Westside Christian Wave Weekly - December 8, 2020 - Westside Christian School
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Westside Christian
Wave Weekly
December 8, 2020
In this edition:
Giving Tree gifts due on Friday
Cookie sale
The Fields Are Ripe expansion
Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year
Virtual following Christmas break
Intent to call
We are hiring!
Lost and Found
Calendar of Events - Casual Day this Friday!
Save the date
Classroom notes
Giving Tree gifts due on Friday
Are you looking for a way to make an impact on a family in need this
Christmas? Christmas gives us the opportunity to display the
amazing love of Christ with those in our community who are hurting,
needing a little help, and could use some extra blessings.
We normally love to shop for speci c presents chosen from the
Giving Tree, but this year we need to go a different direction. We are
asking that you purchase gift cards for an individual or family
instead. The gift cards are to speci c businesses and indicated for
speci c members in each family (e.g., Mom - $25 Target; Boy - $15
Walmart). There are still about 55 unclaimed gifts left on the
Giving Tree. In order for us to distribute the cards in time for
families to use them to purchase their gifts for Christmas, we need
the gift cards turned in by this Friday. Please include a note
indicating the family number and individual for whom the gift was
purchased.
Go to st-andrew-online.org/givingtree to view the list of gift cards
still needing to be purchased and sign up to participate. Due to the
great need in the community, Friends of Westside has decided to
fully partner with St. Andrew community Giving Tree and will not
have a separate Giving Tree for the school. Please feel free to email
FOW President Carrie Kornstedt if you have questions.
Cookie sale
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!
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
ii f i i
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. Virtual following Christmas break We pray you had a successful start to this week of virtual learning. Reach out to your child's teacher if you experience any issues. Please monitor yourself and your child(ren) for COVID-19 symptoms. If symptoms develop, we ask that you keep your child(ren) at home and get tested. Christmas break Westside Christian School students in grades K - 8 will also 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. Intent to call Letter of intent
Last Sunday, a voters meeting was held and it was unanimously approved to extend a letter of intent to call Ms. Emily Frey as our middle school Science and Math teacher, pending her graduation and ful llment of all responsibilities for student teaching. Emily is a student at Wisconsin Lutheran College (WLC) and is currently student teaching with us. We pray for her as she deliberate where to serve, knowing that the Lord will bless her work and the growth of His kingdom through her efforts. Call meeting The Board of Directors has called a voters meeting, which will be held at 12:30 PM this Sunday, to issue a letter of intent to call Mr. Levi Schriefer as a 4th grade teacher upon successful completion of his student teaching. Mr. Schriefer is in his nal semester at WLC, majoring in Education and Spanish, and is engaged to Ms. Emily Frey. We became aware of Levi's experiences and gifts in teaching through our contacts at WLC and believe he would be a great t for our growing school's needs at this time. We are hiring! Preschool Teacher WCS is looking for a quali ed candidate who would be interested in lead teaching 5 afternoons a week (11:30-3:30 PM) in our 4K program. Ideal candidates would have preschool experience and Elem. Ed. degree or have taken early childhood certi cation classes, demonstrate a willingness to cooperate with other staff, and a joy for working with children. WELS membership is ideal. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more, contact Principal Meredith Pucci. Classroom Assistant WCS will be adding another part time classroom assistant to our team! This position will focus on supporting teachers while they continue to provide both in-person and virtual learning options. This position would not necessarily include direct instruction with students, but would have a greater emphasis on preparing classroom materials, videotaping the teacher’s lessons, making copies, and uploading assignments for virtual learners. Candidates would have a minimum of one year working with students in an educational setting, demonstrate a willingness to cooperate with other adults, and a joy for supporting students of all ages. WELS membership is ideal. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more, contact Principal Meredith Pucci. 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. Lost and Found!
Our lost and found bin is over owing. Below are pictures of all the items that have collected. If you
recognize any of them, please email Stacy Bernd.
