grading system In the 2004–05 school year, Westmoor and other schools in the Jefferson Union High School District changed their grading periods from four quarters in two semesters per year to simply two semesters. Student progress reports are issued each third of a semester. Sustained Silent Reading Westmoor began the Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) program in 2001. On a normal schedule, a twenty-minute period is designated for SSR on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Starting in the 2005–06 school year, this period recurs on a rotating basis at the beginning of the 1st through 6th periods. During SSR, students and teachers are excluded from classwork, reading textbooks, or writing. Westmoor believes that giving students 17 minutes a day to read instead of giving them a homeroom period or study hall will improve their productivity as a student. Standardized testing Extracurricular activities Clubs and organizations Westmoor High School is home to more than 20 active clubs. All clubs are required to submit an updated Club Information Sheet to the Associated Student Body Executive Board at the beginning of the school year. The following list includes all clubs found on their website, although it is not current. Anime Club, Anti-Bullying Club, Auto Safety Club, Bible Club, Bicycle Club, Broadcasting Club, buildOn, Burmese Club, California Scholarship Federation (CSF), Ceramics Guild, Chess Club, Dance Nation (Project A.C.E), Drama Club, Eco-Hero, Fashion Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Feminism Club, Filipino Barkada, Film Club, French Club, Key Club, Los Hermanos, Moving Mindfulness, Polynesian Club, Pride Club, Red Cross Club, Service Commission (Green Hats), Sonshine Club, SPCA Club, Speech and Debate Club, Swim Club, UNICEF Club, and Westmoor High Artistically Talented (W.H.A.T). Student journalism/yearbook The Rampage is the official school-sponsored newspaper at Westmoor. It is written and published by the students of the Publications class, which also works on the school yearbook. It is generally regarded as a high-quality publication with engaging articles and interviews with Westmoor staff and students. Articles often include relevant topics, such as recent school events and world news, as well as pieces on pop culture and debate topics in which two writers with differing opinions on certain subject matters write side by side opinion pieces. It is published on the school website. The Rampage produced its first and only issue of the 2004–05 school year in October 2004, although it had several more issues planned that were never published before the end