K-12 Announcements

Strategic Plan Family Focus Groups: As Westlake Charter School continues to grow and evolve, your voice is essential in shaping our path forward! We are so grateful to the families who filled out our Strategic Plan Family Survey prior to October Break.  

Our next step in this process is to hold Family Focus Groups for those who are interested in exploring key topics raised in the survey, such as Positive Student Behavior, Academic Readiness, Positive Student Relationships, Social-Emotional Readiness, and more.

We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Strategic Plan Family Focus Groups on Wednesday, November 5th, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM at our K-8 Campus. Your voice is vital to shaping the future of Westlake Charter School, and we’d be delighted to have you join us.

To help us plan meaningful conversations, please CLICK HERE to RSVP by Sunday, November 2nd. Your RSVP will also help us provide enough snacks for everyone.

To support participation, BASE will remain open free of charge for currently enrolled Westlake Charter School students whose families attend the event. Please let us know in your RSVP if you plan to utilize BASE.

Thank you for your continued partnership and helping to demonstrate what’s possible when school and community collaborate!

Fall Book Fair: Westlake’s Fall Book Fair is here! Please help us reach our goal and inspire a love of reading in all of our Explorers. All purchases through the book fair benefit our school. Explorers will be able to purchase books during their regularly scheduled library visits with their class using Scholastic eWallet. Cash is not accepted during school hours, so CLICK HERE to load funds onto your child’s eWallet. After school, cash, Apple Pay, credit/debit cards, and eWallets are accepted.  Bonus: Receive a FREE TOTE with a purchase over $30 while supplies last!

Book Fair hours are as follows:

• Saturday, October 25th at the Fall Festival, 3:00 – 6:00 PM
• Monday, October 27th, 3:15 – 4:15 PM
• Tuesday, October 28th, 3:15 – 4:15 PM
• Wednesday October 29th, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
• Thursday, October 30th, 3:15 – 4:15 PM
• Friday, October 31st, 3:15 – 3:45 PM

Middle School After School Live Athletics – Volunteer Coaches Needed: 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!

Call for STEM Career Fair Volunteers: WCHS is planning our 2nd annual STEM career fair! If you are currently working in the STEM field or know anyone who does work in the STEM field and would like to volunteer their time for this event, please CLICK HERE to indicate interest. The tentative event date is Thursday, January 22, 2026 from 5:30 – 7:00PM.

K-8 Announcements

Walktober is Here: Throughout the month of October we encourage all students to walk to school at least three blocks or join our Walking School Bus and have their JIBE trip card scanned. Be sure to walk and have your card scanned as many times as you can between now and Friday, October 31st. Classes with at least 60% participation will win a party-in-a-box for their entire class. Let’s get moving! CLICK HERE for the information flyer. Don’t have a card yet? No problem, CLICK HERE to register today.

The Minute Challenge is Starting This Week!  Students will take part in The Minute Challenge, using Imagine Math — an adaptive online program that meets each student at their skill level and helps them grow in math. As they complete lessons, students can earn prizes, awards, and even donate to real charities. Families can support by encouraging about 45 minutes per week (K–2) and 60 minutes per week (3–8) on Imagine Math, and by asking students about their progress and goals.

Halloween: No Costumes:  On our K-8 Campus, Friday, October 31st is a regular,  Dress Day.  No costumes should be worn.

K-8 Conference Week: Save the date for our K-8 Conference Week, November 17th – 21st. 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. Our BASE program will be open after school until 6:00 PM each day. The online scheduler will be open from October 27th through November 17th. CLICK HERE for instructions on how to use the online scheduler.

9-12 Announcements

Upcoming Home & Playoff Athletics:

• Monday,  October 27th @ 3:30 PM: Boys Varsity Soccer Play-In at John Adams Academy, El Dorado Hills
• Monday, October 27th @ 6:00 PM: Girls Varsity Volleyball Play-In at Destiny Christian Academy

Halloween At WCHS: Anything worn on October 31st must be consistent with our school dress code found in the WCHS Dress Code At A Glance, including attire that is free of violent language or images, images or language depicting drugs or alcohol (or any illegal activity item or activity), hate speech, and profanity and helmets or headgear that obscures the face (except as religious observance); students must be identifiable.  No handheld props should be brought to school.

WCHS Club Fair: The Fall Club Fundraising Fair is happening at WCHS on Friday, October 31st.  On this day, student clubs will be able to fundraise by selling items during an extended lunch.  Prices for items range from $1 – $8.  Pre-sale tickets will be available on Wednesday and Thursday. Students may bring money to purchase items from clubs, however, our regular lunch food service will be available on this day as usual.

Senior Portraits: All senior portraits must be completed by November 15th. Please CLICK HERE to book your free portrait session with Bill Smith Photography as soon as possible.  Seniors who do not complete  their portraits by the deadline will not have their photo included in the yearbook.

2025-26 Esports Interest Meeting & Tryouts: The 2025-26 esports season is just around the corner. Tryouts are in November, pre-season starts in December, and the season officially starts in January. WCHS is proud to announce that we will be offering Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart as titles this year. Students who would like to learn more may attend the interest meeting with Coach Aichele during lunch THIS Monday, October 27th in Ms. Miksits’ room. CLICK HERE to view the flyer.  Hope to see you there!

Spring Boys Volleyball Informational Meeting: Interested in playing Boys Volleyball at WCHS? Come join us for our upcoming informational meeting on Tuesday, November 4th at 4:00 PM in the Commons on our high school campus! You’ll get to meet the coaches, learn about tryouts, and hear all about the upcoming season. No experience is necessary—everyone is welcome!

Save the Date:

• Friday, November 7th @ 8:30 AM: WAVE Coffee Talk  – K-8 Library

Coffee Talk: Join us for our next WAVE Coffee Talk on Thursday, November 7th in the K-8 Library! We’ll be celebrating recent wins, sharing feedback from our last meeting, and talking about exciting upcoming events — including how you can get involved in the classroom. We’d love to see all our familiar faces and welcome new friends to the WAVE community. Come connect, celebrate, and caffeinate with us!

Logging Hours: If you’ve volunteered 30 minutes or more, please take a quick moment to CLICK HERE to log your hours. Whether it was helping in the classroom, supporting the Olympic Triathlon, Bingo Night, or the Fall Festival, every hour counts! Tracking volunteer time helps us meet our school’s charter commitments and shows the incredible impact our families make. It takes less than a minute — let’s see which grade level can log the most hours by October 31st!

Kudos: A huge round of applause to all the amazing parents and family volunteers who made this year’s Fall Festival a massive success!  Special thanks to Whitney Browning and Sandra Crowell for their incredible leadership, to our dedicated planning committee for the seamless execution, to Stacy Rhodes for the beautiful event designs, and to Patrick Hanna for creating the eye-catching banners around campus.  Your time, energy, and creativity made this year’s Fall Festival our best one yet — we are so grateful for you!