Celebrations
Our K-8 Explorers recently participated in The Great Kindness Challenge through Morning Meeting and Advisory activities and a Kindness Carnival, all focused on bringing kindness to their friends, family, community, environment, and themselves!
Congratulations to our Robotics Team, The Metal Benders, who earned the Innovate Award in the FIRST Tech Challenge Competition. This honor recognizes teams for creative, effective and well-documented engineering solutions. The award reflects our students’ hard work, teamwork and growth as they designed, built, programmed and refined their robot throughout the season.
In its debut semester, our Marine Biology elective is already making waves as students explore ocean density through engaging, hands-on learning. We love seeing science come alive in the classroom!
Announcements
K-12 Announcements
Talent Show: You are invited! Join us in the K-8 gymnasium on Friday, February 13th @ 6:00 PM for our K-12 Talent Show! Come show your WCS spirit by supporting our performers! Don’t miss the amazing staff dance! The event is free to attend.
February Break: Both campuses will be closed for February Break Monday, February 16th through Friday, February 20th. We look forward to welcoming students back on Monday, February 23rd.
Lost & Found: The Lost & Found at each campus is overflowing with jackets, lunch boxes, water bottles and more! K-8 families: Swing by to check for missing items behind the Admin Building during conference week. WCHS students: Look in the Commons during arrival, lunch, and dismissal. All unclaimed items will be donated over February Break.
K-12 Conferences: Save the date for our K-12 Conference week – Conferences will take place March 2nd – 6th. Remember, during conference week, we will dismiss early to allow time to meet with each of our families – Kindergarten will dismiss at 1:00 PM, and 1st – 12th grade will dismiss at 1:30 PM. Our BASE program will be open after school until 6:00 PM each day for K-8 Explorers. The online scheduler will be open from February 9th through March 1st.
K-8 Announcements
Career Day: We are planning our Spring 2026 Career Day with our 3rd and 7th grade students! Career exploration promotes self-awareness and allows students to learn about their abilities, interests, and strengths. We are looking for volunteers to share about their careers! Presenters would be expected to give a 20-25 minute presentation to two to three groups of students at our K-8 campus. If you or someone you know has an awesome career and would be interested in sharing about it with our students, please CLICK HERE to express interest and our counselors will reach out to you. Expressed interest does not commit you to speaking at Career Day – we are gathering interest first! Thank you all for your support!
K-8 Yearbook Cover Contest: Want to design this year’s yearbook cover? We’re excited to announce our Yearbook Cover Contest, open to all Westlake Charter School students! Students should create a yearbook cover drawing on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. CLICK HERE for rules and details. To submit an entry, please CLICK HERE to complete the Google Form and upload your artwork by Friday, February 6th at 3:30 PM. We can’t wait to see your creativity shine! The winner will be announced on Friday, February 23rd.
2025-2026 K-8 Yearbook: The 2025-26 Westlake Charter School yearbooks are available to order! Orders are due April 27th to be guaranteed to be delivered by the last week of school, so don’t delay in placing your order. CLICK HERE to order your K-8 yearbook directly through TreeRing and get two pages to personalize with your own pictures! Use code 101667583471473 or see the email with the link to purchase. Need help? Contact: Ms. Chapman [email protected].
BASE During February Break: BASE will be open during February Break from Tuesday, February 17th through Friday, February 20th, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Students will enjoy a fun filled week featuring winter themed arts and crafts, group games, and special enrichment activities. BASE will provide a light snack each day. Families are asked to send students with a cold lunch. If you are interested in enrolling your student for February Break, please CLICK HERE to complete the enrollment form. Completing the form will help us plan staffing appropriately for the week. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Missoula Children’s Theater Company: On Monday, March 2nd at 1:45 PM, all K-8 students are welcome to audition for Missoula Theater Company’s production of Alice in Wonderland. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be in a professional show. CLICK HERE for details. CLICK HERE to RSVP to audition.
9-12 Announcements
Upcoming Home Athletics:
- Monday, February 2nd @ 4:30 PM: Home – Boys JV Basketball vs. Natomas High
- Monday, February 2nd @ 6:00 PM: Home – Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Delta
- Monday, February 2nd @ 6:00 PM: Home – Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Delta
- Wednesday, February 4th @ 3:30 PM: Home – Boys JV Basketball vs. NP3
- Wednesday, February 4th @ 5:00 PM: Home – Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Adventure Christian
WCHS Swim Tryouts: The 2025-26 Swim season begins soon! Tryouts will be held Tuesday, February 3rd and Wednesday, February 4th @ 6:00 AM at Natomas HS. Students must have a current 25-26 HomeCampus account prior to participating in team tryouts and must attend at least ONE tryout to be eligible for the team. If unable to attend either day, please contact Lauren Binger in Athletics, [email protected], ASAP to make alternative arrangements. Tryouts are closed-door (only students trying out may attend). Please wear appropriate swim attire and arrive at least 15 minutes early to sign in and be ready to work!
Save the Date – SAT for Juniors – Wednesday, March 11th: Our 11th grade students will have the opportunity to take the SAT here on campus during the school day on Wednesday, March 11th. Unlike the PSAT, when all students took the test unless they opted out, students will only take the SAT if they submit a form opting in. CLICK HERE to opt in to have your Junior take the SAT on March 11th. Students must be opted in by Wednesday, March 4th, at 5:00 PM.
Save the Date:
- Friday, February 6th @ 8:30 AM: WAVE Coffee Talk – K-8 Library
- Thursday, February 26th @ 7:00 PM: WAVE Planning & Board Meeting
- Friday, March 6th @ 8:30 AM: WAVE Coffee Talk – WCHS OASIS
- Wednesday, March 25th: Trivia Night
Share Topics for Future Coffee Talks: We’d love your input on future Coffee Talk topics. Whether it’s something you’d like to hear from WAVE, the Westlake administration, or the broader school community, this is a great way to help shape future conversations. The form only takes a few minutes, and you’re welcome to share as many ideas as you’d like. CLICK HERE to submit your ideas here.
Logging Hours: If you’ve volunteered 30 minutes or more, please take a quick moment to CLICK HERE to log your hours. Whether it was helping in the classroom, supporting the Olympic Triathlon, Bingo Night, or the Fall Festival, every hour counts! Tracking volunteer time helps us meet our school’s charter commitments and shows the incredible impact our families make. It takes less than a minute — let’s see which grade level can log the most hours!
Kudos: Thanks to everyone who helped plan, set up and attend our WAVE Family Dance on Saturday! We hope you connected with old friends and made new ones while enjoying the music, dancing, and activities that brought our Westlake community together. Without volunteers like you, events like this wouldn’t be possible.
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