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Elementary School Students Host Student Council Elections
Ahead of the 2020 presidential elections, Westminster's very own elementary student body cast their ballots to elect their next student council members.Read More -
Students Use Minecraft to Build Virtual Solutions to Real-Life Problems
Elementary Enrichment teachers Mrs. Pastrana and Mrs. Castellanos implemented Minecraft in Education so students could design and build solutions to real-life problems as part of their Project Lead the Way Curriculum (PLTW). In a Minecraft world, third grade students created bee gardens to help increase the bee population in the United States. The students built their solution, took pictures, and created books incorporating the science learned.Read More
Using Minecraft as a tool in the classroom was an innovative way for the teachers to allow the students to advance in the curriculum, while being mindful of the health and safety restrictions that have been put in place since COVID.
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PK4 Learns to Care For God's Creatures
Mrs. Vargas' PK4 students had an exciting visit to the Discovery Barn on campus. They helped Mr. Heetderks and Mrs. Carper feed the many reptiles and turtles that live in the Barn, and then the students were introduced to the new baby chicks. The baby chicks are part of the Dominique breed and are known for being sweet, gentle, calm and docile. Brought to the U.S. by the Pilgrims, the Dominique is America's oldest chicken breed.Read More -
Westminster Heart Strings Orchestra Sends Birthday Wishes to Seniors
The Westminster Heart Strings Orchestra is partnering with local retirement homes such as Bay Oaks and The Palace to send a gesture of love and care through music videos to residents celebrating birthdays. In coordination with the staff, the orchestra students perform a unique Happy Birthday video message for the resident. This community service will take place throughout the year.Read More
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D is for Dinosaur!
PK3 celebrated Dinosaur Week to learn about the letter D. They made dinosaur feet out of tissue boxes, and painted sponges for claws. They ate like dinosaurs too! Carnivores enjoyed mini hot dogs, while the herbivores munched on broccoli and carrots with ranch dressing.Read More -
MS Students Explore the Wild Acre to Apply Lessons from Class
Mrs. Gordon's seventh grade students visited the Wild Acre surrounding the WorldWonder Nature Center to look for all the characteristics of life they had been learning about in class. They had a scavenger hunt to find 12 different living things and how they fulfill the requirements to be considered alive.Read More -
ES Students Use Art to Remind Us of God's Protection
At the beginning of the school year, ES Art Teacher Anne Heetderks worked with her students to make a huge lion head from hundreds of colored sheets of construction paper in the shape of polygons. On the polygons, students wrote the worries they had had during the last few months, and then wrote the qualities of God on top of their “worry words.”Read More
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Westminster Christian School, located in Palmetto Bay, Florida, is a private, college-preparatory school for children from preschool through twelfth grade.