Help Complete the Cross Country Trail
Volunteers are needed on a scheduled work day to complete the Cross
Country trail on Saturday, August 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Along with volunteers, we also need tools to facilitate the work such as
wheelbarrows, weed-eaters, axes, pruners, rakes, gloves, etc. Anyone who
comes should also bring bug spray as the bugs are “thick in the thicket”.
Moms in Touch
Moms in Touch prayer
group for the Westminster Community is about to start up again. Please click
the below flyer for more information. For the mission and vision of Moms in
Touch,
click here.
Ryan
Bowers has been named Westminster Schools of Augusta’s Interim Football Coach
for the 2010 season.
Ryan comes with a high level
of playing experience, including the Atlanta Falcons, NFL Europe and Arena
Football League. He has had previous coaching stints at Greenbrier High School
and Augusta Christian School and is a graduate of Presbyterian College, where he
was captain of the football team.
He currently owns and runs
Athelite, a small business that focuses on physical training for the elite
athlete. We are excited about his strong testimony and ability to lead our young
student-athletes both on the field and in dealing with God's will for their
life. We are thankful that God has provided this excellent leader for our
program.
Shine is Tennis Player of the Year
On June 11, Rebecca Shine was
named by The Augusta Chronicle as their 2010 Girls Tennis Player
of the Year. Our sports program is proud to have her be the
second player from Westminster to be named player of the year
this year. (Annie Speese was recently named their Girls Soccer
Player of the Year).
Click here to see the article from the
paper.
Westminster Enrollment Bucks Local Trends
While some other private schools in the area are seeing a
decline in their student body, we have continued to grow our enrollment! See
more in the recent report in The Augusta Chronicle.
Speese is Player of the Year in local paper
Rising senior Annie Speese was awarded The Augusta Chronicle's
top honor for girls soccer, the Player of the Year award. To read more,
click here. Other
girls making
The Chronicle
team include first team members Kerrie
Edmondson and Cara Smith, both rising juniors, second team members Kelly
Smith (rising junior) and Nina McCallie (rising sophomore) and honorable
mention recipient Mira Lonnrot ('10).
Also, Aaron
Harris ('10) was awarded placement on their
boys soccer
second team and Will McCartney ('10) and Michael Bone ('10) were award
honorable mention.
Three
Students Honored by the Duke University Talent Identification
Program
Jon Gibbs,
Aaron Reynolds and Sam McCartney were recently honored by the
Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) at the 2010
Georgia Recognition Ceremony. Held at Georgia Southern
University, the ceremony recognized seventh grade students with
high SAT scores.
Field Extension Project
In late May the field extension
project at the soccer/football field will begin. We are adding
10 yards to the current, 90-yard soccer field in order to use it
for football in the fall. Preparation work will take place,
including moving of portables and electric. The faculty, staff,
and board of trustees are all excited about this project and the
improvement it will bring to our campus and programs.
The major work is scheduled to
begin on May 27. At this time, some heavy equipment will be
present, with the parking lot serving as a staging area for the
project.
Check the Westminster Facebook
page and Flickr page over the summer for time elapsed photos of
this campus improvement. Go Wildcat Football and Soccer!
National Greek Results are In!
Westminster’s
three Greek students that recently sat for the National Greek Exam and returned impressive
scores. Haley Barinowski ranked a Perfect Score; Kelly Smith,
Highest Honors; and Kerrie Edmondson, High Honors. In addition
to her Perfect Score honor on this exam, Haley Barinowski has
been recognized by the Classical Association of the Middle West
and South (CAMWS) for Outstanding Achievement in Classics (Latin
and Greek). Haley will become an honorary member of CAMWS.
Congratulations to each of these girls on their accomplishments!
Westminster Spanish Students
Compete Against University Students
…and they did quite well! Augusta State hosted a celebration of
the Spanish language on the evening of Thursday, April 22, on
ASU’s campus. The event included competitions in which our
students competed against university students. Congratulations
to Westminster sophomore Lindsay Williamson for winning the
spelling contest and to senior Vanessa Gutierrez for winning the
dance contest!
Senior Service Day
On April 20, WSA Seniors helped sort and pack 18,588 lbs of food
at Golden Harvest as their Service Day project. Chaperones were
Steve O'Neil, Alex McCallie, and Mike Freace.
Fourth-grade student Kylie Duckworth places second in Morris Museum
competition
Kylie Duckworth entered
the Combining Voices Literary Competition at the Morris Museum of Art.
Her prose entry was awarded second place and she will read her entry
aloud at a special reception to honor the winners on March 28.
Congratulations, Kylie.
Update on School Sock Donation
The Drake family went to Duchang
County in China in March to complete their adoption of their
newest family member, Cynthia. She is adjusting well.
Thomas and Samuel presented the
socks collected by Day School students to Cynthia's Orphanage
Director on behalf of Westminster Day School. The Director,
pictured in the far right, was very thankful and asked that her
thanks be passed along. The Drakes are also grateful to the Day
School students for their help. For more information on their
trip,
click here.
STAR Student and Teacher Honored
Robert MacDonell was named Richmond
County’s STAR Student and Randall Nichols the county’s STAR Teacher
at a luncheon hosted by the Augusta Kiwanis Club on Monday, March
22. Robert and Mr. Nichols were guests at a dinner honoring regional
STAR students and teachers at First Baptist Church in Thomson on
Tuesday, March 23.
Click here to read the article
in
The Augusta Chronicle.
DAR Good Citizen, Alyssa Cameron
In The Augusta Chronicle's Richmond County Neighbor
section on March 25, Alyssa Cameron was awarded a DAR Good
Citizen Award for Westminster Schools of Augusta. Wonderful job,
Alyssa!
