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Bombarded by the News Media: How to Think Sanely, Critically, and Biblically
I have never in my life spent more time being frustrated to try and understand what is true and actually happening in our world. The news seems to have more and more bias and propaganda attached to it. It’s difficult as a school leader, as a parent, as a member ...
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Podcast #2 – How did God work through this year’s missions trips?
March 31, 2022 Host: Jeremy Deering Guests: Hannah d'Arc, Ethan Salley, Christian Whitehouse, Gavin Deering, Rachel Campbell In the Woodcrest ...
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Woodcrest Christian Missions Trips 2022
What’s on your agenda for Spring Break? Vacation? Staycation? Or just a week of much needed rest and relaxation? This ...
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A Bible Teacher’s Reflections on the Current Ukraine-Russia War
ABOUT DARREN LOGAN Darren Logan started out his career in the U.S. Army in West Germany where he witnessed the ...
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What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Every era of Christian history has been marked by major theological conflict. Our modern era is no different. The primary ...
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Paper Books: A Game Changer
Growing up, I always knew my mom and grandma were voracious readers. When you walked into grandma’s house you knew ...
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When Faith and Culture Collide: Matt Messner
Modern christian students face a myriad of challenges to their faith. The Christian worldview has received assault from various directions ...
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The Battle For Truth: Vice Principal, Brandon Imbriale
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared “post-truth” as the word of the year. They defined the word as: “relating to or ...
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Parenting

Break from the Busy: How to Encourage Your Kids to Spend Time with God
By Andrea Burns, WCMS Bible Teacher It was a lovely afternoon–my 7th grade students had the opportunity to have Bible class outside. They were directed to find a place to sit in solitude before the Lord. With their Bibles, journals and reflection questions in hand, they were given time to pray and reflect, confess their sins, and enjoy some rare moments in silence. After returning to the classroom from this peaceful experience, a student sat down, sighed, and said, “Wow . . . I needed that.” His soul was refreshed from simply being ...
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How to Ace that Test
If most students were honest when asked, “Do you want to succeed in your classes?” they would answer, “Yes!” Yet ...
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How to Grow ‘Faith Muscles’
Parents who go to whatever lengths necessary to prevent their child from having to face adversity sometimes acquire the nick ...
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Influencers: What is your child learning from them?
We often hear the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child” and there is some truth to that ...
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Podcast #1 – Why did we start the new chapel electives?
March 8, 2022 Host: Matt Messner Guests: David Lytle, Rhonda Thomale, Loretta Hall In the Woodcrest Christian Podcast, we discuss ...
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Sacred Trust: A Precious Partnership between Parent and School
By Jim Sullivan, Woodcrest Christian School Superintendent Growing up, my brother and sisters used to play with the neighbor kids ...
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Hey Dad, it’s All About You…for your Daughter!
Hey Dad, it’s All About You…for your Daughter! Not long ago, I was thinking about my three daughters and their ...
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There is Freedom in Telling the Truth
“Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.” - Proverbs 21:23 The Truth is a fascinating topic ...
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Spiritual Emphasis Week: Campus Pastor Recap
This last week was "Spiritual Emphasis Week" at Woodcrest Christian. Our theme for the week was “Change", and we spent ...
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8 Tips for Guiding Kids in the Digital Age
Kids between the ages of 6 and 23 fall into a generation now getting labeled Post-Millennial or iGen. Sometimes they ...
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Alumni

Rematch: Alumni Return for the Ultimate Team Game
This past Friday, Woodcrest Christian alumni returned to campus and played against the Varsity Boys Volleyball team in this year's Alumni Volleyball match. Out of the 18 alumni players, which included the father-son duo Matt (‘89) and Cameron Albee (‘19), seven were alumni who played on Coach Ricard’s 2014 team who clinched a record 105 consecutive wins. As the first match of the night began, the 2014 alumni squad played first for the alumni team and things instantly picked up right where they left off eight years ago. Alumni quickly recalled formations, showed court chemistry, remembered blocking patterns, serve types, ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Van Metschke ’82
Van Metschke is a Woodcrest Christian graduate from the class of 1982. Van is a Pro Audio, Video, and Lighting ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Back to Their Royal Roots
Alumni Jeremy '94 and Andrea (Decker) Fisher '95 know firsthand what an education from Woodcrest Christian provides and that's exactly ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Zachary Sailer ’09
Since the sixth grade at Woodcrest Christian Alumni Zachary Sailer had the dream of winning a Nobel prize in physics ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Tifani Silveria ’10
If the axiom, “you reap what you sow” is true, Woodcrest Christian alumni Tifani (Oaks) Silveria is in the harvest ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Harvey Wang ’20
On the date of September 7, 2016, a young fourteen-year-old atheist boy walked through the school gate. He had no ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Ella Whitehouse ’20
I would unquestioningly be an entirely different person without the mental and spiritual sharpening and training that Woodcrest Christian instilled ...
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Royals Staff

Passing the Baton
As Charlie Ricards retires after 40 years at Woodcrest Christian, his records and achievements are public knowledge, but behind these external details stands a man of amazing character. Despite his success as a coach, his goal was never to amass wins, championships, and records, but to help shape the lives of student athletes. That investment has returned a hundred-fold as dozens of former athletes credit Coach Ricards for shaping them into the men and women they are today, including one alum who will continue the tradition of excellence on the frontier of athletics. ...
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Cultural Crossover: Mia Helman
Mia Helman was 13 years old when her family moved to a foreign country. “I was starting a new school ...
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A Powerful Soul: Miss Hall
If you haven’t heard of Miss Hall, she is well known on the high school campus for her powerful ability ...
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Celebrating Mrs. Pounders
This June, Mrs. Beth Pounders will retire from Woodcrest Christian after a 36 year career that saw her teach classes ...
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Mr. Bob Is on the Job
Forty years ago leg warmers and crimped hair was in style. Jimmy Carter was the President of the United States, ...
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A Little About Lytle
On Father’s Day weekend in 2016, David Lytle hung up the phone and wondered how a trip to Southern California ...
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Impacting Generations of Students: Mrs. Sallie Gude
For over forty years, Sallie Gude has touched the hearts and minds of hundreds of Woodcrest Christian Day School students ...
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