Welcoming the Newbie’s

Tiffany Thompson - Staff writer
September 15, 2009

Part 1 of our coverage of new teachers at Westminster Christian Academy Imagine setting foot into a completely new environment with the responsibility of teaching and relating to a whole new audience. For many new teachers, this sometimes scary scenario is reality. With each passing year, Westminster... Read more »

The Wildcat Roar Goes Online

Margaret Moore - Staff writer
September 9, 2009

The 2009-2010 Westminster Newspaper Staff is taking a new approach with the Wildcat Roar newspaper. No longer will the newspaper be just a print version that publishes every three weeks. The Wildcat Roar is now online. The website consists of current news stories, as well as the sports, feature and... Read more »

SSLT and New Musicians Add to Chapel Band

Margaret Moore - staff writer
August 28, 2009

For the first time in Westminster’s history, the Chapel band has nine instruments on stage. The new instruments that are included in the band are the trumpet, played by Aaron Krumseig, senior, the saxophone played by Matt Baldwin, junior, and the banjo played by Josh Flori, junior. The new vocalists... Read more »

WCA to Pilot Social Networking in the Classroom

Ashley Segrave
August 24, 2009

Schoology, a start-up company, has created a cutting edge software program for improving the classroom experience and communications between school and home and has invited Westminster to pilot it and test it out. Students from Washington University who felt traditional school made systems were inadequate... Read more »

WCA Enrollment Up for 2009-2010

John Bergman
August 24, 2009

Although a plummeting economy seems far from over, Westminster’s annual enrollment keeps rising. The school gained nearly 40 new students from the end of the 2008-2009 school year. As of August 18, 2009 the WCA’s enrollment stood at 896 students. The largest class at Westminster is the freshman... Read more »

Faculty Receive MacBooks for the 2009-2010 School Year

Christina Dohr
August 24, 2009

For the 2009-2010 school year, Westminster has equipped the entire teaching staff and a few administrators with brand new Apple MacBooks. The decision to distribute laptops was a result of Westminster’s new technology plan, part of which was to implement “A Little T&C Now,” which includes... Read more »

Cash for Clunkers Winds Down

Danielle Cicka
August 24, 2009

As students celebrate the prospect of owning their own car, the first issue that comes to mind is money.  The government has issued a program called Cash for Clunkers that provides incentive for car owners to purchase cars that are better for the gas economy.  Students and faculty around Westminster... Read more »