Led in Pied Piper fashion by the trumpet call of band director Mike Smith, the preK3 through 1st grade students were called from their classrooms at 9:00am on Wednesday morning to a special ceremony on the new primary department playground.  Principal Casey Farris opened with a prayer for safety and enjoyment of the new equipment and was followed by a special ribbon cutting by Cody Glenn, Ian Frank, and John Adams (senior and junior students who used the old playground equipment when they were in preschool) using preschool safety scissors.   Mrs. Sheila Kaldis wrapped up the formal portion of the ceremony with, “I now declare this playground open” as preK3 and preK4 students ran to play while Kindergarten and 1st grade students blew celebratory bubbles around the festivities.

“The construction of the playground is a huge step of faith.  We wanted a safe play area for the primary department at the beginning of this school year; but, we didn’t have all the funds collect yet to pay for it.  Mr. Glenn basically said to build it and that God would find a way,” said Farris.  A few efforts took place at the end of last school year to start the fundraising process, including a gift from the PTO and a portion of the proceeds from the Fun-a-thon, but to date only 25% of the funds needed have been raised.  One way WCS parents are being asked to aid this effort is through the support of this year’s magazine sale with a share of the revenue benefiting this project.  Two ladies, Shara Carr (wife of AD Russell Carr and mother of future students) and Jennifer White (wife of guidance counselor Mike White and mother of two current students), are in the process of organizing a tile project to run after the magazine sale concludes in mid-September that will raise funds specifically to help pay this expense.  Parents are encouraged to participate in the magazine sale, look for the tile project information and/or contact Catherine Tinkler, Director of Development, to support this effort.