Westminster Christian Academy: Timeline of Firsts

Cultivating Christian Minds and Character

First yearbook editor: Bitsy Walker

First newspaper editor: Laurie Page Jones

1978

First time the Board mentioned the West Ladue Junior High School campus on Ladue Road

First drill team organized (now known as dance team)

1980

First Junior Carnival (now known as Wildcat Weekend)

1981

First play, "The Light is Too Dark"

1983

First musical, "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"

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

First Mother/Daughter Banquet

First year of MSHSAA participation

1985

First year of the John B. Prentis III National Honor Society chapter

1986

First Senior Trip (to Florida and Disney World)

1987

First year for Faith in Action senior service projects

First MSHSAA district championship (boys' cross country)

1994

First Creve Coeur Planning and Zoning Commission meeting regarding campus development plans

2000

First MSHSAA state champion (Melissa Millar in the 300 meter hurdles)

2004

First alumni child graduates (Susanna Jones, daughter of Laurie Page Jones ’79)

2010

First MSHSAA team state champions (boys' golf)