Lower School Newsletter | Sep 25th, 2022

Upcoming Events

Sep 27th Spirit Night at Burger Boy

Sep 28th Kinder & 1st Coffee with the Headmaster

Oct 3-6th Twig Book Fair

Oct 10-11th LS Parent Teacher Conferences

Oct 12-14th Fall Break

Oct 21st No School

Oct 26th Scholar Photos

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This Week on Campus

Thank you to all the US and LS families who joined us at the Big Give Tailgate!

Covered in this Newsletter

Thank You
Operational Updates
Grade Level Blogs
PSO Corner
Intramurals
Coffee with the Headmaster

Thank you, Families 💙

Because of your generosity, we surpassed our goal of $35K

Our Western Hills community raised over $36,700 with 184 donors–passing our $35K goal before the 24-hour mark.

On behalf of all the faculty, thank you, Spartans! Your partnership is vital, and we are so grateful to have such wonderful, caring, and generous families. Our success belongs to you!

With this partnership through The Big Give and the annual Community Investment campaign, we continue to secure funding for our classrooms, campus safety, teacher salaries, and so much more.

Giving financially is just one way to support your scholar's education. Being your scholar's cheerleader, volunteering with your talents, and partnering with the school are all part of investing in your scholar's academy.

Be sure to stay on the lookout for opportunities through the PSO and administration to support our campus with your talent and time!

Operational Updates

Attendance

Attendance matters! Here’s why:

Our campus funding is dependent on scholars attending school. This is the number one way WH receives funding from the state.
The amount we receive from the state is based on our average daily attendance. Every day your scholar attends school our campus receives over $45 in state funding.

How you can help us:

If your scholar is out sick, please send an email or doctor's note to our attendance mailbox at attendance@greatheartswesternhills.org for each day(s) your scholar is out sick.
Please be sure to have your scholar in their classes when attendance is taken each day at 9:50 AM.

Grade Level Blogs

PSO Corner

Calling Parent Volunteers who love to Cook!

RSVP to Spirit Night Here!

Would you like to volunteer at one of our games?

It’s GO time for the next few weeks to be BUSY with our athletic events! Please consider signing up to help with these! Without volunteers, things like concessions won’t be available. Admissions Volunteers are a must, and we can’t ask the same people to help every time. Let’s be honest no one has time for that! We have a number of experienced people to show you what to do!

*Note you must have completed your background check and volunteer training.

All Volleyball: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4eaea928a3fbce9-msbteam

MS Flag Football: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4eaea928a3fbce9-msffbvolunteer

JV Flag Football: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4eaea928a3fbce9-jvffbvolunteer

5th Grade Intramurals

Game Day Reminders:

Great Heart Students are reminded they are in school thus the cellphone policy remains in place. Should a student need to use their cellphone to contact a parent after a contest, they may do so in the cellphone zones placed outside the gym
The courtyard, gaga ball pit, playground, and any recess equipment are off-limits during game time.
Children should remain with their parents and be accompanied to the restroom if needed.
We thank you for your attention to this to help keep our campus safe and enjoyable!

Uniforms:

Please wear the intramural jersey along with black shorts as the uniform. If a game is taking place after school, scholars may bring their uniform in a drawstring bag, they may not wear their intramural shirt unless it is a Spirit Day Friday.

Spartan Business Partner

Click here for more info on becoming a Spartan Business Partner!

Coffee with the Headmaster for Kinder and 1st

September 28th at 8 AM

Parents of Great Hearts Western Hills Kinder and 1st Grade scholars,

Please join us for a morning coffee and discussion with Headmaster Kyla Absher. There will be time for herself and members of our leadership team to share and also answer questions.

This is a current parent-only or guardian-only event. We ask that you drop off your scholar in the carline first and then find parking. Coffee will begin at 8:00 AM in the Lower School MPR.

Please click the button below for more details and to RSVP.

RSVP Here

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