Classic Magazine - Fall 2015

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Power of Prayer New Oasis Parents in Action Head of School Report

Board of Trustees, 2015-2016 Jody Billiard, Chairman Larry Kirkman, Vice Chairman Don Moseley, Treasurer Melissa Roper, Secretary Carolyn Airing Jonathan Byrd Danny Church Rennie Faulkner Land Hite Caroline Kelly Greg Love Rich Protasewich Mike Ross

Head of School Mark Davis

Editor/Designer, Classic

Mission Statement To assist the Christian family by providing an education marked by a biblical worldview, academic excellence, and affordability, so that students are equipped to be salt and light for God’s glory.

Megan Fair

Contributing Writers

Lisa Barlow, Jim and Joan Bullard, Kelly Keesling, Mark Davis

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CDS students and faculty traveled to South Dakota to learn how their ContainIt project could make an impact on Pine Ridge Reservation.

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Vision Statement Covenant Day School is committed to becoming an exceptional, Christ-centered, college-preparatory school. We will create an environment which develops lifelong learners, critical thinkers and problem solvers who will be actively engaged in the world as ambassadors for Christ. Our appraised, innovative academic courses and comprehensive extra-curricular offerings will be taught through the lens of truth found in the historic Christian faith by godly faculty and staff who are skilled educators and dedicated mentors. Graduates will be prepared for matriculation into leading colleges and universities in order to live out their callings on the global stage. Our distinctive sense of family, with a diverse community of students, families, friends, donors, and alumni, will undergird these efforts necessary to bring excellence to every aspect of Covenant Day School, a ministry of Christ Covenant Church, for God’s glory.

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Core Values Christlikeness

A reflection of the work of Christ, loving in thought and deed, serving God and others

Truth

A pursuit of biblical truth so as to develop the knowledge and discernment that guides our judgment and decisions in all areas of life

Integrity

An insistence on biblical principles that develop character, integrity, and moral excellence

Thank you to all of our seniors who served at Middle School Windy Gap this year!

FEATURES 3 The Impact of a Playground 4 The Power of Prayer 6 A New Adventure 10 Now Introducing 11 CDS Expands Athletics Program 14 2014-2015 Head of School Report

in this ISSUE ARE YOU A CDS ALUM? Staying connected is easy! Visit www.covenantday.org/alumni to complete the Alumni Update Form!

DEPARTMENTS 2 From the Head of School 8 Classic News Briefs 10 Fine Arts 11 Athletics 12 Alumni News

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Greetings, Over the Labor Day weekend my family traveled to Chattanooga to spend time with our family. I particularly benefited from a conversation with my niece, who is a graduate of a Christian school and is currently a freshman at a university in our fair state of North Carolina.

In the midst of learning about her new friends, classes, and professors, my niece mentioned a phrase that is being used regularly on the college campus she attends. She reported that students often say to each other “I’m doing me.” Apparently, the same statement is popping up with her friends at a Tennessee university. My mind raced in an attempt to decipher the cryptic expression.

After making a stab in the dark as to what “I’m doing me” might mean, I found that I was tracking my thoughts correctly. Yes, the younger generation is soaking up like sponges the one ethic that America espouses—be true to yourself. Sadly, American culture has drifted into full blown narcissism suggesting humans are the all in all, humans are their own god, and the one remaining “law” is to never violate who you really are. To summarize, “Make sure you do you.”

David Brooks, in his book The Road to Character, states that “We have seen a broad shift from a culture of humility to the culture of what you might call the Big Me, from a culture that encouraged people to think humbly of themselves to a culture that encouraged people to see themselves as the center of the universe.”

The CDS faculty and staff read Andy Crouch’s book, Culture Making, in which Andy suggests that Christians need to be about the business of being cultural missionaries for Christ. To engage in such salt and light work we aim to bring the preeminence of God’s Word in each discipline to our students, bring the loving compassion of the Good Samaritan into our conversations and actions, and make prayer central to our lives. We are grateful Covenant Day School is a community of believers—leaders, teachers, students, and families in pursuit of Christ-centered excellence in learning and in all of life as we seek to assist our families by providing an education marked by a biblical worldview and academic excellence so our students are equipped to be salt and light for God’s glory.

