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Joliet West High School is participating in national Attendance Awareness Month this September, urging families to focus on the importance of regular school attendance and punctuality. The school encourages parents and guardians to discuss attendance with their students and sign up for alerts that notify them when a student is absent or tardy.
Parents can access information about grades, attendance, tardies, schedules, assignments, and contact details for deans, counselors, and teachers through the Campus Parent portal. There are videos available to help navigate the system. For additional support in English or Spanish, Family Engagement Liaisons are available. Technology assistance for school-issued computers is provided via the school's help desk.
Joliet Township High School invites stakeholders to join its Parent-Teacher Advisory Committee, which focuses on issues such as student behavior, classroom disruptions, bus safety, law enforcement reporting, medication administration, and behavioral interventions. Meetings will be held at Joliet Central Multipurpose Room on several dates from September through December. Dinner is provided at each meeting and students who attend can earn community service hours.
Health documentation requirements remain a priority. According to Illinois School Code, freshmen and transfer students must submit a completed physical exam form and immunization record by October 15. Seniors must provide proof of receiving a meningitis vaccine after their 16th birthday by the same deadline or risk exclusion from school.
VNA Health Care has set aside appointments specifically for Joliet Township High School students at its location on W. Jefferson Street in Joliet. VNA accepts Medicaid, Medicare, insured and uninsured patients with a sliding payment scale based on income.
The Will County Center for Economic Development is hosting an informational breakfast on September 9 for those interested in providing paid internships to students.
A School Improvement Day with early release will take place on September 11. Dismissal times vary depending on the program: Central, West, and Pathway students leave at 11:45 a.m., AVAC at 11:30 a.m., and Transition Center at 10:45 a.m.
The Joliet West Choirs will present Opera Scenes on September 11 at 6 p.m. in the West Auditorium. Admission is free but donations are welcome.
Community organizations are invited to the Joliet Region Education Community Connectors Meeting on September 12 with Spanish interpretation available.
A support group meeting for grandparents raising children will be held September 16 at Joliet Township High School to offer guidance navigating educational systems.
The next Board of Education meeting is scheduled for September 16 at the JTHS Administrative Center; meetings are also accessible online.
On September 17, the City of Joliet will hold a public workshop for its new Comprehensive Plan at Joliet West High School—its first such effort in over six decades—to gather input about future growth and development.
TRIO’s Back-to-School College, Trade & Resource Fair takes place September 18 at Joliet Central Cafeteria offering resources related to college readiness; some colleges may admit students onsite with scholarship offers if transcripts are provided.
The Central Archives Committee welcomes those interested in preserving JTHS history with its first meeting set for September 18; community service hours are available for student participants.
Families interested in supporting athletic programs can attend the JT Boosters Athletic Booster Meeting on September 25; no RSVP required.
An IEP Family Information Night will be held September 25 at Joliet West High School to provide resources for families of students receiving special education services.
Alianza de Familias Comprometidas a la Educación hosts its first meeting of the year—conducted entirely in Spanish—on September 25 at Joliet Central High School; childcare is available and high school attendees earn community service hours.
Joliet Central Homecoming events begin September 26 with a football game against Plainfield Central followed by a parade and dance on September 27; tickets are pre-sale only.
Joliet West High School serves grades nine through twelve with an enrollment of over three thousand students as of the 2019-2020 academic year according to state data (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Demographic figures show that approximately one-third of students identify as white while just over one-fifth identify as black; Hispanic students make up nearly forty percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Grade nine had the highest concentration of students during that period (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
