MATH:

• Next week TUESDAY, we will have our Unit 3 benchmark, and will be re-engaging and reassessing for students that did not meet the standard.  Please check the math resources page for our classroom anchor charts that may be helpful for students success on the benchmark. 

• We begin Unit 4 on Thursday. 

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Next week, we will begin to learn about the main idea and details from a text.  

SOCIAL STUDIES:

• Next week, we will continue our new social studies unit, learning about Native Americans in California, Exploration, and the Mission Era. 

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING: 

• Our Core Value for October is Excellence, so we will also focus on this topic during our Morning Meetings. 

BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS AND RETAKES: 

Assessments are tentatively scheduled but may change depending on student progress.

• Native Americans in California, Exploration, and the Mission Era Benchmark: TBD

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

• Please keep home PE equipment such as footballs, soccerballs, basketballs, etc. at home.  Students are not allowed to bring outside equipment to school. 

DATES:

• Veterans Day (NO SCHOOL): November 11, 2026

• Conference Week: November 16-20, 2026

• Thanksgiving Break: November 23-27, 2026

MYSTERY READER CHALLENGE: 

We value school and community collaboration at WCS. As part of our October and November Mystery Reader Challenge, Westlake would like to welcome our community members into our classrooms to read. 

• If you have a cool job and would like to come tell us a little bit about your job and read us a book, CLICK HERE to sign up. 

• If you have a connection to a business or organization in our community and would like to include them in our Mystery Reader Challenge, please CLICK HERE to let us know.

VETERANS DAY - NO SCHOOL:

On Wednesday, November 11th, Westlake Charter School will be observing Veterans Day.  There will be no school and our BASE program will be closed.

K-8 CONFERENCE WEEK:

Conference week is November 16th - 20th.  CLICK HERE to schedule your conference.  The online scheduler is available to families through November 17th. We strive to have  100% of our families meet with their teacher! CLICK HERE for instructions on how to use the online scheduler.  Remember, during conference week, we will dismiss early to allow time for teachers 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 K-8 BASE program will be open after school until 6:00 PM each day.