The Wolfpack Edge

The Wolfpack Edge serves as a weekly communication to our parent community. We'll send it to your inbox each Thursday during the school year. If you would like the newsletter to be sent to an additional account, let us know! Grandparents & supporters may request to receive the communication, too. Please email Mrs. Kathy Mouw with contact information: Kathy.Mouw@westernchristianhs.com

Please consider joining us for chapel by subscribing to Western Christian High School Livestreams on YouTube.

Mrs. Karen Christians

Director of Discipleship

As we begin a new calendar year, Western Christian’s Board of Trustees and Leadership are thoughtfully and strategically planning for the future, keeping our mission at the heart of every decision. Our goal is to ensure that Christ-centered education remains vibrant, accessible, and sustainable for generations to come. We kindly invite you to take a moment to read this important message, titled "Stewardship and Sustainability."

Western Christian is proud to offer our students an outstanding food services program, including breakfast options. We are grateful to Head Cook Nancy Driesen and her dedicated team for daily preparing nutritious, delicious, and cost-conscious meals. We would like to inform parents that meal prices will be adjusted beginning the second semester due to ongoing increases in food costs. Over the past three years, Western has only increased meal prices by a total of $0.25 per meal, despite significant inflation in grocery costs. Starting this semester, the price per meal will increase from $4.25 to $4.75, and the cost of extra milk will rise from $0.40 to $0.50. These adjustments align with the National School Lunch Program standards. If you need assistance with paying for school lunches, free and reduced-price lunch forms are available in the front office. Thank you for your understanding and support as we continue to provide high-quality meals for our students.

Is your student (or incoming student) interested in the JumpSTART Program? Want to learn more about JumpSTART but not sure where to start? Join us on Tuesday, January 28th at 7 PM! Here, Shawn DeStigter, JumpSTART Administrator, will be giving out information, answering questions, and helping students see a path for their high school careers in JumpSTART!

If your high school girls have gently used dresses or dress shoes/sandals that are sitting around in the closet, please consider donating it to a great cause (Operation Prom) for other high school girls in need of a prom dress. You can bring it to Western Christian’s front office by Wednesday, January 29th or drop it off directly at Centerpoint Church, 160 10th Street SE, Sioux Center, IA. For more information, check out their Facebook page at “Sioux Center Operation Prom”.

We need a Pack Shack volunteer and 4 additional concessions workers on Feb 13. This is the Burger Feed night vs Sioux Falls Christian.

NCC is offering a Scrubs Camp on NCC’s campus on Tuesday, March 11 from 9 AM to 2 PM. Registration is from 8:15–8:45 AM. This event is for all students currently enrolled in 7-12 grade interested in a healthcare career. We do have limited space so please have your students sign up as soon as possible. We will need students to fill out the online registration form as the workshop is hands-on and there is a liability waiver for parents to sign for them to be able to participate in all of the activities. Visit here to register. Visit here to learn more.

This week for professional learning, teachers spent time reporting on their progress for their own learning goals. They shared their work for the year with a small group as well as recording it for themselves on their goals document.

Students may add classes through Friday, Jan. 24 to their schedule. Students may drop classes as long as they keep six Western classes in their schedule through Friday, Jan. 31. Students are to follow their schedule as it is in JMC. Mrs. de Boom will email students when schedule changes have been made.

Are you passionate about math and shaping hearts for Christ? Join our team at Western Christian High School!

The Bargain Alley Thrift Store and Furniture Outlet would like to welcome more volunteers! Please contact Kari Hoekstra at bargainalleyhull@gmail.com if you are interested in helping at one of the Bargain Alley locations.

Brad Vis

Director of Mission Advancement

brad.vis@westernchristianhs.com

Western Christian High School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs (if any exist), and athletic or other school administered programs.