Sincerely,

Mark Davis

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Covenant Day School held its ribbon cutting ceremony for The Bullard Family Playground on September 25, 2015.

In 1991, Jim and Joan Bullard moved to Atlanta with their two-year-old daughter, Lowery. Joan missed her family and friends back home, so she spent her early days in Atlanta exploring her new surroundings. It didn’t take long before she came upon a really cool playground in Roswell at Fellowship Bible Church. The church built the playground as an outreach for the church and school and it was unlike any they had seen. This playground became a part of their weekly routine as Joan and Lowery spent a couple of mornings each week at the playground. It was there where Joan began to make friends and learn about the church and its school, Fellowship Christian Academy. When the time came for Lowery to start school, Jim and Joan knew immediately where they wanted her to go. Fellowship Bible Church and Fellowship Christian Academy and their vision of a playground to reach the community made a strong impact on the Bullard family. “The church and school provided us with dear friends that encouraged our walk with the Lord and made a huge impact on our lives,” Joan said.

The Bullard family desires nothing less for Covenant Day’s new lower school playground.

It was out of this desire and their love for CDS, that the Bullard family gave generously to make the vision for the CDS lower school playground a reality. “We hope that the playground will not only serve the students of Covenant Day, but that it might attract young families to the church and school to come with their children and make new friends,” Jim said. “We also are aware of the importance of outdoor playtime and especially how vital playgrounds are for a child’s cognitive, emotional, physical, and social development. So we pray that it will enrich the lives of those that swing, jump, bounce, or climb on the playground.”

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FEATURES

The Power of Prayer

Fewer than 40,000 Lakota Indians live on the more than 2-million acre Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The median income on the reservation is less than $3,500 per year, and more than 95% of the population lives below the federal poverty levels. Although the sale and possession of alcohol on Pine Ridge Reservation has been prohibited since the early 1970s, alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the reservation. The teenage suicide rate on the reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group and the infant mortality rate is the highest on the continent and is around 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

The school drop-out rate is over 70%. Mobile homes and trailers on the reservations are overcrowded, with many homes housing more than 15 people. Nearly 40% of the homes on the reservation do not even have electricity.

There are few paved roads and only one grocery store. This reservation isn’t oceans away. It’s in the United States of America.

In May, CDS students Renner Murphy and Mackenzie Deans along with teachers Clifford Chin and Jackie Weigel traveled to Pine Ridge Reservation to see how Covenant Day could help make an impact. Their story is powerful.

“Located in the rolling Black Hills, the reservation is beautiful,” Renner recalls. “Mile after mile of rolling pasture and untouched earth, a nature lover’s dream. The serenity of the physical landscape stands in contrast to the culture of oppression, suicide, alcoholism, and abuse. When you are on the reservation, the gloomy overhanging presence of evil is easily felt. You can feel the emptiness of the people, the longing for a savior, and the desire for something greater.”

When they arrived, the students and teachers met with Pastor Wade, a local pastor on the reservation. He showed them around the reservation introducing them to many Lakota. Mr. Chin reconnected with Kevin Poorbear, who previously shared his moving story with students during a Covenant Day chapel service. As the group spent time on the reservation, they saw children left to care for themselves, images painted on window screens to ward off evil, and a sign commemorating the Massacre of Wounded Knee. Pastor Wade drove them along the highways giving them details of the territory, the people, and the work that God is doing. He also took the group to meet with Harrison and Ladonna, a Christian Lakota Indian couple. Ladonna shared with the group a dream that she recently had of small structures that came together to form a cross. “In the center of them,” she said, “was an altar.”

Each structure contained beds and desks for children and they cared for the children.

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Renner and Mackenzie also shared stories about Norma, one of the last elders of the Lakota on the reservation.

She is a highly respected woman of the community who has found her faith in Jesus after a hard life of abuse and poverty. She is passionate about helping the youth on the reservation and has a radio show that promotes light in this dark environment. She has been praying for more than 15 years for God to change the reservation and pour out His love and mercy. “While talking to Norma, we could see the genuine joy she got from talking about Pastor Wade and all his family has done for the people,” Renner remembers. “There are now former gang members who are following Christ and the stories Wade told us about the life they came from are unimaginable. God is shining His light and Pine Ridge is warmly receiving it.”

