New Student Welcome Letter

Information includes registration, athletics, technology tutorial, and school info

Dear Wildcat Students and Families,

We are excited to welcome you and your future Wildcat to West Seattle High School. In anticipation of the new school year, we have enclosed some information to help you get started on your student’s path to graduation.  

We understand that you may have questions about the enrollment process. While we’re currently unable to schedule individual appointments for next year’s enrollment due to our ongoing commitment to current students, we’re here to support you and your student through various upcoming sessions this fall.  WSHS Counselors will be hosting several New Student Q&A Sessions to help answer your registration and course selection questions. We strongly encourage families to attend one of these events.  

• Join the Meeting – April 25th at noon (virtual) – this link will give you access to the Teams Live event 
• Join the Meeting – August 26th @ noon (in-person) – signup here 
• Join the Meeting – September 2nd @ noon (in-person) – signup here 

In August, we will have tours for new students and welcome events before school starts  

For current SPS students: Students will be selecting classes through online registration via The Source if they are a current Seattle Public Schools student. They’ll need to use a computer. The portal will be open from April 24th to April 30th. Students will be able to see “Class Registration” tab on the left-hand menu in their Source account. If your student has any questions, please refer to our registration website. 

For students not currently attend a Seattle Public School: Please submit the course requests using this form. We will ensure your student’s registration gets into our system and their course requests are secured. 

Please visit the provided link to find the resources below to help your student select classes for next year: 

Registration

• Grade-specific Registration Information and Resources 
• Course Catalog 
• Sample Four-Year Graduation Checklist 

To ensure we can place your student in the correct classes, please send the following to wshscounseling@seattleschools.org 

• All high school transcript(s) 
• Proof of completion of WA State History (if applicable) 

If your student is NOT planning on attending West Seattle High School, please email our registrar, Ms. Thant at to let her know where they will be attending instead so that we may remove your student from our enrollment. 

Before your student’s first day at WSHS, we’d like to share helpful information about the school. We hope that this will get you started in learning more about West Seattle: 

• School information (some link updates are pending for the 25-26 schoolyear) 
• Start of School Forms (Update contacts, health forms, housing) 
• Bell Schedule 
• Map of school 
• How to pay for lunches 
• School Athletics (Register for a specific sport) 
• Club List  
• Free and Reduced Lunch information 
• Teen Health Center (must register to access resources like immunization, physicals, mental health) 

Tech Tutorials: 

• Understanding Schoology  (where you will access your class assignments) 
• Understanding the Source (where you can look at grades and attendance) 
• How to submit assignments via Turnit.in (where you’ll submit assignments for some classes) 
• Using school email 

Finally, you should receive information from Principal Vance with more detail about the fall start.  You will be able to find more information on the West Seattle website or through our PTSA-led newsletter What’s Up Westside. 

  

We’re so excited to have you in the Wildcat Family.