West Campus Foundation for Excellence
West Campus Foundation for Excellence
August 23, 2023
Welcome to the 2023-24 school year! As your school’s parent-teacher organization, we work hard to raise funds to support enrichment activities at West Campus. Our students benefit in many ways from a small, close-knit community; however, the school also struggles with a tight budget due to our small size.
WCFE aims to support the district in making West Campus a highly competitive, award-winning school. Your donations and our March gala fundraiser are two ways our organization supports the West Campus students, including Yearbook, Band, Drama, athletics, college tour, classroom texts, and scholarships. WCFE also contributes to community-building activities like the Unity Festival, staff appreciation lunch, and senior breakfast. To learn more, please visit our website.
You can keep in touch with the West Campus Foundation for Excellence by signing up for their newsletter here.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Back to School Fundraiser: Thank you to everyone who donated to the Back to School Fundraiser. We have collected $2,065 so far, and are continuing the fundraiser until we reach our goal of $3,000.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, September 17, 2023
The Foundation was thrilled to support the West Campus community at Back to School Night with food and drink sales and sponsoring fingerprinting services for the volunteer clearance process. It was great to see such a big turn out! We hope you enjoyed the evening.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, September 10, 2023
General Meeting: Our first meeting will be Monday, September 11th, and we will need your help in approving the budget for this coming year. You can review our priorities and give us feedback. If you have questions on how donations are spent, this is a great opportunity to learn more. We are all volunteers who want our students and staff to be supported, so we can all succeed.
Foundation Updates
September 3, 2023
The Foundation enjoyed meeting families and new students at the Freshman Family Meet-and-Greet in July, at the August 25th orientation, and on the morning of August 31st. Thank you for attending these events – please continue to visit our table at upcoming events to introduce yourself.
Parent Involvement Survey – Please complete the survey to help us plan for this academic year!
Foundation Updates
June 12, 2023
Congratulations to our seniors! Thank you to the parents and volunteers who attended the Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony.
And good luck to our students as they wrap up finals and the school year! Please follow along with us on our website {https://wc-fe.org/) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/WestCampusFoundationforExcellence) as we continue our support of the West Campus community through the summer and into the next academic year!
Foundation Updates
June 4, 2023
Thank you to seniors Agnes and Shawn and all of the volunteers who made Career Day a success! And thank you to those who came to Lunch with Your Warrior Day on Friday.
Happy Pride Month from the Foundation Board!
Foundation Updates
May 28, 2023
Thank you to ASB and all the volunteers who helped out with the Tolo dance!
Career Day is just around the corner, and we need more adults to sign up. This is organized by two seniors, Agnes and Shawn, and they would really appreciate your help. The event is June 1, and will take up the first three periods of the day from approximately 8:30 to 11:05am. Please sign up here.
Foundation Updates
May 21, 2023
Thank you to everyone who attended the Unity Festival! Special thanks to our planning committee and student and parent volunteers!
And thank you also to ASB, Ms. Moore, and our parent volunteers for making Staff Appreciation Week extra special for staff!
Seniors: to those who applied for the ten Foundation scholarships: the Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee will start reviewing your applications next week. The recipients will be notified at the Senior Breakfast on June 8th!
Foundation Updates
Sunday, May 14, 2023
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
Senior Announcement
Cap and Gown Pick Up - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Tuesday, May 16th at lunch we will be handing out caps & gowns; extra items you purchased; lawn signs and an important informational handout in the quad. If you still need to purchase a cap & gown, please bring cash and Josten’s will be able to assist students/parents on a first come, first served basis. If you are not able to pick up those items that day, please come see Ms.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Equity Team Challenge – Week 4: Privilege
“Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do. Access to privilege doesn’t determine one’s outcomes, but it is definitely an asset that makes it more likely that whatever talent, ability, and aspirations a person with privilege has will result in something positive for them.”
– Peggy McIntosh, Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
Main Challenge
Foundation Updates
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Equity Team Challenge – Week 3: Anti-Racism
Anti-Racist Definition: One who is supporting an antiracist policy through their actions or expressing an antiracist idea.
Being anti-racist does not require that you always know the right thing to say or do in any given situation but that you take action and work against racism wherever you find it including, and perhaps most especially, in yourself.
Main Challenge
Foundation Scholarships
Due May 20, 2023
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.
Foundation Updates
April 23, 2023
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.
Foundation Updates
April 16, 2023
Thanks to all who attended the general meeting on April 10th.
Need 1 parent volunteer for Menlo College Tour on April 18 (8am-3pm). Transportation and lunch are being provided. If you are able to volunteer, please reach out to Ms. McNamara, our college and career counselor: Rita-McNamara@scusd.edu.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, April 9, 2023
We hope you all had a great spring break!
Thanks to all who were able to join us on March 27th for the special meeting to summarize how the Foundation is helping fund future senior projects (required for West campus high school seniors).
We are in the home stretch of this school year. If you have feedback or ideas for next year please let Foundation President, Natasha Fine, know. Natasha and the Board are always looking for ways to improve our process and be aware of the other needs around school. Email Natasha at president@wc-fe.org.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, April 2, 2023
The Foundation wishes you a great spring break!
Interested in joining the board? check out our webpage for the form to submit. You can copy, print and email it back or just email me your response on a separate document. Please use the header: board position application. Due April 7.
https://wc-fe.org/foundation-board-positions/
Next Foundation meeting is Monday, Apr 10, 6:00pm. School Library or Google Meet.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, March 26, 2023
WCFE special general virtual meeting on March 27. Please join us on Monday, 6-6:15 pm, for our special general membership meeting to see how we intend to support this senior project.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Thank you to those who attended our March 13th general meeting. We had a very packed meeting of updates and presentations by Principal McMeekin, students, staff, and parents. For meeting agendas and minutes, please visit: https://wc-fe.org/meetings/.
Foundation Updates
Sunday, March 12, 2023
WCFE next meeting 3/13: Please join us on Monday, 3/13, for our next general membership meeting to see how we utilize our funds and to give us feedback. We did a survey early in the year that we have tracked and are working towards, on what people wanted us to focus on. We are now looking to convert this as well as new requests into a list of concrete projects, including both scope and cost and we will need your input. Join us at our meeting to discuss how we fund requests from teachers, administration, clubs, teams, and students.