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Celebrate Westlake

January 27, 2021 by WCA Office Staff

Please join us for a live virtual event:

Thursday, May 13th

7:00 pm

While this year has certainly looked much different than any of us expected, the Lord has done so many amazing things through our school.

Normally at the end of our school year, we would host “Celebrate Westlake,” a banquet or dessert reception, where we could gather as a community in person and raise funds to bolster the school for the coming year. This year, we just want to have an online jubilee of sorts!

Since it’s unlikely that we’ll be able to gather in person, we are going to combine many of our year-end events into one massive Celebrate Westlake 2.0. In lieu of weekly concerts at the end of the school year, it will be one large celebration. With performances from our bands, a showcase of our students’ artwork, testimonies from parents, students, and alumni, and stories of God’s faithfulness, it just seems appropriate to end the year rejoicing together.

You don’t want to miss this! We hope you will set aside Thursday, May 13th to celebrate all that God has done in and through Westlake, our students, our faculty and staff, and the families that make our school whole.

Tickets are not required for the virtual event.

Donations can be mailed to:

Westlake Christian Academy
Attn:  Erica Bucy — CW21
275 S Lake Street
Grayslake, IL 60030


The 2021 Celebrate Westlake 2.0 Virtual Event will include an artwork slideshow, along with videos from our school family. Be sure to tune in at least 10 minutes early to see this pre-program special.


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Christmas Concert Series

December 9, 2020 by WCA Office Staff

Christmastide (Intermediate and Concert Band)
Tuesday, December 15, 2020


Ringing In Christmas (Preschool – 6th Grade)
Thursday, December 17, 2020


Thank you to the WCA Parents Association for arranging to have Dalton’s Cakes make cookie decorating kits for our elementary families.

Be sure to share your cookie creations with us by using #wcaChristmasCookieFun and tagging @daltonscakes.

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Merry Messages

December 1, 2020 by WCA Office Staff

merry-messages

Take a few moments and spread some Christmas cheer!  Each year, as part of the fundraising for our Senior Mission Trip, we offer our Merry Messages to our students and families.  For just $0.50 per message, you can write a sweet tiding to that special someone and we’ll include a candy cane to be delivered on Tuesday, December 15th throughout the school day. These Merry Messages are only able to be delivered to Kindergarten – 12th grade (sorry, we can’t accommodate Pre-S/K).

There are two ways to order:

  1. Print out the order forms below and fill them out yourself
  2. Fill out the online form and we’ll hand write it for you!

All payments need to be made to the office by the beginning of the day on Friday, December 11. Feel free to pay by cash or check, but bring exact change if you’re paying by cash – our elves don’t carry change. You may either send in your orders & payment with your student or place it in the mailbox that is outside the main doors to the left.

Self-Written Orders:

If you’re wanting to print and hand-write your order, please print one of each of the attachments, fill them out, and send in the completed order and message to the office along with your payment.

Merry Message Order Form 2020

Merry Message Note Cards 2020

Online Ordering:

If you’d like to do your ordering online, please fill out the form below completely, then be sure to send in your payment (your message will not be delivered if payment is not received by Friday, December 11th before school).  There is only one message per entry, so if you’d like to send more than one Merry Message, you’ll need to fill out the form again on the confirmation page.

Merry Message Entries Are Now Closed. You may still be able to contact the office, but online orders are closed.

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Grandparents’ Day 2020

September 1, 2020 by WCA Office Staff

We love our Grandparents!

Westlake Christian Academy looks forward every fall to having our students’ grandparents visit the school. This year, we couldn’t invite our grandparents to visit in person, but we did put together a special presentation. We hope you enjoy it! 

Filed Under: News, Uncategorized, Upcoming Events

Drop Off – Pick Up – End of School

May 13, 2020 by Erica Adkins

We want to give our students an opportunity to drop off all their school books, pick up personal items, clean out their lockers, and say goodbye to their teachers.

Each student will have their own scheduled time slot. If you have a student in first grade and find it necessary, one parent may accompany their child. Teachers will be in their classrooms to help students pack up all their personal belongings.  **Sign Up for a Time via the Button Below**

Scheduled Dates & Times:

  • Elementary students are welcome to come on Tuesday, May 26th between 9:00 – 3:40.
  • Secondary students (grades 7-11)  are invited to come on Friday, May 29th between 11:00 – 3:00.  
  • Preschool & PreK families may come on either day (no need to sign up for a time slot).  Our PreS & PreK teachers will have already collected all student items for you.  Your child’s personal items will be  in the main hallway on the benches.
  • Our Senior class will get their own day and time on Friday, May 22nd from 4:00 – 5:30 pm and do not need to use the attached sign up form.

