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2017 Volume 2
WCS Mission Statement
Wilmington Christian School provides a Christ-centered, challenging academic program with instruction based on the Biblical view of God and the world.
WCS teaches, influences, and encourages each student to effectively integrate Biblical truth into his/her daily life, and to impact the culture for Christ.
Farewell to William Stevens 1
Commencement 2,3
Class of 2017 4,5
Valedictorian 6
Salutatorian 7
Celebrations 8,9
Mini History Day 10
What’s New 11
State Fair 12
Alumni Profile 13
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Lesley AulickShannon BullockRobalee Deike
Brett DorschMichael McCudden
Linda SchwindLynn Simpson
Rene SolisChamp Thornton
Kevin Wargo
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Roger ErdvigHeadmaster
Gwen CampbellElementary/Middle School Principal
Melonie FettermanDirector for Advancement
Douglas HaasHigh School Principal
Sandy KroeberBusiness Manager
PATHFINDER
2017-2018 School Verse
“Those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.”
Psalm 9:10 (ESV)
Pathfinder 2017 Volume 2Robin Foster, Editor
Tammy (Allston ‘85) Kater, Designer
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Farewell to William StevensIt is still difficult to imagine Wilmington
Christian without Bill Stevens' daily leadership,godly influence, and, yes, his famous sense ofhumor. Simply put, we will miss him greatly.After seventeen years, it is with deep apprecia-tion and respect that we celebrate Bill's retire-ment and follow the next chapter in what theLord has planned for him.
You folks are very dear to me. Whether it’s your teasing (or mine), yourhugs, our conversations or your commitment to God’s purpose in your children’s lives here, I will take with me so many memories of our years together. Blessings to you for the blessing you have been to Berta and me.Please be reminded of the Scripture I often shared with you, that is at theheart of my 17 years with you:
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth” (III John 4).
My heart to yours, ~Bill
On Saturday, June 3, 2017, forty-sevenWilmington Christian School graduates,donned in their white and red gowns, entered the Fine Arts Auditorium to thefamiliar tune of “Pomp and Circumstance,”
played by Xenia Pan.Once seated, Mr.Mike McCudden,Chairman of theBoard, stepped to thepodium and gavewelcoming remarks.He did not want to conclude his welcome withoutthanking formerHeadmaster, WilliamStevens, and formerboard members, Mr.Mark Wagner and
Mr. Dave Tideman for their faithfulnessand service to WCS. Following the wel-come, senior parent, Mrs.Tiffany Sorey,read the senior verse, Colossians 2:6-10.
High School principal, Mr. DougHaas, poignantly gave the commencementchallenge. He reminded the audience thatevery year, the graduating class is given aword to ponder. He recalled previouswords and said that this year’s word is“wait,” not “weight,” but “wait.” He spokeabout our culture, and how we hate wait-ing because it means giving up control. Herhetorically asked the audience, “Do youenjoy waiting in a fast food line, or for awifi connection?” He also reminisced about
the 2009 graduation ceremony that waspostponed because a tree had fallen on thenearby power lines. The WCS family hadto wait until the evening to have the grad-uation commencement. As comic relief,Mr. Haas brought to the stage part of thetree limb that had fallen on the powerlines that day. The speech was eloquentlyspoken with reference to Noah waiting100 years to build the ark, and Abrahamand Sarah waiting 75 years before theygave birth to their son Isaac. To conclude,Mr. Haas quoted pastor John Piper by say-ing “Something happens while waiting. Itbrings patience, character, and closeness toGod.”
Shortly after the challenge, the facultyand staff were recognized for their years ofservice: five years: Mrs. Carol Allston-Stiles, Mrs. Andrea Boulet, Mr. LenHansell, Ms. Stacy Howle, Ms. HelenRuan, Mrs. Amy Spangler, Mrs. LynaeSpratley; ten years-Mrs. Kelli Pitman, fif-teen years-Mr. William Soistmann; twentyyears-Mrs. Sandy Kroeber, and thirtyyears-Mrs. Tina Eisenhauer, and Mrs. ElleStraley. The faculty recognition ended withthe yearbook dedication which was givento cherished administrative assistant, Mrs.Karen Pill who retired this year. It waspresented by senior editors Allie DeHartand Aliyah Navarro.