December 11 - Casual day
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
Pre-K3 news 4K news Kindergarten news
A quiet week in the Pre-K3 4K is enjoying the manger This week we will begin
meant we could concentrate scenes in our room, and we working on the letter E
on how to take turns playing sing "Away In a Manger" sound with our Superkid
a board game. We mastered often! We nished a Ettabetta. Ettabetta received
the color and shape game Kindness Chain and had a a special book in the mail
quite nicely. It is not often celebration thanking our called Extra Special
you can hear hexagon and classmates for being helpful Exercises to Enjoy –
trapezoid repeatedly from 3- and thoughtful. Excellent, Entertaining, and
& 4-year-olds. We are Educational. She especially
spending a lot of time now liked this book because she
getting ready for Christmas. loves puzzles, riddles, clues,
We will be making LOTS of rhymes, games, and big
decorations to help celebrate words that begin with the
the holiday and help us focus letter E. She has been
on what it is really all about! sharing a new puzzle with a
new Superkid friend on each
work page. Our class has
been decoding these puzzles
and games as well. The
children have also been
reading many new and
exciting words. How
Extraordinary!
1st grade news 2nd grade news 3rd & 4th grade news
All the 1st grade students did “It’s beginning to look a lot This week the third graders
a great job learning at home like Christmas, everywhere did a great job of learning
last week. They met on Zoom you look.” This includes the virtually. Thank you for
throughout the week for 2nd grade classroom. turning in assignments and
small group reading lessons (Thank you, Mrs. Wood!) We working with your child on
and watched videos made by are enjoying some Christmas ashcards! Next week they
Mrs. Renstrom for other related activities these next will learn the x9 facts and
subjects. It was not always two weeks. Singing work with dividing by 9.
easy and sometimes they Christmas songs, writing
had to be creative (like stories, and reading This week the fourth graders
making their own die for a Christmas books are just a worked more on geometry.
game!), but they made it! few examples. We also made They learned about parallel
a countdown Christmas and perpendicular lines. Next
chain...only 17 days to week they will continue by
Jesus’ birthday! learning about the radius
and diameter of a circle,
triangles, and 3D shapes.
Thank you for sending in
work during the virtual week
and helping your child log in
on time.
Middle School: Religion Middle School: Math Middle School: ELA
and Social Studies and Science 5th grade is sharing what
5th Grade This week in Science 5th and they've learned while reading
Religion: This week was have 6th are wrapping up the unit non ction this week, and
been looking more at the on Ecology with dioramas. started thinking about what
miracles of Jesus. Yesterday, The in person students will they could write a research-
we started the story of Jesus be presenting their projects based argument essay on.
raising Jairus’ daughter from to their peers on Tuesday! 6th grade is approaching
the dead. The 7th and 8th Science their new non ction books
Social studies: We have just class will be focusing on with curiosity while asking
nished up our unit on the getting caught up on their questions, and has begun
English colonies in America. paper bodies after a week of analyzing short stories in
We will be starting to look at virtual learning. preparation for writing
what life was like in those literary essays. 7th and 8th
colonies this week! Then The 5th, 7th, and 8th Math grade Literature has started
after Christmas, we will start classes are getting back on examining other types of
the Revolutionary War. their feet after a week of non ction digital texts to
distance learning. After study deeper into the issues
6th Grade some solid review, they are covered by their literary
Religion: This week we will looking forward to proving non ction books. 7th and
continue looking at the story their knowledge with a test 8th Writing are seeing what
of Joseph. As of this week, later this week. it takes to write like a
Joseph went from being a journalist in preparation for
slave, to being a servant, to 6th grade is still learning their next edition of the
being a prisoner, and now he virtually, but we are excited student newspaper.
is second in command in to see their faces in person
Egypt. Awesome story! on Thursday!
Social Studies: This week we
will be looking at working
conditions and factories
during the late 1800’s and
early 1900’s. As the students
will come to learn, they were
very undesirable.
7th/8th Grades
Religion: This week we have
nished up our talks about
dating and how to make God
pleasing choices regarding dating. Moving forward this week, we will discuss how to make God pleasing decisions with our money. Social Studies: This week, we have studied the life of Muhammad and how the religion of Islam spread during his life. Later on this week, we will see the lasting impact of Muhammad on the Middle East.
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