Content strategist John Gonzalez and Principal Tony Fischer co-host West Catholic Live, a show about all the great things happening at West Catholic High School.

Season 2, Episode 20 begins with Weekly Chatter, our news segment about West Catholic HS.

WEEKLY CHATTER

Twelfth Night: Each year West Catholic and Catholic Central theatre programs collaborate to put on a Shakespeare production. This year’s show, Twelfth Night, opens tomorrow (Jan. 19) at Aquinas College’s Performing Arts Center. We have five West Catholic students in this year’s cast. We’ll be posting a link for tickets on our social media channels shortly after the show, so stay tuned for that.

New Semester: Just a reminder that first semester ends Friday. Second Semester begins Jan. 23. No block scheduling that week.

Strategic Planning: West Catholic is embarking on a strategic planning timeline and we need your help. We’re asking parents/guardians, alumni, community members and West Catholic supporters to attend one of three in-person brainstorming sessions to help us build the 20-year dream of West Catholic! Sessions will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26, Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Friday, Feb. 10. To RSVP for one of these sessions, please check your Weekly Chatter or visit the announcements page on our website.

On this week’s show:

We hear from our director of bands, Darren Laprise, about their annual Shake Your Tail Feathers fundraiser, which is Jan. 28. (Registrations due January 22. https://grssc.ejoinme.org/SYTF23)

We sit down with outgoing President & CEO Cynthia Kneibel, who reflects on her career at West Catholic HS. (Listen to the FULL PODCAST here.)

We talk to teacher Pat Nugent, who will be leading students this weekend to the annual March for Life Rally in Washington D.C. (Listen to his FULL PODCAST here.)

Also, junior Maria Worrell won first place in the GR Right to Life Essay contest. (LISTEN TO HER READ HER ESSAY here.)

Josh Kohane, our director of Campus Ministry, talks about retreats, including Friday’s Juniors Retreat and registration to the annual Steubenville Youth Conference this summer in Ohio. (Listen to the FULL PODCAST here.)

Also, we spotlight the young women - seniors Jessica Martinez & Aniah Tan, and freshman Emerson Whitscell - on our wrestling team. Senior Emma Chrystan is our on-site reporter.

This show aired on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.

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

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West Catholic Live is a production of West Catholic High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our President and CEO is Cynthia Kneibel. Our President and CEO-Designate is Jill Annable. Our Principal is Tony Fischer.

Our Mission: To form Disciples of Christ through a dynamic, excellence-driven Catholic Education. Learn more at grwestcatholic.org.