REMEMBER TO COMPLETE

YOUR RE-ENROLLMENT!

Completing your enrollment helps the school plan for the upcoming year. If you have not yet completed your re-enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year, please be sure to log into ParentsWeb. After March 5th, enrollment fees increase to $650 for returning students. If you have any questions about your re-enrollment process, please make sure to Contact Us.

View Video: Our Core Values

Download PDF: 2018-2019 Admissions Overview

RESERVE YOUR SPOT AT GALA

Our annual Paradise Island Gala is right around the corner. It's time to reserve your spot! Make sure to purchase your General Admission Ticket or a Sponsor Table.

Pre-bidding begins Tuesday, February 27th. Anyone can register to bid on any item from anywhere! Register for pre-bidding!

For more information, contact:

Amy Canterbury

Annual Giving Officer

Email: canterburya@iwacc.org

Phone: 361-883-0857 ext. 104.

SHOW YOUR ANGEL SPIRIT

Support the IWA Campus-Wide Booster Club and show your spirit by ordering your personalized Spirit Yard Sign designed for your Angel. Signs will be 18" x 24" and include one (1) H-Stake for mounting. Orders can be placed through May 26th.

Get your Angel Spirit Yard Sign today!

ANGELS BEGIN THEIR LENTEN JOURNEY ON ASH WEDNESDAY

Students, faculty, and staff at each school level celebrated the beginning of their Lenten journeys during their respective Ash Wednesday Masses on February 14th. Not since 1945 has Valentine's Day coincided with Ash Wednesday. It was a perfect time to celebrate the love of Christ. As always, parents and family members are welcome to join their Angels during Mass.

View Photos: Ash Wednesday Masses

ANGELS ADVANCE TO STATE

ACADEMIC COMPETITION

After competing at the district meet, six of our Elementary Level students will be advancing to the Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA) State Academic Meet on April 28th. This is the first time IWA's Elementary Level has competed in the annual competition! The meet will be held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

District Results:

Mathematics (Fifth Grade)

First Place: Julia DeLuca

Number Sense (Fourth Grade)

First Place: Kameron Fernandez

Mathematics (Fourth Grade)

First Place: Kameron Fernandez

Number Sense (Fifth Grade)

Second Place: Rainaa Patel

Art Memory (Fifth Grade)

Second Place: Cole Schulz

Storytelling (Second Grade)

Second Place: Teagan Munguia

Number Sense (Fifth Grade)

Third Place: Ben Pettus

View Photos: PSIA State Qualifiers Assembly

CELEBRATING AMAZING ANGELS

Middle Level students, faculty, and staff hosted a special celebration for eighth-grader Vanessa Flores and sixth-grader Wilson Vanexan on February 12th. Both students competed in the National Amazing Shake Competition at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia from February 9th to the 11th. Vanessa placed 46th out of 133 students from across the nation and also received a distinctive honorable mention from the judges. Wilson would go on to place 3rd in the entire nation! Thank you Angels for representing IWA so well!

View Video: Amazing Shake Sendoff

View Photos: Amazing Shake Celebration

View Photos: Amazing Shake Competition

Angels in the News: KZTV—Channel 10

Angels in the News: South Texas Catholic

THE ROAD TO WACO BEGINS

After defeating St. John Paul II High School on February 9th, the girls' varsity basketball team will begin their journey to advance to State with a TAPPS Area Playoff game against Houston Lutheran South Academy at 5:30 p.m. on February 20th in the school's Mother Patricia Gunning Gymnasium. Leading into the playoffs, the Lady Angels were ranked fourth in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll.

View Photos: Lady Angels vs. St. John Paul II

LITTLE ANGELS BOOGIE DURING

VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE

Students at the Elementary Level enjoyed a Valentine's Day Dance on Friday, February 9th. Little Angels danced their hearts out with the help of a live DJ, took selfies with friends in a photo booth, and were awarded bouquets of heart balloons for the best dance moves!

