PREP

10 Nov

Posted at 13:11h in PREP, School News

During the week of October 24, grades 3–6 participated in Digital T.H.I.N.K. Week, which was led by PREP Principal Dr. Rebekah Owens. The purpose of this week was to help students make thoughtful and positive choices with technology while recognizing that their choices affect their community and themselves. T.H.I.N.K. stands for T (trustworthy), H (helpful), I (inspiring), N (necessary), and K (kind), and students were asked to reflect on whether the choices they were making on the computer reflected these values. Each day of the week focused and expanded on one of these topics. Discussions included evaluating whether you could trust...

10 Oct

Posted at 10:20h in Lower School, PREP, Spiritual Life, Upper School

Westminster Academy appreciates the resource Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church is to our school community. Each week, the church gathers for meaningful events to educate, enlighten, and enhance spiritual lives and invites all WA parents and students to join them. Upcoming Events David Phelps | Live in Concert: We are excited to celebrate our 50th anniversary season of the Coral Ridge Concert Series! Our first concert is renowned tenor David Phelps, performing on October 28 at 7:30 p.m. He served as a member of the popular and prestigious Gaither Vocal Band for over 15 years and has numerous Dove Awards, Grammy Awards, and...

08 Sep

Posted at 15:53h in Athletics, Lower School, PREP, School News, Student Life, Upper School

Our new school-branded activity bus was showcased at the football game last Friday night, where the varsity Lions won 23–0 over the Bradenton Christian School Panthers in the first game of the regular season! This additional bus will transport students to a variety of off-campus activities and will also serve as a traveling billboard for our school while representing Westminster Academy's standard of excellence! We are grateful for the family who provided a $50K match to encourage generosity for this project, which was chosen as our Annual Auction Heart Raise last spring. Our community responded with an additional $65K in donations! Thank you so much...

08 Sep

Posted at 15:35h in Lower School, PREP, School News, Spiritual Life, Upper School

Schoolwide Chapels officially kicked off, starting with Lower School Chapel last week. Students had a chance to come together to worship and hear from the first guest speaker Dr. Satterly. He spoke about our theme for the year, Cultivate, based on Colossians 2:6–8, “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world,...

06 Sep

Posted at 11:52h in Lower School, PREP, Spiritual Life, Upper School

Westminster Academy appreciates the resource Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church is to our school community. Each week, the church gathers for meaningful events to educate, enlighten, and enhance spiritual lives and invites all WA parents and students to join them. Upcoming Events Coral Ridge Fall Kickoff: Sunday, September 11, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church will launch all of its fall studies, events and groups. Click here to view all of the offerings and sign-up options today! Women’s Bible Study: Our Women’s Bible Study on The Book of Ruth begins Tuesday, September 13th! Join our Women’s Ministry on Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m. with Jen Pacienza and Diane Kanell in the DeVos Chapel or at 9:30 a.m. with Allison Siegenthaler in...