Day 1
Winter Happenings
January - March
To help keep you organized, we're aggregating some of the most important winter calendar and action items right here!
- Upcoming Events
- Parent-Teacher Conferences
- High School Information and Parent Orientation
- 2020-2021 Yearbooks
- Gifted and Talented Meeting
Upcoming Events
Calendar
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Conferences will be held February 26 and 28 and March 5 from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Sign-up will open in Skyward Family Access on Tuesday, February 19 at 8:00 a.m.
60-second Conference Scheduling Tutorial
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Conferences will be held on February 28, March 5 and March 7 from 4:30-9:00 p.m. The scheduling window will open on February 11 at 9:00 a.m.
Parents may sign up for conferences using Skyward Family Access. If you have questions regarding your Skyward Family Access account, please call the district technology office at 763-745-5100 or helpdesk@wayzataschools.org.
6th Grade Core: parents/guardians can sign up for a 20 minute block of time and report to room 211 for Blue Team, room 207 for Gold Team, and room 209 for Silver Team. A maximum of three sets of parents are allowed to sign up for each 20 minute block. Parents will rotate every five minutes until they have met with each core teacher.
7th Grade Core: parents/guardians can sign up for a 25 minute block of time and report to room 215 for Blue Team, and room 213 for Gold Team. A maximum of four sets of parents are allowed to sign up for each 25 minute block. Parents will rotate every five minutes until they have met with each core teacher.
8th Grade Core: parents/guardians can sign up for a 30 minute block of time and report to room 127 for Blue Team, and room 126 for Gold Team. A maximum of five sets of parents are allowed to sign up for each 30 minute block. Parents will rotate every five minutes until they have met with each core teacher.
Encore Classes: parents/guardians can register for 5 minute conferences. All Encore teachers will be in the Media Center.
Intervention Classes: parents/guardians can register for 5 minute conferences which will be held in room 128.
Conference scheduling will be closed 24 hours before each conference day and reopen the following morning at 9:00 a.m.
On the day of your conferences, please have your conference schedule with you, either electronically or printed. We will not be able to print copies for you.
High School Information and Parent Orientation
Please save the date for our upcoming Wayzata High School Incoming 9th Grade Parent/Guardian Orientation and Registration Information Night! All parents/guardians are invited to attend!
Incoming 9th Grade Parent/Guardian Orientation and Registration Information Night is scheduled for Monday, February 3 at Wayzata High School. The evening consists of four parts:
- Trade-Show Style Arena Booths by Department:
- Teachers from all departments will be available to provide information and answer questions about classes and academics at WHS. Come learn more about the curriculum and courses offered within each department! Students are welcome to visit booths while their parents/guardians are attending the parent/guardian orientation.
- Course Seminars:
- A seminar schedule will be published and shared with you in January; these informational sessions will allow you the opportunity to hear from teachers of specific courses within each department. We will also offer sessions on relevant topics, such as Mental/Chemical Health, Top 20 Teens and Parents, AP course options, and more!
- Incoming 9th grade Parent/Guardian Orientation:
- Student support teams will present to parents/guardians in the main Auditorium:
- Parents/guardians of students with last names A-Laq from 6:00-6:45
- Parents/guardians of students with last names Lar-Z from 7:00-7:45
- This will provide families an opportunity to meet their student support team and get a head-start on high school registration.
- We encourage all incoming 9th grade parents/guardians to attend.
- Student support teams will present to parents/guardians in the main Auditorium:
- Tours of WHS
- Tours will be scheduled throughout the evening, provided by student leadership groups and teachers.
2020-2021 Yearbooks
Yearbooks are now available for purchase
This year sales are available online through February 24. The cost is $30.00. This year's book will look different than in the past, but our yearbook staff is hard at work creating a book to record this historic school year.
Distance Learning Photos Needed
The yearbook is looking for pictures of students doing school at home during distance learning.
Submit Distance Learning Photos
Ideas for photos you might submit: your pet doing school with you, student work spaces at home, doing something like a science experiment at home, any new hobbies, using Zoom filters and backgrounds, anything that tells the story of distance learning.
Gifted and Talented Meeting
8th Grade Gifted and Talented High School Registration Presentation
How much rigor do I want as a 9th grader? Amy Swenson, WHS Gifted and Talented and Advanced Placement (AP) Coordinator, will address topics such as Honors courses, Advanced Placement courses, balanced schedules, weighted grades, etc. This Zoom opportunity will occur on February 11, at 8:00 a.m. If you have questions in the meantime, please feel free to contact Aimee Largent, school counselor.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 826 3786 3372
Passcode: 81921790