![Orchestra teacher Mieloch is seen directing the orchestra. Mieloch has been teaching for 14 years and is passionate about music.
“Ever since eighth grade I wanted to be a conductor,” Mieloch said. “When I got into high school, I had a couple of really great teachers that made me want to be a teacher and I felt like ‘let’s put them together,’ and I [became] an orchestra teacher.”](https://fzwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/kUyj9QUMZeOPBGTDD833b9WDk7Yvt7yppa5Htzqv-800x1200.jpg)
Food, Fun and Fellowship
Many athletes have an external drive for why they play sports, for some, that is Christianity.
Senior Kamy Smelser leads prayer with student and staff before school.
Two sisters, alumni Kennedy Onuoha and junior Vanessa Onuoha, founded Fellow Christian Athletes (FCA) in 2016 in hopes to connect student athletes through Christianity. For those who keep Christianity in mind while they play on the field, FCA is a perfect fit.
“We wanted to be able to encourage people and uplift them through high school,” Onuoha said. “The three F’s of FCA are food, fun and fellowship and that is really what we are about.”
Although Kennedy Onuoha graduated in 2018, Vanessa Onuoha and senior Kamy Smelser hold meetings every other Thursday in the library.
“We are a place where students can meet, enjoy each others company and lift each other up through God,” Onuoha said.
![Orchestra teacher Mieloch is seen directing the orchestra. Mieloch has been teaching for 14 years and is passionate about music.
“Ever since eighth grade I wanted to be a conductor,” Mieloch said. “When I got into high school, I had a couple of really great teachers that made me want to be a teacher and I felt like ‘let’s put them together,’ and I [became] an orchestra teacher.”](https://fzwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/kUyj9QUMZeOPBGTDD833b9WDk7Yvt7yppa5Htzqv-400x600.jpg)
![Color guard members goofing around during a football game. The band stays at the game after their performance to hype up the sections and bring some positivity to the game.
“[There are] people around me that support and understand [me],” freshman Gray Rosemann said (middle).](https://fzwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SFs3feEAXqnynayWEQZkQhYZlYagujGChkvoptjT-475x456.jpg)