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February 27th

Advisory

This week in Advisory, we had many visitors! High School students part of student council came in to tell 8th graders about leadership opportunities at Westlake Charter High School. There will be a leadership training day on Saturday, March 21st, for any student that is interested in leadership. Mrs. Rice also visited to review trimester 3 academic and behavior expectations. 8th graders have so many fun events to commemorate the end of their K-8 experience! Behavior contracts AND Santa Cruz permission slips will be handed out when I see you at conferences!

Speaking of conferences, here is the schedule:

Westlake News

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.

Missoula Children’s Theater Company:

On Monday, March 2nd at 1:45 PM, all K-8 students are welcome to audition for Missoula Theater Company's production of Alice in Wonderland. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be in a professional show. CLICK HERE for details. CLICK HERE to RSVP to audition.

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.

WCHS Shadow Day:

On March 5th & 6th our eighth graders will be traveling over to WCHS to experience Shadow Day. Mr. Aichele and Ms. Ho’s first period classes will travel over to WCHS on Thursday, March 5 and Ms. Alexander and Ms. Lee’s first period classes will travel over on Friday, March 6. Permission slips have been sent home and can be returned to first period teachers.

We are so excited to showcase WCHS and help our future ninth graders feel welcomed, confident, and energized about the transition to high school!

Week of 3/2

Humanities - Aichele/Ho

WEEKLY FOCUS

ELA

- Note taking unit (taught through social studies content)

SOCIAL STUDIES

- Document Based Question (DBQ): What was Harriet Tubman's greatest achievement?

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

SS 8.7 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced, with emphasis on the South.

RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

Read informational articles: Newsela

Reading skills: Lexia

Writing skills: Quill

(These resources will be linked as soon as they are introduced to students.)

Math/Science - Alexander/Lee

WEEKLY FOCUS

Math: Unit 6: Associations in Data

Science: Earth in Motion (Space)

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

Science Unit 4 Benchmark: Week of 2/23 (Tentatively)

RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

Khan Academy Unit 2 Extra Practice

Imagine Math Aligned Practice (login with Clever)

Additional practice and activities posted in Google Classroom (login with Clever)

PE - Woodard

WEEKLY FOCUS

Fitness Unit - Personal Fitness Level Test (PFT)

Specific Practice/Test Area Include:

- Cardiorespiratory Endurance

- Muscle Strength

- Muscle Endurance

- Flexibility

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

PE Website

Art - Winston-Sandefur

WEEKLY FOCUS

This week in Art, students are re-establishing classroom expectations and easing back into the art room through a reflective drawing activity. We discussed how to treat ourselves, our peers, and our materials. Then students will finish up their paper flower reliefs if they have not already.

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

Art - Ascheman

WEEKLY FOCUS

This week we brainstormed groups of words that have meaning to each student. Then, we practiced sketching them out into a quilt square design, inspired by Faith Ringgold's work. When we return from break, we will draw our own quilt square and add the words, trace them, and finally paint our quilt squares with watercolor.

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

Mrs.Ascheman's Website

Spanish - Carter

WEEKLY FOCUS

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.

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

Complete any retakes for Unit 4 prior to the trimester 2 deadline.

RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

Duolingo, Blookit, Gimkit, or other language-learning apps.

Spanish - Hernandez

WEEKLY FOCUS

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.

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

Google Classroom, Duolingo, or other language learning apps.

RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

Website

Duolingo, Blookit, Gimkit, or other language-learning apps.

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