School News

15 Dec

Posted at 14:45h in Arts, School News, Upper School

Several of our fine arts students will be performing at the state level. Congratulations to Maddie Settembrino and Kendall Shelton on being accepted into the 2023 All-State Choir! They will perform in Tampa at the 2023 Florida Music Education Association Professional Development Conference & All-State Concerts! Westminster Academy’s International Thespian Society Troupe 8570 had an amazing time at the District 7 Individual Event this past Saturday! Each member who competed scored either an Excellent or a Superior in one or more of their pieces for a total of seven superior events and eight excellent events! Superior is the highest rating available, which...

15 Dec

Posted at 09:16h in School News

Every school year, local businesses in our community invest in the mission of WA with their financial support. During this Christmas season, we want to express our appreciation to our Community Partners who have given us the gift of their generous support: Benedetti Orthodontics, Collision Care Xpress, Fusion Powder Coating, McKinnon Wright Wealth Management, Southern Painting, Sage Dental and Orthodontics, All Atlantic Benefits, Forever Lawn Gold Coast, Benchmark Financial, JP Miller Pest Control, Centennial Bank, Chick-fil-A Fort Lauderdale, and Journey Kids Dental. May they all have a prosperous new year in 2023! A limited number of Community Partnerships are available for...

15 Dec

Posted at 09:09h in Athletics, School News

At Westminster Academy, we encourage the relentless pursuit of excellence in all things. This pursuit is marked with discipline, diligence, and resilience—whether in academics, the arts, or athletics. One mark of this commitment to excellence in athletics is continuing to play at the next level in college. This is especially so when a Division I or Division II institution offers an athletic scholarship and student-athletes sign a National Letter of Intent. We are excited to share that three seniors have signed such letters in recent weeks: Congratulations to… Jaylen Carey as he signed his National Letter of Intent to play basketball...

14 Dec

Posted at 15:32h in Lower School, PREP, School News, Spiritual Life, Student Life, Upper School

Our Portrait of a Graduate is both aspirational and a reality now. We aim to cultivate students who are Christ-followers, community builders, committed to excellence, critical thinkers, and compassionate contributors. This semester students have volunteered, collected resources, and raised funds for the following organizations: Volleyball teams raised $1076.28 for Holy Cross Health–Partners in Breast Health through Pink Night. National Honor Society hosted two blood drives with OneBlood collecting over 50 units of blood, a school record since 2011! This represents over 100 lives saved! The National Honor Society Alzheimer’s Walk raised over $3000 for the Lauderdale Lakes Alzheimer’s Center. Students...

14 Dec

Posted at 15:13h in School News

The 11th Annual Sporting Clay Tournament presented by Fusion Powder Coating was a grand success! We had our highest participation yet, 91 participants, including 14 students, and a total of $44,000 raised for the Annual Fund. Congratulations to our Top Shooters and Teams: First Place: Pietro Boeri Second Place: Mike Hajduk Third Place: Ryan Schultz Top Student: Sean Harms Top Female: Leah Barbar First Place Team: Howard Haines, Steve Greep, Joe Vason, and Bill McGee Second Place Team: Bevan and Sean Harms, Mike Hajduk, David Swinson, and Frank Jones Third Place Team: Pete and Peter Bloemendaal, Leah Barbar, Philip Barbar, and Jake Holaday Special thanks to our Title Sponsor,...