding the balance between wants and needs. We’re proud of the thoughtful choices they made and the conversations this sparked about their future goals. A huge thank you to the math department, Mrs. Barnes with Every Student Counts, additional staff and community businesses/volunteers who made this possible! 🌟

And today, we are thankful for... Exactly the same thing as yesterday! Planned? No! Just as amazing? Yes! Happy Tuesday and last day this week, Colts!

Graduate Profile Student Spotlight: Connected Citizenship
Because of Clive, Kaitlyn, and Erica, AP Lang isn’t just a class—it’s a community.