Category: Programs

Programs hosted by the WHHS Foundation

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WHHS Students Display Works At Kimbell Art Museum

On January 6, 2023, The Kimbell hosted their first student show for the first time in the 50-year history of the Art Museum. Four Western Hills students, Rachel Hickey, Carlos Moran, Jimmy Rangel and Karen Rascon were selected to participate in this student show. Their art was displayed until January 29th.

In November, Patty Pressley took some students to the Kimbell for the Murillo exhibition and art-making session based on that show. The students had only 45 minutes to paint their picture and only had one color plus black, white and brown to use.

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2022 Christmas Break Bag Distribution

This is our 6th school year and families continue to need help feeding kids over the holidays. Again, we had the right amount of bags. We had so many helpers getting bags inside the school. JROTC, Student Council, Trainers, Athletes and Coaches. Everyone pitched in, including our volunteers and alumni volunteers. Wishing all of our Cougars, Faculty & Staff, Alumni and Community Volunteers, a wonderful holiday season.

 

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The Foundation Becomes The Cougar Pride Alliance

Great things are happening at Western Hills High School and throughout our pyramid which includes: Leonard Middle School, Western Hills Elementary and Primary, Waverly Park and Luella Merrett Elementary.
To start, we will be expanding our services to Western Hills Elementary and Leonard Middle School. With grants and help from LVTRISE, we have another Alumni who will service these two schools in portables that will be similar to Cougar Corner. Heather will bring alumni and community volunteers together to help keep these portables stocked with food, hygiene and clothing.
In the next six months or sooner, we will undergo a name change to Cougar Pride Alliance. This will help us apply for more grants, which in turn will help not only our work at Western Hills High School but also help our new locations.
Our work will be reaching all of the kids in our pyramid. With this kind of support, we hope that these students/ families will be less transient because they know that there is community support.
We are setting the standard of what should happen all across the city. It takes a village to raise kids to become good humans, we hope you will join us.
We will be holding quarterly meetings and will post the date and location of our next meeting soon, so you can get it on your calendar.
Thank you to all of you who support our mission. We are excited about our plans for the future. Let’s Go Cougars!