WCS Claremont nEws-letter 4/24/09

Posted on April 30th, 2009

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K-8, nEws-letter

Swine Flu Information

Posted on April 29th, 2009

Dear WCS Community,

As you may already know from media reports, an outbreak of Swine Flu has caused the U.S.to issue a public health emergency.  Although we do not have any known cases on campus at this time, we are working together as a staff to do everything possible to protect the health of our students and to limit the spread of Swine Flu. 

In addition, we need your assistance in making sure all Western families take the precautions suggested by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure a safe and healthy school environment.  

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K-8

Photo Gallery: Prom 2009

Posted on April 28th, 2009

The Prom took place on Friday, April 24th 2009 at the Hidden Oaks Retreat Center. The event went very well. The location for the event was unique to WCHS and was a perfect fit for the prom theme, A Secret Garden.

Brad Anderson was crowned king and Rhianna Pierre was crowned queen. Even though the weather was cold, it was a wonderful evening.

Click the image below to view the 2009 Prom Photo gallery

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High School, HS Special Events, Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery: 2009 Spring Meet the Teams

Posted on April 28th, 2009

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Cow Chip Plop/Spring Meet the Teams event that took place this past Saturday on April 25th. A special thanks goes to Brian Mizell and Booster committee heads and to all the athletes, coaches, and booster liaisons who made this event amazingly fun.

Listed below are the deed winners upon whom the cows bestowed their winning plops. Congratulations to the deed winners and the sales agents who sold the deeds to them.

3rd place with the 1st plop: Sylvia Hall – seller Mr. Blessinger
2nd place with the 2nd plop: Louie Perez – seller Jessica Arguelles

TOP PRIZE:
1st place with the 3rd plop: Pam Donelly – seller Taylor Pierini

Click the image above to view the 2009 Spring Meet the Teams Photo Gallery

The Lord blessed us with beautiful weather and it turned out to be a terrific day for cows to “plop”, people to be “dunked” or “sponged” and lot’s of good food to be eaten. Approximately 1200 cow chip deeds were sold. That’s equal to or more than some of the big public high schools running the same event. This would not have been possible without all of our volunteers.

The top selling team won a pizza party for selling the most Cow Chip deeds.  Congratulations to Baseball.  Listed below are the top 5 selling teams.

Baseball –         182 deeds
Softball –         147 deeds
Golf –             137 deeds
Football –         137 deeds
Volleyball –       114 deeds

The 5 top selling students were:

Amanda Mizell –    79 deeds
Kandace Delgado –  49 deeds
Chelsea Cramer –   48 deeds
Aaron Price –      40 deeds
Jacob Urrutia –    39 deeds

Athletic Boosters, High School, HS Special Events, Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery: 2009 Choir Tour & Festival

Posted on April 28th, 2009

From April 17-19th, 2009, Western’s Choir, directed by Jason Bradley, traveled to San Diego to participate in the Heritage Choir Festival.

On Friday the 17th, the choir arrived at their hotel and attended a dinner at Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant. Saturday was a mixture of fun at SeaWorld and adjudication before a three-person panel in a competition against other esteemed high school music groups from across the country.

Saturday night, the students attended an awards ceremony at SeaWorld. In their respective categories, Western’s Choir and Hilltop Faith Audition Group were honored with high rankings –Choir receiving a Gold status! On Sunday, the choir students and chaperones explored Seaport Village and journeyed home.

Click Image to View the 2009 Choir Tour Photo Gallery

High School, HS Special Events, Photo Gallery

Silent Auction Saturday, May 16th

Posted on April 27th, 2009

Please join us for
THE AUCTION
Saturday, May 16th
From 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Western Christian Claremont Campus

Hors d’oeuvres & Dessert will be served
Please email RSVP to wcsauction@gmail.com

Free Admission *Adults only please

K-8, K-8 Special Events

WCS Superintendent Featured in Daily Bulletin

Posted on April 24th, 2009

Western Christian Schools Superintendent Karen Winter (Will Lester/Staff Photographer)

Following a calling

Superintendent’s path
article from dailybulletin.com
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 04/20/2009 10:38:23 PM PDT

CLAREMONT – To say Karen Winter has dedicated her life to Christian education would be an understatement.
With more than 35 years in education, a history of building Christian schools from the ground up and a lifetime of being involved with the church, Winter has become a leader in the world of Christian schools.

