K-12 Announcements:

Westlake Weekly Podcast: CLICK HERE for this week’s Westlake Weekly Podcast.

Building Toward 2025: As we look toward 2025, when we will graduate our first senior class of students and send them to college! This gives us the next 30 months to build our pathways to graduation, and we are more excited and more invested than ever! During these next 2 plus years we will align our K-12 programs, seek our next full accreditation, and ensure that our programs lead to our ambitions expectations. To bring this work to life, we are excited to announce two staffing position moves that we hope you will help us celebrate: 

1. Effective immediately, Mrs. Emily Battin will be promoted to Director of K-12 School Leadership/acting High School Principal. Mrs. Battin will continue as our acting High School Principal until June. Beginning in the 2023 – 2024 Mrs. Battin will supervise principals at each school, functioning in her new capacity as Director of K-12 Leadership.
2. Beginning in the fall of 2023, Mrs. Lila McIver will be promoted to Westlake Charter High School Principal, and will work under the direct supervision of Mrs. Battin.

Please help us congratulate both Mrs. Battin and Mrs. McIver!

2023/24 Academic Calendar: Our 2023/24 Academic Calendar has been approved and is linked here for your reference. CLICK HERE for the 2023/24 Academic Calendar.  The 2023/24 school year will start on Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 and end on Thursday, June 6th, 2024.  If you have any questions on the calendar, please contact [email protected].

K-10 Parent Teacher Conferences:  K-10 Conference week – March 6th – March 10th.  Our Canyon Creek conference scheduler is live!  Remember, during conference week we will dismiss early to allow time to meet with each of our families – Kindergarten will dismiss at 1:00 PM and 1st–8th grade will dismiss at 1:30 PM, and High School will dismiss at 1:29 PM. Our K-8 BASE program will be open after school until 6:00 PM each day.

• CLICK HERE to schedule your conference. 
• CLICK HERE for the direction sheet with step-by-step details on how to schedule your appointment. 

6th-10th Presentation: In response to an incident in a middle school area of our campus this week, our administrative and counseling teams gave a presentation to 6th-10th grade classes about the importance of addressing hate speech in our school community.  Our students engaged in a conversation about the power of communication between members of our community. Students responded well to the message that as Upstanders, we are all empowered to respond to any perceived hate speech by speaking with a trusted adult or using the digital reporting form located on the front of our school’s website. We are proud of how our students are responding to this information by discussing these important topics with respect and responsibility.

K-8 Announcements

Missoula Children’s Theater Company: Monday, March  6th at 1:45 PM all K-8 students are welcome to audition for Missoula Theater Company’s production of The Jungle Book. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be in a professional show. CLICK HERE for details.  CLICK HERE to RSVP to audition. 

Enrichment sign ups: Our spring session of enrichment classes begins the week of March 13th. CLICK HERE to see the list of class offerings as well as information about how to register your student.

9-12 Announcements

Upcoming Games for the week: (Spring Season is starting!!) 

• Monday, 2/27 4:00 PM Girls Soccer @ HOME vs. Buckingham Charter
• Tuesday, 2/28 4:00 PM Girls Soccer Game @ HOME vs.  Cristo Rey
• Wednesday, 3/1 4:15 PM E-Sports Game vs. Pioneers 
• Thursday, 3/2 5:00 PM JV Boys Volleyball @ HOME  vs. West Park

SAVE the Date Spring Fling Dance 3/18:  We are excited to host our Spring Dance on Saturday March 18th.  This dance will be held on our K8 campus.  Students will be able to purchase tickets during lunch after the February break.

Volunteer Log Competition: The grade level with the most volunteer hours logged in February will choose from a list of prizes including free dress day, picnic with Coach, extra recess, and more. 3rd grade is currently in the lead with 4th and 5th close behind! Please visit Westlake Charter School – Volunteer to log your hours in just a couple minutes.  Looking for volunteer opportunities? Please email [email protected] to learn about our current volunteer needs. 

Monthly WAVE Meeting: Once a month we host a parent/guardian meeting to discuss community building activities, fundraising, upcoming events, and ways to support our staff. If you are interested in learning more about WAVE or finding out how to get involved, this is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the Westlake Charter community. Please join us on Wednesday, March 1st at 6:00pm in the library at our K-8 campus. All adults in attendance will enjoy some treats and take home some WCS swag! A copy of the meeting agenda can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Nation’s Fundraiser:  Our next restaurant fundraiser is coming up on Tuesday, February 28th from 8am-12am at Nation’s Restaurant  (3530 Truxel Road). There are 3 easy ways to participate. Order in store and mention the WAVE fundraiser, CLICK HERE to order online and add “fundraiser” to your cart, or call the store and mention you are with WAVE before placing your order. We will receive 20% of the total sales. Thank you for the continued support!

Family Science Night: Please join us on Thursday, March 2nd at 5:30pm in the K-8 cafeteria for a fun and interactive Family Science Night with Sierra Nevada Journeys. The first half of the event will be full of a dozen different hands-on STEM stations for all ages to enjoy. Beginning at 6:15pm, families break up into teams for a friendly design challenge. What an incredible opportunity to experience hands-on learning with the entire family. We need a mix of adult and 6-10th grade student volunteers. Please CLICK HERE to sign up!

Kudos:  Huge shoutout to the parents and guardians who have recently joined a committee, volunteered to host a cultural booth, and attended a WAVE meeting. Our community continues to grow and improve as more people get involved. Thank you for the support and dedication to Westlake Charter School!