Enrollment

If the student lives within West High boundaries, we will need the following documents for your student’s enrollment:

• Birth certificate
• Immunization records
• Two (2) proofs of address- must be dated within three months
• Transcripts
• A copy of your student’s IEP/504, if your student has one

If applicable, legal court documentation regarding custody, Power of Attorney, etc. is also needed.

If you would like to apply for a Fee Waiver for school fees, you will also need to bring in your Medicaid Card, EBT Card, four recent pay stubs, or 2022 W2s. Fee Waiver applications are only valid for the current school year. Applications can be completed each school year.

If you are enrolling your student into West High from another school, proof of withdrawal from their previous school will be required.

If you are missing any of the required documentation for enrollment, please contact us for further assistance.

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All documentation must be brought in person to Student Services or emailed to our Student Services office. If you would prefer to come in person, please call ahead at 801-578-8500 to ensure you can meet with someone for enrollment as we do not offer appointments. If you would prefer to email documents, please send them to WestStudentServices@slcschools.org and enter ENROLLMENT in the subject line.

Once all required documentation is received, your student will then be enrolled into West High and referred to their grade-level counselor for questions regarding courses offered and to register for classes. Counselors are assigned by student grade level and by student last name.

Counseling Center Information

2024/2025 Course Catalog

Courses & Class Selection Information

Student Handbook

Additionally, all families must complete Online Registration for their student. Online Registration is where families will enter parent/guardian contact information, who can check their student out of school, emergency contacts, etc. Families will also find information regarding our dress code, attendance expectations, school fee waivers, school lunch information, and more.

Online Registration needs to be completed each year your student attends West High.

Two items of note:

1. All students whose first language is a language other than English may need to test with our MLL (Multi-Language Learner) department. This test is necessary to determine if your student qualifies for alternative language services. This test will take place at West High School after your student has enrolled. Your student will need to test before they can meet with a counselor for their class schedule.
2. If your student moves outside of West High boundaries at any time while enrolled at West, an Open Enrollment application must be filled out and submitted.

If the student lives outside of West High boundaries, you must submit an Open Enrollment application for them to attend West High.

Complete an Open Enrollment application by following these steps:

1. Visit the Salt Lake City School District’s “School Choice” website: www.yourbestchoice.org .
2. Click on the green “Apply for School Choice” link, found on the right side of the screen, and complete the form.
   1. Please include an email address in your application. All contact from West High School regarding Open Enrollment is done via email only .
3. You will receive a first email confirming receipt of your application. This email will include a timeframe of when you should expect a second email.
4. You will receive the second email notifying you if your students' application was accepted or denied.
   1. If your student is accepted, you must confirm that acceptance for them to be enrolled. Steps for confirming the acceptance are contained in the second email. A student may not be enrolled until they confirm their acceptance.
5. If your student has been accepted, the school will need the following information to be enrolled:

• Birth certificate
• Immunization records
• Two (2) proofs of address
• Transcripts
• A copy of your student’s IEP/504, if your student has one

If applicable, legal court documentation regarding custody, Power of Attorney, etc. is also needed.

If you would like to apply for a Fee Waiver for school fees, you will also need to bring in your Medicaid Card, EBT Card, four recent pay stubs, or 2022 W2s. Fee Waiver applications are only valid for the current school year. Applications can be completed each school year.

If you are enrolling your student into West High from another school, proof of withdrawal from their previous school will be required.

If you are missing any of the required documentation for enrollment, please contact us for further assistance.

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All documentation must be brought in person to Student Services or emailed to our Student Services office. If you would prefer to come in person, please call ahead at 801-578-8500 to ensure you can meet with someone for enrollment as we do not offer appointments. If you would prefer to email documents, please send them to WestStudentServices@slcschools.org and enter ENROLLMENT in the subject line.

Once all required documentation is received, your student will then be enrolled into West High and referred to their grade-level counselor for questions regarding courses offered and to register for classes. Counselors are assigned by student grade level and by student last name.

Counseling Center Information

2024/2025 Course Catalog

Courses & Class Selection Information

Student Handbook

Additionally, all families must complete Online Registration for their student. Online Registration is where families will enter parent/guardian contact information, who can check their student out of school, emergency contacts, etc. Families will also find information regarding our dress code, attendance expectations, school fee waivers, school lunch information, and more.

Online Registration needs to be completed each year your student attends West High.

Please note: All students whose first language is a language other than English may need to test with our MLL (Multi-Language Learner) department. This test is necessary to determine if your student qualifies for alternative language services. This test will take place at West High School after your student has enrolled. Your student will need to test before they can meet with a counselor for their class schedule.

The Magnet Gifted & Talented program at West High is offered for students assessed and identified as gifted and talented.  If your student has already been identified by the Salt Lake City School District as eligible for Magnet Gifted & Talented services, West High can be a middle school (7 ^th and 8 ^th grades) option.

The Magnet Gifted & Talented Department in the Salt Lake City School District office manages transfers for students wanting to test into the program. If you are interested in knowing more or wondering if your student is eligible for the Magnet Gifted & Talented program, contact Maggie Nickerson in the District office at maggie.nickerson@slcschools.org or visit the district's Magnet Gifted & Talented website. You can also reach out to the West High administrator of the Magnet Gifted & Talented program, Amy Burge, at amy.burge@slcschools.org for more information.

