Exclusive Interview with Mr. Walton

Everyone has a tale to tell, each person has a narrative with twists, turns, conflicts, and triumphs. We decided to take a look at one such thread in our school, Mr. Walton! Continuing our teacher interview series, we sat down and asked him to tell us a bit about English, life, and faith.

He enjoys being able to work here because the students and teachers are constantly pushing him closer to answers by asking questions, “they’re his gadfly.” Not only that, but he is constantly devouring books suggested by his peers and growing as a teacher and as an individual. He loves being an English teacher because it allows him to interact with some of the world’s greatest thinkers on a daily basis, and it amazes him that, consistently, many of their conclusions feel the hole left by life without God.

How to Efficiently Study For Midterms/Exams

In high school academics, midterms are a very critical component to your transcript.  I recently had the pleasure of interviewing and discussing some facts and study tips with Dr. Buzz Inboden and it was quite informative.

Midterms at Worthington Christian should never be taken for granted, so this is when studying comes in handy. One tip is to have a make a study schedule in your mind, for example study for 15 minutes at a time and then take a 5-15 minute relaxing and refreshing break afterwards, then start up again when the break is over. If your desire is to study for large chunks of time, such as 4-6 hours straight, you may want to divide your study sessions up into 45 minute increments and then take a 15-20 minute break to grab something to eat, text, social media, get some exercise or whatever else you can think of.

Freshmen may not understand the significance of their first midterm ever and the ramifications of getting into college. For example, if you have a D or an F in a class and you bomb the midterm, then tough luck! But if you have an A or B in a class and you bomb the midterm, it won't kill your grade as much if you had a bad grade prior to the midterm.

And also, don't think you can get by easily by cramming a bunch of information into your brain the night before. It may seem to work 1% of the time but you don't want to take a drive down Risky Lane. Once again, these are just some helpful tips when it comes time for studying for midterms/finals.

2014 Boys Basketball Interviews

Isaac Deskins gets the inside scoop about the 2014-15 Boys Basketball Team from Johnny Wordlaw, and Kyle Freytag.  

Wordlaw says,"They feel good about this years' season and think they will make it far in the tournament and maybe even to states."

Freytag states, "They lead the younger kids, and also that they desire to go to college after completing a great senior year, and go off with a bang."

Wordlaw and Freytag both say," They say they need to step up and provide help for all the sophomores and freshman no matter what the problem is."

If you like the video and the job we have done, subscribe to our youtube channel to hear more about the Warriors sports teams and school life at WC.  Have a great Christmas Break!!!

Wadsworth Tells All in Exclusive Interview

Everyone has a story. Every day we walk past hundreds of stories still being told; we get but a glimpse of ongoing narratives, but we also have the chance to become part of them. Our teachers, whether we like it or not, are integral pieces of our own stories. But how often do we get to hear theirs? We sat down with one teacher, Mr. Wadsworth, to see how God has been writing his narrative. 

Mr. Wadsworth grew up in an atheist household. When he headed off to college he “got involved with as much as he could,” which included attending gatherings for OCF (Otterbein Christian Fellowship). He had always been frustrated by the lack of answers that a philosophical naturalist worldview provided, but as he continued meeting with this group of Christians he found his answers and, ultimately, his faith. Of course, faith is a journey that doesn’t end, so he has been discovering more and more of God through the subjects he teaches (Calculus and Physics).


Mr. Wadsworth is one of many stories God has been faithful to tell according to his will. Unlike the traditional story though, life’s conflicts never fully resolve themselves. God, as always, will continue to work through Mr. Wadsworth until his tale comes to that most glorious end: eternity with the Father.

Worthington Christian Boys Soccer Shows the Love of Christ in Game Against Grove City Christian

Sportsmanship and the kingdom of God were revealed this soccer season for a well thought out game against a special team.

Early this year Joshua Dick, the captain of Grove City Christian's team was diagnosed with brain cancer.

Isaac Deskins, with the help of Robyn Goettler, put together an interview with Peyton Dodds and Coach Roads about what they did to help show what warriors were made to do!


