K-12 Announcements

Attendance Campaign Update: We are excited to launch a new digital communication campaign this year to engage, educate, and celebrate attendance with your family!

Our goal is to build a strong culture of achievement, starting with the habit of showing up. Regular attendance helps students succeed academically and socially. Throughout the year, we’ll connect in various ways:

• Recognizing students with 95% or higher attendance
• Notifying families when absences are higher than the average
• Celebrating attendance improvements
• Identifying when students may benefit from additional support

Please be on the lookout for our emails and texts—these messages are meant to support you. We will be sharing helpful, positive information so our children can thrive. We believe that together, we can strengthen our partnership and ensure all of our students have the opportunity to succeed.

We look forward to celebrating our achievements together!

Middle School After School Live Athletics – Volunteer Coaching Opportunities: We are excited to be relaunching our Middle School ASLive Athletics program, which is open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. We are looking for VOLUNTEER COACHES to make this possible. Teams will meet twice a week throughout the season for practices and games. Practices and games last from 3:15 – 4:15 PM every day except Wednesdays. CLICK HERE to complete the Volunteer Coach interest form to let us know if you are interested in finding out more about coaching flag football, basketball, or volleyball!

Bully Prevention Month: October is National Bully Prevention Month. Throughout the month, both campuses will be doing activities to promote the importance of getting to know one another and how to take an active role in creating a more empathic and inclusive community.

K-8 Announcements

International Walk to School Day:  Please join us on Friday, October 17th for the biggest Walking School Bus of the year! We will depart Burberry Community Park near Northborough Drive and Club Center Drive at 7:50 AM on a walk to school where we will join an epic dance party with a DJ. You don’t want to miss this celebration!

Middle School Dance: Our student leadership team is preparing for our next Middle School dance on Friday, October 17th from 4:00 – 5:00 PM  in our K-8 Gym! The music, food, and photo opportunities will be so much fun! We are in need of families to volunteer to support this event. Please CLICK HERE to sign up if you are able to help set up, chaperone, clean up or donate food/drinks. Thanks for your support!

9-12 Announcements

Upcoming Home Athletics:

• ​​Saturday, October 11th @ 8:00 AM: Away – Co-Ed Cross Country Meet at Wildfire Invitational
• Thursday, October 16th @ 6:45 PM: Home – Boys Varsity Soccer vs. CCAA

WCHS Conference Week:  Our first WCHS Conference Week of the year will take place upon our return from Fall Break, October 13th – 17th.  Our Canyon Creek conference scheduler is now live.  Please remember, during conference week students will dismiss at 1:30 PM every day of the week. CLICK HERE for step-by-step instructions for scheduling your conference. CLICK HERE to visit the Canyon Creek Online Scheduler, the school password is explorers. You can use Canyon Creek to schedule your conferences or sign up directly with your student’s Advisory teacher.

Save the Date – PSAT/NMSQT Testing for 11th Grade: All 11th graders will have the opportunity to take the PSAT/NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) on campus on Wednesday, October 22nd. CLICK HERE for more information about this test. WCHS will register students and work with them to ensure they have access to the Bluebook App prior to testing.  Students will need to use their school issued Chromebook for testing on campus. Thank you for helping your student be prepared for this opportunity!

Bike and Scooter Safety at WCHS:  If your student rides a bike or scooter to WCHS, please remember that helmets are required. Helmets are an important way to protect our students and help keep them safe on their way to and from campus. If your student needs a helmet, they can reach out to Principal McIver at [email protected] who can help connect them with one. A big thank you to our partners at Jibe for making access to helmets possible and supporting our students’ safety.

Save the Date:

• Saturday, October 25th @ 3-6 PM: 13th Annual Fall Festival
• Friday, November 7th @ 8:30 AM: WAVE Coffee Talk  – K-8 Library

Olympic Triathlon: Westlake families and our community raised over $49,000 to support Westlake’s incredible programs.  Thank you to every family and student who has created a page, shared with friends and family, and volunteered for event day!

Individual Prize Winners

• High School:
  • First Place: Apple AirPods  – James Chisum ($3000)
  • Second Place: Minolta Waterproof Digital Camera – Hudson Hein ($420)
  • Third Place: Movie Tickets – Lucas & Mathias Aparicio ($340)

• Middle School:
  • First place: Beats Studio Buds – Westley Chan ($1600)
  • Second Place: Fujifilm Instant Camera – Mannat Chatha ($500)
  • Third Place: Movie Tickets – Gianna Hernandez ($400)

• K-5th:
  • First Place: Beats Pill Blue Tooth Speaker – Hazel Hanna ($1039)
  • Second Place: Fujifilm Instax Camera – Kaeden Maddox Dela Cruz Flores ($882)
  • Third Place: Movie Tickets – Rey Flores ($604)

Grand Prize Winners

• eScooter: James Chisum
• Disneyland Gift Certificates: Wesley Russ

Top Classrooms by Student Participation

• Cook (16), Osterhoudt (14), Mosqueda (14), Walker (13), Brown (13)

Grade Level Champs

• Kindergarten led the way with 55 students! 🙌

Big Milestone

• 215 students raised $100 or more!

Class Ambassadors: Our Class Ambassadors are planning for Fall Festival Raffle Baskets! We’re still in need of Class Ambassadors for just a few more classes, so if you’re interested or curious about joining the fun CLICK HERE to visit our Class Ambassadors page on the WAVE website for more info.

13th Annual Fall Festival: Our 13th Annual Fall Festival is right around the corner on Saturday, October 25th from 3:00 – 6:00 PM.  The October Pre-Sale for Fall Festival tickets is $20 for 30 tickets. Fall Festival day-of tickets are $1 per ticket.  CLICK HERE to purchase Fall Festival tickets at the pre-sale rate.  Pre-sale tickets will be available for pick up at a designated table at the event.

Kudos: We appreciate the dozens of families who’ve shown up to this year’s Coffee Talks every first Friday.  It has become a space for community and communication over the last few months.  Thank you for showing up.  Keep your celebrations, questions, and ideas coming! We look forward to seeing you at the November Coffee Talk!