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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It

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<v Speaker 1>is time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>Gay one, the one you trust, and we have a

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<v Speaker 1>familiar face in here today. I used to call him

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<v Speaker 1>Coach Cloud. Now I'm Superintendent. How are you doing, Superintendent?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good. How are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing just dandy. You got a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a new office, Huh.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, Actually we're transitioning offices and remodeling right now,

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<v Speaker 3>so I'm I'm just kind of setting out in the

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<v Speaker 3>hallway right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, we're I do have a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a new job.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's been about the last three weeks and it's

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<v Speaker 3>been it's been interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh and uh, Superintendent Cloud, You've been at Wesley and

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<v Speaker 1>Christian off and on for a good many years, so

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<v Speaker 1>you know where everything is, even though it's expanding.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I do know where everything is.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been associated with the school off and on since

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<v Speaker 3>two thousand, so my kids started going to school there,

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<v Speaker 3>my wife started working there, and I came on in

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<v Speaker 3>two thousand and two and this is my seventeenth year

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<v Speaker 3>of employment coming up.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, We've got a whole lot of students coming in

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<v Speaker 1>this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't we Yes, we do, we do.

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<v Speaker 3>We're last year, we ended the year about three ninety

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<v Speaker 3>and if everybody, if everybody was to come that has inquired,

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<v Speaker 3>we'd be about five hundred, but we anticipate four fifty probably.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, right around there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a pretty significant milestone for the little school that cut.

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<v Speaker 2>It is it is.

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<v Speaker 3>We just now added our last two classes, the second

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<v Speaker 3>section of our last two classes. We have two kindergartens

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<v Speaker 3>and two fifth grades next year for the first time,

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<v Speaker 3>which gives us two sections of every class that we

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<v Speaker 3>have in the school. So it allows us about forty

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<v Speaker 3>forty average of forty per class.

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<v Speaker 1>So now, with all these people finding out the great

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<v Speaker 1>quality education and opportunities available at Wesley and Christians School,

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<v Speaker 1>are you are you a little nervous about space?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we are, but you know, we've done some creative things.

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<v Speaker 3>We built out to some activity an activity center, to

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of classrooms. We're utilizing some other buildings on

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<v Speaker 3>campus for a couple of high school classrooms. We have

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<v Speaker 3>the high school kids kind of spread out a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit and traveling all over campus, but we are are

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<v Speaker 3>managing and still good space. We have great security on campus.

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<v Speaker 3>This next year, and we are really looking forward to

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<v Speaker 3>what the year has for us.

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<v Speaker 1>My goodness, it's a beautiful campus that you have there. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very nicely laid out, and even with all the

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<v Speaker 1>creativity that's come into play, no one would know that

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<v Speaker 1>you've gone, you know, and modified a few things. It

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<v Speaker 1>looks like it came there kind of factory, if you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it does. So they've done a great job.

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<v Speaker 3>We've had local architects help us design those things, and

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<v Speaker 3>we have big plans for the future and we're hoping

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<v Speaker 3>to build out our shop building in the next couple

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<v Speaker 3>of years and put add two or three more classrooms,

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<v Speaker 3>get some the kids a little more consolidated in the

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<v Speaker 3>same in the same facility, and gives us a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit more flexibility.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, we have people officing.

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<v Speaker 3>In It seems like small spaces, like closet spaces, but

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<v Speaker 3>it's working and everybody's everybody's excited about our future.

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<v Speaker 1>They should be one building that gets one part of

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<v Speaker 1>the campus, it gets a lot of use. Is your

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<v Speaker 1>multipurpose building, and that's your gym, that's your stage, that's

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<v Speaker 1>your graduation.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>When you say multipurpose, boy and it's always in use.

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<v Speaker 2>It seems it is always in use.

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<v Speaker 4>It seems like seven days a week. We keep a calendar.

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<v Speaker 3>And and we have to reserve that and we use

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<v Speaker 3>it almost all day long. And if it's raining outside,

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<v Speaker 3>we have pe or a recess in there. Of course,

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<v Speaker 3>we have pee in there all day long. They we

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<v Speaker 3>use it every Sunday for church service and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>graduation and music concerts and plays and musicals, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we use it quite a bit.

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<v Speaker 1>I had the privilege of walking in on a volleyball

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<v Speaker 1>tournament that was there. Well, you had people moving.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, yeah, we have courts.

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<v Speaker 3>That first day of the volleyball tournament, we have two

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<v Speaker 3>courts going sideways.

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<v Speaker 4>And yeah, it's quite a spectacle to watch.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, it really works, and we're.

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<v Speaker 2>Excited to have that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, in the first my first eight of nine years,

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<v Speaker 3>we didn't have that. We borrowed gyms all over town

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<v Speaker 3>and that was a lot of.

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<v Speaker 2>Work and effort.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're just feel blessed to have what we have now.

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<v Speaker 1>Superintendent Cloud, we're coming up on a big market fiftieth

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary coming up this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, tell us a little bit about that.

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<v Speaker 3>The school started in the church basement in nineteen seventy

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<v Speaker 3>six as a pre k in kindergarten classroom, and it

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<v Speaker 3>slowly expanded to a full daycare and an elementary school.

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<v Speaker 2>And in nineteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Seventy eight I think they built the CEC on top

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<v Speaker 3>of the hill and they expanded to a full elementary

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<v Speaker 3>And in nineteen eighty they built the other building, the annexes,

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<v Speaker 3>which is where the middle school will be next year,

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<v Speaker 3>but they expanded to K through eight along the ride

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<v Speaker 3>around in there. And then in two thousand is when

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<v Speaker 3>we started our first high school class. We had nine

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<v Speaker 3>freshmen that first year in two thousand. I wasn't actually there.

