No advisory this week due to conference schedule.
End of Year 8th Grade Information
Please sign and return the Behavior Contract to your child's advisory teacher by Friday, March 13th. Any questions regarding the contract can be directed to admin@westlakecharter.com.
Santa Cruz Field Lesson (RSVP & Permission Slip)
Please sign and return the permission slip to your child's humanities teacher by Friday, March 13th. In addition, please fill out the digital RSVP form so that we can collect important information and so you can review expectations to ensure your child's success on this overnight field lesson.
WCHS Student Leadership Development Conference:
Westlake Charter High School’s current student leaders are hosting their Second Annual Student Leadership Development Conference on Saturday, March 21st from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. WCS Eighth Grade Explorers are invited to participate to enhance their leadership skills and discover leadership opportunities at WCHS. Throughout the event, students will have the chance to select workshops focused on personal leadership development. There is no cost to participate and lunch will be provided. CLICK HERE for the student sign-up.
2025-2026 K-8 Yearbook:
The 2025-26 Westlake Charter School yearbooks are available to order! Orders are due April 27th to be guaranteed to be delivered by the last week of school, so don’t delay in placing your order. CLICK HERE to order your K-8 yearbook directly through TreeRing and get two pages to personalize with your own pictures! Use code 101667583471473 or see the email with the link to purchase. Need help? Contact: Ms. Chapman achapman@westlakecharter.com.
Family Survey:
The Family Survey is taken three times a year. CLICK HERE to answer six questions to rate your family's experience at Westlake Charter School during the 2025-26 school year. The deadline is Sunday, March 22nd.
Middle School Dance:
Our student leadership team is preparing for our next Middle School dance on Friday, March 20th from 5:30 - 7:00 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/decorations. Thanks for your support!
After School Live - MS Basketball Season:
The ASLive Basketball Season for 6th-8th Graders will run March 30th - May 29th. The time commitment is 1-2 days a week of games or practices from 3:15 - 4:15 PM. Unlike Volleyball, which has coed teams, Basketball will have separate boys and girls teams. Emails went out to families and students who signed up for our Middle School Basketball season. It’s not too late to sign up. If your student wants to sign up, please email Alejandra at amayle@westlakecharter.com.
Language Arts
- Central idea with informational text cont.
- Informative Writing (Listicles)
Social Studies
- Divergent paths of the American people in the WEST from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced.
- RI 8.2 Determine a central idea of a text; provide an objective summary of the text.
- SS 8.8 Divergent paths from 1800 to mid 1800s in the SOUTH
Read informational articles: Newsela
Reading skills: Lexia
Writing skills: Quill
(These resources will be linked as soon as they are introduced to students.)
Math: Unit 6: Associations in Data
Science: Unit 5: Genetics
Math Unit 6 Benchmark: Week of 3/9
Science Unit 5 Benchmark: Week of 4/1 (Tentatively)
Khan Academy Unit 2 Extra Practice
Imagine Math Aligned Practice (login with Clever)
Additional practice and activities posted in Google Classroom (login with Clever)
Fitness Unit - Personal Fitness Level Test (PFT)
Specific Practice/Test Area Include:
- Cardiorespiratory Endurance
- Muscle Strength
- Muscle Endurance
- Flexibility
Students will continue exploring the work of Amy Sherald and work on their portraits using pastels. They will focus on facial details and choosing bold, expressive colors for the background and clothing.
Middle school artists will work on a pencil shading worksheet that will lead to an optical illusion art study. They will also finish watercolor painting their quilt square if they have not done so yet.
Unit 5 Ser y Estar:Students will be introduced to the verbs ser and estar as two ways to say “to be” in Spanish, each used for different purposes. This week they will learn that ser describes identity, origin, and permanent traits, as well as date and time.
Gimkit & Blooket Students will practice Ser using Gimkit and Blooket interactive games.
Duolingo, Blookit, Gimkit, or other language-learning apps.
Unit 5 Ser y Estar This week the focus will be on reviewing the verb ""estar"" by completing task cards in Google Classroom using ""estar"" .
Gimkit & Blooket Students will receive feedback after taking a quiz on using ""estar"".
Google Classroom, Duolingo, or other language learning apps.