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12 Jan

Posted at 15:14h in Arts, School News

Please join us at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center for Peter and the Starcatcher, presented by Westminster Academy's high school drama department. Special thanks to our Title Sponsor, McKinnon Wright Wealth Management. Peter and the Starcatcher is a Tony Award-winning play based on the best-selling novel, which tells the story of how a lonely orphan boy becomes the celebrated character of Peter Pan. The story begins with Peter’s first adventure aboard a ship called the Neverland, where he meets his first friend, Molly. Molly is the daughter of the famous Starcatcher, Lord Astor, and they are on a mission to...

12 Jan

Posted at 15:06h in School News

During Christmas Break, our Men’s Basketball Team traveled to Bristol, Tennesee, to play in the 39th Annual Arby’s Classic Basketball Tournament. While the tournament was happening, Mary Elbert ’01 Herrera, a Westminster Academy alumna who now lives in Tennessee, took her family to the tournament to cheer on her alma mater. While watching the game from the bleachers, the Herrera family bonded with the basketball families. In addition, Mary used her local connections to have a restaurant stay open late so she could treat the whole team and their families to dinner after the game. “The basketball team was very respectful...

11 Jan

Posted at 15:17h in Athletics

The 2023 spring sports season is almost here, with tryouts and start dates just around the corner! Every student-athlete must have a completed athletic physical form turned in before trying out. If your student-athlete is playing a WA Winter sport that overlaps with the dates and times below, please communicate their intentions to their winter and spring coaches. Baseball—Contact is Ernie Gonzalez at gonzaleze@wa.edu JV and Varsity Tryouts: January 23 from 3:45–6:15 p.m. at the west campus Athletic Complex Grades 6-8 Tryouts: January 25 from 3:45–5:30 p.m. at the west campus Athletic Complex Men’s Lacrosse—Contact is Matt Salvatoriello at matt@mattsal.com Varsity Start Date:...

15 Dec

Posted at 15:44h in Headmaster Messages

​Dear WA Community,  One thing that marks the Christmas season is tradition. At our house, we have old family ornaments that must go on the tree, the making of spritz cookies, and the Christmas morning scripture reading. Our family reads John 1:1–18 as we consider the wonder and good news of Christmas—the gift of salvation through the birth of Jesus Christ. John writes that “the true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.” In this way, the coming of the Christ fulfilled the promise in Isaiah 9:2, “the people living in darkness have seen a great light.”...

15 Dec

Posted at 14:50h in Lower School, PREP, School News, Upper School

Re-enrollment for the 2023–24 school year is just around the corner. Next week, all currently enrolled families will receive an email with details about the re-enrollment process. The preferred enrollment window for our current families begins on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, the first day of the second semester, and concludes on January 31. Last year we had a 92% retention rate and high interest from new families, which resulted in waiting lists. Given the interest already expressed by new families, we are encouraging families to re-enroll as soon as possible because, on February 1, we will begin to admit new...