March 5, 2021
Upcoming Events
Returning Student Registration Night
Monday, March 8
1:00 – 9:00 p.m.
If you couldn’t make registration night on March 1 – you still may sign-up for March 8. This night’s purpose is to ensure that students and parents feel confident with the class choices being made for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year and ensure that students maximize the many opportunities for learning at Wheaton Academy. Please sign up for registration by clicking this link: Registration Night Signups
Junior Leadership Academy
Saturday, March 6, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Project LEAD is comprised of seven teams that serve in various capacities on our campus, in our communities, and throughout the world. To be eligible for application to Project LEAD, interested juniors are required to attend the mandatory Junior Leadership Academy, designed to teach leadership principles and concepts to prepare them for being a part of Project LEAD. Due to the current limitations we have with gathering and the need for social distance, we are offering Junior Leadership Academy via Zoom to accommodate student and family schedules this year. Students should check in OnCampus for a message from Mr. Bowling and the zoom link.
WA Men’s Prayer
Saturday, March 13
8:00 a.m.
White Alumni Chapel
On the second Saturday of each month, the men from the WA community meet to pray and hear from one of our WA employees. Please join us for prayer next Saturday, March 13, at 8:00 a.m. in the white Alumni Chapel. Light refreshments are served.
Mr. WA Livestream!
Saturday, March 13
7:00 p.m.
Please join us virtually on Saturday, March 13, for our annual Mr. WA performance! This event is designed to develop the community of the student body and raise money for the 25 Haitian and Dominican children that our school sponsors through our Project Lead Global ministry project. This year, the production will be live-streamed with ten contestants. With COVID-19 regulations in place, the show will be presented virtually on Wheaton Academy’s YouTube channel. The winner of Mr. WA will be determined through text voting live from the home audience and announced at the end of the show.
Click here to learn more about Wheaton Academy’s partnership with Kids Alive, donate, and watch the live show on Saturday, March 13!
The Project Lead Global team is selling Mr. WA t-shirts for $15 during lunch and after school.
General News
Academy Theatre Winter Show
This year, the Winter Show was an opportunity for 61 students to be cast into a selection of songs from 12 different musicals. The show will be released at this link, Academy Theatre Winter Show on Livestream, at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 5, and be available until March 13. Check out this promo! WA Winter Show
COVID-19 Update
Over the last week, we had no individuals test positive for COVID-19 and no one in is quarantine. We are thankful for God’s continued care over our community.
Contact Information Request
As we continue to navigate the school year, we would like to collect some additional contact information from families. Specifically, we hope to gather information for grandparents and other special family friends in your student’s life. Please click here to share this information with us.
Calendar Update
Thank you for your patience with the many changes in our calendar this year, as we have made revisions based on changing circumstances and COVID guidelines. Throughout the year, we have and will continue to find ways to ask, “What can we do” for our students. The current 2020-21 school calendar is up-to-date through April 17 of this school year. Keep checking back as we will be finalizing the May calendar with many opportunities and activities and the end-of-year celebrations in the upcoming weeks.
You may access the calendar on our website by clicking here. This online calendar is always the most accurate.
Time to Order the New Yearbook
Your 2020-21 yearbook is now available for purchase at www.jostensyearbooks.com. Go to the Yearbooks dropdown to find “Buy your Yearbook,” then search Wheaton Academy to finish your purchase. They will only be for sale through the website. We do not want you to miss out on receiving a yearbook, so please order yours today! If you do not order via the Jostens link, you will be unable to receive a yearbook next fall.
Senior Ads for Yearbooks
Parents, senior yearbook ads will again be available for purchase for $150 per quarter-page ad. Fees for ads will include a yearbook at no additional cost. Orders are due before spring break. If you order a senior ad, you do not need to order a yearbook through the Jostens website. You may click here for an example of what an ad should look like. Send your pictures and text to yearbook@wheatonacademy.org and we will design it for you.
Senior Pictures
Senior Pictures headshots (from the shoulders up) are due Friday, March 26. Please send your student’s picture to yearbook@wheatonacademy.org by this date. If we don’t have a picture from your student, we will take a picture and choose it for you.
College Corner
Spring Testing (PSAT/SAT/AP Information)
Please click here for information and updates on the test opportunities coming this Spring at Wheaton Academy. If you have a student in an AP class, please review the AP test dates and information carefully. Thank you!