The power of prayer was palpable on the reservation. The group stopped to pray countless times during their trip and they were all strongly affected by these experiences. “Prayer is the intimate and amazing privilege to speak personally with the God who created all things with a love so powerful and so incomprehensible,” Mackenzie said.

“Pastor Wade had only one request for us when we asked what we could do for his church. His answer was always ‘prayer.’ ” CDS teacher and ContainIt advisor, Mr. Chin, shared how he was impacted by prayer on the reservation. “The Lord moves in mysterious ways,” he said. “Little did I know that He would open my eyes to the power of prayer and the need for us to be praying. I came back home with a single thought in my mind. What would the Lord do if our students began to pray? How would it change CDS?” Although the amount of poverty, despair, and brokenness is so visibly present in Pine Ridge, our students and teachers experienced a sense of hope. “God has not turned His back on Pine Ridge. It is by far the most impoverished place I have ever seen,” Mrs. Weigel said. “Yet a handful of His people are bringing Jesus’ light and hope despite tremendous warfare.”

This summer the ContainIt team, which includes eight students and two faculty advisors, began working on transforming a used shipping container into dormitory space for students on the reservation. Mrs. Weigel and her interior design students are coming alongside the team to provide the planning, drafting, specifying, procuring, and installation of furnishings and materials. Norma, Harrison, and Ladonna are praying this space will provide a refuge for the youth in Pine Ridge who are struggling and being persecuted for their faith.

(Statistics taken from the American Indian Humanitarian Foundation)

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FEATURES

A NEW ADVENTURE For three of our students, the end of their summer was marked by a big adventure and a lot of change. Freshmen Cecilia and Rochester and sophomore Joyce packed their bags, said goodbye to their families, and left their homes in China to come to Covenant Day School.

As they arrived in Charlotte, the students were greeted by their host families, all of whom are CDS teachers. Shortly after Cecilia, Rochester, and Joyce got settled into their new homes away from home, they hopped on a bus and headed to Windy Gap—a unique experience for any first-timer. They spent three days having fun, making new friends, and getting to know their teachers.

“Everyone is so nice at Covenant Day School. I liked Windy Gap because I could meet a lot of people, not only in my grade, but also freshmen and juniors,” Joyce said.

As they arrived back in Charlotte, they were introduced to life on campus at CDS. Cecilia mentioned how she loved trying new things, and that there are plenty of opportunities to do this at CDS. For Joyce and Cecilia, CDS seemed to be quite different from their school in China. “We had our own classroom in China,” Joyce said. “We didn’t need to change rooms. We had the same classmates throughout the day and our teacher came to the class.” With different students in each class at Covenant Day, they have been able to meet even more students. In addition to making friends at Covenant Day, Rochester has enjoyed learning from his new teachers. “The teachers know all of the students’ names. They are concerned about all of them. I think it’s really good for me to ask questions because the teachers are always really happy to allow the students to ask questions,” he said.

Cecilia, Joyce, and Rochester have wasted no time in getting involved at CDS. Whether it is running on the cross country team, hanging out with their new friends, or representing their class in a game at Windy Gap, they are certainly making the most of every new opportunity.

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CDS Partners with New Oasis This year marks Covenant Day’s first year as a New Oasis International Education partner school. New Oasis is a leading international education organization that assists international high school students in their study abroad endeavors in the United States. CDS Admissions Assistant, Robin Southern, is serving as the New Oasis Student Coordinator.

From our Admissions Director, Lisa Barlow

Last March, I was privileged to be invited on a trip to China that was sponsored by New Oasis International Education. We visited six different cities: Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, and Beijing. During the trip, I interviewed 45 students and had a delightful time learning about Chinese culture and education. The Chinese people were extremely hospitable and generous and were excited to exchange ideas and share trends with us. Two of the students I met on my trip are now enrolled at Covenant Day. Our new International Student Program is off to a wonderful start! Please be sure to welcome our Chinese students when you see them in the high school!

Parents association CONNECT. SERVE. IMPACT. Whether you have been a part of the Covenant Day School community for two months or 15 years, we want you to be involved and feel connected!

