Don't forget!  Fall Fest is next Saturday!  Click Here to see a complete list of booths and activities.  Plan to come and invite friends and family to participate in this annual event November 5th from Noon- 5:00 p.m.

Come ready to bid on items at the Parents' Club Silent Auction.  All proceeds from this auction benefit the teachers and staff and Westminster directly through cash blessings at Thanksgiving and Christmas.  

Click Here to purchase your tickets in advance.

Click Here to download the registration form for the K3 Family Fun Run to be held during Fall Fest.

Click Here to pre-order your hamburgers and jambalaya to support 8th grade student raising money to go to Washington DC.

Click Here to download the Dog Show registration form.

Click Here to download the Basketball Camp registration form.

 

Student groups, faculty and staff  will act as "Celebrity Car-hops" at Sonic Drive-In in Opelousas on November 10, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for Westminster Family Night at Sonic.  10% of all proceeds earned will be donated to Westminster Christian Academy, so plan to eat out as a family on Thursday, November 10th!  See you at Sonic!

Westminster Family Night at Sonic
November 10, 2011
Sonic Drive-In
1121 South Union Street
Opelousas, LA 70570-5972

If you have more than one child at WCA, you are encouraged to take advantage of Parent Single Sign-On in PowerSchool, our online student information system where grades are posted.  Single Sign-On offers a number of benefits, including access to multiple students with one login, a personalized account for each parent and guardian, and the ability for parents to retrieve their own login information. Parent Single Sign-On changes the way in which parents access their students' academic records using the PowerSchool Parent Portal.  Note, for upper school students with access to PowerSchool, this log-in is separate from the parent log-in.

Also, the Rewind Project is a student resource provided by our teachers. Teachers in Middle and Upper School record their classes for future viewing by students and parents.  Visit the Technology page of the WCA website and click on the link to the Rewind Podcast Library in the upper left corner. 

You still have time to purchase your elementary child's artwork in the form of a notecard!  The artwork has gone home, but the deadline for ordering notecards has been extended.  The final deadline is now November 1st.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

St. Landry Parish Recycling Centers

Opelousas - 2717 W. Landry Street - 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

 

Open to all residents of St. Landry Parish. Accepting paints, automobile batteries, motor oil, antifreeze, household cleaners, household chemicals, pesticides, flammables, corrosives, medications, tires (limit 5 per person), fluorescent tubes and bulbs, cell phones, cell phone batteries, electronic waste (computers, monitors, printers, scanners, etc.) This is a free service! Please utilize this opportunity to keep these hazards out of our waters and natural environment. Visit www.slpsolidwaste.org for more details.

Classroom observations are happening now across all three WCA campuses.  You are encouraged to schedule a time to observe your child in the classroom today!  

Here is the recent testimony of  Brooke Lafleur, a parent of two first grade boys on the Opelousas campus.  "I was delighted this morning as I walked into school for my observation time to find the first graders in chapel worshipping Father God.  It gives Brant and I great joy to know that Caleb and Silas are able to praise, worship, and lift up the name of Jesus at school!  I also wanted to let you know that I was very impressed with the way Miss Vis handled 25 first graders!  She and Mrs. Kimble worked well together in managing, assisting, and instructing the children during seatwork and reading groups.  I wanted to let you know that we appreciate all of you!"

Mrs. Seymour explained to 1st and 2nd grade students on the Lafayette campus the parts of a pencil and how they relate to the students. The most important part of a pencil is the lead located on the inside. Likewise, the most important part of a Christian is on the inside...the heart. A pencil has to be guided to be of use. Similarly, God will guide your life if you let Him. The eraser is used to erase mistakes. God erases our sins if we go to Him. And finally there is the point, each person has a point/purpose in life. The students then sang a song called "Lessons from a Pencil" to help them remember what they had learned.

Lessons from a Pencil

Saturday, October 22, 2011 was "Make a Difference Day," which followed nicely on the heels of the "Do Hard Things" conference the previous Saturday. The Middle School Mission Team went down to North Park in downtown Opelousas and spent a couple of hours picking up trash, weed-wacking, raking, and just helping to tidy the place up. Afterward, we had some time to eat lunch together and to fellowship with one another on the playground, sharing it with some of the children who were also already there. Overall, it was a big success, and I was encouraged and blessed to see the number of young men and women who were willing to give of their time on a Saturday.