Dear Spartan Families,



The Spartan faculty want to wish you a happy and safe spring break. We hope you are able to take time to rest, relax and spend quality time with one another. Enjoy the beautiful weather, take part in fun activities, and come back refreshed and ready for the remainder of the school year!

Mrs. Absher 

It’s time to re-enroll your child(ren) at Great Hearts for the 2023-2024 school year. Please login and confirm your student's intent to return for the upcoming school year by electronically submitting re-enrollment paperwork as soon as possible. We ask for your quick response, as it allows us to keep an accurate count of available seats for the Fall. The deadline is March 31st - don't wait!  

Re-Enroll in 4 easy steps:  

1. Go to https://greathearts.schoolmint.net/signin 

2. Type in your username: Username: $username and original password. 

3. Once you’re logged in, please indicate if your child is returning or not returning for the 2023-24 school year.  

4. If your student is returning, click on Re-enroll in the next step. 

For assistance, please reach out to your campus Registrar.  

We also encourage all our families to take this time to pledge or re-pledge your Community Investment giving for the 2023-2024 school year. Your family’s gift to Community Investment helps make all of our work possible!

Important Reminders!

• The process takes only 3 minutes per scholar.
• Re-Enroll in the First week and be eligible to win a drawing for $100 uniform vouchers
• Re-Enroll the Second week and be eligible to win a Spartan Swag Bag

Federal Report Cards

Federal Report Cards for the district and each of the district’s campuses is now available on the district’s website at this link: https://www.greatheartsamerica.org/finance-compliance (under the section titled Federal Report Cards by Campus and District). The reports are also available on the Texas Education Agency’s website at: https://tea.texas.gov/Finance_and_Grants/Grants/Federal_Report_Card/. 

For a list of information contained in these reports, visit https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2021frcenglish.pdf. If you have difficulty accessing the information from the website, hard copies of the reports are available at the district office, or if you have questions about the information for your campus, please contact your campus, Headmaster.

District Communications Test 

When we return from Spring Break, we will be issuing a stress test of our district communications system to ensure that all parents and staff are receiving district messages. On Wednesday, March 22nd at 11 am, Great Hearts Texas will send out the same test message via email and phone to all parents and staff. If you do not receive both or one of these messages at 11 am on March 22nd, please notify the district by emailing info@greatheartstx.org.

Dismissal Reminder

All students MUST be picked up by 4:20 PM (2:20 on early release days) unless they are enrolled in an after-school activity (please be aware that clubs and many athletics will not begin until September). After 4:20 PM (2:20 PM on early release days), students will be monitored by Athenaeum/Homework Club, and a charge of $1 per minute will be incurred. Parents arriving after 4:20 PM (2:20 PM early release) must park in the Lower School Lot and sign their child out at the front desk.

*PLEASE DO NOT USE CELL PHONES WHILE IN THE SCHOOL ZONE OR IN CARLINE ON CAMPUS.

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.

From March 20th to March 31st, our school will hold a Read-a-thon competition between the Upper School Houses and Lower School Grade levels!

The House and grade with the highest total minutes read will be crowned the winner and receive a prize. And what's the award, you ask? Well, it's a paleta party for the House and grade that logs the most minutes!

An access code was sent home with you this week to allow parents to register scholars and log their reading progress online.

But you can click here to Activate Your Reader's account!

Once activated, all that's left is to use your profile to send emails and text messages to gather sponsors for your reader, and get reading!

So be sure to activate your Read-a-thon profile today before we start reading on March 20th,

The Twig Bookstore and the PSO are proud to host a book fair on March 28-31st here at Western Hills!

Lower school Scholars have a scheduled time as a class to visit the store. Your teacher will communicate which day your scholar should bring money for the bookfair. Upper School scholars will use breaks and Lyceums as opportunities for time slots where scholars can tour the book fair and look at books.

Online purchases will also be available at the Twig website, but be sure to use code GHWH when you purchase so the school can receive 20% kickback!

The PSO is accepting book donations for our book fair!

We understand the want and need for every child to have the opportunity to own their own books. Therefore, we are asking our community to donate gently used or new books to make available to scholars with limited means. We will accept any level book, please

EXCLUDE any pop-culture references.

If you would like to donate books from the Twig Fair to the School Library, you can do so by ordering the books online and having them shipped to GHWH using the Address:

GHWH Library 

8702 Ingram Rd

San Antonio, TX 78245 

Dear Families,

We are excited to announce our upcoming K-5 Art Walk that will take place at GHWH lower school during the PSO Fiesta Event on Saturday, April 1st. This event promises to be a fun-filled day! 

The Art Walk will feature a display of art created by every child in K-5. It will be an excellent opportunity for family to see the amazing work that their children have accomplished in the GHWH art program throughout the school year.

We look forward to seeing you at the Art Walk and sharing the joy of art with you and your family! Thank you for your continued support!

Middle Earth and Narnia boys basketball players! If you have the 5:15-6:15 or 5-6 practice, you are able to leave your scholars at school for a study hall before practice. They will head to their study hall at final push. You are also able to pick your scholar up in car line, just make sure they are dropped off in front of the gym before practice. 

Our first game is on February 25^th. Playing at 9 a.m. is girls' Narnia vs. Oakenshield and playing at 10 a.m. is boys' Narnia vs Baggins! Please come out and support your houses to VICTORY!

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