Green & Gold Vol. 26 Issue VIII

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Volume 26, Issue VIII EDITORIAL “Our connection to Wesleyan will be long-lasting through our relationships with faculty, each other, and the Lord.” Editor Lily Morris speaks to the seniors about their connection to Wesleyan. Pg. 2

A Publication of Wesleyan School

Wesleyan celebrates student Athletes sign artists in the visual arts show to play in college

Alex Edgar The Visual Art Exhibit was held April 6 in the Fine Arts building to celebrate Wesleyan’s artists and their work, especially the AP art students and their portfolios. The art teachers and parent helpers began setting up for this event on

FEATURES

The staff of the Green & Gold wishes everyone a safe and fruitful Easter break! Pg. 6

FINE ARTS

April 29, 2022

Senior Annabelle Lawson’s AP art portfolio is displayed in the Fine Arts building.

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Thursday, March 28. It consisted of an opening night reception and then students, faculty, and parents walked through the exhibits and got to enjoy the artwork of Wesleyan’s artists. For most art classes, students got to select several of their favorite art pieces to display. The AP students got to display their almost completed portfolio for the first time at this event. Each student got their own individual area to

exhibit the art they have created over the course of the year. AP art teacher, Meagan Brooker said that the students will still have a couple pieces to finish after the Virtual Art Exhibit, but most of the work was done. Brooker and the high school art staff were thrilled for the students to get to show their pieces. Brooker said “I love it when [the students] get excited about what they’re making and their concepts. Now they’re in a groove and their concepts and art are all flowing and making sense. I love getting to see them get excited about that.” Whereas athletics have a chance to show off during games and meets, this is one of the events that Wesleyan holds to show the artistic accomplishments of their students to the community. Art is so different from other academic classes because “students choose to take the classes and are able to use the creative, right side of their brain,” Brooker said. AP art at Wesleyan is a year long class that concludes in a portfolio of work from each artist, submitted to a judge panel and entered in a statewide and then nationwide competition. Each student picks their portfolio theme in the beginning of the year and works on projects that combine a variety of skills such as drawing, painting, collaging and much more, all while connecting their works back to their theme. There are three versions of the AP art class with AP 3D art, AP photography, and AP stu-

Caroline Croley & Hampton Huggins

Mitchell Badciong will play lacrosse at Berry College. Kaitlyn Bobo has commited to play soccer at Belmont University.

Badciong

Bobo

Stephen Street will play golf at Spartanburg Methodist College.

Street

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inspired by the fact that the students had to sit out in left field due to Covid. The Instagram account was doing well with around 200 followers, but this year it has skyrocketed. Seniors Will Burns and Hampton Huggins have taken the role as heads of the LFC. Not only has the account grown in terms of followers to around 750, but their production has also increased. They have started filming player-of-the-game interviews postgame and even landed a sponsorship from Press Sports. So, I sat down with Will Burns as well as a few players to see what the impact of the LFC is for them.

huge having a consistent student section. It allows us to feed off of their energy and I think that’s one of the reasons we are so successful at home. Just looking up and seeing the entire stands filled makes you feel like you’re playing for something more.

Left field crew supports Wesleyan varsity baseball

Wesleyan artists celebrate their art in visual art exhibit. Pg. 9

Hampton Huggins The Left Field Crew, or LFC for short, is one of the more unique groups in the Wesleyan student body. The group is led by seniors Will Burns and Hampton Huggins. The Wesleyan student section is for all sports, but baseball refer to themselves as the green machine. The

SPORTS

COOPER BLAUSER

Senior Carson Ballard runs to get to the

Check out how the next base to get ahead in the game. Huggins spring sports are dominating their com- baseball student section goes by the name of petitions this season. LFC. Pg. 10 The LFC started last year when seniors Tanner Bivins and Jackson Turner started the Instagram account to give game updates to fans who could not make the game. The name was

How big of am impact is it for the team to have such a consistent student section? It plays a really big role. When the crowd is into the game, it makes the team get into the game even more and helps with getting rallies going. Favorite thing that the LFC does? My favorite thing the LFC does is just advertising all the games to the student body to get people to come out.

BRYCE HUBBARD

How big of am impact is it for the team to have such a consistent student section? It’s

“It means a lot because it get us more rallied up for games.” - Druw Jones Favorite thing that the LFC does? I like the player of the game and the pre-game posts that the LFC does the most outside of the stands itself.

DRUW JONES

How big of am impact is it for the team to have such a consistent student section? A lot of my friends follow LFC outside of Wesleyan, and they wish they had the same thing for their high school teams, so it means a lot because it gets us more rallied up for games. Favorite thing that the LFC does? Game Updates. (cont’d on pg. 9)


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