Community
UPDATE: Haiti Earthquake Relief
Westminster filled FOUR containers for Haiti. One thousand cases of canned foods, 200 cases of evaporated milk, 3,500 individual gallons of water, and over 6,000 cases of bottled water were donated by the Westminster community and its partners. Palmer Trinity filled one container. Mr. D'Adesky informed us that the containers were loaded on the first commercial seafreight vessel to Haiti, and were offloaded last week in Port-au-Prince, using a make-shift ramp that he made with the U.S. Military.
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Are You Interested in a Transportation Service?
Westminster would like to offer a transportation service for families who live in the areas of Coral Gables, South Miami, North Pinecrest, Homestead and Key Largo for the 2010-2011 school year. The service would provide one-way service in the morning to school, on a daily basis, from centralized drop-off and pick-up locations in each of the neighborhoods mentioned.
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Re-Enrollment Deadline - February 11
Don't wait for the last day to submit your re-enrollment forms for the 2010-2011 school year. The deadline is Thursday, February 11.
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Faculty
Passing of Miss McKimson
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Miss Joyce McKimson on January 5, 2010, due to complications related to her battle with cancer. A beloved first grade teacher, and a dedicated servant to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Miss McKimson helped mold and shape the lives of Westminster students for 22 years.
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Congratulations to the ES C.O.W. Award Winners
Congratulations to the December 2009 and January 2010 Creative Oscar of Westminster (C.O.W.) Award Winners, Suzanne Suris (Music) and Lynette Perez (Spanish).
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Support WCS
WCS Gala - Reserve Your Seats!
Reserve your seats today for the WCS "Pearls of Wisdom" Gala on Sat., Mar. 20, at the Hotel InterContinental in Downtown Miami. This event is the primary fundraiser for the WCS Financial Aid Fund, which is a lifeline for so many deserving students and families.
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Annual Fund Wrap-Up
Thank you to the Westminster families, alumni, friends, staff and faculty who made a gift to this year's Annual Fund. To date, we have received gifts totaling $167,490. These funds were used to build the new Elementary School playground and shade covering, which has provided a much needed improvement to this campus. The ES students thank YOU!
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Success is Sweet!
The fifth grade class will be enjoying the sweet taste of success, having earned the highest Annual Fund participation in Mrs. Thompson's Pancake Breakfast Challenge. In addition to their parents' generous gifts, many fifth grade students made personal gifts by doing extra chores, or breaking into their piggy banks to show their love for Westminster Christian School, and support of Christian education.
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Chiefs
Chiefs' Work Day - Jan. 16
Join the Westminster family on Sat., Jan. 16, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, for a Chiefs' Work Day to spruce up the athletic facilities and fields.
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Annual Golf Classic - Support WCS Athletics!
Grab your golf clubs and enjoy a beautiful afternoon on the links while supporting Westminster's athletic program on Sat., Mar. 6, at the 18th Annual WCS Golf Classic.
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Parents' Guild
ES Father/Daughter Dance - Feb. 19
"Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice. That's what little girls are made of." So, Dads, put on your dancing shoes, and invite your sweetheart to the Annual Father/Daughter Dance on Fri., Feb. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Guarch Family Auditorium.
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Fine Arts
WCS Students Art Work Juried into and Awarded at Beaux Arts Student Artist Showcase
Join us in congratulating the eight Westminster MS and HS art students who have been juried into the seventh annual Beaux Arts Student Artist Showcase. Two students were awarded first and second place in their category, which also includes cash awards.
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Athletics
MS Boys' Basketball Wins Tournament
The Warriors MS Boys’ Basketball A team won the MS tournament hosted at Miami Country Day. They were victorious against Florida Christian (43-20), host MCD (33-23), and in the championship game against Cushman (30-20).
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All-Star Game Showcase Recap by Joe Mira, V Football Coach
For the first time in Dade County history, an all-star football game was played between the public and private high schools. Four of our football players participated and did extremely well. Natheniel Berry, Sean Jenkins, Tomorris Roberts, and Antonio Washington represented WCS and did an outstanding job.
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Freshman David Thompson Featured in ESPN's Online Magazine
ESPN's "Rise" online magazine celebrates stand-out High School athletes, and recently featured WCS three-sport athlete David Thompson. Click "Read More" to view the article.
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High School
WCS "Lifer" A.J. Tablada Makes the Grade
A Westminster student since preschool, Senior A.J. Tablada's dreams are coming true. He has always dreamed of attending Notre Dame, and during the week of mid-terms, he got the good news - Early Action - He's in, and on his way!
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Mu Alpha Theta Celebrates Metric Day with Fifth Grade Students
Members of Mu Alpha Theta, the Mathematics Honor Society, organized metric activities for the fifth grade math classes to celebrate metric day (10-10). There were four activities: the Sponge Squeeze, Metric Putt Putt, a Candy Jar Guessing Game, and a word search.
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Middle School
Eighth Grade English Students Receive Award
WCS Eighth Grade English students were awarded the Poetic Achievement Award, Fall 2009 by Creative Communications. This award is given to schools whose students' entries to the Poetry Contest were of exceptionally high merit and represents the top 10 percent of the schools who entered the contest. This achievement qualifies WCS to apply for one of the $250 Language Arts Grants.
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Sixth Grade Celebrates Before Christmas Break
The sixth grade students and faculty gathered before Christmas break to celebrate the season and the birth of our Savior!
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Elementary
VIDEO: What if I talked to God today?
Prize winners from the ES "What if talked to God today?" writing contest recorded a video to share with you the questions they would like to ask God someday. Click "Read More" to view the video.
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Third Grade Students Become Aspiring Designers
Mrs. Mayan's third grade class opted to forgo the traditional book report in favor of designing "Disney" rides that portrayed the plots of the books they had recently read.
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Preschool Christmas Program
A full-fledged Nativity scene was on stage for the Preschool Christmas Program. The A,B,C's of Christmas were shared by our sheep, doves, shepherds, angels, Mary, Joseph, wise men and even the Star of Bethlehem.
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ES Student Council Brings Christmas to the Migrant Camp Community
The ES Student Council had the privilege of delivering Christmas presents to the children of the Redland Christian Migrant Association (RCMA) Child Development Center in Homestead. This is the 29th year that Westminster has supported the children and families of RCMA.
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Principal's 150 Update
The principal's challenge to students, teachers and families to exercise at least 150 minutes per week continues to encourage everyone to get moving! Students are biking with their families, playing basketball together with friends, and there is even a group of employees working out together after school.
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Fifth Grade Students Get a Taste of the Middle School Experience
With second semester in full swing, many fifth grade students are already wondering about what sixth grade will be like. Well, this week, they had a chance to try their hand at being a sixth grade student at "Meet the Middle School" morning.
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Kindergarten Students Spread Christmas Cheer
Kindergarten students, in festive hats and reindeer antlers, sang Christmas carols across both MS and HS campuses.
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ES Music Teaching Technigues featured in UM School of Music Video
The WCS second and third grade classes had the distinct honor of being selected to participate in a video produced through the University of Miami Frost School of Music. The video demonstrated specific teaching/learning techniques used to teach young students how to improvise using tonal and rhythmic patterns.
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