Upcoming Dates:

Monday, September 7, 2015

  • Labor Day – No School

Tuesday,  September 8, 2015

  • La Cucina Matematica – Parent Learning Opportunity – 5:30PM @ STAR Academy (4400 E. Commerce Suite 100)

Wednesday,  September 9, 2015

  • Walking Wednesday – Del Paso
  • Parent Google in Education Night – 6:00PM in the Del Paso Cafeteria

Thursday,  September 10, 2015

  • WCS Board Meeting – 6:30PM – Pebblewood  Room P11

Friday,  September 11, 2015

  • Footloose Friday – Del Paso
  • Spirit Day – Crazy Hair Day

Celebrations:

  • Thank you to all of our parent volunteers who are helping not only keep our parking lot safe, but who are helping our team collect information on how we might improve!  Huge thanks to our data team: Anthony Najera, Shari Kantor, Veronica Hernandez, and Mark Lozano.
  • Big shout out for safety: all staff members attended CPR training last week on our Del Paso campus! Pebblewood staff will all become certified next week.
  • Spirit Shirts Arrived! Westlake Charter purchased a Spirit Shirt for every student this year – let’s see those explorers showing their school spirit on Fridays.
  • Thank you to all the parents who attended our first Coffee Talk. This was a fantastic opportunity to #ConnectWithWCS – Thank you Explorer Families!

Announcements:

For the Whole School

CAASPP Test Results: CAASPP Test results are expected to come in within the next few weeks. As soon as Westlake receives the printed copies of your student’s CAASPP Results, we will be sending them home. To make sure all families are prepared to receive these test results, Westlake Charter has posted the following resources:

Click Here for a letter from Westlake Charter about CAASSP.

Click Here to view a video produced by the California Department of Education.

Parent Learning Opportunities: This week we have two great opportunities to #ConnectWithWCS

Click Here to learn more La Cucina Matematica and Parent Google in Education Night.

Attendance Awareness Month: Westlake Charter is proud to once again join the nationwide campaign for Attendance Awareness this September. By being a part of this national conversation to advocate good attendance, Westlake Charter hopes to compel our community to make significant progress toward reducing chronic absences. Follow Westlake Charter on social media for informative facts about chronic absences, and helpful links to more Attendance Awareness Month information.  Follow WCS on Twitter & Find WCS on Facebook

For Del Paso

Math Monday: Each week we will be releasing Math Monday on Friday afternoon. You can find the link by going to www.westlakecharter.com, then click on WCS, and the Math Monday link is on the right side of the page. We will also send this link out on Sunday nights in our regular blog post.

Click Here for Math Monday

For Pebblewood

Study Island: This week, our 6th-8th grade Advisory teachers will begin launching Study Island, an online, Personalized Learning Tool. Take a tour of this tool and recognize that it can be used at home to expand learning opportunities for your student, as well as help in areas where they need extra support.

Click Here for a tour of Study Island.