Westlake Weekly – October 6th, 2017

FREE – Natomas Fun Run: Place in your newsletter: On Saturday, October 14th, the Natomas Schools Foundation will be hosting a 5K Fun Run.  One of our families made a contribution that sponsors all Westlake students and faculty to participate for free! Register your student, wear your spirit shirt

1. Click HERE to register your student
2. Select ‘Westlake Charter Students sponsor Inderkum Family’
3. Enter/agree to the additional information on the registration page
4. Enter ‘Explorers2017’ as the promo code.

If you have additional questions on the race or how to sign up your student, please contact Jim Sanders at 916-561-5267.

October Break: There will be no school, and we will be closing our office from Monday, October 9 through Friday, October 13th for Fall Break. BASE will be open from 7am to 6pm during Fall Break.

Bully Prevention: Our school community will be taking part in National Bully Prevention Month.  During this month, Explorers will take part in a Bully Awareness Assembly with their class.  Explorers will also be invited to sign an Upstanders Pledge.  Stay tuned for more information about Westlake’s response to bullying.  

Walktober, Walk Across America Challenge: Can our school “Walk Across America” in October?  Walk to school as many times as you can during October to participate in the Walktober, Walk to School Challenge! Students use their Trip Scanner Cards to scan-in on campus when they walk to school.  Their miles will be combined to track how far we can get as a school group.  The class with the highest percentage of students participating will win a class prize. Click HERE to see the informational flyer and encourage your family to participate.

Walk to School Day Event – Tuesday, October 17th, before school: Families, come out and join us for the Walk to School Day event! Participate by either walking from home, parking and walking from at least 3 blocks away, or one of the neighborhood parks, or joining the Walking School Bus group. The Walking School Bus group meets at Burberry Park on the corner of Club Center Dr. and Northborough Dr.  The group walks every day, meeting at 7:50am and leaving at 8:00am. All participants will enjoy a free breakfast on campus and can have fun at the DJ dance party! Come early!

Book Fair: Love books? Good News! The Scholastic Book Fair is almost here! Help us reach our goal of 170,640 reading minutes so we can break our past record. We will be open 10/17-10/27 in the “NEW” Library Media Center. Pre-Orders will start on 10/9 and will be delivered during the Book Fair. If you would like to volunteer click HERE for the Book Fair homepage and sign-up! You can decorate, set up, help kids select books, serve refreshments, or help pack up. There are lots of ways to participate. Can’t wait to see you there!

Middle School PE Shirts: All 6th-8th grade students have received a free t-shirt that will be their PE uniform when the gym and locker rooms open. For families who would like to purchase additional shirts, The PE shirts are now available for purchase on the School Supply Donation page! The deadline to purchase shirts is November 24th and they will arrive before winter break.

Arden Fair School Cents: Next Saturday, October 14th, head on over to Arden Fair Mall’s center court (by the big elevator and Nordstrom) between 10-11am for a free Kids Club event including crafts with the Craftketeers and Halloween treats! Don’t forget to wear your costumes. Be sure to check in under Westlake Charter School at the table in order for WCS to earn 1,000 points per student in the School Cents competition! Thousands of dollars are awarded each year to the participating schools based on points earned during the school year. Please Click HERE for details on turning in your receipts both online and in person. If you are interested in co-chairing this program please contact Amber Hustead, WAVE President, at [email protected].

Fall Festival: Our 7th Annual Fall Festival is coming up on Saturday, October 21st! We’re excited to announce several new additions to this year’s Fall Festival. Not only will it be on our amazing new campus, we will also have our first ever haunted house and some new carnival style games! Don’t forget to sign up to donate to your child’s classroom silent auction basket, to the treat walk, needed supplies and to volunteer at a booth! Click HERE for more details or email [email protected] for additional information. This event can’t happen without all your support so please check out all the opportunities you can to get involved!

WAVE Calendar of Events: WAVE has a full calendar of events planned for the upcoming school year and we are excited to share it with you. Please Click HERE to learn more about WAVE and access the full schedule of events, meetings, coffee talks and more. Many events are still in need of leads and volunteers so please contact Amber Hustead, WAVE President, at [email protected] for more information or to start getting involved today. These incredible events cannot happen without your support!