The student awards were then pre-sented by Mr. Haas and Mr. Stevens. Sincemany of the seniors graduated with hon-ors, this portion of the program took the
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longest, but it was well worth it becausethere were so many recognized. Receivingthe Headmaster “Emeritus” Awards wereVictoria Drumheller and Forrest Thomas.Additionally, receiving the following de-partment awards were: VictoriaDrumheller for Bible, Aliyah Navarro forEnglish, Dana Sorey for Foreign Lan-guage, Bohan “Dino” Cai for Music, Ze-bang “Nick” Zhang for Visual Arts, andKira Guo for Mathematics, Science andSocial Studies. There were countless otherawards, but too many to recognize.
The Valedictorian, Wenbo (Kira) Guo,gave a brief and challenging speech whereshe spoke of her experience of first arriv-ing to the United States. She said she hadnever heard of Delaware, but she had adesire to study in America. She spokefondly of her memories with the class, andhow well she was treated. She said herclassmates cheered when she hit a volley-ball over the net for the first time. Then,on a serious note, Kira challenged the classto embrace uncertainty. Salutatorian,Sarah McNeill, spoke of success in failure.She recollected the class’ Spirit Week fail-ures, and how before losing the annualcompetition, the class had envisioned suc-cess. The losing of the competition madethem recognize where they placed theirpriorities. She challenged the class withthe question, “How do you define suc-cess?” She then left the class with thescripture from Matthew 6:21-29, instruct-
ing them to place their sights on God, andthat He never disappoints.
Emily Spangler, Autumn Lockard,and Victoria Drumheller gave the finalstudent addresses. All of their short andtouching speeches were filled with grati-tude toward parents, and teacherswho helped them get where theyare now. Emily referenced themovie “Finding Dory,” and askedthe audience, “What are you find-ing?” She continued with sayingthat the Lord is with us throughtrials, and to “just keep swimming.”Autumn Lockard was next to thepodium. Her teary-eyed speech wasfilled with gratitude toward fellowclassmates that have helped heralong the way: Joy Pennington,Emily Spangler, Alexis Gallagher,and Christian Reilly. Last to give aspeech was Victoria Drumheller.She referenced Proverbs 22:6, andchallenged the class to not forget wherethey came from. She mentioned thatmany students go to college or into theworkforce and forget the biblical teachingthey learned from WCS.
At a little past noon, the senior class of2017 turned their tassels and became the39th graduating class of WilmingtonChristian School.
Celinda ContehHS English Teacher
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C O M M E N C E M E N T
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”Colossians 2:6-7 (ESV)
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Ta-Brea Fields-MillerNorfolk State University
Autumn LockardUndecided
Francesca FioravantiWestminster Choir College
Shane LopesVirginia Tech
Morgan FowlerDelaware Technical Community College
Sarah McNeillWheaton College
Alexis GallagherWidener University
Eric MinemierHigh Point University
Elizabeth BaffoneThe Catholic University
of America
Mackenzie GallagherWidener University
Jordan ModzelewskiUniversity of Delaware
Katharine BauerFranklin and
Marshall College
Martin ReynosoWilliamson College
of the Trades
Forrest ThomasUniversity of Delaware
Julia RobinsonMcDaniel College
Sara TidemanGordon College
Matthew SandersPennsylvania State
University
Olivia TylerDelaware Technical Commu-
nity College
Gianna ScaliaWilmington University
Daniel WalshUniversity of Delaware
Alexander SederquestUniversity of Delaware
Ryan WilliamsUniversity of Delaware
WILMINGTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOLThe Class of 2017
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Elise Nicole GlauserStevenson University
Aliyah NavarroUniversity of North Carolina
at Charlotte
Wenbo GuoUniversity of California,
Berkeley
Haley NevilleEast Carolina University
Zelin GuoSyracuse University
Joy PenningtonUniversity of Delaware
Wesley James HicksWest Chester University
Amy PowersCedar Crest College
Elizabeth BrustmanDePauw University
Bohan CaiTemple University
Kaitlyn ChambersEastern University
Alexandra DeHartHoughton College
Lihong LinUniversity of Delaware
Benjamin RettigPennsylvania State University
Victoria DrumhellerLiberty University
Rebecca SoistmannUniversity of California, LA
Amanda YerkesPennsylvania State
University
Dana SoreyUniversity of Delaware
Zebang ZhangAcademy of Art University
Michael SorowiceLiberty University
Zehao ZhangUniversity of California
Emily SpanglerElizabethtown Honors Col-
lege
Zhigu Zhou
Yi SuUniversity of
South Carolina
Yiting ZhuUniversity of Massachusetts
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Kira GuoVALEDICTORIAN
Good morning WilmingtonChristian School Class of 2017 andcongratulations on getting here. Be-fore I begin, I would like to thank allof the family, friends, communitymembers, and staff that are here today.This is a special moment for each andevery one of us. Also, a special thankyou needs to go to my parents for sup-porting me in all of my endeavors andflying sixteen hours across the Pacificto attend this ceremony.