Any student interested in joining the Magnet Gifted & Talented program will need to test into the program. Once tested and accepted into the program, the Magnet Gifted & Talented Department will send a Letter of Intent / School Choice via email to the students' families. The Letter of Intent will ask parents if their student will be attending a full-time Magnet Gifted & Talented program, and they will need to choose which school their student will attend: West High, Clayton Middle School, or Hillside Middle School. The chosen school will reach out to families with enrollment information.

After West High contacts the parents/guardians, families will need to submit the following documentation for enrollment:

• Birth certificate
• Immunization records
• Two (2) proofs of address- must be dated within three months
• A copy of your student’s IEP/504, if your student has one

If applicable, legal court documentation regarding custody, Power of Attorney, etc. is also needed.

If you would like to apply for a Fee Waiver for school fees, you will also need to bring in your Medicaid Card, EBT Card, four recent pay stubs, or 2022 W2s. Fee Waiver applications are only valid for the current school year. Applications can be completed each school year.

If you are enrolling your student into West High from another school, proof of withdrawal from their previous school will be required.

If you are missing any of the required documentation for enrollment, please contact us for further assistance.

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All documentation must be brought in person to Student Services or emailed to our Student Services office. If you would prefer to come in person, please call ahead at 801-578-8500 to ensure you can meet with someone for enrollment as we do not offer appointments. If you would prefer to email documents, please send them to WestStudentServices@slcschools.org and enter ENROLLMENT in the subject line.

Once all required documentation is received, your student will then be enrolled into West High and referred to their grade-level counselor for questions regarding courses offered and to register for classes. Counselors are assigned by student grade level and by student last name.

Counseling Center Information

2024/2025 Course Catalog

Courses & Class Selection Information

Student Handbook

Additionally, all families must complete Online Registration for their student. Online Registration is where families will enter parent/guardian contact information, who can check their student out of school, emergency contacts, etc. Families will also find information regarding our dress code, attendance expectations, school fee waivers, school lunch information, and more.

Online Registration needs to be completed each year your student attends West High.

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Two items of note:

1. Students accepted into the Magnet Gifted & Talented program who live outside of West High boundaries do not need to apply through Open Enrollment for 7 ^th or 8 ^th grade. However, they will need to apply for Open Enrollment before entering 9 ^th grade if they would like to continue attending West High.
2. All students whose first language is a language other than English may need to test with our MLL department. This test is necessary to determine if your student qualifies for alternative language services. This test will take place at West High School after your student has enrolled. Your student will need to test before they can meet with a counselor for their class schedule.

The Salt Lake City School District implements fees for all students enrolling into a school within the SLCSD. Depending on your students' registered courses and chosen athletics and activities, they may incur additional fees. Fee schedules are under SLCSD Board Policy S-10 and can be found at the following links: School Fees and Athletic Fees .

All families may apply to have school and athletic fees waived by filling out a Fee Waiver Application and submitting the proper documentation to their grade-level administrator for their review and approval.

• A student is eligible for a fee waiver if:
• the student qualifies for free lunch under USDA regulations;
• the student receives SSI;
• the student’s family receives TANF (EBT, Medicaid);
• the student is in foster care; or
• the student is in state custody.

If you are having a financial emergency caused by a job loss, major illness, or other substantial loss of income beyond your control, your child might be eligible for a fee waiver even if other eligibility criteria are not met.

Breakfast and lunch costs are not the same as School Fees. For questions regarding meals and Child Nutrition policies, and to apply for Free/Reduced-Price meals, please refer to the Child Nutrition website. You may also click on this link , which will take you directly to the Free/Reduced meal application. Families must apply for Free/Reduced-Priced Meals every year.

To pay for your student’s meals, you may set up an account using a credit card through My Payments Plus or you may pay in person with cash or check directly with the cafeteria staff.

Students experiencing homelessness may be eligible for services through the McKinney-Vento Act. Eligibility for services is determined by a student’s living situation. Students are deemed eligible if they lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This would include:

• children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason
• are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations
• are living in emergency or transitional shelters
• have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (living in a car, park, abandoned building, substandard housing, or similar setting).

Students who are eligible have the right to:

• Receive a free, appropriate public education.
• Enroll in school immediately, even if lacking documents normally required for enrollment.
• Enroll in school and attend classes while the school gathers needed documents.
• Enroll in the local school; or continue attending the school of origin (the school they attended when permanently housed or the school in which they were last enrolled).
• Receive transportation to and from the school of origin.

Documentation for eligibility must be submitted every year. For more information, please visit the McKinney Vento website.

Enrollment Checklist

West Calendar

Bell Schedule

Grade Level Teams

We are sad to see you go! To withdraw your student from West High, we do require families to complete our official withdrawal process:

• A Secondary Withdrawal Form must be picked up from Student Services for your student to collect all applicable signatures listed on their Withdrawal Form; signatures are needed from teachers, their grade-level counselors, their grade-level administrator, the treasurer, etc.
• All items belonging to West High, such as the school’s laptop and charger, textbooks, library books, ID Card, etc., must be returned. Your student will not be able to get necessary signatures without returning these items.
• Once the Secondary Withdrawal Form is returned to Student Services, with all necessary signatures, the student will be given our withdrawal packet to take to their next school and unenrolled from West.

We will not be able to withdraw your student or fulfill records requests from your student’s next school without your student completing these necessary steps.