World Compass Academy engages and inspires learners in a safe, challenging, and individualized learning environment, which cultivates and fosters character, a lifelong love of learning, and the skills to engage in the global community.
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2019-20 School Calendars!
The Preschool and K-8th grade school calendars are available for the
2019-20 school year. You may also view the school calendars on the
WCA website. Please note that the first day of school will be August 14 (1st-8th only). August 14-16 will be Full Days for 5th-8th and Early Release Days for 1st-4th. August 19 & 20 will be a staggered start for Kindergartners and the first days for Preschoolers.
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Kids' DAY Out!
Parents, sign your kids up for
Kids' Day Out and get your last minute shopping done, wrap those presents, or just take a day off!
9:00am-3:30pm
Santa Visit/Hot Chocolate/Holiday Games/
Crafts/
Cookie Decorating
World Compass Academy
All Kids and Ages Welcome
if you have any questions and to sign-up!
Cost: $45 for 1st child, $55 for 2 children,
$65 for 3-4 children or $75 for more
than 4 children.*
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This pricing is per family living in the same household/siblings.
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The Middle School Cheerleaders invited the Elementary School Cheerleaders to join them to cheer at a home basketball game on November 29. It was a great experience for both squads!
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Winter Break Camp
The deadline to s
ign-up is tomorrow, December 14.
REGISTER HERE
. Choose Before & After Care/School Year Breaks. See pricing below. Questions? Email
Shea-Leah
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| December 20 (half day only due to Early Release) |
$25
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| December 21 (No school due to Parent/Teacher Conf) |
$45
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| Closed December 24 - 26 |
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| December 27 & 28 (flat fee for both days) |
$90
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| Closed December 31 & January 1 |
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| January 2 - 4 (pick and choose the dates) |
$45/day
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WCA students had a great day celebrating and learning about the St. Nicolas European tradition. Part of the tradition involves children putting out their shoe the night before and receiving some gifts. Thanks to Annie Maurice, Kara Nikanorov, and our parent volunteers for making this celebration educational and fun for our students.
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Boys' Basketball Team
The boys' basketball team made major improvements from the beginning to the end of the season. As coach, I'm extremely proud of how hard our players played in each and every game. Other coaches would mention how hard our kids played game after game, even with a small number of kids. We won and lost together, but at the end of the day, we got better and had a lot of fun. I'm proud of each student's work ethic this basketball season. Our B team will play in a tournament game tonight and try to advance to finals on Tuesday. Nice job on a hard fought season.
Coach Millard
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This month, Mike Truskowski spent all day working on our bleachers AND spending time in his daughter's Kindergarten classroom! He stayed until 5:00pm on a Friday! He says he loves being a part of the Watch D.O.G.S. program!
WCA is so grateful to the male role models who take time out of their schedules to volunteer at school.
If you are interested in volunteering with Watch D.O.G.S., send an email
here.
Thanks for your support!
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Middle School (5-8) Holiday Homeroom Wars
The last week before Winter Break will be Middle School Holiday Homeroom Wars. Each day will be a spirit day (except Thursday, which is a Formal Uniform Day). All students are encouraged to participate. Please do NOT buy special costumes or feel like participation requires a large financial commitment. Be creative with what you already own.
There will also be an event each day where homerooms will compete against each other. The schedule is below:
| Date |
Event |
Spirit Dress Theme |
| Monday, December 17 |
Holiday Door Decorating |
Dress Like an Elf |
| Tuesday, December 18 |
Class with the Most Holiday Spirit |
Ugly Sweater/Holiday Clothing |
| Wednesday, December 19 |
Holiday Trivia Challenge |
PJ Day |
| Thursday, December 20 |
Holiday Song Lip Synch |
Formal Uniform Day (holiday hats permitted) |
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Spelling Bee & Geography Bee
World Compass Academy is excited to announce that we will be holding our 3rd Spelling Bee and Geography Bee in January.
Scripps National Spelling Bee
All students in grades 1-8 will have the opportunity to participate in a classroom spelling bee. Our top 30 spellers, as determined by the classroom spelling bee and a written test, will then compete at our school level bee on
Tuesday, January 8 at 2:00pm. The top WCA speller will then move on to the DCSD spelling bee on Saturday, February 2.
National Geographic Geo Bee
Students in grades 4-8 will complete a qualifying test in order to determine the students participating in our school level Geo Bee on
Thursday, January 17 at 2:00pm. Our school winner will then have the opportunity to take a test to potentially qualify to compete at the state level.
All contestants for the spelling and geography bees will be notified prior to Winter Break.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email
Kate Parker
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2019-20 Preschool Program
Preschool enrollment for the 2019-20 school year will open
January 9, 2019. New families wishing to enroll their child(ren) in the WCA Preschool Program do not go through Open Enrollment. Parents will be required to complete a 2019-20 Preschool Application (available on the school website beginning January 9, 2019.) Enrollment in our preschool program is first come, first served. Priority enrollment will apply.
For information about the 2019-20 Preschool Program, please go
HERE. For next year, class times have been extended to 3 hours and tuition has been reduced! Questions? Please
email Mary Bertke.
