Westlake Weekly – November 3, 2017

Academic Awards Ceremony:  As we build our K-8 school culture, we are designing the Academic Awards ceremony to be an annual K-8 event. At the end of the year, all grade levels will have a chance to celebrate student’s academic and social emotional growth. We will not have a trimester awards ceremony; however, 6th-8th grade students who have earned Distinguished Honor Roll, Principal’s List, or Honor roll will receive certificates during their student led conferences.

Parents Go To School Night: Save the date for Parents Go To School Night on Jan. 31st from 5:30-8pm. This is an evening where Westlake teachers and staff present workshop sessions just for you! Please consider providing feedback by HERE on what sessions you would be interested in seeing.

Olympic Triathlon: Click here to watch our WCS Olympic Triathlon Launch Video!

Parent Teacher conferences: Parent Teacher conferences will be held November 13-17.  Click Here to sign up for your student’s conference. Click Here for instructions on how to sign up. We look forward to having 100% of our families attending a 1st trimester conference. Remember, November 13-17 will be early dismissal for all grades to allow for time to meet with each of our families.

BASE is Open Conference Week:  All grades have early dismissal for the week of conferences, November 13-17th. Kindergarten will dismiss at 1:00pm and 1st-8th grade will dismiss at 1:30pm. BASE will be open all week until 6:00 pm. BASE is also open on Monday (11/20) and Tuesday (11/21) of Thanksgiving Break. Click HERE for details of our BASE program. 

School Dismissal Manager Reminder: As we get closer to the rainy season, please make sure that you have your Pin Number if you will be coming to pick up in the Car Line. Please remember to make all changes in School Dismissal Manager prior to 2:10 PM.  Also,  If you do not have your Pin Number or need help logging into School Dismissal Manager, please email [email protected]

Thank you to all of the families who joined us at Lawrence Hall of Science’s presentation of Solids, Liquids and Gases. We hope you enjoyed an exciting evening of entertainment, education and community!

Olympic Triathlon: You have probably been hearing a lot about the Olympic Triathlon but may not be sure what exactly it is. The Olympic Triathlon is our biggest fundraiser of the year. It isn’t just about fundraising but is also about celebrating what sets us apart from so many other schools. Our three specialties of Art, PE and Spanish! This year we will be fundraising to customize our beautiful new campus with things like shade, soccer goals and bike racks.

On Thursday, November 30th our students will participate in a special day of learning on the Olympic Triathlon Event Day. This day is completely staffed and planned by our parent volunteers alongside some fabulous WCS staff members. We need your help to make this day fun and successful for our school and students. Please be on the lookout for an event day sign up soon. In the meantime, if you would like to get involved with planning please contact Amber Hustead, WAVE President, at [email protected]. We currently need help planning the obstacle course, making class flags and more.

Have you had a chance to checkout our new online donation system? You are able to personalize a family donation site to send to friends and family, post on social media or show to co-workers in the office. Please visit http://pledgestar.com/westlakecharter to set up your family donation page. You can customize it with student name(s), a photo and donation goal. You then quickly set it up to send an email explaining why WCS is amazing and how they can help us meet our goal this year.

Our school wide goal is to have each student contribute $180 which represents $1 for every day of school. We encourage families to give what they can whether it is less or more than the goal amount. We are striving for 100% participation from all students to contribute at least $5 towards our Olympic Triathlon Fundraising efforts.

We will be collecting checks and cash at the Maybrook entrance on Tuesday mornings from 8-8:40am. Students will receive prizes and recognition based on online and in person donations.

Amazon Smile: When you start your holiday shopping this month (or next) please consider making all Amazon purchases at https://smile.amazon.com/ and add Westlake Charter as your charitable organization. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice when you shop at smile.amazon.com. Thank you!

Chipotle Family Night Out: Join us for a fundraiser to support Westlake Charter School on Wednesday, November 15th between 4pm and 8pm. Just tell the cashier at 3830 Truxel Road Ste 300 you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 50% of the proceeds will be donated to WCS.