WCS Alumnae Wins Newbery Award for 1st Novel!

By: Susie Steed, WCS Director of Admissions & Communications

Clare Vanderpool, a member of the WCS Class of 1983, has just received exciting news!  Not only did she win the prestigious John Newbery Medal for children’s literature, she did it with her very first novel, Moon over Manifest. The John Newbery Award is presented each year by the American Library Association to the author who has made the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. We are so proud of Clare. Please look for more information about Clare and this prestigious honor in the upcoming Connection magazine! Claire will be visiting campus on February 4th to speak with our WCS students and faculty.

WCS Alumni Spotlight: Tracy Seeley

Tracy Seeley's ('74) memoir My Ruby Slippers: The Road Back to Kansas will be published in March, 2011.  Her book is part of the "American Lives Series," Editor Tobias Wolff, from the University of Nebraska Press.  In June and July, the My Ruby Slippers road show gets underway as she and her husband, filmmaker Frederick Marx, launch a 12 state book tour throughout the west.  Along the way, Tracy will be giving talks and readings, and at night, Frederick will screen movies along the side of their trailer.  They also plan to film their trip, interviewing folks along the way, taking the pulse of American life.  They'll be in Wichita in July!  


For tour details and other information, see Tracy's website: http://tracyseeley.com.

Holiday Greetings from WCS!

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WCS Students Perform in MTYP's RENT

By: Laura Cusick, '88

Congratulations to seven WCS students who auditioned and were selected to perform in RENT, produced by Music Theater for Young People of Kansas. The WCS Student Cast members are as follows:

• Connor Bourland: Mark Cohen
• Cooper Rowe: Roger Davis
• Anna Cooper: Mimi Marquez
• India Cohlmia: Understudy for Joanne Jefferson, Blanket Person 
• Lindsey Wells: Understudy for Maureen Johnson, Sue, Seasons of Love Soloist
• Parker Smitherman: The Man
• Jonathan Dennill: Cop 2
• Sophie Beren, Jonathan Dennill, Parker Smitherman: Chorus

RENT - School Edition

*for Mature Audiences

RENT - SCHOOL EDITION follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village plagued by AIDS and the ever-present question of how to pay rent. 

Shows December 17-19, 2010

Fri - Dec 17 - 7:30 pm

Sat - Dec 18 - 2:30, 7:30 pm

Sun - Dec 19 - 2:30


Mary Jane Teall Theater, Century II
$12 Adults. $10 Students & Groups of 10

Attention Current & Former K-State Wildcats

Ashia Woods Signs with Kansas State University!

Family, friends, and coaches joined WCS senior Ashia Woods Wednesday, November 10th to witness her signing her letter of intent to play basketball at Kansas State University. Coach Terrence Phox paid tribute to Ashia and her dedication to the sport, calling the day “a very special day for Ashia, the Wichita Collegiate girls’ basketball program, and the WCS community as a whole.” One factor leading to Ashia’s selection of K-State was the opportunity to play close to home so that friends and family could attend her games. Congratulatons, Ashia! We look forward to watching you play!

WCS Student Wins Award at Tallgrass Film Festival

WCS student Parker Smitherman (2011) was honored as the first Kansas filmmaker from Wichita to win the Audience Appreciation Short Film category for his film Persistence.

Join Us for Some Hoops & Work off the Turkey!

WCS Alumni Hoops Classic
Friday, November 26, 5:30 p.m.

Attention WCS Alumni: We have a big game coming up on Friday the 26th of November—it’s with you! We think we have pretty nice teams this year and we are looking forward to the great competition that you always provide us. You will give us our first test, and we are looking forward to it. Now, I know that some of the Alumni base is aging a little bit, I have been hearing a wide range of excuses the last couple of years and I am just hoping that you are still able to rise to the challenge—you know what they say—shoulda, coulda, and woulda won’t get it done! Hope to see as many of you as are in town on the 26th.


Here’s the schedule for the evening of the 26th:
5:30 Alumni Men vs. Alumni Men
6:15 Free Throw Contest (Prizes for top 3 winners)
6:45 Alumni Women vs. Girls Varsity
7:30 Three Point contest (Prizes for top 3 winners)
8:00 Alumni Men vs. Boys Varsity

Coach Fiegel and Coach Phox

Admission: Adults $2.00 | Students $1.00

**All WCS alums receive a free T-shirt with current updated contact information!
**The concession stand will be open.