Westlake Weekly Podcast: CLICK HERE for this week’s Westlake Weekly Podcast.

Staff Appreciation – LAST CHANCE:  CLICK HERE to fill out our staff appreciation form to share some gratitude for each of our staff members by Monday, May 2nd. Submit as many as you’d like! You can celebrate staff and we will make sure they receive your message during Staff Appreciation Week May 2nd – 6th!

Health and safety: Please see our Health and Safety Guidebook and our COVID Dashboard on the Return to Schools website.

• Timeline for COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements in Schools: The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet fully approved COVID-19 vaccines for individuals of all ages within the 7–12 grade span. The State of California announced last October that full approval by the FDA was a precondition to initiating the rulemaking process to add the COVID-19 vaccine to other vaccinations required for in-person school attendance—such as measles, mumps, and rubella—pursuant to California’s Health and Safety Code. To ensure sufficient time for successful implementation of new vaccine requirements, California will not initiate the regulatory process for a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for the 2022-2023 school year and as such, any vaccine requirements would not take effect until after full FDA approval and no sooner than July 1, 2023.

Open House: Save the Date for the K-8th Open House on Wednesday, May 18th and High School Open House on Wednesday, May 25th.  Both of these events will be in person! We are excited to have our community come together on our K-8 and our High School Campus. 

High School Grade End of Year Field Lesson: Our 9th-grade students will be traveling to CSU Sonoma and UC Davis.  They will also be participating in the Ropes Course at Quarry Park, a Leadership Summit, and an overnight on our High School Campus.  We are excited to celebrate these 9th-grade students for the fantastic year we have had!   Please read below for more information and to sign up to chaperone. 

• CLICK HERE for the slide show
• CLICK HERE to Volunteer for the College Field Lesson 6/6
• CLICK HERE to Volunteer for our End of Year Field Lesson 6/7-6/8

K-8 Yearbooks: Our amazing middle school yearbook elective has created a beautiful K-8 yearbook. It is in the process of being finalized and will go on sale in the next couple of weeks. 

High School Yearbooks: Our VERY FIRST HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK EVER is ready for purchase! CLICK HERE to order your yearbooks. Yearbook orders must be placed by May 31st. 

High School SPACE4GIRLS Launch: Join our Space4Girls Club as they launch a Weather Balloon that will travel to space with a science experiment that our students created.  The launch will take place at the SMUD MOSAC Museum on Saturday May 14th from 11AM-1 PM.  Countdown begins at 11:59 AM. 

High School Block Party Dance: Save the date for our High School Block Party Dance. May 14th from 6-9 PM in the Oasis! 

In case you missed it…

Reporting COVID-19 Positive Tests and Exposure: If your student has tested positive to COVID-19, or has been exposed to someone who tested positive off campus, please CLICK HERE to complete this form and our contact tracing team will follow up. 

COVID Symptoms: If your student has any COVID-19 symptoms, please keep them home until they are symptom free for 24 hours. Symptoms include: Fever over 100.4, sore throat, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, muscle/body aches, cough, difficulty breathing, loss of taste or smell. If your student has any of those symptoms, please keep them home until they are symptom-free for 24 hours and email [email protected] to report their absence.

National Staff Appreciation Week: National Staff Appreciation Week is this week and WAVE plans to shower our staff with appreciation. We have created a fun list of ways your student can show our Westlake Charter School staff how thankful we are for all they do each and every day. Please CLICK HERE to see our daily suggestions and encourage your student to find ways to show their appreciation all week long.

WAVE Board Elections: Help us make the 22-23 school year amazing by joining the WAVE Board. All board positions of President, Vice President of Business Operations, Vice President of Parent Participation, Treasurer and Secretary are coming up for election in May. If you are interested in learning more or finding out how to get involved, please contact Amber Hustead, WAVE President, at [email protected]. 

Kudos: What an amazing week at Westlake Charter School. Our students were incredibly focused and dedicated during CAASPP testing this week. Our staff ensured our students were confident and prepared for the first week of testing. Our parents have been busy planning and organizing the International Festival and Staff Appreciation Week. Well done, Explore Community!