Specific Details for All Students:

  • Please have your child enter through the front door and exit through the gymnasium. Faculty & Staff will direct students through the building.
  • Please ensure your child is wearing a mask.
  • We will supply a white garbage bag for your child to carry all their personal belongings home.
  • We will have hand sanitizer throughout the building.
  • As students are exiting the building, they will be encouraged to look through Lost and Found in the gymnasium.
  • Please make sure your child understands this is not a time to move slowly or talk with everyone they see.

Specific Details for Elementary Students:

  • Go straight upstairs to your classroom via the front stairwell.
  • Drop off all textbooks and school materials to your classroom.
  • Empty your desk and then locker as quickly as possible.
  • Go down the back stairs (by 5th grade) and go to the gym.
  • Stop by Lost & Found before exiting the building through the gym doors.

Specific Details for Parents:

  • We ask that you drop off your student at the front door using our normal drop off route.
  • Please then pull out of the parking lot and head around the block to line up along Slusser to pick up your child (following normal elementary pick up protocol).
  • When you pull into the back lot of the school, please follow the rainy-day protocol where cars make a “U” shape along the left side of the lot.
  • *****First grade students may have one parent accompany them into the building, if needed. ***** In that case, park in the main parking lot, walk your child in, and when you are done, walk around the building after exiting through the gym door.

Specific Details for Secondary Students:

  • Enter through the front door and go directly to the gym to drop off all textbooks and materials.
  • Next go to your locker to retrieve belongings. We will provide bags for you. If you have items in other places around the building, please collect them as quickly as possible.
  • Exit through the gym door and check out Lost & Found on your way out.
  • Parents who are driving:  after dropping off your child, drive around the block and enter the playground from Slusser Street. Park and wait for your child there. Exit through the main parking lot (as usual).
  • Students who are driving themselves:  Park in the front lot, enter through the front door. Once you’ve gathered all your personal belongings, exit through the gym door and walk around the back of the building to your car.

ALL STUDENTS MUST SIGN UP BELOW TO OBTAIN A TIME SLOT TO ENTER THE BUILDING.

Sign Up for a Time-Slot Here

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International Arts & Culture Day

March 2, 2020 by WCA Office Staff

We are excited to announce Westlake’s upcoming International Arts and Culture Day, March 19, 2020!  This year’s theme is focused on countries around the world and their arts, including music, dance, crafts, and food.

We are looking for volunteers to provide either time or food for sampling. Please sign up below by March 9th if you are able to help with either of these!

Thank you for helping make this a successful International and Arts and Culture day at Westlake! We look forward to partnering with you to make this a memorable event.


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We need volunteers to assist in three ways:

  1. helping to supervise our 20-minute activity sessions

  2. providing small ethnic food samples, or

  3. helping distribute ethnic food samples during lunch.

Helping to supervise activity sessions

Each of the grades is creating an activity for our International Arts and Culture Day. Activities might consist of doing a craft, learning a traditional dance, participating in role-playing, learning about a non-traditional musical instrument, playing a game, etc. Because we want all of our students to be able to experience all of the activities, we need parent volunteers who will partner with a teacher to supervise the activity 20 minutes at a time, for six sessions. The volunteer will not need to create or plan the activity. The activity will already be planned and materials will be in place. The volunteer will just assist the teacher in “running” the activity. If you volunteer to help supervise, a teacher will reach out to you and brief you on the activity and your role in it prior to the International Arts and Culture Day. You will be asked to commit to helping either in the morning, from 8:20 until 11:30, or in the afternoon, from noon until 3:20.

Providing ethnic food samples

We also need volunteers to prepare samples of various ethnic foods to enhance our lunch. The students will bring their lunches, but we would like to have them have the opportunity to choose up to two small samples of a food from another culture. If you are able to help us with this, we would ask you to prepare enough to be divided into three dozen sample cups. Students will be issued two tickets each to use to “buy” the samples.

Distributing ethnic food samples

We would like different volunteers (not the ones providing the samples) to help serve the food samples during our lunchtime. Each volunteer will be placed at one of several stations in the lunch area (gym), exchanging the samples for the tickets. If you volunteer for this, you will need to be present from 11 AM until about 12:30 PM, as we will also need your help setting up the stations and taking them down.

Thank you for helping to make International Arts & Culture Day a success!

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Parent University

January 29, 2020 by Erica Adkins

Have you ever felt ill-equipped as a parent to shepherd your child in this new age of ever-present technology and all its challenges?

If so, we’ve created these free events just for you! Join us as we hear from different experts in their field who are all passionate about equipping you to parent your child and discovering their potential, value, and gifts.