Each year our Parents Association hosts community-building events, passionately serves our students and teachers, and helps parents get connected through volunteer opportunities.

These events include our Fall Back to School Picnic, Community Heroes Luncheon, Father/ Daughter Dance, Breakfasts, Casserole Sale, Family Night & Chili Taste-Off, and more! For a complete listing of events and dates, please visit www.covenantday.org/PA. At Covenant Day School, there is a place for you to make an impact.

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CDS NEWS CDS Students Announced as National Merit Semifinalists (1)

Three Covenant Day School students and one alumnus were announced as semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit® Scholarship Program.

Covenant Day students receiving this honor include seniors Hannah Ertel, David Krein, and Franklin Ockerman. Austin Soell, who graduated in three years from Covenant Day in 2015 and now attends NC State University, was also named a semifinalist.

CDS Offers Leadership Elective for High School Students (2)

This year, Covenant Day School has a new leadership elective for students.

The course is co-taught by CDS Head of School Mark Davis and High School Principal Joel Uecker and is based upon the Harkness method of teaching, which emphasizes critical reading, active participation in class, and critical thinking. While focusing on the topic of leadership, students’ worldview beliefs are more deeply formed while the teachers support and challenge each student to grow in critical thinking and faith integration.

1 CDS students David Krein, Hannah Ertel, Frank Ockerman, and Austin Soell (not pictured), were announced as 2016 National Merit® Semifinalists.

CDS Celebrates its 10th Graduating Class (3)

The class of 2015, which included 78 students, was Covenant Day’s 10th graduating class. The last student to walk across the stage on May 29 marked Covenant Day’s 600th graduate. CDS graduating seniors were accepted to more than 80 colleges and universities including Cornell, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Davidson, Moody Bible College, NC State, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Westmont, Wheaton, Rice, New York University, Belmont, Grove City College, Covenant College, and Wake Forest.

3 Congratulations to Covenant Day’s Class of 2015!

CDS Student on Staff at 23rd World Jamboree (4)

CDS student Stephen McKnight served as one of 8,000 members of the International Service Team for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Kirarahama, Japan, this summer. Over 33,000 scouts and leaders attended the Jamboree, representing approximately 150 countries. His primary job was food distribution, which began at 4:30 a.m. each day. Stephen, 18, earned his Eagle Scout with silver palm during his high school years and is currently an adult volunteer at Troop 39 in Matthews, NC. His Eagle Scout project was the installation of the flag pole with a brick base and retaining wall opposite home plate at Warner Park.

4 CDS student Brent McKnight served on staff at 23rd World Jamboree this summer.

InNovate: ReNovate (5)

This fall, Covenant Day School students participated in the InNovate: ReNovate 2015 Design Challenge. The challenge is a Habitat for Humanity ReStore event to heighten public awareness of the benefits of re-purposing household items to benefit the environment and community while showcasing student ingenuity and talent from local area high schools. CDS interior design and art students, under the faculty direction of Jackie Weigel and Katie Spata, were given approximately four weeks to design a 10’ x 10’ room of their choice.

All of the furniture and accessories installed were selected from the Matthews ReStore.

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5 CDS interior design students (pictured), along with art students, participated in Habitat for Humanity ReStore’s InNovate:ReNovate 2015 Design Challenge.

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Lower School Leadership Committee (6)

Fourth and fifth grade students have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills by being a part of Covenant Day’s Lower School Student Leadership Committee. Groups of about 12 students meet with Lower School Principal Mark Helmer throughout the year. They provide him with input on topics such as chapel, recess, and field trips. Last year, the group had the opportunity to plan an entire lower school chapel.

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Covenant Day Presents... (7)

Join us for this year’s musical productions! Middle school students will perform Shrek The Musical JR. October 28-31. The high school production of Fiddler on the Roof will take place February 4-6. For times and ticket information, visit the ENEWS!

Mark your calendar for our upcoming musicals: Shrek The Musical JR. and Fiddler on the Roof.

A New Home for the Butterfly Garden (8)

The Covenant Day School Butterfly Garden has been a special place on campus. The garden has created a safe haven for monarch butterflies while allowing our lower school students to partner with researchers at several universities to learn more about the butterflies. With all of the new construction projects on campus, the butterfly garden will also get a face lift! The garden has been relocated to the back of the B-Building and is making great progress. When completed, the garden will consist of many native species in order to attract butterflies and pollinators. We will also be adding pollinator nurseries in order to keep an ecosystem in balance. Next time you’re on campus, drop by to check out the progress.