On January 3rd 2014, my flightfrom Hong Kong landed in New York.I had no idea what was waiting aheadof me, and I was overwhelmed by ex-citement, anxiety, joy, and fear, just likewhat I feel right now. Over the years,people always asked me, “WhyDelaware?” To be honest I had neverheard of Delaware before I came here.My answer to the question was, “Idon’t know.” The only thing I remem-ber is my desire to study in the UnitedStates and see what makes this land agreat country. Without hesitation, Iaccepted the plan for my life and cameto Wilmington Christian School. Ihave never regretted my decision. Atfirst, I didn’t know any of my class-mates and I was too afraid to talk withthem. But I remember the whole classwaiting patiently for me to organizemy language; people came to my aidwhen I didn’t know how to order foodand friends cheered for me when I hita volleyball over the net for the firsttime. These things sound simple, butfor me, they were new, and I am grate-ful for all the kindness that I receivedfrom everyone. As I got to know myclassmates, I saw a diverse group oftalented people. This class has the bestathletes, in track, wrestling, and fieldhockey. This class also has great artists,musicians and singers. When my col-lege interviewer asked me “what doyou like the most about your high
school?” I told them that it has a senseof optimism, a spirit of always beinghopeful for the future. Having a pas-sionate heart and being hopeful forthe future are exactly what we need aswe proceed to the next chapter of ourlives.
Many of us are nostalgic todayand filled with excitement and uncer-tainty at what the future holds. Wewill no longer be seeing the familiarfaces at school every day, and we willprobably not be surrounded by ourfamilies everyday anymore. Receivingthe honor as valedictorian hasn’t less-ened my anxiety about the future. Iworry a lot. What if I don’t get intothe major I want? What if I don’t getinto the classes I want to take? Whatif I don’t like the food in my college?How do I know what is the right pathto choose to get the result that I de-sire? The answer is, I won’t, and ac-cepting that has greatly eased myanxiety. Four years ago, I neverthought I’d be delivering this speechin a foreign country in a foreign lan-guage. Four months ago, I didn’t knowthat I was going to be spending thenext four years on the west coast. Un-certainty is the reality of life, and thebest antidote to fear is our curiosityand passion.
Class of 2017, go forth into thereal world. Make our lives what wewant them to be. Our hometown doesnot limit what we can achieve, butsupplies us with a place to fall back, aplace to call home. Remember thosewho have got us to where we are todayand appreciate those who will help usin the future. Remember to be alwayscurious and passionate, to embraceuncertainty, and to be true to our-selves.
Thank you and congratulations,Class of 2017.
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SALUTATORIANSarah McNeill
Class of 2017, God has a greatplan for each and every one ofyour lives. I know that if youkeep your eyes f ixed on God,you will f ind success no matterwhere your life takes you.
How do you define success? Every-one in this room has experienced suc-cess, whether it be in the form of an Aon a particularly hard test or a win in achampionship sports game. In the sameway, each of us has experienced failure.When I think of failure, one of the firstthings that comes to mind is SpiritWeek.
