Important Dates:
Nov 5-9 Parent Conference Days (School is dismissed at 1:30 p.m. each day)
Nov 12 Veteran's Day (No School)
Nov 19-23 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Dec 21-Jan 6 Winter Break (No School)
Jan 21 MLK, Jr. Day (No School)
Feb 18-22 Presidents Week (No School)
Classroom News:
A special thanks to Sohan's parents, Shaelan's mom, Timarie's mom and Katelynn's dad for volunteering to help us teach our sound wave science centers! You made it possible for us to have tons of fun while we learned how sound waves travel and why. Our students also enjoy a science assembly this week too. Please CLICK HERE to see pictures of your children busy learning about science.
You do not need to bring your child to our first parent conference. BASE will be open until 6:00 p.m. during conferences next week if you need it. Students will be leading our second parent conference in March 2019.
Look what we are learning in first grade!
Phonics/Spelling: -ore, -or and compound words
Reading: Compare/Contrast and Inferences
Writing: Opinion Writing (Recommending a book based on your opinion)
Math: Subtracting with differences of 10 and writing numbers correctly (focusing on how to use count-backs, part/part/whole charts, number lines and counter to solve math problems)
Theme/Science: Turkeys
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Sight Words: see, number, no, way, could, people (please practice reading these words at home and using them in oral sentences)
WCS Core Value: Responsibility (How can you show responsibility in your classroom?)
School Wide News:
Parent Survey: Please click HERE fill our parent survey use to rate your family's experience at Westlake Charter School during the 2018-19 school year. These questions help us evaluate how we are doing on our current strategic plan.
Conference Week: Conference week is next week, November 5th through the 9th. Remember, November 5th-9th will be early dismissal for all grades to allow for 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. Click HERE to scheduled your conference. Click HERE for instructions on how to sign up.
Olympic Triathlon: Our 11th annual Westlake Charter Olympic Triathlon is already off to a great start! Have you created your family donation page yet? Simply visit http://pledgestar.com/westlakecharter where you can customize a page 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.
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. Thank you Explorer Families!
Veterans Day/BASE CLOSED: School and BASE will be closed on Monday, November 12th in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Thanksgiving Break: School will be closed November 19th to 23rd for Thanksgiving Break. Our BASE program will be open from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM on November 19th and 20th.
Whole School Morning meeting: Families are welcome to join us for our end of trimester whole school morning meeting! At the whole school morning meeting, we will sing songs, celebrate students and build community in the same way we do in class each day.
Nov 5-9 Parent Conference Days (School is dismissed at 1:30 p.m. each day)
Nov 12 Veteran's Day (No School)
Nov 19-23 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Dec 21-Jan 6 Winter Break (No School)
Jan 21 MLK, Jr. Day (No School)
Feb 18-22 Presidents Week (No School)
Classroom News:
A special thanks to Sohan's parents, Shaelan's mom, Timarie's mom and Katelynn's dad for volunteering to help us teach our sound wave science centers! You made it possible for us to have tons of fun while we learned how sound waves travel and why. Our students also enjoy a science assembly this week too. Please CLICK HERE to see pictures of your children busy learning about science.
You do not need to bring your child to our first parent conference. BASE will be open until 6:00 p.m. during conferences next week if you need it. Students will be leading our second parent conference in March 2019.
Look what we are learning in first grade!
Phonics/Spelling: -ore, -or and compound words
Reading: Compare/Contrast and Inferences
Writing: Opinion Writing (Recommending a book based on your opinion)
Math: Subtracting with differences of 10 and writing numbers correctly (focusing on how to use count-backs, part/part/whole charts, number lines and counter to solve math problems)
Theme/Science: Turkeys
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Sight Words: see, number, no, way, could, people (please practice reading these words at home and using them in oral sentences)
WCS Core Value: Responsibility (How can you show responsibility in your classroom?)
School Wide News:
Parent Survey: Please click HERE fill our parent survey use to rate your family's experience at Westlake Charter School during the 2018-19 school year. These questions help us evaluate how we are doing on our current strategic plan.
Conference Week: Conference week is next week, November 5th through the 9th. Remember, November 5th-9th will be early dismissal for all grades to allow for 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. Click HERE to scheduled your conference. Click HERE for instructions on how to sign up.
Olympic Triathlon: Our 11th annual Westlake Charter Olympic Triathlon is already off to a great start! Have you created your family donation page yet? Simply visit http://pledgestar.com/westlakecharter where you can customize a page 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.
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. Thank you Explorer Families!
Veterans Day/BASE CLOSED: School and BASE will be closed on Monday, November 12th in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Thanksgiving Break: School will be closed November 19th to 23rd for Thanksgiving Break. Our BASE program will be open from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM on November 19th and 20th.
Whole School Morning meeting: Families are welcome to join us for our end of trimester whole school morning meeting! At the whole school morning meeting, we will sing songs, celebrate students and build community in the same way we do in class each day.
- K-2: Wednesday, November 7th, 8:45 AM- 9:30 AM
- 3-5: Wednesday, November 7th, 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM