Upcoming Events

Little Women
Friday, November 19
Saturday, November 20
7:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Center
Tickets are available for online purchase. Visit our website: www.wheatonacademy.org and follow the prompts for Little Women tickets. Complete ticketing policies and guest guidelines in place for this event are available on our ticketing website.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact tickets@wheatonacademy.org. We look forward to seeing you at the show!

WA Women’s Prayer
Tuesdays, November 30 & December 7
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Armour Building Apartment
All women are invited to pray for our students, teachers, staff, and school on Tuesdays. During November there will not be prayer on the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. If you are interested in meeting for prayer the evening of Monday, November 29 from 7:00-8:00 p.m., please contact Mary Miller at marym996.mac@mac.com, location TBD.

Christmas Soirée
Thursday, December 16
3:30-10:30 p.m.
Meet in the FAC
The student council is inviting the entire student body to the annual Christmas Soirée on Thursday, December 16. This will be a formal attired event on the Odyssey Cruise Ship.

We will depart at 3:30 p.m. from Wheaton Academy by motor coach bus. We will board the Odyssey at Navy Pier for a sit-down dinner cruise/dance and return to the Academy around 10:30 p.m.

Tickets will be on sale for $60.00 per person from November 29 – December 6 during lunch. No tickets will be sold after December 6.  Students may take guests from other schools once completing the guest form. Contact Jim Holtrop for more information. Student Council is looking forward to starting our Christmas season together!

General News

Thanksgiving Break
Next week school will be in session on Monday & Tuesday, November 22 & 23. There will be no school, and offices will be closed from Wednesday – Friday, November 24-26, to celebrate Thanksgiving. There will be no WA Weekly next week as well. May you and your families enjoy a Happy Thanksgiving during the break!

Endowed Scholarships
The Wheaton Academy 2022-2023 endowed scholarship application is now open.  To be considered for these scholarships, applicants must complete the online application by January 15, 2022.  For more details about each scholarship and/or to complete the online application, visit https://wheatonacademy.org/affordable/endowed-scholarships/.

Financial Aid Applications: New Deadline of December 31 for Returning Families 
Wheaton Academy Financial Aid applications for the 2022-2023 year are now open must be completed by December 31, 2021—a new deadline this year. All families who will need to apply for aid will be required to complete a financial aid application through FACTS®. 

This requirement includes any family who has received or may qualify for an SGO scholarship (Empower IL and Children’s Tuition scholarships). Please read additional information and further instructions here.

If you have any questions regarding your FACTS® application, please contact FACTS customer service directly: 866-315-9262.  If you have any other questions, please contact Pat Brooke pbrooke@wheatonacademy.org.

Plan for ZOOM for the Remainder of the Semester 
Over the past three weeks, we re-instituted access to ZOOM for students who are out of school due to illness.  We are still committed to students learning in person throughout this school year, however; we also realize that when students have to be out of school, they want to have the option to stay connected to their classes to help prevent them from falling behind.  Therefore, we have decided to continue the access to ZOOM for the rest of the semester.  Here are the important elements to help make this successful: 

• For students to access ZOOM, parents need to call the front office and report the student as absent due to illness.  
• Therefore, students who attend any classes via ZOOM will not be permitted to participate in co-curricular activities.   
• Students in COVID protocol will be eligible to take tests, quizzes, or other assessments via ZOOM.  Students absent due to other illnesses will need to take tests, quizzes, or other assessments in person when they return to school.   Please contact Ms. Carwell – ecarwell@wheatonacademy.org – with any questions.     
• Students on ZOOM will be marked present virtually.   To be marked present virtually, students need to have their camera turned on and be dressed professionally for school.   
• Teachers will post a ZOOM link on the bulletin board for each class  

Thanks for your continued partnership.

Senior Pictures
The end of the first semester is coming fast! If you have not submitted your child’s yearbook picture, please send it in before Christmas break. Pictures should be sent to yearbook@wheatonacademy.org. We need front-facing and shoulder-up portraits only.

Senior Ads for Yearbooks!
Parents – Reminder that senior yearbook ads will again be available for purchase this year for $150 per quarter-page ad. If you order a senior ad, you do not need to order a yearbook through the Jostens website as that fee is included in the $150.  The deadline for the ads is March 12. Ads can be sent to yearbook@wheatonacademy.org. A check payable to Wheaton Academy may be sent to the attention of Jim Holtrop in the front office. You may click here for an example of the ad size and layout. The yearbook staff will gladly design the ad for you if you send in the photo images and the message you would like included.

2020-2021 Yearbooks
Yearbooks from last school year have been distributed to all students who ordered them ahead of time through Jostens’ website. We have leftover copies now available to sell to students who did not order. While we have copies remaining, they will be for sale at the Front Office for $25. Cash or a check made payable to Wheaton Academy will be accepted forms of payment. Email yearbook@wheatonacademy.org with any questions!

Winterim Internships
Many students are beginning to solicit and secure Winterim 2022 internships. If your student is completing an internship during Winterim this year, please have him/her register the internship in OnCampus during the registration times for his/her class which are listed above. WA is also soliciting Internship Hosts. Please contact Phil Strzalka at pstrzalka@wheatonacademy.org if you or your organization would be interested in hosting a student as an intern.

COVID Update
Over the last week, there were no positive Covid cases.  As a reminder, we ask that you keep your kids home if they are experiencing cold or flu symptoms.  If your student is not feeling well, please keep them home and contact Jenn Sezonov – jsezonov@wheatonacademy.org.  Also, consider consulting with a doctor to evaluate further and determine if testing is necessary.