Foundation Updates
April 23, 2023

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Seniors: The Application Process for the West Campus Foundation for Excellence 2023 Scholarships is Now Open!

The West Campus Foundation for Excellence is excited to offer ten scholarships of at least $1,000 to graduating seniors this year. 

We are 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.

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

Equity Team Challenge – Week 2: Unconscious Bias

Our second weekly Equity Team challenge focuses on conscious and unconscious bias and how they impact the way we interact with the world. Without self-reflection and active confrontation of our biases, we miss the opportunity to learn, connect, and grow. It’s our responsibility to learn our biases, understand their origins, and reframe the narratives we have because of them.

Main Challenge

Watch video – Verna Meyer: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them  (link to video, 18 minutes)

Go deeper and take Project Implicit’s Hidden Bias tests. We recommend you take the Race IAT. This is a free assessment and provided by Project Implicit, a network of scholars and researchers focused on implicit social cognition.

Self-Reflection Questions

  • What are you taking away from today’s challenge?
  • How do you want to apply Verna’s 3 tips into your life in confronting and overcoming certain biases?
  • Bonus: take a look at some current news headlines – are any of them biased? How would you re-word them to be more neutral?

Please consider joining us for our next Equity Team meeting on Monday, May 1 at 3:45 pm in Room 3. Students, parents, staff, and teachers are all invited to participate. 

Unity Festival is on May 19 (4-8pm); the festival will have carnival activities, games, and food, alongside a talent show and open house. Please save the date and time! If you’re interested in volunteering, please reach out to Natasha Fine at president@wc-fe.org. Know of an incoming freshman family? Please invite them! More details coming soon!

College Counseling Workshops coming up! 

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. 

WCFE Website: We are constantly adding new, updated information to our new website, https://wc-fe.org/! Please join the official West Campus Parent Chat, where we will be asking for input on what projects we should focus on.  It’s also a good place to connect with other parents.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/621743669612907

Upcoming Dates

  • May 1 – 12 – AP exams
  • May 17 – 19 – make-up AP exams
  • May 19 – Unity Festival, Talent Show, Open House 
  • May 20 – WCFE Scholarship Application Due Date
  • May 27 – Tolo (aka Sadie Hawkins) Dance
  • June 1 – Career Day
  • June 9 – Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony
  • June 14 – Graduation (Sutter Health Park at 10:00 am)