Westside Christian Wave Weekly - December 16, 2020 - Westside Christian School

Westside Christian
Wave Weekly
December 16, 2020

In this edition:
 Cookie sale - ORDER NOW for pick-up this Friday
 Sledding hill
 Ugly Christmas sweater day
 Lost and Found
 Virtual following Christmas break
 The Fields Are Ripe expansion
 Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year
 Giving Tree
 Advent by Candlelight
 We are hiring!
 Calendar of Events
 Save the date
 Classroom notes

Cookie sale - ORDER NOW for pick-up this Friday
Mix, chill, roll, cut, bake... whew! That's a lot of work and takes so much time. Why not have Bakery
Dew LLC do the work for you?!

Order your Christmas Cookie Kit today! Two Kit sizes: 16 or 32 sugar cookie cutouts with frosting and
sprinkles for $25 or $45! Cookie Kits will be delivered to you curbside during student pick-up on
December 18.

Pre-orders only at www.bakerydew4you.com or email bakerydew4you@gmail.com. Proceeds go
toward The Fields Are Ripe expansion campaign: you get cookies, Westside gets new classrooms,
everyone wins!

 Sledding fun
 Did you know that Westside has an amazing sledding hill out back? I
 bet your kids do. Students in grades K - 8 are allowed to bring their
 sleds to school and can leave them here during the week. We just
 ask that they be taken home on Fridays. Kids do share, so don't
 worry if your child doesn't have one. We just wanted to let everyone
 know that the rumors are true--kids do bring their sleds to school.
 Sledding makes wintertime recess so much fun! 

Ugly Christmas sweater day

Students and faculty are encouraged to wear an ugly or silly Christmas
sweater to school on Tuesday. Let's have some fun! The uglier or sillier
the better. Be creative. Students who choose not to participate may
dress casually for the day.

 Lost and Found
 Our lost and found bin is over owing. We will set up a table in the
 pick-up line this Friday. Anything not claimed on Friday will be
 donated. There's at least one winter coat in there, some hats and
 mittens, so check it out!

Virtual music performances
We love music at Westside, especially at Christmas time. While we were unable to host our usual
concerts, recitals, and children's Christmas program, we do have some virtual performances to share
with you. More will be shared in next week's Wave.

The kids all worked/are working so hard. Thank you to the parents, teachers, and instructors who
helped make this possible.

Band Concert
There were some troubles with audio feedback during the concert--live and learn. Click HERE to view
the slides and watch the individual pieces without the feedback. 

Voice Concert
Click HERE to view our voice students present their concert.

3rd and 4th grade Christmas program
The click HERE to view the 3rd and 4th grade Christmas program.

Piano solo
Hark! the Harold Angels Sing

Virtual following Christmas break
Westside Christian School students in grades K - 8 will engage in virtual learning following Christmas
break, from January 5 - 8. Our preschool will be open; however, preschool families that will be traveling
or gathering with others to celebrate the holidays will be required to keep their preschool student at
home. Preschool families, please let your child's teacher know if your child will be learning from home
or if your child will be at school.

We will send learning materials home with students on the last day of school prior to Christmas break

As with this week of virtual learning, the week following Christmas break is meant to be spent at
home. Our hope is that this will allow those who traveled or met with family and friends an opportunity
to quarantine at home while monitoring for COVID-19 symptoms. If symptoms develop, parents
should keep their children at home and get tested.

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation and understanding as we work together to mitigate the
spread of COVID-19 at Westside.

Note to preschool families
Westside will not provide school lunch or Extended Care during these virtual learning days. Preschool
families who will be sending their child to school will need to pack a lunch.

The Fields Are Ripe Expansion

This is such an exciting time to be part of the ministry here at Westside Christian School, as we look
forward to our upcoming building expansion that will add some much needed space for our growing
school. Please take a few moments to watch the a video that shares our vision for this project and
opportunities for you to participate.

We rejoice in all that God is doing here through his people. We pray that this ministry expansion project
will be a blessing to our current students and their families as well as many more in years to come.
May God continue to use us to reach and serve the children in our community.

Thank you for all that you do to support our mission.

Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year
Wow, can you believe we're talking about enrollment for next school year already?! Current Westside
families and members of St. Andrew will have the opportunity to secure their child(ren)'s seat(s) at
Westside during our early enrollment period, January 11 - 17.

Open enrollment will begin on Tuesday, January 19. All enrollments received on and after January 19
will be processed in the order they are received. This is true for new and existing families, so don't miss
the early enrollment period.

Giving Tree
Tears of joy, it is really hard not to cry when someone is so overwhelmed
with gratitude and joy that they start crying in front of you. That is the
impact you made possible. 18 families are being blessed through your
generosity and love. Each family not only received the gifts, but
parenting and family devotional books as well. Thank you to all who helped share the love and joy of
Christ through the Giving Tree.