Winter is the superintendent of Western Christian Schools in Covina and Claremont, where she has been working for the school to acquire certain assets of Upland Christian Schools – an effort that she thinks may have been misunderstood by many parents.

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Development, Superintendent's Update

Superintendent’s Update 4/24/09

Posted on April 24th, 2009

Dear Western Christian Families,
Our long term strategic plan and vision is to make Western Christian Schools the best environment for our kids, including the continued improvement and enhancement of our facilities and landscape areas.

Dr. Sider (our honored Alumnus employee of 50+ years) had two recent visits and was thrilled over the positive changes he has seen. Some of the comments that he made to me on his recent visit were, “These improvements around the campus are absolutely amazing. I am so pleased to see the improvements in Sider Hall. It is finally being used to its full capacity. It is so great to see how wonderful everything is looking and how beneficial this is for Western. I am just so pleased. Really you have all done an amazing job!”

We realize how important it is to invest in facility improvements. Not only does it build a strong sense of Western pride, it also enhances our park like setting, which helps enhance our nurturing safe environment. Our two administrative wings are very old and have been in need of upgrades. This has been in the budget for the past couple of years, in order to maintain quality and safety of our facility for our faculty and also our students.

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High School, K-8, Superintendent's Update

College Acceptance Update 4/20/09

Posted on April 21st, 2009

Thank you parents for keeping us informed. This week’s college acceptance updates:

• Alton Liu – USC
• Tianan Ding – Boston University, Lehigh University
• Adam Montague – APU, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Cal State San Marcos
• RJ Pabon – Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State LA, Cal State San Bernardino, Chico State, Concordia, Sacremento State
• Jeff Cuevas – Cal Poly Pomona
• Nicole Basle – Cal Poly Pomona
• Amanda Mizell – Lee University

If your son, daughter or international home stay has been admitted to a college(s) we want to know so we can celebrate as a community. Please email Ms. Petersen at tpetersen@westernchristian.org with any updates.

Current totals (that we have been updated on):

# of WCHS students accepted to: (A-M)			# of WCHS students accepted to: (P-W)
	APU	8		Pepperdine	1
	Boston University	1		Sacramento State	1
	Cal Baptist University	1		San Diego State	1
	Cal Poly Pomona	9		St. John’s University	1
	Cal State Dominguez Hills	1		The Ohio State University	1
	Cal State Fullerton	1		UC Berkely	1
	Cal State LA	1		UC Davis	1
	Cal State Northridge	1		UC Irvine	4
	Cal State San Bernardino	3		UCLA	5
	Cal State San Marcos	2		UCSB	1
	Chico State	1		UCR	1
	Concordia	2		University of Illinois	1
	Lee University	1		USC	3
	Lehigh University	1		University of La Verne	2
	Houston Baptist University	1		University of Redlands	1
	Michigan State University	1		University of Washington	1
	Mt. Saint Mary’s	1		Westmont	1

College Acceptance Updates, High School

Varsity Baseball: Lancers’ Pabon shuts down Minutemen

Posted on April 21st, 2009

Article From SGVTribune.com By Keith Lair, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/16/2009 09:29:26 PM PDT

Western Christian High's winning pitcher RJ Pabon vs Maranatha High during the Chino Baseball Tournament April 16, 2009. (SGVN/Staff photo by Leo Jarzomb)

CHINO – It was the kind of game Western Christian High School coach Mark Gebbard wanted to see – the kind of game that Maranatha co-coach Brian DeHaan would rather forget.

Gebbard sent R.J. Pabon out to the mound, his No. 3 pitcher, and the senior shut down the Minutemen for a 9-2 victory in pool play of the 22nd annual Brian Hamilton baseball tournament at Chino High on Thursday afternoon.

“R.J. is really learning to compete on the mound and in his last three starts he is starting to realize his presence on the mound and pitch, not just throw,” Gebbard said. “He had a lot of movement on his fastball and occasionally our young middle infield will give us fits, but they did a good job.”

Pabon scattered three hits in six innings and most of the balls hit were grounders. He hit three batters and gave up one walk, and except for one inning, stayed out of trouble.

“I knew they were a tough team,” Pabon said. “I knew my stuff was good enough. I don’t think they could get to my fastball because of the movement.”

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Athletics, High School