Senior Peyton Dodds said," it was an emotional and cool experience that went well." He told us what they wore and why, “We have special Jerseys to share the message as a symbol for Joshua." He said," Josh was a leader of their team and wanted the team to keep doing well and not focus on him"

Coach Roads said," he wanted to make the game more special than any other game." "Team meal and a team prayer helped connect with them during the game and after it." " worked out very well, never done anything like it." He said, “it was an experience we will cherish."

Worthington Christian High School Begins New Football Tradition

It's never too late to start a new high school tradition. Worthington Christian High School started their first inaugural varsity football program this past spring. 

Although they've had a rough season going 1-9, they still brought their heart and hustle every time they stepped on the football field. 

In the future years, there is still hope and excitement to come as the program continues to build.The football team faced many challenges this year; ranging from having a lack of guys which causes overplaying which leads to injuries. Fortunately, they came out on top on October 24th with a 42-12 win over Berne Union! We look forward to what our football team can do future seasons.

iJournalism student Collin Kimbrough recently had the opportunity to sit down and interview head coach Brian Stier and the four senior captains; Robby Brennan, Ben Betulius, Nick Grant, and Dominic Francis to talk about what it was like to lead the young football team and leave behind a senior legacy. They also talked about all the hard work they put in the off-season and regular season practices. Dominic Francis, in general, talked about the freshman and how they need to lead the team when they're seniors.

Worthington Christian PSA Demonstrates How to Stay Healthy.

As the winter months quickly approaching and germs are spreading around it is important to remember ways to stay healthy. In this public service announcement we interviewed students and Staff to find out how they stay healthy.

Watch Robyn Goettler’s Public Service Announcement to see how other Worthington Christian students and staff stay healthy. 
Sophomore, Jay Joseph said he stays healthy by “wash[ing his] hands after [he goes] to the bathroom.”

Sophomore, Ben Morrow stays healthy by “not do[ing] bad things”.

Junior, Madeline Stoll stays healthy by “drink[ing] lots of water” and then “wash[es her] hands a lot”.

Additional tips include:

1. Don't come to school when you're sick.
2. Don't eat nut-filled snacks in class.
3. If you carry an epipen, know where it is.
4. Keep your epipen handy.
5. Teachers: know how to use an epipen.
6. Cough into sleeves not hands
7. Keep tissues and hand sanitizer available
8. Wipe desks, chair backs, doorknobs with cleaning wipes regularly.
9. Wash hands frequently.

2011 WC Alum Connor Holland receives high honor in soccer

http://www.otterbeincardinals.com/news/2014/10/30/MSOC_1030144905.aspx?path=msoc

Through the lens of a WC teacher, Brian Bayless

For many years, I have had the privilege of prowling the sidelines at hundreds of amateur sporting events, beginning in high school and continuing over the past 36 years. It has always been a delicate balancing act, because in most cases, I usually had a vested interest in the game at hand, as a player, a parent, a fan, or like now, as a teacher at WCS. But I am also a professional, and I had a job to do covering these games.

During that time, I have seen the full gamut of sportsmanship and conduct, from noteworthy to notorious. I have witnessed the good, the bad and the ugly, sometimes even in the same night. But what I have experienced the past two nights while covering the WCS Varsity Soccer teams during their tournament runs lifted my heart and blessed me beyond measure.

Both teams fell short of their goals. The Lady Warriors lost after a bizarre play in which a header intended as a defensive maneuver ricocheted backwards and just over the desperately outstretched arms of our goalie, while the boys team fell in a sudden death shootout after a double overtime failed to resolve the matter. But the real story here is not the result on the scoreboard, but the character and camaraderie that was exhibited by these young men and women during this two day stretch.

During Tuesday night's match, the stands were filled with students, including a rather boisterous section of boys' soccer players, cheering the Lady Warriors on. A sea of Warrior Wear buoyed the spirits and lifted the players who had battled the number 1 team in the state to a 2-2 halftime tie. This was a war, and there would be no prisoners taken tonight. Cheers of "I believe that we will win" echoed across the field as an American Flag waived high behind the student cheering section.

