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Veterans Day Chapel

Veterans Day is a special occasion at Westminster Schools of Augusta. We take great pride in our military community, and we strive to honor them by acknowledging their service to our country and the sacrifices that they and their families make to keep us safe.

This year, we were honored to have retired Lt. Col. Allen Grinalds speak to us about his time as a pilot in the United States Marine Corps and as a Top Gun instructor. Grinalds and his wife, Mimi ’97, have six children. The oldest, Allen, Jr., graduated from Westminster this year, and the other five currently attend Westminster.

Fall Festival

The Fall Festival is a favorite Westminster tradition. This year, expected inclement weather during Homecoming Weekend led to the rescheduling of the Fall Festival. It took place in the late afternoon and evening of Grandparents Day, which meant a full day of fun for many of our Westminster grandparents.

Golden Harvest Food Bank Turkey Collection

Our Middle School students love a challenge, so when asked to support the Golden Harvest Food Bank’s November Turkey Drive, they rose to the occasion. They collected an amazing 63 turkeys to support food-insecure families in the CSRA for Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Chapel

Our annual Thanksgiving Chapel was a wonderful celebration of togetherness and joy. The traditional Turkey Video remains a source of joy for students from PreK up to grade 12. It is truly special to hear about blessings from our students, in their own words. While the faculty and staff always give a love offering to our service staff, this year we invited our greater community to contribute to that offering, and the outpouring of love was amazing. From beginning to end, lifting our voices in praise, every moment was a blessing.

Image Bearing Conference

In early February, Westminster was blessed to have Dr. Aaron Howard spend several days with our faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Howard shared a message of Christhonoring unity and diversity. His gospel-centered message focused on loving other image bearers through the transforming work of Jesus, first done on the cross, then in our hearts, so we might impact the lives of those around us.

Dr. Howard’s visit was exciting and uplifting. It was full of song, praise, and worship. It was also a challenge to our community to learn and grow together. We look forward to working with Dr. Howard again in the future!

All-School Service Project

In March, Westminster took on an all-school service project to provide 100 local students who experience food insecurity with 10 days worth of food so they would not be hungry over spring break. We put out the call to our Westminster community for shelf stable foods to fill bags for these elementary school children to take home, and our community not only answered the call, they exceeded it.

The week before spring break, Middle and Upper School students packed 120 bags of food, which allowed us to also serve students whose need was slightly less dire. We had so much additional food that we filled two vehicles to stock the school’s pantry to meet future needs. We still had even more food with which to bless organizations that we knew could use it.

We love how our Westminster community is always standing ready to serve others!

State of the School

At the end of April, our entire community came together for a State of the School Family Picnic. Attendees braved the weather (that was a trend this year!) to enjoy Chick-Fil-A dinner together before gathering in the Upper School Gym. Dr. Brower presented on all of the wonderful highlights of our 50th year. We capped the night with the drawing for the Booster Club’s truck raffle. Congratulations to Patty Blanton, winner of the truck raffle!!

Field Day

Field Day is always one of the most fun days of the year at Westminster. Students come together for some friendly competition and plenty of laughter and excitement. This year, the Upper School held their own Field Day a week prior to the Middle and Lower School. Seniors, whose classes had ended already, came back to volunteer at the Lower School Field Day. The best part of the day is the all-school picnic, where students eat, dance, and play together on the field!