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<v Speaker 3>I was down the road at Oklahoma westleym but my

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<v Speaker 3>wife was a teacher there, and it's exciting to go

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<v Speaker 3>from we have nine in high school then and this

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<v Speaker 3>year we're looking at one hundred and twenty five hundred

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<v Speaker 3>and thirty kids in high school.

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<v Speaker 1>Into sakes, and this is just incredible. What is it

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<v Speaker 1>about Wesley and Christian School that makes it such a

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<v Speaker 1>good choice for students and for parents in your.

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<v Speaker 4>Estimation, well, you know, it's always good people.

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<v Speaker 3>We get a lot of people that grew up maybe

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<v Speaker 3>in a rural area sometimes and they like to go

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<v Speaker 3>to a smaller school, and so the small atmosphere, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the more one on one.

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<v Speaker 2>Is always great. But you know, probably not.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably the most important aspect of Wesley and Christian School

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<v Speaker 3>is the Biblical integration, and we are teaching the Bible

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<v Speaker 3>and integrating that into every aspect of the education. We

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<v Speaker 3>don't just have a school that has chapel once a

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<v Speaker 3>week in Bible every day. All of our teachers are believers, and.

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<v Speaker 2>We're integrating.

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<v Speaker 3>That into every aspect and we you know, our mission

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<v Speaker 3>is to come alongside parents and help them train their

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<v Speaker 3>kids biblically. So that's the most special part to me

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<v Speaker 3>is that we are affecting lives and kids and families

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<v Speaker 3>for eternity.

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<v Speaker 1>That's awesome. Another thing I hear from some of the

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<v Speaker 1>students who've graduated is that the instructors are not teaching

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<v Speaker 1>at students. They're working with students, coaching them. If you

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<v Speaker 1>will not only be a better student, but just a

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<v Speaker 1>better individual, yeah, better citizen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>We have absolutely the best staff. And of course I'm prejudiced,

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<v Speaker 3>but we have a great staff. We have a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of tenured teachers that.

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<v Speaker 2>Have been there.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we have four or five teachers that have

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<v Speaker 3>been there over twenty years, and we have some high

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<v Speaker 3>school teachers that have been there right.

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<v Speaker 2>At fifteen twenty years.

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<v Speaker 3>And we have tremendous staff, fully certified, fully accredited, state recognized,

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<v Speaker 3>and we have a tremendous staff and they do a

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<v Speaker 3>great job.

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<v Speaker 1>So how does it feel now three weeks into the job, Superintendent?

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<v Speaker 1>Feel pretty good?

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<v Speaker 2>It does.

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<v Speaker 3>It feels busy, and there's a lot of decisions and

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<v Speaker 3>at times it feels like you walk in the door

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<v Speaker 3>and everybody wants a piece of you.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's just part of what it is. I've done

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<v Speaker 2>it for.

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<v Speaker 3>Six years at another school, and I kind of knew

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<v Speaker 3>how it fell, and so it'll be a good year.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excited for it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of people are excited for the

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<v Speaker 1>new year. And also having you a familiar pace being

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<v Speaker 1>at the Helm. This is going to be, I think

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<v Speaker 1>really going to be something special here. I'm kind of

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to this new era.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we're looking forward to it as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And if people are curious about the school, what's the

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<v Speaker 1>best way that you could recommend them to to learn

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<v Speaker 1>more about Western christ.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, we have we have a website Western

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<v Speaker 3>Christian School dot com. You can see a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>stuff about our our teachers and our faculty and staff

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<v Speaker 3>on that website.

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<v Speaker 4>What we offer, the programs that we offer. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>we have sports programs. In the fall, we have cross country,

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<v Speaker 4>girls volleyball.

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<v Speaker 3>We have almost sixty kids playing girls volleyball from fifth

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<v Speaker 3>grade all the way to twelfth grade. This next year

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<v Speaker 3>we have four four volleyball teams. We have high school

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<v Speaker 3>in junior high football eight man we play in the

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<v Speaker 3>os A A. In the winter time, we have basketball.

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<v Speaker 3>I was telling you before, we have eight basketball teams,

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<v Speaker 3>eight fifth and sixth grade, Junior high, seventh and eighth grade, JV,

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<v Speaker 3>and high school. And so we're having over one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>kids play basketball. And in the spring we have soccer programs.

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<v Speaker 3>Middle school was first first program we start last year

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<v Speaker 3>for soccer. Next year we're hoping to have high school.

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<v Speaker 3>We have a track program, we have trap shooting. We

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<v Speaker 3>have absolutely the best music and drama director in the

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<v Speaker 3>city of Bartsville. She does an outstanding job with these kids.

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<v Speaker 3>So they have a fall play they put on in November,

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<v Speaker 3>and we have a musical we put on every March,

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<v Speaker 3>and we give three performances. Last year they had over

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<v Speaker 3>a thousand people attend. So yeah, we're really excited about

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<v Speaker 3>not only the academics and the biblical aspect, but just

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<v Speaker 3>the full, well rounded education that we offer at WCS.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, if someone said, why honestley in Christian School,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd have to say, after that, why not?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to thank you very much for being here

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<v Speaker 1>a superintended cloud, and I want to wish you all

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<v Speaker 1>the success in the world at the wonderful school you

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<v Speaker 1>have out there, and you produce some pretty darn wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>young people that go out into the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you, and I appreciate being here already.

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<v Speaker 1>OK, you've been watching and listening to us here on

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<v Speaker 1>Community Connection