8 CDS students learn from Mrs. McLeod as they help her in the new butterfly garden.

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FINE ARTS

NOW INTRODUCING NO STRINGS Attached and chordially yours

BY KELLY KEESLING, CDS WEB COORDINATOR

About five years ago, CDS student Chris Chase was interested in a choral group, so he took the initiative and started a boys’ a cappella club. This group of singers, under the advisement of CDS teacher Megan Tuttle, rehearsed and chose music on their own. They debuted in the 2011 spring concert performing “This Love” by Maroon 5. The following year was a transition year for the group as they lost a number of singers due to graduation and added a new advisor, CDS teacher Mary Ann Foltz. In the last three years, the group, now named No Strings Attached, has more than doubled to include 15 boys.

To foster leadership and ownership in the group, the members and their advisor work together to choose music, lead rehearsals, and coordinate singing opportunities. Although the boys have a variety of abilities and knowledge of music theory, they all share a love for music and singing. They embrace the opportunity to be role models for younger students. These singers are well rounded; they are athletes, scholars, student council members, and artists.

In 2014, inspired by the success of No Strings Attached, a few high school girls kicked off a girls’ a cappella club, calling themselves Chordially Yours. There are now 18 girls in the group with Mrs. Foltz serving as the advisor.

Both groups have been very active in performing and in representing Covenant Day School in the community. No Strings Attached has performed at Community Heroes Celebrations and last year they sang at a Charlotte Knights baseball game. Both groups have performed at the Billy Graham Library at Christmas and on the square at the Blakeney shopping area. The groups sing separately for school events such as Open House and Grandparents Day, but they have also joined together to perform as one choir at various concerts, baccalaureate, and graduation services. Additionally, a choir course is now offered in the high school.

“Our ultimate goal is to be salt and light in our world so that through the beauty and joy of music, both singers and audiences alike are drawn into a powerful expression of faith and offering to our Lord,” said Mrs. Foltz.

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ATHLETICS

CDS Adds New Sports to Expand Athletics Program

The Covenant Day School athletics program continues to grow with the addition of a club JV field hockey team this fall and a football team in the fall of 2016. The field hockey team is made up of 17 girls, all of whom have great enthusiasm, but little or no previous experience in the sport. CDS Field Hockey Head Coach Rachael Snelgrove has extensive playing and coaching experience at Messiah College and Houghton College. Coach Snelgrove returned to CDS this year as a teacher after being away for a few years. CDS parent Elizabeth Jones serves as a volunteer assistant coach and helped to get the team started at Covenant Day. The team has a competitive schedule this year and will be facing several schools in our athletic conference including Charlotte Country Day, Charlotte Latin, and Providence Day. The football team will consist of boys in grades 7-9 and will play a modified conference schedule its first year. CDS Assistant Athletic Director David Houseton serves as the Interim Head Coach. Families with boys who are interested in the football program may contact Coach Houseton at dhouseton@covenantday.org.

CDS Athletics Features a New Fitness Center on Campus

In October, Covenant Day School opened the doors to its brand new 2,200 square foot fitness center on campus.

This strength and conditioning facility includes state of the art equipment and gives our student athletes a place on campus to work with our certified strength and conditioning specialists, coaches Jim Parrish and Garrett Tyler.

Covenant Day’s strength and conditioning program will focus on personal strength, injury reduction through Olympic lifts, circuit training, metabolic conditioning, plyometrics, agility, speed, core stability, and flexibility of movement. The facility will be used to accommodate our athletic teams, high school weight training classes, and middle and high school physical education classes.

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ALUMNI NEWS

2010 FIVE-YEAR REUNION

We had a great turnout at the class of 2010 five-year reunion! A committee of four alumni from the class of 2010 partnered with the Development Office to plan their reunion. Alumnus Duncan Palmer shares why he chose to serve on the committee. “I enjoyed working with my classmates to help plan the reunion.

