News

14 Mar

Posted at 13:47h in School News, Student Life, Upper School

At the end of February, high school students spent the day volunteering in the community for Service Project Day. Each grade served at a different local nonprofit organization, meeting real needs in our community. Ninth-grade students attended The Fruitful Field, where they worked in the community garden and helped provide fresh produce to needy families. Students mulched and weeded five fields and painted garden equipment for the community garden. They also served at Hope South Florida by preparing 200 sandwiches and 200 hygiene bags to distribute to the homeless community. They served 225 individuals a hot meal and sorted 150 pounds...

14 Mar

Posted at 13:40h in Academics, PREP, School News

Students in fourth grade took a trip to the oldest city in the U.S., known for its Spanish colonial architecture and rich history. Day one included the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, the Old Jail, the Heritage Museum, the General Store, and a walking tour visiting historical landmarks around the city. On day two, visits included the Old Town Trolley Tour, the Military Hospital, the Lightner Museum featuring an immersive experience of art, architecture, history, and design, and then the Potters Wax Museum, which is the first established wax museum in the country. Students learned quite a bit about historical events...

14 Mar

Posted at 12:15h in Academics, School News, Upper School

Our WA High School Robotics Competition Team, FRC Team 744, Shark Attack, recently competed in the South Florida Regional Competition at the Broward County Convention Center. The efforts of key mentors and students working many late nights resulted in a robot designed with key defensive and offensive advantages. Two strong teams chose our robot and team in the second round of alliance selection. Shark Attack won the quarterfinals and semifinals and advanced to the finals. The Finals were a hard-fought competition that resulted in a tie at the end of three matches. After two tie-breakers, our alliance had won the South Florida Regional! Our team shares the...

14 Mar

Posted at 12:10h in Athletics, Upper School

Congratulations to Anthony Barbar on being selected as the 2023 Independent School Player of the Year for the Florida Dairy Farmer High School Sports Award! We’re very proud of Anthony for all of his hard work and dedication to Westminster Academy and the football program! Congratulations to Sami Boutros on his commitment to play soccer at Montreat College! We’re proud of Sami for his hard work and dedication to the WA Soccer program. Sami is the twelfth student-athlete of the Class of 2024 to sign a National Letter of Intent to play at the next level. Way to go, Sami! We are...

14 Mar

Posted at 11:13h in Arts, School News, Upper School

Congratulations to our WA Junior Thespian Troupe, who recently participated in the Orlando Florida State Junior Thespian competition. Our students shined for God’s glory throughout the competition! Two of our sixth graders in the technical categories submitted costume designs and presented their ideas to judges from prestigious theater companies. Another presented his stage set design to a panel of judges, including a Disney Cruise Line stage productions director. For the performance events, our students competed in improvisation, large and small group musicals, and solo events, judged by a panel of Broadway singers and New York producers. The students ended the competition with...