Westlake Weekly – March 23, 2018

Weekly Podcast: Click HERE to listen to this week’s podcast.

Westlake Athletics Program: We are calling all families who have any background experience in managing, coaching or facilitating sports programs to come to a special meeting. The Parent Athletics Coalition meeting will be held Thursday, March 29th at 6:00pm, in the multi-purpose room. At this meeting, we will be soliciting parent expert advice on how to best develop a WCS Athletics Program to launch in the Fall of 2018.

No School April 2nd: Please remember that we will not have school on Monday, April 2nd. It is marked as a travel day on our academic calendar. BASE will be open from 7am to 6pm on April 2nd.

Spring Session After-School LIVE: Spring After-School LIVE runs from April 9 – May 25. Please click HERE to sign-up to lead a club and provide our Explorers with joyful learning experiences! For more information about what it means to lead a club click HERE for the volunteer information flier. If you have any questions, please email Allison Chavez at [email protected].

CAASPP Testing: Westlake Charter School’s 2018 CAASPP testing window is May 7th – June 1, 2018. Click HERE for our 2018 CAASPP Parent Notification Letter for information about CAASPP testing. To access this letter on our website, click the WCS tab to view our Academics page, the notification letter will be available on the sidebar on the right of the page.

WCS Spirit Store: The Spirit Store will be opening on Monday, March 26th with several new items to choose from! Samples of most items will be available at the International Festival for families to choose their favorite size and color. The store closes on Monday, April 9th at noon. Don’t forget to stock up now to have items before the next school year starts!

2018 International Festival: The 13th Annual International Festival is only two weeks away, April 7th! The plans are coming together quite nicely and this year’s event will be one of the best! We still need contributions and your support to ensure that this event is a success.  Below is a summary of the areas we need your help:

• Cultural Booths – Coordinated by Amber Hustead – [email protected]: So far, we only have 18 Cultural Booths. Our goal is 25! We’re working towards our goal and every booth counts! Are you in need of parent hours? All of the time put into preparing and hosting a booth on event day goes toward the 30 hour/family recommendation. Consider hosting a Cultural Booth this year! Booth hosts provide a small sampling of native cuisine, artifacts, a simple activity for kids and are reimbursed up to $75 for booth expenses. Click HERE for the Cultural Booth Sign-up. 
• Dessert Walk – Coordinated by Alina Corpus – [email protected]: Want to show off your baking skills? Click HERE to donate desserts for the WCS International Festival Dessert Walk.
• Equipment & Supplies – Coordinated by Tyler Cajigas – [email protected]: Equipment and supply donations are needed as well (ie. pop-up tents, ice chests, tables, drinks, ice). Click HERE  to sign up to donate or lend us your equipment.
• Parent Volunteers – Coordinated by Erika Bumbardner – [email protected]: The success of this event greatly depends on the support of our volunteers.  There are still many opportunities available and it is a chance to get some more volunteer hours in during the last trimester! Click HERE to sign up for a shift.
• Raffle Baskets – Coordinated by Kristyn Escobedo – [email protected]: This year each grade level is putting together a basket themed according to the continent that grade is studying. Click HERE to see what your student’s grade level basket still needs!

For more information, please click HERE to visit the International Festival website.

Box Tops for Education: Start saving your box tops for a classroom competition beginning next month!

WAVE Board Elections: Are you interested in being part of the WAVE board? All board positions for President, VP of Business Affairs, VP of Parent Participation, Treasurer and Secretary are coming up for elections in April. If you’re interested in getting more involved with WAVE, please contact Amber Hustead, WAVE President, at [email protected].