Archive for Parent Group
–WCS Athletes off to a great start!
Our WCS Stars are shining! The High School football team scored a win over Lubbock Kingdom Prep Thursday night, with quarterback Brent Holsberry passing 200 yards to give us a 39-18 victory. The newly formed Cross Country team attended the Perkins Cross Country Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 2 and Caleb Brumley and Abby Skipworth were Top Area Finishers. Our Lady Stars JH and HS Volleyball teams are practicing hard for the next tournaments coming up Sept. 9 & 11 at Nocona and Iowa Park. Way to shine, STARS!!!
–UPCOMING EVENTS..Join Us!
- JH Football @ Christ Academy, 5:00 p.m.
- HS Football vs Christ Academy, at Lake Wichita Park, 7:30
- September 15 – New Family Banquet, 6:30 Midwestern Parkway Campus
- October 9 – Fall Family Fun Night, 6-8 p.m. Midwestern Parkway Campus
- October 11 – Columbus Day, School Holiday
- November 19 – Grandparent’s Day
- November 22-26 – Thanksgiving Break
- December 20-Jan. 3rd – Christmas Break
–WCS 2010-11 School Calendar
The School Calendar is also located under the ACADEMICS bar of our website. Thank you for your interest in WCS. Join us this school year as we aim HIGH for your kids.
– FOUR NEW SPORTS to hit the WCS campus!
Kyle Davenport, Director of Athletics at WCS, is pleased to announce the addition of four new sports to the program beginning with the 2010-2011 school year.
- Cross Country ( fall )
- Golf (spring)
- Tennis ( spring)
- Baseball (spring)
We are excited about these new opportunities for our students! Does your child show interest in finding a school home to soar? Join us at WCS. Together we can build character, motivation, drive and competitive spirit for a life of success.
–Dr. JOHN MAXWELL, 9th Annual Leadership Breakfast a HUGE success!
Over 1,300 people turned out to hear Dr. John Maxwell speak at the 9th annual Wichita Falls Leadership Breakfast Friday morning. Dr. Maxwell is an internationally-known expert, speaker and author on leadership. Thank you, Wichita Christian, for your vision of this event and dedication to its success.
READ Times and Record News, Maxwell Article. An amazing Leadership event!
– Preschool Students Participate in St. Jude’s Trike-a-Thon
Tuesday, March 30 – After a week of brushing up on bicycle safety rules, about 80 three and four year olds donned their helmets and hopped on their trikes to participate in the 2010 St. Jude’s Trike-a-Thon. Several WCS High School students were on hand to direct the tricycle traffic. Pledges were collected from their parents, neighbors and friends to donate to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospitals. This year the grand total raised was $1740! More than $5000 has been raised by this event over the past six years by the WCS Preschool. What a great opportunity to learn bicycle safety and to participate in a wonderful service project. Way to go, Preschoolers!
–WCS Student Places 3rd in Regional Spelling Bee
WCS’s own Abby Heyen, a 7th grader, placed 3rd at the 27th Annual Regional Spelling Bee held Saturday, March 27 at Midwestern State University. The Regional Spelling Bee is hosted by Times Record News and the American Association of University Women. Twenty-four 4th-8th graders participated in this rigorous competition, being eliminated by words such as topography, prosaic and sayonara. Abby placed third by spelling such words as alliteration, salmonella, elixir, poltergeist, vernacular, taj, circuitous and precocious. Wow! She won a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate, a $50 savings bond from the AAUW, and a one-year subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Abby has been a student at WCS since her preschool years and is proud example of our academic success. Way to go, Abby!!!
– WCS Kicks Off $2,000,000 “Shoot for the Stars” Capital Campaign
Wichita Christian School kicked off a two million dollar capital campaign entitled “Shoot for the Stars” on Thursday, March 11, in the Neta Lane gymnasium. The goals of the campaign are threefold:
- To build a state-of-the-art gymnasium
- To purchase new buses
- To continually upgrade technology and curriculum
Over 250 people attended the event including many students, parents and friends of Wichita Christian. The campaign co-chairs, Erwin and Elaine Davenport, were introduced along with other campaign leadership team members.
Laura Burnam wrote the music and lyrics for the first ever Wichita Christian alma mat
er, and she presented it in along with several friends to the delight of the student body and families alike.
The highlight of the evening was the revelation that over $908, 480.00 has already been pledged/given to the campaign even before the actual kick off! The board of directors hopes to break ground for the new gymnasium in the fall of 2010.
– K-6th Raises $1,348.20 for American Heart Association
WCS Elementary students rasied $1,348.20 for the American Heart Association by participating in “Jump Rope for Heart” and “Hoops for Heart” in January. K-3rd grade jumped rope and played jump rope games for 25 minutes during their PE time on January 19 and 4th-6th grade played basketball and did basketball drills for an hour on January 22. Great job, STARS and a big thank you to all who contributed to this fund-raiser!
– WCS Elementary Students Send $2926 to Haiti
WCS Elementary students brought pennies, nickels, dimes, and any other change they had last week to raise $626 to send to relief efforts in Haiti. A generous donation of $2300 from Ken’s Pizza in Iowa Park to partner with their fund-raising efforts brought the total to $2926. We are proud of our young students, and thankful for the generosity of Ken’s Pizza and pray that this donation can help to alleviate the suffering still going on in that country.