It was an opportunity to be with friends and rekindle old memories. I liked reaching out to old classmates whom I hadn’t talked to in a while to see how they were doing. The reunion turned out great. It was exciting to talk about old memories and see what everyone was doing post-college. I know the relationships we built in high school will last for years to come.”

Although many students live in the North Carolina and Charlotte area, some came from much farther to reconnect with their high school friends. For Hilliary Adams, the five-year reunion was a perfect reason to travel back to Charlotte. “I traveled from Philadelphia to attend the five-year reunion because I wanted to reconnect with some good friends I hadn’t seen in a very long time. Some of them I have seen and talked to over the past five years, but some I haven’t, and so it was great to see what they had been doing the past few years. Everyone I had a chance to talk to has been doing amazing things and I was able to have some really good conversations with people I had truly missed. It was also fun to see a few old teachers and show them that, yes, we have grown up... but only a little!”

CDS WILL CELEBRATE ITS FIRST 10-YEAR REUNION IN 2016 FOR THE CLASS OF 2006. STAY TUNED!

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 5th ANNUAL

ALUMNI PARENT DINNER Join us at the annual Alumni Parent Dinner to reconnect with other parents!

We love seeing our alumni back on campus!

This year, every graduating class was represented at the annual Alumni vs. CDS Varsity Soccer Scrimmage on August 5. We hope you’ll join us again for our annual Alumni Night on Tuesday, November 24. For details, visit www.covenantday.org/alumni.

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CLASS NOTES

CLASS NOTES 2007

Bill Hawks is currently working as the Director of Business Development for SeedSpark, a company focused on helping local businesses grow through the use of technology.

Sky Lesh recently married Emily Rodebeck in Asheville. He also completed fighter pilot training and is living in Tuscon, Arizona, where he is flying the A-10 Warthog. He will be deploying to South Korea in November for 18 months.

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income South Memphis community at a nonprofit called Advance Memphis.

2012 Will Johnson is engaged to Ali Monroe and will be getting married in the summer of 2016.

Halie York Kawell helped start a nonprofit organization called Oak Tree Ministries. The ministry has an after school program for kids in Birmingham, Alabama.

Mary Frances Roberts is engaged to Ben Behrendt. The couple is planning an April wedding.

Will Moore and Crystal Miller Moore were married on June 20, 2015.

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2010 Jon Johnson recently finished a summer internship at Google, a dream he has had for many years.

Heather Leonall is pursuing her Master of Arts in Education in School Leadership (K-12) from Wingate University.

Chapman Silander married Harper Lowe on May 30, 2015.

2009 Michaelanne Clardy is engaged to DJ Petrovski.

Katy Foltz graduated from Oklahoma State University with her Master of Science in Geology and moved to Houston, Texas to begin her new job at Noble Energy, Inc. Teresa Theiling served as the head coach of the varsity women’s lacrosse team at Watauga High School and was recognized as the North Carolina 2015 Conference 8 Lacrosse Coach of the Year.

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Logan Mosteller (’13) and Ellie Rice Mosteller (’11) married on June 24, 2015.

Lauren Andersen was awarded the NASA/NC Space Research Grant and the Julian Yoder Undergraduate Scholarship in Geography.

Hannah Holbrook served as an athletic trainer at Butler High School for her clinical rotation.

Mark Steele is a member of the Varsity Cheer Squad at the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill.

2011 Stephen Dillon is pursuing his MDiv at Covenant Seminary. He married Kayla Mitchell on June 6, 2015.

Jordan Dunn is an Air Liaison Officer and is stationed at Wheeler Air Base in Oahu, Hawaii.

He left for active duty on October 6, 2015.

Cullen Rosser graduated cum laude from Anderson University in May of 2015 and is now working in Belton, SC, as a special education teacher.

Bryce Stout married Bethany Davis on September 5, 2015. They are living and working with entrepreneurs in a low-

William Joyner was accepted into the U.S. Coast Guard as an officer in training. He completed basic training this summer and is currently working at the USCG base in Elizabeth City while attending Elizabeth City State University.

2014 Grace Foltz is a sophomore theatre major at Taylor University and is a cast member at Walt Disney World.

2015 Garrett Ford plays the clarinet for the Tiger Band at Clemson University.

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