Upcoming Events

Dec 5th "Paint the Town Blue" Basketball Games

Dec 8th 6E Drama Performance & Make-Up Picture Day

Dec 9th 7th & 8th Grade Art Showcase

Dec 10th 6D & 6C Drama Performances

Dec 12-16th 5 Days of Giving

Dec 13th 9B Grade Winter Concert Dinner

Dec 15th Athletics Information Meeting

Dec 16th Winter House Festival

Click the links below to add the campus event calendar to your personal calendars:

Quick Links

Bonus: Click here to join the GHWH PSO Facebook Group

This Week on Campus

Our Junior Varsity men's basketball team defeated IDEA Pioneers 49-18 in front of a home crowd of Spartans!

Covered in this Newsletter

Operational Updates
5 Days of Giving
College Counselors Corner
Grade Level Blogs
House Swag Store
PSO Corner
Athletics & Intramurals
Advocacy Corner
SmugMug

Operational Updates

Picture Retake Day is December 8th

If your scholar wishes to retake their picture, please ensure that your scholar brings their original picture package with them and provides to the photographer that day. The original package will then be replaced with the retake package once ready.

If your scholar was absent on picture day and needs to get their picture taken, please ensure you inform them to get their picture taken on this day.

Picture Day ID for those who still wish to order via mylifetouch.com: EVTSQ7PX6

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.

Click here for more info on our Spartan Business Partnerships!

Looking to make an impact by offering a matching gift or creative drawing a prize that motivates families to give? Reach out to Ryan Travis, the Director of Community Engagement and Academy Giving.

College Counselor's Corner

We are in search of parents who would be willing to come to share about their careers.

We will have a small panel of people speak with the 9^th graders on the last Thursday of every month during their morning break (10:55-11:20) beginning January 26, 2023. If you are interested, please email me at angela.masters@greatheartswesternhills.org.

Thank you!

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

PSO Corner

Lunchroom Volunteers Opportunities are back!

Lunchroom Volunteer Opportunities are back! If you are interested and have completed the volunteer background and training (in-person and online) please review and sign up!! We look forward to seeing you!

Click here to Volunteer at Lunch

9th Grade Chamber Music Volunteers

Here is a new and very special event! We can support our school and scholars with donations which will help this tradition come to life!

Click here to Volunteer Supplies

Fezziwig Office Party Volunteers are Needed

Saturday, January 14th, our 6th Graders will be celebrating their completion of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," and it will take a Spartan village of volunteers to make this event magical for our scholars. We will need supplies and volunteers present for the festivities of dancing, toasting, and feasting to be successful, so please view the sign-ups below:

Fezziwig Supplies Needed

Fezziwig volunteer Help

Upper School Blogs

These blogs will be a way for parents to know of upcoming tests, projects, events, or grade printouts. This will also be a way for us to inform parents of grade-specific events including field trips, house events, or other similar events. We will not be posting specific homework assignments or actual pdfs of assignments.

6th-8th Grade Blog

9th Grade Blog

House Swag Store

Pick-Up and Purchases Tuesday & Thursday

When to purchase?

Items will continue to be sold throughout the school year or until sold out.

How to Purchase?

Click here for Configio OR Send exact cash or check in with your scholar or visit the parent payment portal.

Where to pick it up?

Students will have an opportunity to pick up items at the “Swag Locker Station” located in the lobby of the Upper school campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Uniform Tie	$25
Scarf	$25
Beanie	$20
Cinch Bag	$15
Lanyard	$8
Decal	$3
Patch	$2

Athletics & Intramurals

You may find the full schedule on our athletics website at: www.greatheartswesternhillsathletics.org.

Weight Room Update

Spartans, we asked, and you answered! Thank you so much to the families who have helped supply our needs for the weight room! Because of you, are 8th & 9th-grade scholars are starting to learn to lift on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during our Morning Break. We have updated our needs list. If you would like to still donate, see below for items we could still use:

Trap Bars (AKA Hex Bars)
Dumbbells or Kettlebells in the following weights: 8 lbs, 10 lbs, 15 lbs, 20 lbs, 25 lbs.

Upcoming Athletics Games:

Lady Spartan Basketball

12/5/22 – 5:30 pm – vs Compass Rose Ingenuity – Home **Paint the Town Blue**

12/7/22 -5:30 pm – vs Lighthouse Charter – Away

Lady Agoge Basketball

12/3/22 – 10 am – vs. Basis San Antonio – Home

12/7/22 – 5:30 pm – vs. IDEA Converse - Home

MS Boys Basketball

12/5/22 – 6:30 pm – vs. Compass Rose Ingenuity – Home **Paint the Town Blue**

12/7/22 – 6:30 pm – vs. Lighthouse Charter – Away

HS Boys Basketball

12/6/22 – 5:00 pm vs GHFH – Away

12/7/22 – 8:00 pm vs. IDEA Ingram Hills - Away

There will be $2 admission charge to middle and high school athletics games. Great Hearts Western Hills students will not be charged admission.

Game Day Reminders:

Great Heart Students are reminded they are school thus the cellphone policy remains in place. Should a student need to use their cell phone 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!

Is your middle or high school student interested in playing soccer, softball or running in track & field?

Make sure you have registered in Big Teams! Go to www.planeths.com to register your athlete. Under “sports interested in” click on soccer!

If you have already done this, please look out for an email for Coach Disney, and complete the survey!

There will be an informational meeting on December 15^th at 7 pm in the gym after the basketball game for these three sports.

Intramurals Update

When are practices and games?!

The practice schedule for Winter Intramural Soccer is as follows:

M / W – Narnia (Houses Reepicheep & Pevensies)

T / Th – Middle Earth (Houses Baggins & Oakenshield)

Game Schedule:

Co-Ed Soccer

Game 2: Middle Earth vs Narnia – 10 am

Dec 3^rd

Dec 6^th: Narnia vs. Invictus – 4:30 pm**

Game 3: Middle Earth vs. Narnia – 10 am

Dec 10^th

Game 4: Middle Earth vs Invictus – Dec 13^th @ 4:45 pm

~~Game 4:~~ ~~Narnia vs Invictus – Dec 14~~^th ~~@ 4:45 pm~~** has been changed to December 6th

GHWH Athletics Website

Advocacy Corner

Thank you, Great Hearts parents, for you for signing up for Capitol Connections Week and sharing your story with Texas lawmakers. So far, Great Hearts parents are in the top bracket for parent participation out of all charter schools across the state!

Take a moment to share the experience of virtually meeting your lawmaker by emailing Family Advocacy Manager Bridie Chaudoir. She would like to highlight some of our parents’ experiences in future newsletters.

Campus Photos on SmugMug

As the academic year progresses, photographers from Upper and Lower will continue to share photo memories from our campus on our new SmugMug site. Just use the password "plato" to enter and view.

Click here to view photos

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