* Please note that this does not apply to currently enrolled Preschool and Pre-K students because these families have already submitted an Intent to Return for next school year.
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New Start & End Times for Full Day K-4th Graders
Beginning
Monday, January 7, 2019, Full Day K-4th grade students will begin school at
8:00am (the same time as middle school students) instead of 8:15am and will dismiss at
3:20pm instead of 3:15pm.
THERE IS NO CHANGE for Preschool, Half Day K or 5th-8th grade students.
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WCA Social Media
Please "like" our
Facebook page and follow us on Instagram @wcacougars. Social media is one of the top ways we can increase our visibility, which contributes to growing our enrollment. Help us spread the word by liking our pages and sharing and commenting on posts. We have several consistent highlights each week, including "Why WCA" Wednesday and Thursday Storytime. Our "Why WCA" features come from our very own families, and we invite you to share your story with us. Go
HERE for more information.
Our Thursday Storytime features a different WCA Teacher/Staff member reading a book. This is a fun way to set us apart as a language immersion school and simply to offer something fun and unique for our families to tune into each week. A new Storytime video is posted each Thursday at 7:30pm MT on our
Facebook Page
. Thank you for your support of WCA!
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PTO Announcements
January Spirit Nights. Briccy's Coffee House on
January 17, 6am-8pm. They will donate 25% back to WCA. Stop by Rita's Italian Ice (all day long) for a treat on
January 23.
Only January 17 will be a Spirit Wear Day.
Next PTO meeting. Join us in the cafeteria on
January 24 at 6:30pm.
February Spirit Night. Mark your calendars for Mod Pizza on
February 13 from 4-8pm. WCA will receive 15% back.
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2019 Apple Awards
WCA is full of amazing teachers and staff.
Nominate your favorite teacher, support staff and/or administrator
HERE
! The deadline for nominations is January 11, 2019.
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Announcements
Report Cards
. Attention Parents! Trimester 1 grades will be available to view through your
Parent Portal account
tomorrow,
December 14
. Please remember that teachers will not be handing out printed report cards this year.
Holiday Parties. This year, to honor the many different holiday traditions, each grade level has been assigned an area of our world to serve as a focus for their holiday celebrations. Please look for communication from your child's teacher for more details.
Kindergarten Christmas Program. Join us in the cafeteria at 1:30pm on December 19.
Awards Assembly.
The Middle School Awards Assembly will be Thursday,
December 20
at
9:15am
.
This will be a Formal Uniform Day for 5th - 8th ONLY
. Middle school students will receive awards for sports, high honor roll, honor roll, and character.
Delayed Start/Snow Day Procedures
. With winter quickly approaching, we wanted to remind WCA families about our procedures for Delayed Start and Snow Days. Please go
HERE
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Early Release Day. Full Day K-4 students will be released at 12:15pm and 5-8 students will be released at 12:30pm on December 20. Students will NOT eat lunch at school. Preschool and Half Day Kindergarten - NO SCHOOL.
Parent/Teacher Conferences. Watch for sign-ups from your teachers! Conferences will be the afternoon of
December 20 and during the day on
December 21 (NO SCHOOL).
Winter Break! The office will be closed
December 24 - January 4, 2019 for Winter Break.
Formal Uniform Day. Tuesday,
January 8 is a Formal Uniform Day (2nd Tuesday due to Winter Break).
8th Grade Family Information Night @ Castle View High School. Do you have an 8th grader? CVHS is hosting an information night on
January 17, 5:30-7:45pm.
VIEW FLYER
NEW DCSD Community Events. The Foundation for Douglas County Schools (formerly DCEF) partners with Denver's premier sports teams, attractions and venues to provide you with exciting discounted programs, all while giving back to our school. Please use the link below for purchasing your discounted tickets to the upcoming events.
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Calendar Reminders
| Dec 15 |
Kids' Day Out, 9:00am - 3:30pm |
| Dec 19 |
Kindergarten Christmas Program, 1:30pm |
| Dec 20 |
FORMAL UNIFORM DAY (5-8 only)
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| Dec 20 |
Middle School Awards Assembly 9:15am |
| Dec 20 |
Early Release Day @ 12:15pm & 12:30pm/Parent Teacher Conferences PM
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| Dec 20 |
NO SCHOOL/Preschool & Half Day Kindergarten ONLY
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| Dec 21 |
NO SCHOOL/Parent Teacher Conferences
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| Dec 24-Jan 4 |
WINTER BREAK!
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| Jan 7 |
Back to School...New start/end times for Full Day K-4 Begin! |
| Jan 8 |
FORMAL UNIFORM DAY |
| Jan 8 |
Spelling Bee, 2pm |
| Jan 8 |
WCA Board of Director's Meeting, 6:30pm |
| Jan 9 |
2019-20 Preschool Enrollment Opens |
| Jan 17 |
SPIRIT WEAR DAY |
| Jan 17 |
Geography Bee, 2pm |
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2490 S. Perry Street
Castle Rock, CO 80104
Main Phone: 303-814-5200
Attendance: 303-814-5280
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