Westlake Weekly – October 12, 2018

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Walktober: Walktober started off a success with over 250 participants joining us for the International Walk to School Day! Our goal for Walktober is to walk the equivalent miles of walking across the United States. So far we have walked 390 miles, saved 15.6 gallons of gas, and burned 15,611 calories! We also have a prize for the class with the most participants. Ms. People’s class is in the lead, with Ms. Block’s class following closely behind. Keep recording those trips Explorers!

6th Grade Info Night: On Thursday, October 18th at 6:00 PM we are having our 6th Grade Information Night. We know there is a lot to consider when choosing a Middle School. That evening, we will share how our middle school program compares to other local options.

High School Information Night: October 24, 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM The night will start with a quick presentation from each school in attendance. After the presentation, you will have an opportunity to circulate the booths and talk with a representative from any school of interest to you and your student. The following schools have been invited to attend our High School Information Night:

Standards Based Grading Parent Night: Our school is moving towards Standards Based Grading. Come join us for a parent night on Thursday, November 1st, from 6:00-7:00pm in the cafeteria. At this event we will discuss: The “What?” and “Why?” of Standards Based Grading.

Parent Teacher Conference: Parent Teacher conferences will be held November 5th-9th. Click HERE to sign up for your student’s conference starting October 15th. 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 5th-9th will be early dismissal for all grades to allow for time to meet with each of our families.

Amazon Smile: Will you be purchasing on Amazon in the next few months?? Please click HERE and consider using AmazonSmile for any Amazon.com purchases, using the link above, Amazon.com will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to Westlake Charter School. Thank you for your consideration!

Infinite Campus Parent Portal: Infinite Campus is releasing a new Parent Portal App. If you already have the IC app, it will notify you that it is retiring soon and give you the option to continue with the new app. If you don’t have it yet, you can download the new “Campus Parent” app through your phone’s app store for easy access on the go. The Parent Portal allows you to monitor information about your student’s progress in real-time.  Upon login to the Parent Portal, you can view your student’s grades, upcoming assignments, attendance, set up notification alerts, and much more. Click HERE to access the Portal on your computer.  If you have forgotten your username and/or password, you can fill out this Google form to have it reset. If you have any questions, please visit our website at www.natomasunified.org/icportal, speak with your school site staff, email [email protected], or call 916-567-5819.

2018 Fall Festival: The 8th annual Fall Festival is Saturday, October 20th from 2pm-6pm! This family event is open to the entire community with games suitable for all ages! The event features food, a haunted house and the ever popular silent auction baskets where all proceeds go directly to the classrooms.

• Volunteering: It takes hundreds of parent volunteers to make this event a success! Most shifts are only 1 hour and opportunities range from decorations/set up, working booths and tear down. Please sign up today by clicking HERE.
• Donations: From supplies, to lending pop up canopies and coolers, this is another great way to earn hours, especially for those who can’t volunteer the day of! Families can earn hours for the time they spend shopping for the items and bringing it to the school. Click HERE to find out what items are still needed.
• Treat Walk Donations: Calling all bakers! Click HERE to sign up to make (or buy) treats that can be used as prizes for the treat walk!
• Ticket Sales:
  • Presale: On Wednesday 10/17 and Friday 10/19 we will be selling your height in tickets for $20. Look for someone in a bright orange T-shirt!
  • At event: Tickets are $1 each or $20/25 tickets. For reference, most games will be 1 ticket while a few will be up to 3 tickets. Food court will be from 1-5 tickets.

• For any questions regarding Fall Festival please contact Aileen at [email protected].

Volunteer Page: The WAVE Volunteer Page is a great place to find out about upcoming events, sign up to volunteer, log your volunteer hours and check out what our amazing WCS volunteers have been working on. Volunteer hours include anything you were doing to support our staff, students and community. This includes attending WAVE meetings, take home projects, field lessons, coaching a WCS team, working at an event, opening car doors during drop off, buying treats for the cake walk, making chili for the Chili Cook-Off and so much more!

After School Sports Snack Bar: Our new Sports Program will have snacks available at all games this year. We need a parent or team to take on the role of keeping track of stock and managing the schedule. Additionally, we need parents to sell snacks during the games. Please contact Amber Hustead at [email protected] to get involved today!

Kudos: Our fabulous Walking School Bus program would not be possible without a committed team of volunteers focused on getting our students to and from school safely and helping reduce traffic on and around our campus. WCS students are able to walk to school from Burberry Park five mornings a week and then walk back to the park five afternoons a week. Thank you to each and every adult who has helped with Walking School Bus this year! Special thanks to Kristyn Escobedo, Ron Tapping, Rob Hedrick, Jeree Hedrick, Nu-Gina Rogers, Christie London and Sharon Rona.