Westlake Weekly – October 19, 2018

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Enrichment Survey: Click HERE to take a few moments to provide feedback regarding After-School Live’s Enrichment program. Enrichment classes are fee-based, but scholarships are available.

Coffee Talk: We would like to invite all families to our Coffee Talk on Friday, October 26th right after morning line up. The Coffee Talk will be held in Mrs. Chavez’s room, F106.

Scholastic Book Fair: The Scholastic Book Fair takes place in the library Saturday, October 20th through Thursday, October 25th. See the schedule below:

Red Ribbon: WCS will be celebrating National Red Ribbon Week October 22nd – October 26th.  Throughout the week students will be engaging in activities and discussions about making positive and healthy choices.  Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any questions about Red Ribbon Week.

After School Drill: We will be practicing an emergency lockdown and evacuation drill after school on Tuesday, October 23rd. This drill will include our BASE, WCS Athletics, After School Clubs, and After School Enrichment classes.

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 6:00-7:00 PM 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.  

WAVE Coffee Talk: Please join us this Friday, October 26th at 8:30am for the second Coffee Talk of the year. We will meet in room F106 to chat, drink coffee and enjoy some treats. Coffee Talks are a great time to learn more about what is currently happening at WCS, ask Administration questions, offer suggestions and meet other parents.

Olympic Triathlon: Our 11th annual Westlake Charter Olympic Triathlon is here! The Triathlon is not just about fundraising. It is about celebrating and supporting our three specialties of Art, Spanish and P.E. which are led by fully credentialed specialty teachers. Our annual Olympic Triathlon allows WCS to celebrate this trifecta and offer our family, friends and community a way to support this work.

On Thursday, November 29th 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 Click HERE and fill out the form to be contacted. We currently need help planning the obstacle course, making class flags and more.

You can get started fundraising today! Please click HERE to visit the PledgeStar website to set up a family donation page. You can customize it with student name(s), a photo and donation goal. It is easy to quickly request sponsors via email or text 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.

Over the years families have come up with many create ways to fundraise during the Olympic Triathlon. Some ideas include: making and selling items, a lemonade or hot cocoa stand, sending a video about why they love WCS to potential donors, garage sales and more. You can raise money any way that works for your family!

Be on the lookout for information in your student’s backpack regarding the event, prizes, in person collection days and more. Thank you for your continued support!

After School Sports Snack Bar: Our new Sports Program will have snacks available at all games this year. Can you help staff our snack bar for one game? Please Click HERE to sign up for a shift.

Lake Crest Village Trick-or-Treat Party: Saturday, October 27 from 3-5, wear your costumes and come to Lake Crest Village for free entertainment including music, bounce house, balloon artistry, giveaways, pumpkin carvings and safe and fun trick-or-treating at participating merchants. Each student that drops off a flier to the Guest Services desk at the Nugget will also earn 500 points for WCS. If you do any shopping, save your receipts and click HERE to submit them online or drop them off to the school office. Every dollar spent counts!

Kudos: Our After School Clubs kicked off last week and brought so much joy to our campus. Students from all grades were participating in various programs from Gardening to Civics to Basketball and more. Thank you to the parents and middle school students leading these incredible clubs. You are enriching the lives of so many students and we are truly thankful for your contribution.