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.

The next Great Hearts Texas Board of Directors meeting will be on Wednesday, November 9 (9:00 am - 12:00 pm) in San Antonio at the office of Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein (845 Proton Rd. // San Antonio, TX 78258). Zoom access will be provided on the GHTX Board Meetings Page ahead of the meeting.

*RSVP deadline is Wednesday, Nov 9th*

Our Spartan Grandparents are invited to join us from 9 AM to 10:30 AM in the GHWH Gym. Over the two mornings, our attendees can expect refreshments, a welcome from our Headmaster, photos with "grand-scholars," and a chance to see inside their classrooms.

Families will need to RSVP for their day corresponding to their grade level:

• Wednesday, November 16th - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Grandparents may attend.
• Thursday, November 17th - Kinder, First, and Second Grade Grandparents may attend.

Please RSVP using the link below so we will be prepared to celebrate our scholars' Spartan Grandparents!

*Please make sure attending Grandparents know their scholar's class section.

Guidelines for Literary Character Day Dress Up Day:

Students may dress up as any character from any book on the K-8 Classics to Keep List, a grade-level read-aloud book, Greek or Roman Mythology or a historical character from our curriculum at Western Hills and come to school primed for a joyful day filled with reading. 

• Students who do not wish to wear a costume should come to school in his or her regular uniform. 
• Parents MUST fill out and turn in a Costume Proposal Slip to their teacher on or before Wednesday, November 16th in order for your student to participate in Character Dress up Day. The costume MUST be approved by the teacher.  
• No masks or all-over face paint (freckles, mustaches, etc. are okay)
• Hats, gloves, ears, etc. are acceptable as long as they stay on and are not a distraction (teacher will confiscate if that happens).
• No props, such as weapons, baskets, wands, etc.
• If the costume is such that it needs clothes underneath, it should be their uniform. 
• Please keep in mind students will be going to recess in their costumes, so one that allows free movement is encouraged.

Dear Western Hills Families,

Our grand GHWH Winter Concert is approaching! We are so excited for your family to experience

the fruits of your scholars’ hard work, as they have been diligently preparing their concert music

throughout the semester.

• Our K - 2th Winter Concert will take place on Friday, December 2nd at 5:30 PM at the Edgewood Theater of Performing Arts, located on 402 Lance St. 78237.
• Our 3 - 5th Winter Concert will take place on Friday, December 9th at 6:00 PM at the Edgewood Theater of Performing Arts, located on 402 Lance St. 78237.

All sections of each grade will be performing together as a choir.

Students are required to stay for the entire length of their concert because they will be graded on not just their performance but also on their concert etiquette.

More details about the call time for students will be given as the concert date approaches.

Students are to wear Concert Dress Attire. This means:

• Boys should wear a white oxford style shirt, black slacks, a black belt, black shoes and socks, and a black necktie (no pop culture or musical ties).
• Girls should wear a white blouse (no halter tops or spaghetti straps), a black skirt (knee-length or longer) or black dress pants, black dress shoes (no high heels), and black or white knee socks or tights. Girls may also wear a solid black dress if this is preferable. No distracting

If your child is unable to attend the Winter Concert, please email  Ms. Burciaga (K - 2 Music) by Friday, November 18th at kiana.burciaga@greatheartswesternhills.org or Ms. Smith (3 - 5 Music) by Friday, November 18th at stephanie.smith@greatheartswesternhills.org.

Over the last two weeks, scholars in third through fifth grade have been learning how to type during Lyceum using a program called Typing Club. This is in preparation for this year's STAAR test, which will all be online. The focus is to help them learn the fundamentals of transcribing their thoughts through a keyboard versus on paper. We still are a campus that highly values handwriting but understand the need for typing to be introduced in grades three through five. In class, students were actively monitored to be sure students were using the correct typing position with the home row keys. We will schedule more "Typing Bootcamp" throughout the year, but continued practice at home will help your scholar to become faster with the keyboard! 

Your scholar was sent home with a login for Typing Club. Please login to greatheartstx.typingclub.com in order to access your scholar's typing program! 

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