VISION STATEMENT

Here at West Harrison High School, we foster a caring and respectful environment both academically and socially. The faculty and staff take a genuine interest in and concern for students’ success. 

 

We are most proud of the new traditions that are being established to the new campus and community. All of our WHHS leaders have made significant progress bringing forth this supportive culture by employing basic but proven principles: maintaining an open-door policy, embedding high expectations, and being highly visible on campus and in the community. The decisions of the school’s leadership are made for the best interest of all students. WHHS takes into account input from the community, students, teachers, and parents. We have developed a positive rapport with students in order to be aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Our faculty and staff have also taken the time and effort to know and understand the young adults whose futures they are molding. This culture of true caring forms the basis for the success of every other effort, program, and resource and illustrates the high value placed on teaching and learning. It forms the basis for success in any of WHHS students’ future endeavors. 

 

West Harrison High School is dedicated to ensuring that all students who enter and exit the doors are college or career ready, have the desire to be lifelong learners, and can be active and productive members of our community. Our academic focus is facilitated by the instructional leaders and collaborative work environment that we have embedded here on campus. We believe that parental involvement, communication, academic responsibility, and high expectations are all characteristics that are conducive to the success of students. We welcome the community to become involved as we continue to grow and develop more traditions at our school and share in the experience of watching our students display their gifts, talents, knowledge, and growth as they move ahead in their lives.

 

On behalf of WHHS, we are totally committed to our students’ education and well-being.

 

Sherry Washburn

Principal, West Harrison High School

 

Pictured from left to right:

Assistant Principal Don Cuevas,

Principal Sherry Washburn,

Assistant Principal Pete Peters

 

Congratulations to the 2011-2012 West Harrison High School Marching Band for being selected to participate in the 2012 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C. on May 28, 2012. The band will be the only band to represent Mississippi in this year's parade, which will be broadcast on national television.

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The West Harrison High School Symphonic Band scored these ratings in the State Evaluation:

• Concert: I,I,I
• Sight Reading: I,I,I

For the second year in a row, WHH is a Sweepstakes Award Winning Band. Congratulations!

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West Harrison High School STAR Student and STAR Teacher Chosen

Erik Michael Johnson has been named West Harrison High School STAR (Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition) Student for 2011-2012.

The son of Michael and Sharon Johnson of Gulfport is a member of National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society. As captain of the soccer team, Johnson led scoring and was named to the All-District and Sun Herald teams. He also lettered in baseball and tennis.

Johnson plans to attend Jones County Junior College in Ellisville before transferring to Mississippi State University to earn a bachelor's degree in engineering. Jones County Junior College has awarded Johnson academic and soccer scholarships.

STAR students are chosen on the basis of scholastic excellence by comparing students' American College Test scores and academic averages. Each STAR student designates a STAR Teacher, the classroom teacher who has made the greatest contribution to the student's scholastic achievement. Johnson has selected Advanced Placement English teacher Janice Stewart as his STAR Teacher.

Stewart has been teaching for 23 years, and this is her second selection as STAR Teacher. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a Master of Education degree from William Carey University. Stewart sponsors the senior class, National Honor Society, and is the debate coach.

Johnson and Stewart will be honored by the Mississippi Economic council's M.B. Swayze Educational Foundation on April 12, 2012 at the Jackson Convention Center in downtown Jackson.

 

 

Dr. Pete Peters, West Harrison High School Assistant Principal, earns Doctorate Degree 

Dr. Pete Peters, assistant principal, has earned a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education with Specialization in Educational Leadership.

Peters, who is a retired Chief Master Sergeant from the U.S. Air Force, graduated summa cum laude from Capella University in San Antonio, Texas, on March 24.

Peters became an educator after serving 30 years in the Air Force. He has worked in education since August 2003.

Peters is a native of Poplarville, Mississippi.

 

 

KYLE EAST CHOSEN AS 2011 TERRIFIC TEEN OF THE YEAR

Kyle East, a senior at West Harrison High School, was named 2011 Terrific Teen of the Year by South Mississippi Living Magazine through a program sponsored by the Bacot-McCarty Foundation and the IP Casino Resort and Spa. The honor included a feature in South Mississippi Living Magazine and a $1,500 scholarship. The magazine named an outstanding student each month in 2011 from schools in Harrison, Hancock, and Jackson counties and selected Kyle as the overall winner from those honorees.

East is a member of the WHHS varsity baseball and soccer teams and serves as vice president of the senior class Student Council. He has participated in the Debate Team, Spanish Honor Society, and Beta Club, and served on Homecoming Court and Prom Court. He will graduate this May with high honors and will pursue a degree in engineering.

East, who is the son of Keith and Debbie East of Saucier, was recognized at South Mississippi Living's second annual Terrific Teen banquet held recently at the IP Casino Resort and Spa.

 

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Nineteen students at West Harrison High School are being recognized for scoring in the top 20 percent of students nationwide in the recent US Department of the Treasury's National Financial Capability Challenge competition.

 

The National Financial Capability Challenge is an awards program designed to increase the financial knowledge and capability of high school-aged youth across the United States. It gives educators incentives to teach the basics of personal finance to their students by rewarding students, educators, schools, and states for their participation and their successes. Educators and top-scoring students receive award certificates, and schools and states with the highest participation rates earn special distinction.

The Challenge was taken by more than 80,000 high school students between March 12 and April 13, 2012. Participants included students in rural areas, suburbs, and inner cities across the country, and in Department of Defense schools around the world.

WHHS students who scored in the top 20 percent were Daniel Barlow, Michael Bateman, Chrystal Christie, Samara Cole, Ronald Dougherty, Anthony Downs (who had a perfect score), Dustin Eisman, Alana Faulk, Michael Felker, Thomas Harrison, Tristan Harrison, Dylan Larson, Thomas Martin, James Musgrove, Kayla Porter, Rebecca Reygaert, Hillary Rimanich, Colby Roessling, and Michael Schramm.

Congratulations to these students!

Harrison County School District Attendance Policy

The school must receive an excuse within two school days after an absence, or it will automatically be considered unexcused.