Sydney Barber

What grades did you attend WCCS?

Kindergarten-12th grade.

What is your intended field of study at USC?

Nursing. I want to become successful and live a life of traveling and helping others.

How has learning in a Christian environment positively affected your education?

Learning in a Christian environment has taught me how everything can be related to God.

Our mission at WCCS is “Educating students to bless our world as disciples of Jesus Christ.” How do you believe your time here at WCCS prepared you for God’s unique purpose for your life? What are you future plans beyond college?

My time here has shown me how to care and help others in life. I plan to take the lessons with me into my career in the medical field.

What are you most thankful for when you consider your time at WCCS?

I am grateful for how the teachers create personal relationships with their students that go beyond the books and help them much later in life.

What is a special memory you have from your time here at WCCS?

Our trip to the Dominican Republic.

Has there been a teacher at WCCS that has impacted your faith, education, or personal growth in a significant way? If you were to say thank you to this person, what would you say?

I would say a big thank you to Hali Christopher, as she helped me with personal situations and given me many great memories through the theater program.

If your time here at WCCS were a story, what would be the theme?

Finding joy out of every situation!