For those of you in the audiencewho aren’t familiar with this school tra-dition, let me set the scene: It’s the lastweek in January. Each high school classwrites a skit and designs posters that arejudged against each other, to determinethe winning class. During our senioryear, as our class began writing our skitand constructing our posters, we couldhave been discouraged rememberingour past Spirit Week experiences,namely how we lost the competitionfreshman year, sophomore year, andjunior year. Instead we entered the weekwith a strong sense of determination.We came up with what we thought wasa winning theme, spent countless hoursbuilding our posters (one of which wasequipped with lights), and wrote a skitthat ended with a well-choreographedfinal dance. I’ll be the first to admit thatin years past, our class hasn’t been themost prepared, but this year we were se-rious. We put in the effort and had oursights set on first place, second if wewere being more realistic. So you canimagine our surprise when on Fridaymorning the winners were announcedand we found out that we placed third,and our skit was ranked fourth, whichmight not have been so bad if thereweren’t only four classes competing.
I’m not bringing up these painfulmemories, because I’m still bitter aboutthe results (which may or may not betrue), I’m mentioning it, because I thinkit’s a perfect opportunity for us toreevaluate how we define success. Ourclass’s initial instinct was to envisionsuccess as a first place prize, so when wedidn’t place first, we felt like we failed,meaning all our hard work was fornothing. If we would reconsider our pri-orities and shift our thinking, we might
see that regardless of the results, wewere successful. I’ve never seen our classas united as we were that week, volun-teering for roles in our skit and huddledaround, putting the final touches onposters. We found a common goal andput aside our differences, so that wecould work together to try to reach it.In this context, that is how I define suc-cess.
So, seniors, today is the final timethat we will all be together in one room.As each of us moves on to the nextstage of our lives, I want to challengeeach of you to consider the question:How do you define success? As you gooff to college or enter the workforce,you’ll feel the pressure to achieve suc-cess, in the way the world defines theword. As a college student, success maybe measured by your GPA. When youfind a job and begin your career, itmight be measured by your salary, thehouse you live in, or the car you drive.But the problem with this is that noneof these things last. It’s written inMatthew 6:19-21, Do not lay up foryourselves treasures on earth, wheremoth and rust destroy and wherethieves break in and steal, but lay up foryourselves treasures in heaven, whereneither moth nor rust destroys andwhere thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there yourheart will be also. Later in chapter 6,Matthew adds, “No one can serve twomasters, for either he will hate the oneand love the other, or he will be devotedto the one and despise the other. Youcannot serve God and money.” I’lladmit it’s nice to see the results of hardwork, but these worldly rewards shouldnot be our focus or our goal. If we makethem our priority, we will find ourselvesdiscouraged every time we fall short,but if we place our sights on God, wewill find that He never disappoints.
Class of 2017, God has a great planfor each and every one of your lives. Iknow that if you keep your eyes fixed onGod, you will find success no matterwhere your life takes you.
PK3 celebrated the completion of a wonderful fun filled school year. Wesang a few of our favorites songs and each child was awarded a certificateof completion for a job well done!
Mrs. H surprised the class at our celebration by bringing in herguinea pig “Miss Pigolina” to wish the children a happy and fun filled
summer. They were able to pet her, feed her and get their picture takenwith Miss Pigolina.
We had so much fun this year learning our letters, numbers, shapes andworking our way through the Bible. Memories were made while making
many of our crafts. The children's favorite classroom activity by far wasmaking our classroom city. Buildings of all shapes and sizes decorated ourclassroom. We also enjoyed making birdseed feeder ornaments to hang out-side around the school. A special highlight this past April was visitingLongwood Gardens and learning about flowers from Mr. Davis. What anamazing year we had in PK3!
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On Monday, June 5, Mrs. Molin’s andMrs. Kay’s PK4 wrapped-up a fabulous yearwith a celebration in the elementary library.Guests enjoyed a special program of songs andBible verses presented by the PK4 children.Songs included, An “ABC” song, and a varietyof numbers in Spanish led by Senora Day. Theprogram was followed by a PK slideshowhighlighting the year. Each child was pre-sented with a Certificate of Completion and abucket full of fun things to enjoy during thesummer. Following the program, everyone en-joyed a delicious brunch and a time of visitingand reminiscing. What a wonderful way tokick off summer vacations!
