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Dear WA Community, As I have shared on numerous occasions during my time at WA, I am constantly impressed by our students. They humble me, they bless me and they make me smile and laugh because they are the miracles of WA. Please join me in praising God, as we celebrate His divine work with our high school academic champions. I would also like to thank our faculty, staff, coaches and volunteers, for their love and Christ-honoring Kingdom work with these students. I am also constantly impressed and humbled by their grace-filled love and patience with our students. Their scholarly and Biblical teaching along with their Christ-honoring witness, makes a significant difference in the lives of our students everyday. One of the great miracles that I get to witness is how God uses WA to encourage and inspire His children to be all that He created them to be with their intellectual gifts. Please join me in congratulating our Class of 2012 Academic Champions at WA. We are extremely proud of them and blessed by their exceptional intellectual achievements. Kudos to each of them. Valedictorian
Alex Danielsen-Haces
Salutatorian
Luke Ferraguti
Kelly Oakes
Alana Trombino
Top 10 (16 students were tied for top 10)
Laurie Auld
Amelia Bohlander
Alex Danielsen-Haces
Connor DeYoung
Melinda Faulk
Luke Ferraguti
Tom Goodall
Brandon Herndon
Christy Hess
Katherine Kinsella
Darcy Maher
Kailey Mansour
Mark Newsom
Kelly Oakes
Christina Roldan
Alana Trombino
National Merit Finalists
Christy Hess
Mark Newsom
National Merit Hispanic Scholar
Alex Danielsen-Haces
National Merit Commended
Alex Danielsen-Haces
Sam Fowler
Darcy Maher
Kelly Oakes
Amy Scism
One of the great blessings that I experience every day at WA is to be surrounded by exceptional people of God. We are truly blessed by an army of witnesses who love to teach and disciple children in Jesus Christ and God's Truth. At our annual National Honor Society Induction Dinner Ceremony on Monday, April 16, I was once again, extremely impressed by how God has used the WA faculty, staff, coaches, volunteers and parents to impact our students and shape their character in Christ. During the program, I was deeply humbled and blessed by the NHS students' remarkable service to others, this school year. As usual, Guy Metzger organized and led a first-class program from the introduction to the candle light finale. The National Honor Society program at WA, under the Christ-centered leadership of Mr. Metzger, is one of the best I have ever seen or experienced as a Christian educator. I was extremely impressed with our students and their outstanding grace-driven volunteerism, throughout the school year. Please join us in thanking Guy Metzger and our NHS students for another extraordinary year of service to others. Well done, and kudos to each and every one of them. Please join us in congratulating and praying for our new NHS student inductees, and our current student members. Blessings to you and your family in the Name of Jesus Christ, 
Leo Orsino
Headmaster
orsinol@wacad.edu
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Middle School and Varsity Cheerleading Tryouts Please click here for information. Upcoming Events:
Gangway Bahamas Mission Trip June 1-8.
Gangway Student Ministries at CRPC is planning a high school mission trip to Eleuthera, Bahamas. Students will have a community service opportunity through this trip. If you are interested, please click here to register this week, so that plans can be made (no payment is required at this time).
A Special Thank You  The WA community would like to thank AdGraphics for the outstanding work they have done in creating signs and banners for our school this year, and also for donating their time. We appreciate all that they have done! The Student Directory is Available Online! The Student Directory can be found on RenWeb, under "School Information," please click on "Directory."  Every time you use your Target Visa or Target Guest CardŽ at a Target store or at www.target.com, Target will donate to WA. Please see details at target.com. |
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National Honor Society 2012-2013
Inductees:
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Chase Allsworth
Ashton Anderson Alissa Babaian Olivia Bibbee Samuel Bower Vanessa Burnam David Carter Keeley Casey Louise Chiwara Malcolm Devers Andrew Farmer Zachary Ferraguti Elizabeth Fisher Joshua Geer
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Kyle GlenumCody Grimm
Bryce Harrold
Maggie Helmholdt
Peter Holt
Elisabeth Hunter
Caroline Kamm
Trevor Kopas
Isabella Luke
Jessica MacClugage
Jordan Mansour
Alexandra Marcroft
Paul Mortilla
Daniel Osley
Robert Pace
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Alexandra PagliaroJazzmyne Pearson
Laura Peed
Jonathan Pitcairn
Patrick Powell
James Roldan
Matthew Sharpe
Kurt Shiple
Anthony Thomas
Dominique Torres
Curtis Tucker
Carolin Weber
Lauren Yoder
Daniel Zubero
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Seniors:
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Haley ApplebyLaurie Auld
Amelia Bohlander
Margaret Botkin
Circe Burnett
Daniel Burns
Will Buschmann
Deborah Caputo
Brittany Carey
Brooke Carlton
Mina Chung
Reid Coningsby
Ryan Cruz
Alex Danielsen-Haces
Allison Davis
Connor DeYoung
Cody Estebe
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Melinda FaulkLucas Ferraguti
Samuel Fowler
Alexander Fulton
Thomas Goodall
Catherine Guardabassi
Brandon Herndon
Christy Hess
Alexandra Jones
Anne Kelley
Katherine Kinsella
Joey Knight
Darcy Maher
Kailey Mansour
Patia Modia
Sophia Murillo
Mark Newsom
Kelly Oakes
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Kendra Patrick Emily Pimentel
Christian Renae
Christina Roldan
Amy Scism
Ryan Sharpe
Vino Shi
Shelby Shuford
Lauren Stewart
Lauren Tagliola
Shelby Taylor
Esther Teh
Alana Trombino
Emily Tucker
Alexander VonEssen
Patrick Weber
Devyn Woolsey |
Juniors:
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Kathleen Adkins Max Bevill
Christine BienAime
William Braun
David Cooley
Gabrielle Crevier
Devin Davis
Daniel D'Onofrio
Nicole Feustel
Rebekah Fitzgibbon
Natalie Frandsen
Zachary Gonzalez |
Alexandra Hall Morgan Hendrikse
Sara Horne
Briana Jacobson
Blake Kidwell
David King
Jordan Lopez
Christina Marcroft
Joy Mikhail
Bridget Revier
Ashley Roughen
Mary-Margaret Schmidt |
Nicolas Shyne
Brandon Simms
Georgia Smith
Arthur Soderberg
Travis Spadaro
Jeremy Spangler
Alyssa Stevenson
Kaitlyn Stolley
Christopher Ulrich
Taylor Zeno
Brooke Zolnowski
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National Junior Honor Society Officers
National Junior Honor Society 2011-2012 Officers President: Ben Hunter
Vice President: Abby Quirk
Secretary: Katherine Nava Treasurer: Thomas Messer Chaplain: Tyler Singh |
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Congratulations to Our Athletes!
