On this Episode of West Catholic Live, we meet our Commended Scholars, join All Saints Academy principal and West Catholic alum, who brings his Principal for the Day to school to pass out some detentions and also recap Operation Joy. We also have Maggie Duba, who just signed her official letter of intent to run Cross County and Track at the University of San Diego, filling in to do Cam's Giveaway. (This show was recorded Feb. 2.)

Principal Tony Fischer and content strategist John Gonzalez are the show's co-hosts. Our executive producers are Jeff Bailey of the Technology team and communications director Natalie Scalabrino.

Show Notes

Cam’s Giveaway (2:54):
Senior Maggie Duba fills in for assistant athletic director Cam Burns. If you want to win the prize, comment on Facebook or email communications@grwestcatholic.org.

Weekly Chatter (4:36):
News and information from our Weekly Chatter Newsletter. If you want to subscribe to it, go to https://www.grwestcatholic.org/newsletter/archives.

Operation Joy with Sean Nolan (7:32):
Dean of Students Sean Nolan and Strategic Content Creator John Gonzalez interview Sarah Loveland, an ICU Nurse at Mercy Health St. Mary's. They talk about "Operation Joy," a letter-writing campaign as part of Catholic Schools Week with the students of West Catholic High School and other partner schools. Students are writing letters of gratitude and encouragement to the health care workers as part of a service project. In this interview, Loveland talks about her job of working in ICU, as well the "fatigue" that has set in dealing with COVID-19. She thanks everyone for the words of encouragement, which she said "boosts morale."

Joe Gietzen and Principal for the Day (13:59)
We meet ASA's principal for the day, 4th grader Andrew Mitchell.

Commended Scholars (17:55)
Congratulations to Jacob Droski, Caitlin Smith and Jonathan Jensen, our three National Merit Commended Scholars. We talk to Jacob and Jonathan on this segment.

Forecast with "Rainy Renee" (26:49):
Junior Renee St. Andre is our resident weather person. Listen to her weekend forecast.

West Catholic Live airs every Wednesday on West Catholic's Facebook page and YouTube Channel.

West Catholic Live is a production of West Catholic High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our President and CEO is Cynthia Kneibel. Our Principal is Tony Fischer. Our Mission: To form Disciples of Christ through a dynamic, excellence-driven Catholic Education. Learn more at grwestcatholic.org.

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