View Photos: Valentine's Day Dance

STUDENTS HEAD TO STATE ACADEMIC COMPETITION

Seven of our Middle Level students will advance to compete in the Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA) State Academic Meet on April 28th. The meet will be held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

District Results:

Mathematics (Eighth Grade)

First Place: Morgan Schacht

Science (Eighth Grade)

First Place: Morgan Schacht

Dictionary Skills (Eighth Grade)

First Place: Ava Hoffman

Impromptu Speaking (Eighth Grade)

First Place: Regan Hannigan

Vocabulary (Sixth Grade)

First Place: Alexa Reyes

On-Site Drawing (Eighth Grade)

Second Place: Olivia D'Anna

Listening Skills (Eighth Grade)

Second Place: Ava Hoffman

Number Sense (Sixth Grade)

Second Place: Wilson Vanexan

Dictionary Skills (Eighth Grade)

Third Place: Madison Gillespie (Alternate)

View Photos: PSIA State Qualifiers Assembly

Angels in the News: South Texas Catholic

ANGELS START BASEBALL SEASON WITH A BANG

There's no better day than Opening Day! The varsity baseball team proved just that in their Season Opener on February 19th against Miller High School. The Angels captured the "W" against the Bucs going over 17-4. The team will be competing in a tournament hosted by Banquete High School from February 23rd to the 25th.

MONTESSORI STUDENTS ENJOY

VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY

Elementary Level - Montessori students in Ms. Acosta's class celebrated Valentine's Day with loads of fun activities on February 13th. Little Angels traced their hands to make Valentines for their families, painted "watercolor" cookies, made glittering slime, and got to take home their Valentine Mailboxes filled to the brim with treats and notes from their classmates.

View Photos: Valentine's Day Party

PROBLEM SOLVING WITH ROBOTS

Two robotics teams, comprised of seventh-graders David Matl and Andrew Beauchamp and eighth-graders Johnathan Shull and Michael Fergie, competed in the First Lego League Alamo East Qualifying Competition on February 17th. Angels did an amazing job during the competition receiving the awards for best performing robot, best project, and best robot design. The teams will go on to compete in the First Lego League Alamo Regional Tournament on March 4th in San Antonio.

View Photos: First Lego League Competition

SWIMMERS SLASH TIMES

AT TAPPS STATE MEET

Out of the nearly 60 TAPPS Division II teams who competed at the State Swim Championships on February 8th, the varsity boys and girls swim teams did an outstanding job with swim times being slashed all across the board. Held at the Mansfield Natatorium in Mansfield, the boys' team placed ninth overall while the girls' team took 13th place. Individually, high point scorers for the boys and girls teams were freshman Jonah Lugo and sophomore Kelsi Wood.

Campus News: TAPPS State Swim Meet

Angels in the News: Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Angels in the News: South Texas Catholic

ANGELS CROON AND SWOON

DURING TALENT SHOW

High School Level students, faculty, and staff showed off their wonderful gifts during a Talent Show on February 16th in the Mother Patricia Gunning Gymnasium. Performances included a piano medley, a song from a theater play, and several singers who played guitar or piano. Congratulations to our winner, junior Lydia Jimenez, who sang a beautiful rendition of Sam Smith's "Not in That Way."

View Photos: High School Level Talent Show

SENIOR WINS SCHOLARSHIP AT SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK SHOW

Senior Joyce Hunsaker had a phenomenal showing at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. Competing in the livestock show's Junior Shootout, Joyce placed fifth in the Modified Trap event and second in Super Sporting event. Competing against nearly 700 other contestants, she successfully completed two different sporting clay courses before advancing to the final competition. Joyce was the winning ladies contestant and was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo! Congratulations Joyce!

PREPARING FOR THEIR FUTURES

A representative from the New York Film Academy met with High School Level students to answer any questions they had about a career in filmmaking on February 13th. The representative also presented thespians with the "Do's and Don'ts of College Auditioning" in the school's Library Media Resource Center. Throughout the school year, IWA is committed to providing students and families with college-planning resources such as visits with college admission representatives, college application nights, financial aid workshops, and other activities.

View Photos: New York Film Academy Visit

SEND IN YOUR BOX TOPS!

Remember, there are drop boxes to donate your Box Tops at all three school level offices. Please check that the Box Top has not expired and place them in a Ziploc bag.

• Elementary Level: Box Tops can be given to teachers or placed in the drop box located in Mrs. Dottie Garcia's office
• Middle Level: Box Tops can be placed in the drop box located in Ms. Crissie Suarez's office
• High School Level: Box Tops can be placed in the drop box located at the High School Level front counter.