These events are FREE and open to the public, no tickets or registration necessary (though registering is helpful). We are sure these events will inform you and resource you to grow as a parent. Each event is on a Tuesday night from 6:30 – 8:30 in our Westlake Gymnasium.  Westlake is located at 275 S. Lake Street, Grayslake, IL 60030.

Do you have questions about these events?  Please contact our Special Services Coordinator, Mrs. Chelsea Schopper.

**Due to COVID-19 All School Events (Including Athletic Practices & Games) are POSTPONED until April 7th at the earliest. Please visit our COVID-19 Updates page for more details.**

Please join us at one of the following evenings:

February 25:  “How to Support Your Child Through Anxiety”
Speaker: Mrs. Carla Reyes-Laury, MA, LPC, White Stone Counseling Resources

 

March 17:  “Planning for College”
Speaker: Luke Franklin, Director of New Student Financial Aid & Strategic Partnerships at Olivet Nazarene University (Date Subject to Change)

**Due to COVID-19 All School Events (Including Athletic Practices & Games) are POSTPONED until April 7th at the earliest. Please visit our COVID-19 Updates page for more details.**

 

March 31:  “Parenting with Purpose”
Speaker: Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Mia Yamamoto, Certified “Smart Discipline” Presenter (This event’s focus is more for parent with elementary aged children)

April 28:  “Navigating Sexuality & Dating” 
Speaker: Mr. Tony West and Mrs. Cory Huff, Healthy Choices

Register for Parent University

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What’s Up @ Westlake Digital

January 20, 2020 by WCA Office Staff

Every year we have an all-school meeting where our principal gives a “state of the union” type of address. Two years ago, because of the weather, we chose to make the event virtual. It was so successful that we decided to hold this meeting online again last year and this year.

All families will receive a special email on Wednesday, January 27th with a link to watch the video. 

This video will contain important information for everyone to know. Please make it a priority to watch What’s Up @ Westlake Digital sometime between now and Sunday, January 31 at midnight to qualify for dress down passes and a special treat for the class with the most parents in attendance.

Here is some of the information that will be in the video:

  • Why Christian Education is so important and why you should continue to invest in it for your child
  • A stakeholder survey will shortly come to your inbox that is required for our accreditation renewal
  • Our revised calendar for the second semester with updated events and information
  • Coffee with Mrs. DeReus, which is an opportunity for you to give feedback, ask questions, share concerns, and connect not only with Mrs. DeReus but other parents
  • Opportunities for you to help promote Westlake

We’ve created a booklet for you to peruse while you watch the event. You should have received one either in your child’s homework bag which was sent home last Sunday or via the mail with your child’s report card. If you don’t hapeen to have it handy, you may download it here.

How do I get a free dress down day?

There will also be an incentive for every family to watch the video:  a free dress down pass for each student whose parent watches as well as a special treat for the class which has the most parent representation. There will be a link posted in the chat on 1/27 for you to register for your child’s dress down pass. If you’re unable to watch it that night, it can be found in the description of the video on our YouTube page.

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Spelling Bee

January 6, 2020 by WCA Office Staff

Students from Grades 4 – 8 will have their own classroom contests and the top five spellers from each grade will then compete on Wednesday, January 22nd for the all-school Spelling Bee.


Westlake’s third through eighth graders are currently in the middle of our own Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. They’re in the middle of round three. We’ll announce the winners at the end of the school day.

After the word “bingo” was spelled, Mrs. Coombe asked if we should all sing the song together, a hushed giggle settled over the crowd as observing students were instructed to remain silent.


Round 7 has begun and just three students remain. A fourth grader, sixth grader, and eighth grader.


Round 8 began with just two spellers: fourth grader Natahany Arapura and eighth grader William Hutchinson. The winning word was “steeplechasing”, correctly spelled by our winner William Hutchinson, who will progress to the Lake County sectional. Congratulations, Will! #SpellingBee2020

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Parents Night Out

November 13, 2019 by WCA Office Staff

 

Need an evening without kids? Want to get started on your Christmas shopping early? Maybe a date night? 

 Westlake Christian Academy Parents Association is hosting a Parents Night Out. 

Friday, November 22nd  |  5:30pm-9:00pm  |  Preschool-6th Grade  |  *ALL children must be potty trained*

 

Enjoy 3.5 hours of kid free time!

PRICING PER CHILD: 

$15 per child/ sibling cap of $45

Payment will be collected upon registration.

 

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

3.5 hours of childcare

Movie + pizza slice and popcorn*

Games, arts and crafts supplies will be provided.

 

WHERE:

Westlake Christian Academy

275 S. Lake Street 

Graylake, IL 60030

 

Questions? 

Email parents@westlakechristian.org

Text 815-739-2611

Bring your pillow and blanket to get comfy in the Gym and watch a movie on the big screen!

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