Westminster Christian Academy: Westminster Firsts

Cultivating Christian Minds and Character

First yearbook editor
Bitsy Walker

First newspaper editor
Laurie Page Jones

First year of participation in the MSHSAA
1983-1984

First year for the John B. Prentis III National Honor Society chapter at WCA
1985-1986

First MSHSAA District Championship-Boys Cross Country
1987

First MSHSAA State Championship-Melissa Millar in the 300 meter hurdles
2000

First presentation to the Creve Coeur Planning and Zoning Commission Concerning WCA's site development
June 1994

First mention in the Board minutes concerning the West Ladue Junior High School on Ladue Road
December 16, 1978

First Drill Team organized (now known as Dance Teams)
1978-1979

First Junior Carnival held (now known as Wildcat Weekend)
1980

First play, "The Light is too Dark," is produced
1981

First Musical, "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," was produced
1983

First year of accreditation through the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
1983

First Mother-Daughter Banquet
1983

First Senior Trip (to Florida's beaches and Disney World)
1986

First year for "Faith in Action," WCA's Senior Service Project
1987-1988

First graduate of an alumna
Susanna Jones, class of 2004 (daughter of Laurie Page Jones ’79)