PreK4CELEBRATION
As their proud parents looked on, the kindergarten classmarched into the Fine Arts Center on Tuesday, June 6, tocelebrate a wonderful year in school. Mrs. Campbell wel-comed the children and their parents, and gave thanks forwhat the Lord has done in the lives of these precious stu-dents. Pastor Robert Kossak, a kindergarten parent, openedthe ceremony with a prayer for our students and their fami-lies.
The children then shared with the parents what they hadlearned throughout the months of kindergarten. The childrencounted to 100 by 5’s and 10’s, sang some of their favoritesongs, and chanted the alphabet cheer. Parents were delightedto hear the children sing the names of all 45 Presidents of the
United States. Mrs. Day led the students in a medley ofSpanish songs.
The highlight of the program for many was to hear thechildren recite Psalm 23 from memory. Learning Psalm 23 isa Wilmington Christian School kindergarten tradition whichprovides the children with a concrete reminder of God’s loveand protection.
The students gave their teachers a final hug and receiveda graduation medal and a certificate of completion of kinder-garten. Pastor T.J. Loverde then closed the ceremony for theClass of 2029. Parents, grandparents, teachers, and childrenall shared in a festive and happy reception to end the schoolyear.
KindergartenCELEBRATION
PreK3CELEBRATION
On Wednesday, June 7th, our fifthgrade students celebrated the completion oftheir time in the elementary school. Thestudents sang their “theme song” as part ofthe celebration, “Diamonds.” “He’s makingdiamonds out of dust; he is refining in histiming; he's making diamonds out of us.”Several students shared what WCS hasmeant to them. Luke Ballenger received
the Principal's Award for showing throughwords and actions the qualities and charac-teristics of a maturing Christian. The stu-dents also gave a portion of their MarketDay proceeds to the Mercer family who aremissionaries to Hungary. Their daughterKira was a part of this fifth grade classwhile they were on furlough. Have fun inMiddle School!
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Fifth GradeCELEBRATION
Our 8th graders completed their middle school career with a celebration onThursday, June 8th. Natalie Mathena shared her faith story, and Chad Lopesshared some of his favorite memories about WCS. Jaclynn Johnson's solo“Amazing Grace” was a blessing to all in attendance. Ten of our 8th gradersstarted their time at WCS as kindergartners! Katie Walsh receive the ChristianCharacter Award, as chosen by the middle school faculty and staff. We wish ourmiddle school students well as they head off to high school.CELEBRATION
Eighth Grade
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Our seventh grade Mini History Day was heldin late May. Students complete a ten-week, highlystructured series of lessons and activities to research a person from the Renaissance and thenportray their life in a small tabletop display thatfeatures background information, a creative time-line, and major accomplishments. A collaborativeeffort between Research Skills, Social Studies andEnglish, students learn how to use primary andsecondary sources of information, develop goodresearch questions, and properly cite theirsources. All the work is done in class. We are
especially proud of this year’s students and the out-standing job they have done in researching and creat-ing their projects, and we think some of them even hadfun along the way. An impartial judge helped deter-mine the most outstanding projects, which receivedribbons. Even better, when students return as eighthgraders, they will have the confidence and skills neces-sary to fulfill the requirements for their National His-tory Day research, as well as future assignments inEnglish, science and other areas of study.
Cheryl SchultzTrey Speers
John MasonGroup Exhibit winners:
1st Place - Gabriella Costantiniand Francesca Tyler
“Galileo”2nd Place - Sabine Danner and
Abby Hausheer “William Shakespeare”
Individual Exhibit winners:1st Place - Daniel Rouvas
“Sir Isaac Newton”2nd Place - Matthew Kaser
“Leonardo daVinci”3rd Place (tie) - Amber King
“Christopher Columbus”Ellie Mercer
“Sir Isaac Newton”
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2-YEAR-OLD PROGRAMWe announced earlier this year the expansion of our Early Education program to include
2-year-olds. The response to the addition of the program has been exciting! Mrs. Alene Heiderhas planned a wonderful year for our littlest students, and we are excited to see Pre-K2 take off.
NEW?WHAT’S
WelcomeWith a leadership career spanning 27 years, Dr. Roger
Erdvig has served as a business, church, and educationalleader, and most recently as Superintendent of SmithtownChristian School, a PreK-12 school of 550 students in LongIsland, New York.
