West Prairie High School

Home of the "Cyclones"

On Wednesday, October 10th, West Prairie seniors worked with representatives from area businesses to gain experiences relating to career interests and job searches.

Thinking about college? Learn what you need to know to help make the transition from high school to college and beyond. West Prairie High School is excited to announce an upcoming presentation by Dr. Melissa Griswold on September 25th, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dr. Griswold is partnering with WPHS to share her passion about finance with students and parents. This presentation is open to all high school students and their parents in McDonough County.

West Prairie High School will host a meeting for current sophomore and junior students & parents who are interested in enrolling in dual-credit classes through Carl Sandburg College during the 2018-2019 school year.  The meeting will be at the high school, Tuesday, January 30, at 5:30 p.m. in room 9.  Information about course options, expectations for college classes, testing requirements, tuition costs, and financial aid options will be presented.  All students (and parents) who are not currently enrolled in a dual-credit course but would like to take one next year should attend. If you have any questions, please contact our school counselor, Mrs. Logan, at 309-456-3750 or by email at logana@wp103.org. Thank you

Each year, we conduct a workshop for our high school seniors to help reinforce concepts and skills learned here at school and how those should be applied in employment and adulthood. This year, the Senior "Real World" workshop will be October 11th, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Spotlight in Colchester more...

The bus schedules for students riding school transportation to school in the mornings have been posted by Mrs. Peterson, transportation director...

Two local providers are offering opportunities for sports physicals.

West Prairie High School is set to continue its 1:1 technology program in 17-18, however, students will be issued a Chromebook instead of an iPad which was the device of choice for the last five years...

The new website now contains numerous pages with quality materials, available to both students and parents at WPHS, from the counselor's office. Please check out the new counseling pages at http://wphs.wp103.org/counselor Mrs. Shurtz, the counselor at West Prairie High School, follows the ASCA model for school counseling.

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