Men's and Women's Water Polo - District Champions
Varsity Softball - District Champions Runner-Up
Kayla Gardner - Regional Track Champion 100m Hurdles (14.44 new school record)
Adair Lyden - Regional Track Champion 3200m (11:29.82 new school record)
Hunter Oman - Regional Track Champion - Pole Vault
Ryan Rickel - Regional Track Champion - High Jump
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2012 Senior College and University
Acceptances We are excited to continue to update you on our seniors' college acceptances for this year. Please view here the list, which is continually being updated.
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TV Turn-Off Week Coming April 22-28!
 We are excited to host the 8th Annual TV Turn-Off Week at WA! We look forward to joining together as a school community to turn off the tube and turn on the fun! Today in their backpacks, lower school students will receive a "contract" to sign, if they choose to participate, dedicating themselves to go TV and video game-free for a week.
We encourage families to use this week as a special time to have some fun together. Here are a few suggestions for you, for a fun week: Monday: No Strings Attached Banquet at CRPC - high school students will receive community service hours for volunteering
Tuesday: Glacier Ice Skating Party! 6:40 PM-8:20 PM for middle school students
Wednesday: Church Night
Thursday: WA Spirit Night at Chick-Fil-A! Please click here to download a flyer, and if you bring it to Chick-Fil-A, WA will receive a portion of the proceeds to help pay for our TV Turn-Off T-Shirts! Friday: Fishing Tournament and Lower School Kids' Night Out
Saturday: Fort Lauderdale Air Show
Sunday: Worship and Family Day
All students who participate, will receive a TV Turn-Off T-Shirt!
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WA Fishers of Men Annual Tournament
is Friday, April 27 
Friday, April 27 is the WA Fishers of Men Annual Tournament.
Please click here for more information on the tournament.
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Band Classes Continue at WA
Our Middle School Concert Band, under the direction of Mr. Jeff Carroll, competed in the OrlandoFest music contest on Friday, March 30, in Orlando. Their performance received a rating of Excellent, with a second place Silver Award, within their division.
Congratulations to our Middle School Concert Band, for their outstanding job!
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 For additional information, please contact Megan Wells, at .
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WA Teamwork Helps Muscular Dystrophy
MDA is the nation's leading voluntary health agency sponsoring ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) research and life-enhancing services for those affected by this disorder. The teamwork of students from grades 6-12 raised $2,252.00 through bake sales-the highest amount raised this year, out of 56 schools that participated. We are blessed to have been a part of the MDA theme: "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work - One Team One Dream!" |
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May 29-June 29, 2012 Summer School
Summer School is open to all students entering grades 9-12, in the fall of 2012. A remedial math course is also available for grades 6-12. Please view here, a complete listing of courses and additional information. This is a great way for students to focus on one subject at a time, make room in their schedules for extra electives, or have a free-period during the school year, for those involved in many extra curricular activities. If a student would like to go on the CRPC missions trip to the Bahamas during the first week of June, enrollment in Summer School is still an option. They can participate in both the missions trip and Summer School, however, they will need to make up the work they missed while on the missions trip in the Bahamas.
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Sheridan House Counseling Center Dr. Robert Barnes is the president of Sheridan House Family Ministries.
This week, one of the Sheridan House counselors Deborah Howell, shares her thoughts on your child's possible stress, during the last quarter of school and how to help them. "Mom, is it summer yet?" may be viewed here.
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WA Photos Available
 Current sports and fine arts photos
are available for viewing and purchasing on
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Child Safety is Every Parents' Concern This week on "Homeroom," detective Kim DiCristofalo, with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit, discusses with Laura Bishop vital information on child safety, such as: how old should a child be before they are permitted to stay home alone, Internet safety, driving safety, prescription drug abuse, and more.
"Homeroom" can be heard every Thursday evening from 9-10 PM on GRACE FM 90.3 FM, or on www.gracefmradio.com. . |
Westminster Academy is a Christ-centered, biblically-based college preparatory school dedicated to equipping covenant students to excel by using their gifts and talents for God's glory.
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