Prior to his eight years at Smithtown, Dr. Erdvig travelednationwide training Christian business and educational lead-ers in leadership development, and was co-founder of theCenter for Coaching Excellence in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ateacher at heart, Dr. Erdvig has also taught leadership at theUniversity of Valley Forge and has extensive experience inpublic speaking and teaching in the areas of parenting, Bibli-cal worldview, and leadership coaching. Dr. Erdvig has alsoauthored and co-authored multiple training curricula, a jour-nal article (in Christian School Education), and a forthcom-ing book, Serving Learning for Christian Schools: APractitioner’s Guidebook. He holds a BS in Bible from theUniversity of Valley Forge, a Master of Education from Re-gent University, and a Doctor of Education from LibertyUniversity.
Roger Erdvig
HOMESCHOOL PARTNERSHIPIn our State of the School message, we announced a
pilot effort exploring the possibility of a partnershipwith the Homeschool community. Based on the resultsand positive feedback from our participants and faculty,we’ll be extending opportunities to Homeschool stu-dents starting in the fall. This is a great opportunity tomeet a need in the community by sharingour facility and the giftsof our faculty.
Dr. Roger Erdvig, HeadmasterWilmington Christian School
As a former homeschooling dad, I’m committed to supporting parents witheducational resources and opportunities in a Christ-centered environment—resources and opportunities that help families provide a more well-rounded education for their children.
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The 4th Grade State Fair is always one of the fourth graders favorite days of the year! The students spend a lot of time researchingthe fabulous things about their states and then decide what they wantto display on State Fair Day. Should I have a raffle or a game? Whatfood should I serve that my state is famous for? What facts about mystate make it unique? The State Fair is fun for everyone! All of theelementary students get to visit the State Fair and lots of middleschool and high school students also come back and visit too.
This year we had lots of fabulous state fair booths. We had Mainewith a LIVE lobster that was auctioned off ! We had Colorado withtons of information about her state. We had Washington with state-shaped sugar cookies. Michigan had a raffle and lots of funstate information. New York had a fabulous display of state symbols.
All of the students worked very hard to display great state infor-mation, have a state food sample and games. Some of the studentseven “dressed” for their state with special t-shirts or hats. A fabulousday was had by all!
PROFILEAlumni
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Christina and Max Sanders, sisterand brother alumni in 2015 and 2013graduation classes, serving on missionin Nairobi Kenya with Tamani WorldChildren Project, in July 2017.
Tamani World Children ProjectTamani Kenya is a small community based organization operating
in the Kwa Njenga slums of Nairobi. It began in response to observ-ing the great needs of many abandoned and abused kids, children whoneeded the safety of a home and support of a family.
Tamani World Children Project is the US based nonprofit pur-posed to raise funds to feed and care for the orphans of the world.
This photo includes the children of Tamani as well as caregivers and mission teammembers in Isinya located 25 miles south of Nairobi, the future site of the orphanage.
Max Sanders celebrates his graduation from Penn State University,
University Park, December 17, 2016from the Smeal College of Business
with a BS in Marketing and a Minor in Business Law.
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School Night - Thursday, September 14th, 7:00 pm
High School Back-to-School
Night - Thursday, September21st 7:00 pm
WCS Book Fair
September 18th-21st
All School Fun Run
Friday, October 6th
1/2 Day Dismissal at 11:45
No School - Columbus Day
Monday, October 9th
WCS Homecoming
October 13-14th
The baton has been passed and the work has begun! RecentWCS graduate Katy Bauer began the Katy's Heart to Hold pillow project about 10 yearsago. Her desire was to providesmall pillows to assist patientsrecovering from surgery at theHelen Graham Cancer Center.Over the years, she had madeand donated thousands of pillows. Last spring, Katy metwith rising seventh gradersGrace Danner and Emma Fetterman to explain the project. Under the direction ofGarment Construction teacherCheryl Schultz, Grace and Emma spent some of their long summer days making pillows to replenish the supply. Armedwith new fabric and fresh enthusiasm, the girls hope to completetwo to three hundred pillows by September!
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