Then came the moment. That moment. A freak goal. My heart sank.

I watched as a player dropped to her knees, stunned and incredulous at the strange turn of events. Her eyes were filled with pain as she attempted to take the weight of an entire team on her shoulders. Invisible barriers formed, as if to blot out an expected audible barrage of criticism and blame that she felt convinced would surely and deservedly come from her teammates.

But their words would not compare to the ones she was likely saying to herself. She felt she had let her team down. "Maybe if I hadn't tried to deflect it, someone else would have" or "Should I have jumped sooner?" may have raced through her head. Regardless of the rush of thoughts and emotions, for an instant, she felt isolated and alone.

But that it what makes Warrior sports different. In those moments of despair, I did not hear blame or excuses coming from her teammates. What I heard was edification and encouragement. Words of support. Words of hope. Words of love. No blame. No excuses. No regrets. Her teammates put arms around her and reminded her that she was valuable, worthwhile and needed. They reassured her that their love for her had not changed, nor had it abated. They validated and confirmed her. They assured her that they were in this together, winning and losing as a team.
However, as fate would have it, that would be the final score of the night, and the season for the 2014 Lady Warriors was at its end. Tears were shed, hugs abounded and all the moments of that evening transitioned from the present into our collective memories. It was going to hurt for a while, but in God's plan, all things have purpose and so did this night.

22 hours later, when I arrived at Dublin Jerome High School tonightfor the Boys' match vs. Grandview Heights, I took a moment to again take in my surroundings. I saw many of the same faces I had seen Tuesday night, but the roles were reversed. Of particular note was a group of students wrapped in blankets and pressed against front rails of the stands. It was the Lady Warriors Soccer Team, surrounded by the same student body that cheered them on the previous night. Gone were the long faces and tear-stained cheeks from the night before. In their stead, these girls were now living vicariously through the boys' team, funneling all their energy, cheers, encouragement and prayers in hopes that this night would bring a different result for their classmates.

After a quick score by the Warriors, Grandview Heights tied it up with a breakaway score. This was now a ground war. Back and forth they went, adrenaline pumping, muscles cramping and lungs straining to replenish oxygen. One more score would likely be enough to decide the match.
As the dust may settled at the end of regulation, the issue on the field was very much unresolved. The single scores by each team stood like crimson bookends on the host scoreboard. The brisk night wind bristled at the chance to claim more casualties in the form of chapped lips and reddened cheeks. Even my own right hand had become somewhat numb, constantly exposed to the elements in order to accurately control the delicate settings on my camera. But it was going to overtime. "Just 15 more minutes" I told myself, "I can thaw out and we can go home with a win".

It played out like a Greek tragedy. After regulation, double-overtime and a shootout, the tournament road ended abruptly for the boys' team just like the girls the night before. Soccer is a game of inches at times, and so was the case tonight. And like the night before, emotions flowed freely and unrestrained on the sidelines as the reality of the end of the season began to settle.

The catharsis of the moment, while seemingly overwhelming, was a joy to behold. As in the previous night, I did not hear or witness anger or blame...I only saw genuine agape love as teammates, coaches, fans and parents hugged, embraced, encouraged and edified one another. While I tried to stay neutral in my emotions so that I could concentrate on the photographic tasks at hand, I was caught off guard by the tears welling in my own eyes.

For a brief moment, I lowered the camera and just watched. As a member of the WCS staff, I have the privilege of interacting with this fine group of young men and women on a daily basis. At a time when it would have been easy for anyone to fall into finger-pointing and fault-finding, these athletes were lifting each other up. The scene that was unfolding before me was one huge life lesson...even if they didn't realize it yet. Down the road, each of them will be stronger and more complete due to this brush with adversity.