Advent by Candlelight
Here we are in the "most wonderful time of the year," and there is a most wonderful opportunity
coming up for the women of our St. Andrew and Westside Community. The annual Women's Advent by
Candlelight service is Sunday, December 20, at 4:30 PM. The service will re ect on the Scripture used
for the cherished Advent hymn, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." It will be held virtually this year, but the
same Jesus with the same message will be at the center. Invite your girlfriends and family members to
join us. Here is the zoom link. Contact Nancy Ninman with your questions.

We are hiring!
Janitorial
Are you interested in a part-time* position to help keep church and school squeaky clean this school
year? We still have one opening for a part-time janitor. Please contact Lead Custodian Stephanie Grow
if you're interested in learning more.

* Weeknight or early morning janitor | 8-12 hours per week | Monday-Thursday

Substitute teachers
Westside could use a few more people to step in from time to time as substitute teachers. If you have a
passion for education and would like to support our ministry in this way, please reach out to Principal
Meredith Pucci.

 You might want to get these dates on your
 calendar NOW!
 12/22: Ugly Christmas sweater day
 12/23-1/4: Christmas break
 1/5-1/8: Virtual learning (K-8)
 1/11-1/17: Early enrollment period
 1/19: Open enrollment begins

Our Christmas tree The hallway bulletin Kindergarten news
 board This week we will work on
 the letter H sound with our
 new Superkid “Hot Rod.” Hot
 Rod dreams of racing fast
 race cars. Hot Rod and Doc
 follow magazine instructions
 to put together a hot rod
 made from a baby carriage.
 Together they include
 handlebars, a horn,
 headlights, a seat, tires and
 a ag to make a type of
 vehicle that they name “Fast
 Cat.” How fun! At the end of
 our booklet we look forward
 to playing a racing game
 called “Hit the Gas.” Hooray!

1st grade news 2nd grade news 3rd & 4th grade news
The students worked on Second graders are learning We will plan to have our
writing many personal all about prep, prep, shopping day on Friday,
narrative stories over the prepositions. That’s part of December 18 to cash in the
past six weeks. They used the jingle we learned to help extra gold coin tokens the
different kids of end marks, us remember that kids have earned. Thank you
made characters talk in prepositions are connecting to those who gave a
speech bubbles, and words. We now know 5 donation toward prizes.
described how characters different parts of
felt, among other things. speech...nouns, verbs, This year in response to our
Last we they celebrated their adverbs, adjectives, and Lord’s generosity in sending
writing by sharing the stories prepositions. We use all His Son to us as the greatest
with each other. these types of words to help Christmas gift, we plan to
 us build and classify donate chickens and goats
 sentences. to feed families in need
 through a group called World
 Vision. A combination of two
 chicks and a goat costs us
 $110 and will provide goat’s
 milk, eggs and protein for
 struggling families. Let’s see
 how many goats and
 chickens we can provide in
 response to God’s love.
 Please send any money you
 are donating in a sealed
 envelope with 3rd and 4th -
 Chicks and Goats on the
 outside by Friday, December
 18. Checks can be made out
 directly to World Vision. If I
 receive any cash, I will write
 a personal check to send in
 the mail.

Middle School: Religion Middle School: Math Middle School: ELA
and Social Studies and Science 5th grade is nishing up their
5th Grade The 5th and 6th Science historical ction books and
Social Studies: Last week we classes are learning about drafting sample argument
 nished up looking at the the wonders of Space. Both essays on whether we
thirteen colonies. This week classes are eagerly learning should have chocolate milk
we have started what life is and have many insightful in schools. 6th grade is
like living in those colonies. questions. The 7th and 8th tracking the central ideas of
Religion: This week we are Science class is coming close their non ction book, and
still looking at Jesus’ to ending their anatomy unit. drafting literary essays. 7th
ministry. We nished Jesus The paper body projects are and 8th grade has studied
raising the young man from looking great! podcasts, documentaries,
Nain from the dead. We will and articles on the issues
start Jesus teaching about On Friday and Monday, all of covered by their non ction
love this week. the Math classes worked book, and are about to
 hard to complete their unit create their own digital text
6th Grade assessments. This week 5th recommending their favorite.
Social Studies: We will nish started their unit on Ratios, They also will be working on
up our urbanization and 6th started on Rate, 7th their newspaper articles for
business unit this week with started on Angles, and 8th the next edition of the Wave
talking about labor unions in are reviewing Functions. Current.
the early 1900’s. We will have
a test this week on Friday!
Religion: We have still been
talking about Joseph this
week and we will get to
 nally see Joseph and his
brothers united in Egypt by
the end of the week.

7th/8th Grades
Social Studies: We have just
 nished up our unit on Islam
with the Umayyad Dynasty.
We will have a test on
Thursday this week!
Religion: We have been
practicing our Christmas
play this week! We will be

nished with recording on
Thursday.
Christmas Party: Don't forget
to send a pre-packaged
snack with your 7th/8th
grade student on the 22nd
for our party!