This week in Advisory, students selected their very last round of electives! The options ranged from Math Extention, to Teacher's Assistant, to Craft Club, to Ultimate Team Competition. We have also shifted our Community Circle to be Community Circle-ish. The past two weeks we have been playing games like "Hot Seat" and "Werewolf".
K-8 Spring Picture Day:
Spring picture day is Friday, April 3rd. All students will have free dress. Only students who have prepaid AND filled out the form will be sent to the photographer to have their picture taken. CLICK HERE if you would like to have your student’s spring picture taken, please fill out the form above AND prepay online or send payment in the packet. All 8th grade students should dress to impress - pictures for promotion certificates will be taken that day.
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.
Fourth - Eighth Grade Explorer Hoops Basketball Academy:
Our WCHS Varsity Basketball coaches and players are hosting basketball clinics for our 4th-8th graders! CLICK HERE for the flyer containing all of the details. CLICK HERE to register. Proceeds support our WCHS basketball players in attending summer training camps.
Language Arts:
W8.2 - Informational Writing
Students will continue to write their listicle.
Social Studies:
8.9 Students analyze the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
Social Studies:
8.9 Students analyze the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
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 7: Exponents and Scientific Notation
Science: Unit 5: Genetics
Science Unit 5 Benchmark: Week of 3/30 (Tentatively)
Math Unit 7 Benchmark: Week of 4/6
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 be making sun catchers in the shapes of butterflies by using colorful tissue paper to design the wings.
Next week artists in middle school will be finishing any artwork that needs to be completed, filing artwork in their portfolios and moutning their finished quilt square onto construction paper.
Duolingo, Blookit, Gimkit, or other language-learning apps.
Unit 5 Ser y Estar This week students will put a presentation about themselves in Google Classroom using ""ser & estar"" concepts in preparation for their upcoming benchmark.
Gimkit & Blooket Students will complete interactive games in Gimkit or Blooket to practice concepts learned.
Google Classroom, Duolingo, or other language learning apps.