I quickly regained my composure, wiping my own tears so that I could finish my task. I captured dozens of post-game images of folks being Jesus-in-the-flesh to each other. I saw players loving each other, coaches wrapping their arms around the seniors and parents embracing their players, reminding them they had worth on and off the field. I watched as God's spirit moved in the relative quiet of that moment.

At times, the only sound I heard was one of fresh wounds beginning to scar.

We know that God guides and directs our paths when we place our trust in Him. He carries us through the valleys and celebrates with us on the mountaintops. He teaches us through victory and through loss. He builds our character through adversity. And He refines us through our love for, and service to, each other.
In closing, the words of Dr. Buzz are proper and appropriate here. While I am exhausted, I'm still editing the photos from last night. However, I felt that I needed to share these thoughts. It is now the wee hours of Thursday morning, but let me just say I have never been more "Proud to be a Warrior".


Brian S. Bayless
Digital Photography Instructor
http://www.worthingtonchristian.com/

The Real Warriors

The Real Warriors, coached by Miles Miller, had an undefeated 2013-2014 season. Although a quite controversial topic on Worthington Christian school grounds, there's no controversy over the skill and stamina this team leaves on the court each week. The Real Warriors have gone to war on the courts of the Powell YMCA this past winter to prove their dominance over appoints and haters alike. Check out this exclusive interview I caught with some of the players of the team!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?a=&v=2ZrMAXezQkA&feature=youtu.be



~Emily Griffith

3-6-14 Channel 3 News Broadcast: Special Report

This special report details tonight's boys district final basketball game against Grandview Heights at the fairgrounds coliseum.

3-5-14 Channel 3 News Broadcast

In this weekly broadcast, WC recaps with highlights from Clash of the Classes '14, the boys' & ladies' basketball seasons, as well as an epidemic ravaging the class of '14 called, "senioritis."

2-18-14 Channel 3 news team unravels mystery

In this exciting news broadcast, Jenna holds down the fort in the WC Ch. 3 news room, while Ellen and Emily take to the field. Jenna provides the details on an exciting online auction taking place this Friday, February 21 that will raise money for WC's Annual Fund. Ellen investigates the mystery of the open clay bags in the ceramics room. Finally, Emily delivers the weather outside on the "weather wall," and reminds WC of the Blizzard Bag assignments that have come due on February 19.

The iJournalism News Team delivers weekly broadcast for 2-11-14

In this week's Channel 3 News broadcast, Worthington Christian High School students ages 16 and over are encouraged to participate in the "Bloody Valentines" Red Cross blood drive on Friday, February 14, 2014, "Nautical Nights" themed winter event filled with desserts and dancing at the Brookshire and Clash of the Classes '14 Tuesday through Friday next week!

WC digs out from "snow-magedden"

Amidst heavy snow fall and dropping temperatures in central ohio, Worthington Christian will be returning to school on Thursday, February 6, 2014 on a two hour delay. Classes in the High School will resume at 10:30 a.m. this morning on a modified block schedule according to WCHS Principal, Dr. Buzz Inboden:

 1, period 2:              10:30-11:25

Block 2, Period 4:              11:30-12:25

Lunch                                 12:25-1:00,

Block 3, Period 7                1:05-2:00

Block 4, Period 9                2:05-3:00

 

Chapel is postponed until next week. 

iJournalism's Channel 3 news team delivers first broadcast of the semester

 

The WC Channel 3 News Team delivers their first school broadcast on 2/4/14 about our Chinese visitors and karaoke party on Friday, the winter plays and the new "fab fobs" coming soon to help make our school a safer place!

New semester of iJournalism begins

As Spring semester begins at Worthington Christian high school, a new crop of young, aspiring journalists have sprouted and are already busy preparing for their first Channel 3 live broadcast set to air next Friday. January 31. Freshman, Christopher Costanza joins the team of seasoned seniors, Emily Griffith, Ellen Jackson & Jenna Long. The new iJournalism class was recently revamped by WC instructor, David Stoll to incorporate the use of personal smart technology, such as iPhones and iPads, and breaking news on Social Media.