WCSTalonTimes

Hawaiian Night at WCS Football

Have you heard? The Wayne Christian Eagles are currently on a 3 game unbeaten streak. The team has already tied the previous high for wins in a regular season. With 4 games still left in the season, our record is 2-1-1. It is an exciting time to be a fan of Wayne Christan School football. Continue reading “Hawaiian Night at WCS Football”

Chromebooks

You know the saying “Not all super heroes wear capes.” Well, I agree 100%. We have two super heroes in our midst.Mr. Jon Sheldon and Mr. Craig are superheroes. They have been working tirelessly for the past three months to get our new network ready to handle all the new Chromebooks.This summer, we upgraded ourContinue reading “Chromebooks”

Hurricane Dorian preparation

In preparation for Hurricane Dorian, the leadership team at WCS has been monitoring storm forecast reports. At this time, tropical force winds and heavy rains are expected to impact Wayne County, with conditions expected to worsen throughout the night Wednesday and into Thursday and Friday. Conditions are expected to become unsafe for travel as theContinue reading “Hurricane Dorian preparation”

Talent Show Auditions

Do you have a child with talent? Does your child want to showcase that talent at the Wayne County Fair? If so, we want YOUR child to come to talent show auditions for the Wayne County Fair! Students can compete in the following areas: Instrumental Solo (Keyboard, piano, stringed, or other) Novelty Act Solo (Recitation,Continue reading “Talent Show Auditions”

The Social Contract in the Classroom

I believe that relationships are important. The relationship between teacher and students is of utmost importance when developing a great learning environment. To help build these relationships, we are working with each class to develop agreements of behavior, rather than just declaring classroom rules.We call these agreements Social Contracts, and we’ve been working on themContinue reading “The Social Contract in the Classroom”

Subscribing to Calendars

As we are switching our email server over to the Google Suite for Education, we are also moving our school and athletic calendars to be maintained in our organizational G-Suite. Many of you have subscribed to our calendars to sync with your personal calendars, and those subscriptions will need to be updated. If you areContinue reading “Subscribing to Calendars”

Help the Art Room

Someone recently asked me how I was enjoying my new role and I had to pause and remember that my role changed slightly from last year when I was the elementary principal. This year I have the pleasure of being the k-12 principal and working with all of the students and all of the teachers. MyContinue reading “Help the Art Room”

Why do we let them play football?

On Friday, the WCS football team stepped out on the field for the first game in two years. We faced a tough opponent, and several of our players–including my son–ended up injured. The question has been raised, so why do we let our sons play football? Isn’t the risk too high? Shannon Daniels, the motherContinue reading “Why do we let them play football?”

Parents for Educational Freedom

PEFNC, Parents for Educational Freedom, is hosting a lunch in Goldsboro for parents and school leaders to discuss school choice. The goal is to interact with parents and schools leaders. The meeting is scheduled for 8/9/19 at noon at McCall’s. If interested in attending this meeting sign up at https://www.pefnc.org/lunch_with_pefnc_in_goldsboro.

From the administrator’s office

Memo RE: Organizational Changes Date: 8/5/2019 From: Mr. Brenner In an effort to better support the WCS faculty, the administrative team is undergoing some structural changes. With better-defined roles, we feel that we can provide the curriculum and classroom support our teachers need to be the best teachers they can be as they educate theContinue reading “From the administrator’s office”