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Dec 04
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Delyle Williams (‘19)

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Delyle and Jackson State play LMU!

Delyle Williams (‘19) is a freshman at Jackson State University and is playing Guard for the school’s basketball team. His team recently competed against LMU on November 14th. WNS faculty members Austin Williams and Olivia Botello took to the stands to cheer on Delyle along with other WNS alumni! His team, the Jackson State Tigers ended up falling short to the local LMU Lions with a 88-66 loss. Delyle played at St. John Bosco for high school as well as at WNS for his middle school years.

WNS Faculty, alumni, and current students cheering on our former students!
Dec 04
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Johannes Austin (‘21)

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Johannes Brings Lacrosse to All

Johannes Austin (‘21) started an organization called The Medicine Game: LAX 4 All (TMG) that believes in expanding the game of lacrosse, especially for minority communities in South Los Angeles. The mission is to provide equipment to the underserved community and bring the game of healing between Indigenous tribes to the community in our backyard. You can follow the organization on instagram @tmglax4all to find out more and how you can help. Congratulations to Johannes, we are so proud of your story! 

Dec 04
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Selah Johnson (‘22) and John McCovey (‘21)

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Selah and John are Co-Presidents of the High School Council for PSV.

Selah Johnson (‘22) and John McCovey (‘21) have been named Co-Presidents of the High School Advisory Council for  Private School Village (PSV). Private School Village is an organization whose mission is to cultivate and harness the power of community to positively transform the private school experience for Black and brown families so that students fully thrive. PSV empowers parent engagement to instill student well-being, normalize inclusive and equitable communities, and encourage lasting systemic and institutional policy and process change that will impact a student’s healthy development. WNS is a proud partner of PSV and we are thrilled that our alumni are so deeply involved in this wonderful organization. Selah and John were both on Student Council and were wonderful student leaders while at WNS.
Dec 04
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Kalyn Mason (‘18)

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Kalyn Interns at Fox Sports!

Kalyn Mason (‘18) is a sophomore at UCLA and is planning to major in Communications. This Fall she is interning with Fox Sports’ The Colin Cowherd Show in their Talent Relations Department. She’ll be continuing the internship in the Spring as well. She was recently featured on their Women of FOX Sports instagram account @sheisfoxsports. We’re so excited for Kalyn and what is to come!
Jul 26
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Katrina Binks (16’)

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Katrina choreographs for EMIA in New York!

Katrina Binks (16’) was recently chosen to choreograph a dance piece for Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts show (EMIA) in New York. EMIA is an internationally acclaimed arts organization that is cultivated and curated to support individuals looking towards their future career as performing artists and/or citizens of our society. Next up! Katrina is performing at the Bessie Awards on August 4th, 2023 at Lincoln Center, NYC.  The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, is New York City’s premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field. Congratulations, Katrina!
Jun 15
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Rhiann Sheffie (’18)

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Rhiann is recognized by the LA County Poet Laureate Program!

“I just wanted to share some exciting things that are going on with me.
I currently have a single out on all streaming platforms under my stage name, poet.rhi.  It is called “wonder” and links can be found on my linktr.ee/poet.rhi (can also search “poet.rhi wonder” on spotify, apple music, amazon music, etc) link to music streaming
Also, I was recently recognized by the Los Angeles County Poet Laureate Program as an Honorable Mention recipient.  It was a very competitive pool, and the last winner is now the National Youth Poet Laureate! (attached photo)
And next week, June 14, I will be part of a performance group presenting an original group poem at the Music Center’s Love Amplified Poetry Jam https://www.musiccenter.org/tickets-free-events/tmc-arts/love-amplified-poetry-jam/.
I finished my freshman year on the President’s list at my college (4.0 both semesters), and am preparing for the upcoming Volleyball season where our team finished 3rd in our conference (Big West) last year.
I know that pursuing my dreams would never have been possible without my experiences at WNS, and the motivation and support I received to go and be a leader in my community and beyond!”

 

May 23
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John McCovey (’21)

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John makes waves at St. John Bosco

John McCovey (‘21) is a sophomore at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower where he is a member of the Entrepreneurship Pathway, an Ivy League inspired course study designed in collaboration with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as a Bosco Student Ambassador, became a founding member of the Black Student Union, and joined the Environmental Club. Learning about recycling at WNS led John to suggest bringing a recycling program to the school. Bosco Recycles was introduced on Earth Day 2023. There are now several new recycle bins around the 35-acre campus. The Club also planted a peach tree.

John was also recently selected to attend the Wall Street 101 summer program on the campus of Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts with fellow WNS classmate, Logan Pagani (‘21). The competitive one-week experiential opportunity is for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in global finance, investing, stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities.

John credits Mr. McLaughlin’s Investment Club elective as the start of his interest in the world of finance and investing.

Jan 27
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Johannes Austin (‘21)

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Johannes Reflects on WNS

Johannes Austin (‘21) is a Sophomore at St. John Bosco High School. He recently wrote in to tell us about his favorite WNS moments and we are so thrilled! His favorite WNS memory is Fitness for Fun day. It was always a blast to be outside with my Family Group (Shout out Family Group 8) and playing fun games. His favorite WNS teacher was Señora Paul. He said that ever since he joined her immersion program all the way back in the 3rd grade she has turned me into a better Spanish speaker. This took him all the way to join the Spanish 2 Honors class at his high school. Lastly, he said that the number one thing that makes him happy about being a WNS alum is the overall impact that WNS has made on his life academically and physically by striving to make him a better person everyday.

 

Jan 27
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Sydney Moses (‘17)

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Sydney & The Aardvark Authors

Sydney Moses (‘17) is currently a sophomore at Beloit College in WI. Her poem, An Abridgement of the Ground Pig, was recently published in the second issue of Parakeet Magazine. Click here to check out her work! She is working towards a double major in anthropology and creative writing. Her dream is to be an English teacher so she can inspire others to love reading and writing as much as she does. She loves all animals, but the aardvark is her favorite and she is constantly inspired by them. She and her friends even run a creative writing club at school called The Aardvark Authors.

Sydney has a second poem that has been published! It’s called ‘on repeat’ and will be posted March 1st, 2023 in Turtle Way.

 

Jan 27
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Marley Barrow’Bell (‘20)

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Marley Takes State Championship!

Marley Barrow’Bell (‘20) is a Junior at St. John Bosco High School. Marley is an honor student and played Offensive Line on the Varsity Football team. The team is a part of Division 1 that went on to win the CIF Football Championship, the California State Prep Football Championship, and was named the #1 ranked football team in the USA for the 2022 season. Marley will be a Senior next year and hopefully on the launch pad for some great opportunities for college. He came to WNS in the seventh grade when his mother, Tanya, joined the faculty and staff. Marley jumped into the community feet first and quickly joined the WNS flag football team along with many other activities.